Over at 5 Minutes for Mom they are holding a contest where they are giving away 5 copies of Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure DVD! They always have the greatest contests! 
It’s a Franklin Contest!
May 31, 2007 — P31WWChristian Life
May 31, 2007 — P31WWThis is a poem my 11 year old son wrote for an assignment in our church’s kids’ club. I think he did an awesome job!
Christian Life
To live a Christian life
tell others about Christ
How He died for you
maybe they will follow too
Take some tracts and go around
and hand them out without a doubt
Ask your sister, ask your father
and your mother or your brother
If they can help you, hand some out too
If they can’t say ok
maybe another day
Don’t let Satan take you away
from your loving Lord in anyway
I wrote this poem for a badge
Now that I am done, boy I’m glad!
Wordless Wednesday! 5/30/07
May 30, 2007 — P31WWOk, this is my first time participating in Wordless Wednesday. I really hope I’m doing it right!
Yes, there are 9 cats there…count them….9! They are all ours–our 9 indoor babies!
To see other Wordless Wednesday participants, click on Wordless Wednesday
Works For Me Wednesday: DIY Bird Bath Dripper
May 30, 2007 — P31WW
This is my first time participating in Works For Me Wednesday. I also hope I’m doing this right!
My only hobby is feeding the outdoor birds and I learned that birds are attracted to the sound of running or dripping water, so I wanted some sort of a dripper for my bird bath in hopes of attracting more birds to my yard. Well, I was surprised at the cost of the drippers (kind of expensive for us) so I had to find an alternative. I had read about this idea in a few different bird magazines and books. It is has worked pretty well for me…as long as I do not tighten the cap too tight.
It is a quart-size plastic jug/bottle that I have hanging over my bird bath dish. (Actually, you know those little hooks that you can buy to hang a hanging plant or feeder from a wooden deck rail? That is the hook I’m using since we don’t have a deck…I just planted it into the ground next to the bird bath so the jug hangs OVER the bird bath.) I just used a thumbtack and poked a hole into a bottom corner of the jug, fill it with water and voila! Instant dripper. The flow of the water will depend on how snug you tighten the cap.
I forgot to add if you use a dripper or something to make the water in your bird bath move instead of remaining still and stagnant, mosquitoes won’t lay their larva in it…they prefer still, stagnant, non-moving water on which to lay their eggs on.
Wordless Wednesday! 5/30/07
May 30, 2007 — P31WWOk, this is my first time participating in Wordless Wednesday. I really hope I’m doing it right!
Yes, there are 9 cats there…count them….9! They are all ours–our 9 indoor babies!
Garden Clogs
May 28, 2007 — P31WW
OK, here is a picture of my Garden Clogs as promised. I’ve been wearing them outside ever since I bought them yesterday & I just love them. They are so comfortable and if they get dirty after being in the garden dirt, just rinse off with the hose! I got them at the Dollar General for $6!
Garden Clogs
May 28, 2007 — P31WWOK, here is a picture of my Garden Clogs as promised. I’ve been wearing them outside ever since I bought them yesterday & I just love them. They are so comfortable and if they get dirty after being in the garden dirt, just rinse off with the hose! I got them at the Dollar General for $6!
Bandaids anyone?
May 28, 2007 — P31WWOver at 5 minutes For Mom they are giving away FREE BANDAIDS! A whole year’s supply of them LOL. Check it out if you want to enter.
Not too much
May 28, 2007 — P31WWThis was really written quite late Sunday night (5/27) but it says it is 5/28. Oh well. Not too much happening around here today…but that is ok with me!
It was a nice day today with some overcast here and there. We weren’t sure if it was going to rain or not and sometimes the wind also picked up quite a bit which convinced us even more that it would. However, it never did which is fine with us since hubby had a lot of work to do outside.
Well, the last of all the wood has been split and the log splitter we borrowed from a friend has FINALLY been returned! YAY! Hubby is so glad to see that thing outta here! He said he doesn’t want to have to split wood again for a very, very long time and I don’t blame him. The kids have been such terrific helpers with the wood too. They mostly helped stack the wood or helped pile it onto the trailer to take into the back yard. They took almost all of it into the back and now have some minor clean up to do in the front yard…mostly the wood chips/shreds from using the splitter. I was able to use most of it to mulch my flower gardens this year which was great because it was FREE! Yippee, free is good! I’ll try to post some pics tomorrow.
Hubby had plans to take down a small evergreen tree, which is sort of like a “yew” tree, since it was badly damaged over the winter (1/3 of died and the pine needles are gone from that section), but it is a good thing he looked at it closely before he did anything! After peeking inside of it, he noticed a teeny, tiny nest with a mama chipping sparrow sitting on top of it!!! Isn’t that so wonderful? I think hubby knew to check inside since last year there was a nest in the same tree…it may have been chipping sparrows last year and who knows…it just may be the same nest. So, this tree won’t be going anywhere until the birds are all grown up and leave the nest. Thank you again Lord for such a wonderful gift for us!!!
My daughter and I took a quick run to the Dollar General when the baby took his nap and I finally got a pair of those gardening clogs I’ve always wanted. I just love clogs! I will try to post a picture of them tomorrow. They are super light and it almost feels like you aren’t wearing anything at all. I don’t know what they are made out of, but it feels similar to a styrofoam material but I’m sure it isn’t made out of that. They are perfect since whenever they get dirty you just rinse them off and let them air dry! I love simple. They are also very comfortable which is a great plus.
After the kids’ club classes at church tonight, we took some time out for fun and went to the newly built playground at a local school. It was really nice and the kids just loved it. It’s so wonderful to go to a playground that is nice and fresh looking without broken/damaged parts and graffiti all over it! The baby really enjoyed the swing and each of the middle four kids took turns taking him down the slide on their lap. We had so much fun!
Oh, I almost forgot! Yesterday I saw the male Ruby Throated Hummingbird do his “mating” dance/courtship display trying to impress a female hummingbird that was watching from my rhododendron. For those of you who may not know what a hummingbird courtship display is, here is a description I found:
“The male dives down towards the resting or feeding female. Like a pendulum he sweeps past her and up to a point 2 to 3 m in the air, then back along the same path in reverse. He repeats this swinging display time and again, all the while uttering squeaky notes. As he dives past the female his wings hum the loudest; as he swings closer to the female his hum becomes more intense and his speed increases.”
So it looks like he is flying back and forth in the shape of a capital letter “U”. Honestly it is so fascinating to watch!!! I just love the outdoor birds.
Butterfly Eggs?
May 26, 2007 — P31WWI found these eggs on my fuchsia plant yesterday. Does anyone know what type of eggs they are? I know butterflies like fuchsias. We have many butterflies around here, but the Monarch is the most popular. It’ll be interesting to see if they hatch or not. I just love when God gives us gifts like this!!!
