Sept 7, 2012 I Feel Like a Country Song

Forest treasures

I feel like our life has turned into a country song.  Diagnosed with shingles on Tuesday.  Wednesday JB determined that the splitter is frozen and we don’t know if we can fix it.  Don’t want to think what the cost will be to have it fixed.  AND - it looks like our well has run dry. Our cistern has about 300 to 400 gallons in it.  We will try to pump again on Monday, but there has been no water since last Monday which we discovered when we tried to pump water into the cistern on Wednesday.  Have to have a new well dug?  Maybe one of those financial institutions that got bailed out will bail us out now. . . Oh, yeah, and yesterday we saw our first yellow jacket inside the house.  That’s more than a month early.  The good news is that our potatoes have grown about as big as they are going to get, so we will be harvesting all of them soon ‘cause we sure won’t be watering them.

We drove down to visit Larry and Elsie Wednesday evening, and ended up staying longer than planned so the guys could play darts. Elsie sent us home with onions, carrots and celery from her garden, and peaches, pears and apples from a friend’s orchard. Thank God for good friends.

JB went Down There yesterday to get a filter and hydraulic fluid for the splitter. Still trying to get it fixed. This morning I will get him to the airport at 10:00 am for his 11:00am flight to Seattle. He will be back Sunday with a truck full of wood, that we may end up splitting by hand.

At this point all we can do is trust in God to work it out.  As someone who likes to be in control, it has always been hard for me to put my complete trust in anyone, even though there have been so many instances in my life where it has been obvious that a higher power is in control.  Watching over us. Protecting us.  Guiding us.  Providing for us.  Loving us.

Thought for the day: The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want nor fear. David (in Cliff Notes form)