My dad called this week (as usual) and asked, "What's up? How's it going with everyone?". My response... "Fine. Nothing much. Just school as usual. Home stuff. Life... {pause}... nothing exciting."
Honestly, I'm so glad to be able to say that. Routine is nice for a change! Besides, it never lasts very long anyway. Some kind of drama or busyness always works it's way into our lives.
All that to say, nothing much happened on our homestead this week...
• We cooked.
• We cleaned.
• We homeschooled.
• We played Dutch Blitz.
• We went to a prayer meeting.
• We watched a movie together.
• We ate dinner with some friends.
• We deep cleaned the front porch.
• We planted another blackberry bush.
• We split another cord of firewood (or thereabouts)... I nearly lost a finger.
Oh, yeah. That. The finger.... I'm so glad I still have my finger! I didn't get it caught actually splitting the wood, but rather lifting a very large, heavy piece of oak (part of a tree trunk), and when I went to set it down, I smashed my finger between the wood and a piece of metal protruding out from part of the splitter.
"Ouch" doesn't begin to describe the pain.
I was afraid to take my glove off and see what was left. Really, I thought it was crushed. But, it turns out it was just severely bruised. Nothing broken, not even the skin. I'm so thankful because it could have been a lot worse!
Lesson learned... MOVE your hand! Watch your fingers at ALL times!
It didn't deter me... after some Motrin and a quick ice pack, I spent the rest of the afternoon splitting more wood, but with a lot more care.
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