Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nighthawk


 Nighthawk

I prance in mighty splendor here
A lion crouches down in fear.
I snort my awesome fiery rage
My name is written down on page.
Though saddled, sat on, I am king
No bridle can withhold my sting.
I rear and paw the ground in dance
My teeth are sharper than a lance.
I strike and run with slashing hoof
I need no shelter, have no roof.
My mane and tail fly like a flame
My wildness no man can tame.
I own the forest, field, and stream
The mountains echo with my scream.
My legs are fast, they are a blur
I cannot be captured, no fence, no lure.
I go so fast, I seem to fly
I skim the ground without a try.
My only supplement is grass
A human never calls me lass.
I swim through water like a fish
My legs move fast, the men do wish
That they had legs like mine.
I move not straight, without a line
I go where I ever please;
I run in the shade of the trees.
I mock the cows and tease the goat
I laugh at the horse that packs a tote.
My eyes are fire, my breath is smoke
I call the sun at the morning woke.
My muscles throb with energy
I trespass the town without a fee.
I gallop through as the wind does sigh
A mighty Friesian horse am I.

written by D.R.T (my second daughter)





Until next time...

 JenT

Thursday, May 24, 2012

busy days

 relaxing
 planning to fish
 chillin'
 bike riding
 napping
 planting trees
 being silly
 growing
 getting photographed
 riding horses
 Trail riding
 Horsing around
 Taping the van
 painting the van
 havin' fun
 let's gallop
 I'm tired
 curly
 now we're bored

What have we been doing lately?  Keeping pretty busy. :)


Until next time...

JenT

slide show business

My daughter has started a slide show business.

http://mcdeesslideshows.blogspot.com/2012/02/slide-shows-custom-made-for-you.html



Until next time...

JenT

a late post, but yummy looking

My birthday was March 25th. My oldest daughter made my cake. What do you think? Yummy or what!?


BTW...there was a layer of strawberries in between the layers. :)  Double yum!

Until next time...

JenT

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

lil cowgirl


Stylin' cowgirl...denim dress, bandana-style babylegs, red diaper.


Until next time...


JenT

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

FINALLY!!


She's here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Don't be fooled by the blue blankets...she's all girl). :)

Well, actually she's been here since 8:20 this morning. :)

Just finally got around to posting about it on here.

I've made a habit of not announcing names on my blog, so if you aren't family or friend, I'm sorry you won't have her name. Her initials are C.D. however, so you can make up your own name for her. :)

But she's beautiful; all 9 lbs 9 oz of her. :) Much smaller than the previous 11.5 lb baby I had. She actually doesn't even look 9 lbs. I don't know where she's hiding it. :)

21.5 inches long and some dark hair, mostly on the back of the head.

Such a blessing, our beautiful little girl.


Until next time...JenT

Monday, February 20, 2012

skydiving?!



Our oldest son turned 11 on the 19th. I didn't get a chance to post about it until now.

He had a yummy chocolate cake that his older sister decorated with an assortment of Hershey's Kisses and Hugs. It was very good.


He then went skydiving.



Yep - skydiving.



But...



...it was indoors.

He had a lot of fun.

He also got Hardy Boys books as gifts. He really likes them.

We are very blessed to have him in our family and as our first son.


Until next time...


JenT

Monday, February 13, 2012

another cloth diaper giveaway that I've entered


So pretty much all that consumes my thoughts right now is this baby (that is stubbornly waiting until he/she is good and ready to come).

Meanwhile, I'm trying to get some things ready. Since I use cloth diapers, I'm entering giveaways almost every time I find one.

Some of them offer more entries if you blog about them, and that is what I'm doing here.

This giveaway

SoftBums Echo Review and #Giveaway! US only! 3/13

is going on over at GreeN MaM-a JaM-a.

If you are into cloth diaper giveaways, get over there and enter real soon.

With as many giveaways as I've entered, I just hope I win something!



Until next time...


JenT

Sunday, February 12, 2012

no baby yet

Still no sign of this baby coming.

My due date was the 10th regardless of what the counter on the side says.

No labor.

Maybe I need to go jogging? :P


Until next time...

JenT

Thursday, February 9, 2012

what I've been doing while waiting for the baby

In trying to distract myself from this never-ending pregnancy, I've been doing some sewing lately. Here's a recent project.


M.D.'s new skirt. It looks like culottes in the picture, but it's not. It was done from this pattern; Simplicity New Look #6944. You can get it at Wal-Mart and probably Joann, and this site has it also.


It's a cute skirt, not too difficult to make, and she likes the full style. I also plan to make one for D.R. (second daughter), but hers will be in yellow. I don't know if I'll get it done before the baby comes, but I will get to it sometime. :)

I've also sewn up a couple of skirts each for the two younger girls; one set in pink, one set in blue. I may upload some pictures of those on here sometime. And some jumpers that I'm thinking of selling on etsy or somewhere. It was some I had cut out a couple of years ago and so now they don't fit anyone. I've been able to do 3 so far and still have about 5 cut out ready to stitch together.

I really dislike the cutting out part of sewing, so I usually do a lot all at once, but then sometimes I don't get around to the actually sewing part. Oh well, at least now I have some sewing to do...the fun part. :)

Until next time...


JenT

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

cloth diaper giveaway at So Easy Being Green

Baby time is getting closer.

I've started looking at more cloth diapers. And today I found a fantastic giveaway over at So Easy Being Green.

There are a few giveaways going on over there, but this one is the Grand Prize Giveaway. Instead of just one or two diapers, there are 3 diapers, a wrap, and some wipes. Grand Prize, indeed!!

I'm entering in the hopes that I win. And yes, I do get extra entries for blogging about it. But this also gives you a chance too.



Until next time...

JenT

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

haircut pic


To understand the difference, you need to know my hair was all one length and hung down to my rear end. I have really thick hair and the weight was pulling out the natural curl. So I got 10 inches cut off the bottom, then had it layered. Now the curl stays in and it's so much easier to manage. I wash it, mousse it, and let it air dry. Sometimes I pull it up with clips to help the curl stay in longer, then let it down when it's dried a little. With a new baby on the way I needed hair that was much more manageable.

On a side note, this pic was taken by my 6 year old daughter. Pretty good huh?



Until next time...


JenT

Monday, January 16, 2012

Chocolate for the Soul and other things

I've really got to get some new posts up here.

Started a new blog in addition to this one.
http://chocolateysoul.blogspot.com/

Got a new haircut.

Had a great Christmas. Went to visit my brother for Christmas and while there we went to the Creation Museum. They had spectacular lights in the garden. It's free to the public and there were tons of people there.

It's getting closer and closer to the new baby's arrival.

All the children are doing great and growing so much. (More on them later).

We've had several birthdays in the last few months.

I'll continue at a later date...gotta get busy.


Until next time...


JenT

Saturday, November 26, 2011

decorating the tree 2011

The kids decorating the tree at ma-maw's house.


















The finished product. They had lots of fun and it looks great!
Until next time...
JenT

Friday, September 30, 2011

fall fun

What you need:

mini pumpkins or gourds,



some glue

(I used this because it has a brush in it, which makes it easy to apply; plus it's clear),




some fun glitter colors,




and helping hands.

And you'll have:
the finished product;




lovely fall decor!








Until next time...



JenT