An Earthquake and a Hurricane

     So on Tuesday afternoon we had something that almost never happens here, there was an Earthquake! 5.8, the largest in recorded history here.  Thankfully no one died and the damage could have been much worse than it was. We've had good several aftershocks but, for us anyway, all it did was give us something to talk about.
     This weekend however, it looks like we will have another natural disaster in the form of a certain Hurricane Irene.... so we are busy getting ready for that. We're far enough inland that the main problem will be the wind but I can't imagine what it will be like on the coast....
     In the next couple of day we'll be moving as much of our container garden as we can up against the house, picking up the yard, filling 1 gal buckets with water and freezing them (ice :), trying to get all the clothes washed, baking done, and stocking up on can goods and other things. :)

Book review.... oh look squirrel!

So I sat down to write a post about the book I just finished reading and what do I do?  I get lost looking at trailers for independent christian films.... haven't found anything interesting yet.... oh well.

Watching Little Ones

I like watching children, especially the little ones. Gives me lots of practice for being a mom in the future. Of course getting payed is always nice but sometimes I think I have the most fun when I can just do it help out.
     Like yesterday, our neighbor across the street was having a yard sale so we went over check it out and see how it was going. As we were looking around we got talking to our neighbor's friend who was also selling things. She happened to be a young mom with two little girls who, having been homeschooled herself, talked to Mom for awhile about that.
     Her youngest one (who is 13 months) was napping but the older one (who is two and a half I think) was running around putting dirt and acorns in a small pot so I helped her find some more acorns and ended up playing/ watching her the rest of the morning so her mom could focus on selling things. We had soooo much fun filling her little pockets with acorns (our neighbor now has significantly less), playing with the toys her mom brought for her, and (when we were "tired") we would flop down in the grass and take a "nap" till one of us yelled "Wake up!". :)