Winter in Amish Country

It's Here=Yuk, I really dislike winter, the extra dressing, the driving, the road conditions, You can go somewhere with the roads fine only to come out to find your snowed in. When I do like it is when I'm safely home beside a fire with hot chocolate, and Oh Yes Someone to share the experience. I really feel sorry for our Service mens wife's, I think I have it bad being alone most of the time, but never a year at a time. I pray today for our troops, I cannot imagine the loneiness. Good news Spring is coming soon

The Way Things Used To Be

After going to our local grocery store I remembered how Grandma Jackson fed 12 children on her own grown vegetables, her chickens, her cow and I wanted to be like her. She always had plenty (What use to be plenty is not enough today)At Christmas the presents were an orange, some walnuts from her own walnut tree and a candy cane. The Kids thought that was wonderful. I wish I could live in those times. Grandma raised 12 kids basically alone due to Grandpa working for the railroad, she was a midwife,wallpapered for people, cleaned for people, Quilted who knows how many quilts. sewed everybody's clothes. Now it's Wal-Mart,Honey Baked Ham (Instead of our own pig) Macy's for our clothes, and interior decorators to do our wall treatments. GIRLS LET'S GET BACK TO THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE.