Back Home and Getting Ready for Winter!
Can I just say we had a great time in New York visiting with Patrick and Maran's families?! Every day was filled with fun and new places to visit and familiar places to revisit. I was so grateful to walk into the Sacred Grove again. I pictured Brady standing and feeling the Spirit and being overwhelmed as I was with the amazing things that took place there. Questions answered, the appearance of God the Father and Jesus Christ and the knowledge that was restored upon the earth! I also loved hearing the clip clop of the Amish wagons and horses, the rooster as he made sure we were all up and ready to go, the grandchildren who were beautiful and happy! And the peace and quiet of Interlaken! I wish I could bottle that and bring it home with me. The stresses of life just seem to fade away there and I yearn to have that peace here. And I have decided that if I want it I'm going to have to duplicate some of the things that I found in Interlaken.
For instance, there is no television in the Mitchell home with its crazy and totally inappropriate commercials. So when I got home I looked at what's coming up on TV and realized that the only decent thing to watch this week will be the Seahawks game Thursday night. So there has not been any TV in the house while I'm working or eating. Actually I've been listening to Christmas music on Pandora. Big surprise there for you!
I loved how we ate such healthy foods and for myself I determined that we would eat healthier and more of what I've frozen and canned. (Totally forget how we ate Amish whoopies and molasses and chocolate chip cookies)
I have also determined that I can be quite wasteful with money. I am frugal at times but there are occasions when I do splurge and I look back and think, 'What did I buy that for?' So I found an old ledger of Rondo's and on the front cover I wrote in big black letters 'YOU BOUGHT WHAT?' And so I am writing down every purchase so that I can see where it's all going.
And I am determined to not waste any of our bounteous harvest. As I'm typing this the food processor is on the stove filled with 7 quarts of our home grown corn! I had some leftover from filling the jars and threw it in the potato soup we had for dinner! Delicious! And I will be canning the potatoes, almost 30 pounds from one row in our garden! Wow! And of course cucumbers. I will be taking some to share at church because you can only make so many pickles! And of course on Tuesday I made a loaf of half wheat and half white bread. The more I make bread the better it is!
So many other things I have resolved to make a part of our lives and I will share how they are working for us! I know I'll be spending part of the grocery money on chicken that's on sale at Yoke's and canning it. I love that it's cooked and all you have to do is throw it in a recipe. And Patrick my lovely glass jars are sitting on my counter looking very countrified next to that old sifter Dad found. Thanks again to you and Lindsay.
Life is good and I am blessed. I love you all!
Mom
