Random happenings

by Javan

Every Tuesday Renae Baer has been coming to help out and she recently came back from Japan and brought back some dried fish with her they were just dried out and seasoned they even still had eyes as you can see they don't look the most appetizing, me Jesse and Dad were the only ones to try them I was hesitant at first though.

I brought them to church and got some people to eat them  most just chickened out though.

We have Beavers down in our creek they made a dam just upstream from us but its not on our property.

We have been working on organizing the barn it looks much better but there is more to do.

Yesterday we spent a lot of time on instruments our goal is that by Christmas we will all be able to play Silent Night on our instruments.

We are enjoying the Christmas pictures we have been getting and looking forward to getting more.

Somethin’ freaky’s going on!

This morning when I came out of my room I realized that some of my furniture in the Parlor had been rearranged since I went to bed.  I slept in, so I figured one of the children must have been fooling around.

Tonight when we were in the parlor together I asked them and they all said they didn’t know anything about it.  I thought maybe Chad did it just to play with me but when I asked him he said he didn’t know anything either!

Here is what I suspect…

One of our boys has always been difficult when over tired.  He would wake up during the night but not fully and cry and cry and we would have to wake him up completely to settle him down so he would go back to sleep.  He also went through a time when he would wander in to our room and back out again, when I would hear him I would know right off who it was and wake Chad to take him potty.  He would be so tired he would get up to go potty but not really know what he needed to do.  He never knew what was going on!

We had 2 or 3 late nights this week and so my boy (that asks permission to go to bed) was definitely over tired!  I suspect that he has moved in to a new stage and is becoming a sleep walker.  I’ve heard and read things about sleep walkers and I’m not too sure I like the idea of having one in my home! 

Let me tell you, it sure gives you a freaky feeling when furniture is moved in your home while you are sleeping and nobody knows anything about it!

Nigh NIiight!

Thanksgiving 2010 Day 1

Thanksgiving Day we had our Plattner family gathering at Fairview Haven (nursing home) in Fairbury, IL.  Chad’s Grandma passed away in early 2010 but we still have some Great Aunts in Fairbury, so we went to spend the day with them.

Luanne Endress played a couple songs on the accordian and Jodi Lau played the piano for us.

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Here is Uncle John (Dad Plattner’s brother) with his oldest Granddaughter Abby.

Someone (I think Aunt Marlene) brought some crafts for the children.  It kept them quietly entertained for awhile.

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He fought the wall and the wall won!

Wednesday afternoon Javan came downstairs crying and holding his head.  My first question was “are you o.k.?”  Then “is there blood?”  And then “let me see it,” expecting a little bump.  What I saw was a HUGE goose egg.  NOT what I was expecting.

It probably seems cruel to be taking a picture of him while he still has tears in his eyes, but I was going to do an experiment and wanted a picture for the sake of documenting before and after. 

I read in a book about natural home remedies how someone takes a slice of onion, pounds it a bit to soften it and tapes it to the injured area.  She said it brings down the swelling and removes the bruising. 

I figured it was worth a try, what did we have to lose?  Here is a picture of Javan with the onion on his head, I bandaged it so the onion wouldn’t fall out and hopefully help with the smell. 

He laid on the couch for several hours reading a book.  When he was running around again we took the bandage off.  The swelling had gone down considerably with a slight bruise.

I don’t know how long it usually takes a goose egg to go down or how much of a bruise it usually leaves so I don’t know if it helped or not.  If you have any experience with goose eggs or bruising I’m interested in what you have to teach me. 

This picture was two days later.  I forgot to take a close up picture in the busyness of our Thanksgiving festivities.

SO… I’m sure you are wondering how the goose egg came to be anyway.  Here’s the story…

We have a hallway by the children’s rooms and Javan found that he can hop down it with his feet together in 6 hops.  He wanted to see if he could make it in 5 hops and thought if he took a running start he would have a better chance.  He started in his room running and after a hop or two landed wrong, lost his balance and consequently hit the corner of a wall with his head; the wall refused to move thus the goose egg!

Duggars at K-Mart?

This evening as Chad was coming out of K-Mart, Jonas was watching behind him (looking into K-Mart), Chad kept calling him and finally picked him up to carry him.  Jonas continued to look back and said “Dad, the Duggars are in there!”

Apparently a lady had just walked in with a skirt on and a similar hair style to Michelle Duggar.  A couple of the boys said they thought the same thing but knew it wasn’t her.

It was just so cute that our 3 1/2 year old little guy was the one that said it and remembered the right name!

Savoury meat

Genesis 27:3-4
(3)  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
(4)  And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

After prayer, Chad began our meal by asking the children what food Isaac really loved.  Then reminded them that we have the privilege this evening of having savoury meat such as Isaac loved.

If you would like to try some savoury meat such as we had tonight follow the steps below.

First have a friend that loves to hunt, allow him to hunt on your land in trade for a deer.  You need several children to help process the meat.  Take the steaks and an overzealous helper, have him prick the steak several times on each side (this overzealous helper will make good and sure every square centimeter is covered with holes).

Next mix 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce, and 3/4 cup Veri Veri Teriyaki marinade (Soy Vay).  Pour over the meat and let marinade for a day or so. 

Grill, serve, and be prepared to handle the fighting over the last piece!

I was going to take a picture but they consumed it too quickly!

Enjoy!!!

Ouch

Warning:  This may be a little too much for someone that gets queasy easy.  You’ve been warned!

 

Sunday evening we had some friends (the Tim Kaiser family) over after supper for a couple hours of fellowship.  Some of the children were outside playing kick the can. 

Jared came in and said he needed help with a cut on his foot.  I did the same thing any wise mother would do ~ I called Daddy to the seen!  :)  Actually many mother’s probably handle first aid better than I do, but I’ve called Chad home from work more than once to handle a bloody situation!

Chad determined it would need stitches and quickly said goodbye and headed off to Hopedale Medical Center.

The cut was in a very odd place, right between two of his toes and not much underneath his toe.  We don’t think it was a cut from stepping on something because of how the cut is.  We aren’t for sure what happened but this is what we think may have been the cause.

Jared was barefooted and someone (with shoes) accidentally stepped on his foot on the patio.  We think that possibly it stretched the skin so much it split, could have been a small split in the skin already that caused it to split easier.  This is all guess work but what we do know is he has 7 stitches and a very sore foot.

It is healing quite nicely and we are caused to remember how fearfully and wonderfully we are made.  That our bodies are designed to heal and usually quite quickly.  Thank You Lord!

Nightmares

I have never been one to enjoy being home alone over night, and even though the children were with me, I still had an uncomfortable feeling when Chad was gone over night recently.  I don’t fear really, it’s just this uneasy feeling I get.  I struggle with thinking about all the “what ifs” that could happen and what would I do.  This time was no different, so it is no surprise the dream I had that night.  It is the panic I went through that I would like to share, it shows where my priorities lie!  :)

I dreamed that in the middle of the night some thieves came into my bedroom.  When I woke up and realized that they were there to rob me I told them I would go downstairs and get them something to eat.  When I got down there, they had already cleaned out most of the downstairs.  It was then that I panicked and began to search their vehicles and to beg

“PLEASE, let me keep their school books!!!  You can have everything else, but I HAVE to have their school books!”

Now surely that should win a “You might be a homeschooler if…” contest, right?  :)

Sweet Dreams!