The Miting -- Book Review

I don't like to write book reviews in general. "It was a good book" or "Loved it" is mostly my comments and review. Sometimes I read a really good book (in my opinion) and its worthy of a review.  The Miting was one of those books. It didn't take me too long to read either. Yes I got bored and lost in the middle somewhere but I had to know what happened.

Most Amish fiction is meh to read. I do enjoy reading it but many of them seem to be about the same thing..... Love and the teen years.  The Miting was different though. Much different.

The Amish community appears to many to be a perfect society. They are far from perfect.  Their communities are much like our own Englisher communities, with the same problems we have. However the Amish communities tend not to "air their dirty laundry" like the Englisher society does.

This story is about 2 old order Amish girls, Leah and Martha, who are best friends.  Martha's older stepbrother abuses her. She has lost all faith in her community.  Leah questions different things about her Amish faith and the ordnung.

I highly recommend reading this story.

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Reecie's Morning Catnip

When we were out in the backyard earlier this week we found a random catnip plant.  Of course since we have cats, we were rather excited, but not near as excited as out cats have been.  This morning hubby went and got a fresh leaf for my Reecie kitty.  She was a lot more into it that what I caught on video.  Towards the end, Fuzzy comes along to see what she has.......after I stopped the video, Reecie reached over and smacked Fuzzy a few times.  Guess she was too close to her "stash".  LOL!

Birds and Blooms in my Yard

I have some new blooms.....The peonies are beautiful and smell amazing!

Welcome to my jungle!

Roses.  Do you see the poison ivy next to them?  The big leaf with the brown spot on the left.  I didn't even know it was there until hubby pointed it out.  The I was the one who got to pull it up, with a grocery bag over my hand of course, since I seem to be the only one not affected by it.

MMMmmmm Honeysuckle!

More roses

The yucca plant will be blooming soon.  I can't wait!

Not in my yard, but in the vacant lot next door.  These irises are at least 3 feet tall, maybe a little taller.

Monday night we had some birds visit.  I posted on facebook because I didn't know what the one on the right was.  My friends decided it was a brown thrasher.  Of course that is Mr. Cardinal on the left.

Here is a pair of those thrashers.  My friends said they are "low-lifes" and have nests in bushes and close to the ground.  Yep....I got a jungle and lote of bushy places for them. 

and last but not least, here is Mrs. Cardinal and the thrasher.

It makes me happy having birds and flowers and a yard.  I so so so missed it when we lived in the apartment.

Mission Accomplished! Livingroom Presentable

5/19 10:25pm

Finally after about 3 months after moving back "home" (and out of that rediculas apartment) I finally got the living room presentable. The only thing not really in the picture is the table and chairs which is to the bottom right of the picture.  It no longer looks like a hoarder lives here when you come in.  There is still work to be done, especially in the bedroom, but this is way better.

I did get those litter boxes clean that I mentioned yesterday in my HHM post.  I tend to take them outside to clean later and just swap out with a clean one and put litter in.  They were bad, I mean BAD, REALLY BAD, REALLY REALLY BAD!  They had been on the porch and it had rained......Um yah.  Remember that hole in the back yard from the groundhog?  Well lets just say next time he comes out of that hole, if it's an exit, or he goes in if it's an entrance, he's literally going to say "What the crap! Yes, we did!  It's at the back of the yard and scoopable litter becomes concrete like after a while.  We will show him!

I also washed and dried 3 loads of laundry and finally folded the remaining 2 towels and several washcloths from the towels I washed and hung out to dry 2 weeks ago.  They have been piled on the table since  I brought them in.

Happy Homemaker Monday ~~ 5/19/2014

Start: 10:40am

Sorry about not posting at all last week after HHM.  It was a crazy busy week, or so it seemed.  I'm sure it wasn't as crazy as I made it out to be.  I have a habit of just being plain lazy too, but isn't that acceptable when you work 7 days a week, 9-14 hours a day?

The weather..... It's beautiful today!  The sun is shining, the wind is blowing and the temperature is perfect!  The temps are to be in the mid to upper 80's during the day and mid to upper 60's at night. Cloudy but no rain in the forecast until Friday, when we have a 70% chance later at night.

Right now I am.... sitting at the shop.  Hubby is out doing a lock installation job for one of the lakes near here.  I have been texting with my sister, an uncle and my mom.

On my Kindle...

I never said what book I was reading last week....I got distracted obviously.  I was reading last week, and finished All Different Kinds Of Free.  That was a good book!  Now I am reading Damaged: A Violated Trust (Secrets).  This story sounds similar to another one I read a while back too, or maybe I've read it before.  LOL!  anyway I just got started on it late last night.

On the menu this week...... Never know until I get asked to cook something.  LOL!  I do know I need to restock on the quick to fix things like cereal and milk, bread (for egg sandwiches), etc.

On the Radio.... listening to the local scanner because I heard sirens a while back and never did hear where they went  LOL!

TV on my Computer..... I haven't watched much lately.  I did watch a couple Dr. Phil shows on YouTube last week.

What I found while surfing the net.... We, well I, have been looking into possible places to move/move our businesses.  We need to do something, as the economy in this town is severely depressed, and has gotten worse in the past couple years.  We won't be moving anytime soon, but we do need to start exploring options and praying about it.

On my to do list today....
Must clean cat boxes tonight.  

Looking forward to this week.... not real sure.  It is a holiday weekend.  We could be busy Friday and Saturday.  Only get next Monday off, so...it's not really a holiday for us.

As I look outside the window..... the sun is shining, the wind is blowing, there are cars parked out front [of the shop] but no one in here right now, there is traffic on Main Street, I hear a lawnmower.

Looking around the house.... Looks a mess and it's stinky!

From the camera.......  

My Peonies bloomed!  Well....just 1 was open Sunday morning.  I will be posting a flower post, which will probably be ready to look at tomorrow, of the newest blooms in my yard. 

On my prayer list.....

• My grandpa (he's almost 95 years old)
• My sister
• My Uncle T
• Business decisions
• My Reecie Kitty

  This post linked to Happy Homemaker Monday over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

Finish: 11:51am

Happy Homemaker Monday ~~ 5/12/14

3:26pm

The weather.....  rain, rain, rain.  may have storms later today/tonight.  Looks like upper 60's all week and another chance for rain on Thursday and Saturday.

Right now I am.... taking a quick blog break since hubby is out on a job.  Gonna try to finish before he gets back.

On my Kindle...

Amazon finally got their act together and the Android app seems to be fixed now after about  months.  I have  actually been reading this on my kindle, but have it on my little [phone] tablet as well via the app.  This is similar to Twelve Years a Slave I was reading recently.


On the menu this week...... Not a clue.  Still the same things in the freezer as last week.

On the Radio.... listening to  People of Earth steampunk music by Dr. Steele

TV on my Computer..... I have watched a little of the Donner Party documentary.  Need to finish watching that sometime.

What I found while surfing the net.... Looking for and pinning rainbow and tye dye things on Pinterest

On my to do list today....
Work on more bags/boxes to unpack (this never seems to get done)
General cleaning
clean kitchen

Looking forward to this week.... tonight!

As I look outside the window.....it's gray, cloudy, raining and Main Street is DEAD!

Looking around the house.... looks normal.  cluttered with unpacked boxes and bags.  floors need swept, towels, that I dried outside yesterday, in a basket on the table need folded and put away.

From the camera.......  

On my prayer list.....

• My grandpa (he's almost 95 years old)
• My sister
• My Uncle T is back in the hospital
• Business decisions
• My Reecie Kitty

  This post linked to Happy Homemaker Monday over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

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My thoughts today

Worst mothers day I've had.