Leaves, leaves, more leaves
After living in places where I had no yard work to do for over five years, renting the second floor of a house on .6 acres in New Jersey has been an eye opener. We have over 18 full size trees on the property as well as probably another 10+ bushes which are over 10 feet tall. There are, of course, many smaller bushes, but I won't count those for now!
I've been raking during many of John's naps over the past few weeks and was frustrated - an hour of raking seemed to not make the least of a dent! Argh. Today, there were six people raking the yard for two hours. They didn't even touch most of the side yards, but at least the backyard isn't covered by layers and layers of leaves anymore. I'll continue raking the side yard that my kitchen window looks out on and the area of the backyard that I want John to be able to play on next summer (good grass only grows in well-raked areas). Hopefully, the mower will be fixed next summer so that I can keep down the grass in the play area (drat those fleas).
John has been nursing more recently (probably because he started to crawl! Until this week, keeping him latched on for more than 5 minutes at a time was impossible, but now he'll nurse for upwards of 20 minutes) so I picked up a book on tape from the library called, "Mother Tongue," about the development of English. If the mega-nursing spell continues for a while, I think I'll check out Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples.
I've got to put a word out for Reformed Praise's new CD, "Cross Centered Worship". David Ward is the owner of Reformed Praise and he wrote the songs on the CD; he also used to lead worship at our NJ church. He has since gone to seminary and now is a music minister in Minnesota.
I've been raking during many of John's naps over the past few weeks and was frustrated - an hour of raking seemed to not make the least of a dent! Argh. Today, there were six people raking the yard for two hours. They didn't even touch most of the side yards, but at least the backyard isn't covered by layers and layers of leaves anymore. I'll continue raking the side yard that my kitchen window looks out on and the area of the backyard that I want John to be able to play on next summer (good grass only grows in well-raked areas). Hopefully, the mower will be fixed next summer so that I can keep down the grass in the play area (drat those fleas).
John has been nursing more recently (probably because he started to crawl! Until this week, keeping him latched on for more than 5 minutes at a time was impossible, but now he'll nurse for upwards of 20 minutes) so I picked up a book on tape from the library called, "Mother Tongue," about the development of English. If the mega-nursing spell continues for a while, I think I'll check out Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples.
I've got to put a word out for Reformed Praise's new CD, "Cross Centered Worship". David Ward is the owner of Reformed Praise and he wrote the songs on the CD; he also used to lead worship at our NJ church. He has since gone to seminary and now is a music minister in Minnesota.
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