A Sunflower sneeze.
6-Jul-2007
2-Jul-2007
A prompting and a blessing.
I had to run into Big Sandy today to go to the bank and post office. As I started out I was looking forward to listening to my CD as I drove, but I felt this prompting to turn it off and pray. So, reluctantly, I did – all the way there and between the bank and post office.
While “in town” I thought I would get a dozen eggs because we’re out. As I drove I said, okay God, what do you want to tell me? Well, Dollar General didn’t have any eggs so I went to the little gas and grocery store across the way. As I walked through the produce section I noticed a sign saying they were out of cucumbers. To make a long story short, I offered mine and they were as glad to have them as I was to get rid of them! They even paid me and will want more later!!!
I think God had me pray just to have me attentive so I would recognize the blessing when it came. It’s so neat to see Him work!
30-Jun-2007
“IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!”
Good rains have made everything nice and lush. 
The tomatoes made a dump a week or so ago, blessing us with over 50 in
a several day period. Now the cucumbers are coming off the vines in
dozens – literally! We picked 20 of them yesterday and I’m afraid to go
and look today. 
Our eyes have now turned to the corn – due to come off in around a week. As I estimate, there’s at least 60 ears out there. Brian enjoys pulling the few weeds that make it past our mulch barrier – he likes to keep everything spick and span. 
Now, what to do with all of our blessings? Give some away, but also save things for later. Tuesday evening I made salsa and canned it along with some whole tomatoes. Bekah and Sam were over today and we made pickles out of an amazing amount of cucumbers. Everything went well and now we have food for the winter. 
The finished products!
27-Jun-2007
Class is done and I am now a certified diver!
Here are a few more photos of the dives we did today:
Me and my diving buddy kick back and relax after getting all our gear on. (nice goggles! )
Our instructor, Joel Talley, puts us through the paces.
Bouy group hug! We used the line attached to the bouy to descend and stay in the area – there was very low visibilty in the lake due to the rain. The line is right before we play “follow the leader” on a little exploratory dive.
Here is the whole group of us in our “super-suits”, aren’t we “incredible”?
27-Jun-2007
I’m taking Scuba!
The Dive Instructor here at ALERT is giving a class for any STEP girls that could stay a little longer and learn Scuba diving. I’ve always wanted to do this so Brian signed me up and I’m having the time of my life! We had classroom and were issued our gear on Monday. Yesterday we practiced skills in a pool then moved to the lake to try a “real ” dive. Rain hurried us out of the water and we spent the remainder of the afternoon going over dive tables in preparation for our test. Today we hope to log three dives and take our test. I’m having a blast!
