The Before Porch
This fall has been unbelievably nice- so I’ve been painting our porch and the myriad parts that go with it. In case you wonder, you can paint for three days solid before you actually start to lose your mind… I am painting the spindles white with six small bands of color to add that “big bang for teensy dollars” effect. I hope the tax assessor catches that “teensy dollars” part. I actually shifted and coaxed the morning glories out of my way to the chagrin of all onlookers. Some because they were being abused in the process, and others because I wasn’t just whacking the weeds down to get the most integral paint job. (but blue morning glories are my favorites…!) My goal is to finish by halloween- I’ll keep everyone posted.
Posted Sep 23, 2009 by Rebeccah — Comments (0) — Filed under: Family
Til Death Do us Part… or As Long as the Papertrail Shall Endure
I- after 15 years- have decided to change the name on my Social Security card to match my husband’s. Til now, the government has known me as Rebeccah Forbes- for the most part. Actually, it’s DMV that has a problem with the inconsistency, as I’ve had licenses in 4 states and have procured a passport in those years with the name “Hopkins.” Still, I can see their point- inconsistent though it may be. Especially since it seems that my tax guy (that’s Dave) seems to have misplaced (thrown out) all of our SS cards anyway. So I’m going straight- or at least I was trying to when I found out that my marriage license in Connecticut was never filed. Oops. My mind is reeling with the implications of my new-found status….
Posted Sep 23, 2009 by Rebeccah — Comments (1) — Filed under: Family
A Harvest of Good Things- and a bit of mold…
I (meaning my mom mostly and me a little bit) have been busy canning lots of good things this fall. I haven’t really been in on the pickles, but the kids have and they are AMAzing. We put up 16 quarts of spaghetti sauce, lots of apricots, some peaches, and we’ve frozen corn, broccoli, green beans and apples. I’m hoping mom will stick around long enough to help me can venison, which I’ve always wanted to do.
When I was quartering peppers to fry with onions and puree into the spaghetti sauce, I opened this one pepper that looked great on the outside and whose core was covered with mold. And I wondered if I’m going to get to the “great beyond” someday only to have God say to the angels, “See here, boys! Some of em look good on the outside, but they’s filled with black gunk!” I hope- like me with my pepper- He’s willing to overlook a little mold and use me anyway.
Posted Sep 23, 2009 by Rebeccah — Comments (0) — Filed under: Family
