Meet Me On Monday!

Hi!

I'm joining "Java" here for a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers! I hope to meet new friends this way and also let people get to know me better, one Monday at a time:)

Here's how Java explains it:

"Blogging is a funny thing...we tell our most intimate thoughts for all to read and yet most of the time I find myself sitting and wondering, "who is this person!?" I know them...but yet I don't know them! I want to know who the person is behind all those words so I thought of a great way for all of us to "meet" each other!"

Every Monday she will post five get to know you questions that you can copy and paste into your own Monday post and we can all learn a little more about each and every one of us!

Questions:

1. What kind of computer do you blog on?

TOSHIBA Satellite L505, laptop that is the replacement for the Gateway that got struck by lightning. I LOVE IT!

2. Do you wear perfume? If so, what kind?

Right now, Halloween.


3. What do you do for a living?

SAHM (stay-at-home-mom), with a little seamstressing on the side.

4. Do you have any pets? If so, what are they?

Two male cats, Eskimo and Grayson, German Shepherd named Max, parrot called Nico, that calls himself Lori, and various chickens and cattle:)

5. Are you going anywhere for Summer vacation? If so, where?

It's winter here now, but we might be going to the capital in a month or so.


Thanks for peeking in to my life, I'm looking forward to answering some more of Java's questions next Monday.

Thanksgiving preparations

This is the church before we started decorating it.

We were VERY busy the last few weeks and especially today getting everything ready for the "Thanksgiving"- Service at out church tomorrow. Our village (12 families) had to prepare all the food and decorate the church with fruits, vegetables, crafts and more.







This is the centerpiece on the table below the pulpit. We put a clay jar with sesame spilling out of it, the bible in the middle and a loaf of homemade bread on the other side. Anyone recognize the bread? :)



If you follow me on Facebook, you knew that we canned 48 kg of cucumbers into dill pickles. There were two other groups of ladies baking cookies and rolls (Zwieback) this week.

Today 3 other ladies, 3 men and I all went to the church in the morning to decorate it. The other men that stayed home started cooking the meat in 6 great big pots at our barn. They had to cook two batches for 3 1/2 - 4 hours each. Two other ladies cooked "guiso" (pasta stew) for lunch for the whole village and the men also baked some "asado" (barbeque) for the people that don't like stew. (ME!!!)

When we were done at the church we came home, drank a bit of tereré and then ate lunch. It was so much fun! All of the kids were there too, and they had fun as well.

After cleaning up, I went to take a siesta, and Marvin woke me up at 3:45 pm! I never sleep that long:) Amy, Cindy and I squeezed limes later to add to the juice tomorrow.

Tomorrow we'll be going to be at the church at 7:30 am, to cut the meat in slices, put the food on the serving plates, make coffee and juice, etc. I'll try to take pictures tomorrow of the food, if I can.

This is how the men cooked the meat. There were 6 of these huge pots filled with water, spices and meat.

This is what it looked like after cooking.

I think someone was feeding my kitten too much meat scraps today, he couldn't even sleep on his stomach for siesta!:)

Have a great Sunday, everyone and for the Fernheimer: Frohes Erntedankfest!!!

Wordless Wednesday

The Happiness Project, part 2

Leigh over at Leigh vs. Laundry asks that we put in a picture that makes us wildly happy.
(http://leighvslaundry.blogspot.com/2010/06/happiness-project-week-15.html)

This makes me wildly happy: Sewing with my mom's Pfaff with Grayson watching me from outside the window. ... sigh ...

Random stuff about me

I found a list of sentence beginnings in a blog somewhere in bloglandia. If anyone else wants to try it, give me your link in a comment! I'd love to read yours! Just copy and paste from the bottom of this post and fill it in with your own words. :)





I am.... tired


I think.... of witty things to write


I should...be doing the dishes


I dream.... about visiting my sister in Canda


I want.... a new digital camera


I know... a secret


I don't like.... liver


I smell... mandarine peel on my hands


I hear.... my daughter rummaging in my sewing room


I fear.... financial troubles


I usually... wash my dishes before blogging


I search... for crafts on the internet


I miss.... my sister


I always... crave chocolate


I regret.... not teaching my daughters english


I wonder.... when I'll become wiser


I crave.... Reese's Pieces


I remember... snow falling on my nose


I need..... a hug


I forget.... what I worried about a week ago


I feel.... my cold feet


I can.... sew almost anything


I can't.... cross stich


I am happy.... when I'm sewing


I lose..... my keys alot


I sing.... off key


I listen... to podcasts, audiobooks or music while walking, sewing or working


I shop..... in the same supermarket for years


I eat.... chocolate in bed


I love..... my family



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I want....
I know...
I don't like....
I smell...
I hear....
I fear....
I usually...
I search...
I miss....
I always...
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I crave....
I remember...
I need.....
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