birthdays and beans!

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the harvest. Proverbs 6:6-7

In some parts of the world spring has sprung and it is warm and sunny. It has rained for days on the coast and nothing says spring like pressure canning your glut of dried beans in the pantry! We so far have 19 quarts of white, black and pintos oh my! I would have rather run away to Mexico and laid on the beach but there was a lot of heat coming out of the kitchen I guess.
My little bear is now 5, I know the candle says 4 but we were in a pinch and had to make due as all the candles were missing!. Auntie Jenn let Barrett pick what kind of cake he wanted and she whipped it up from scratch. It was so chocolaty and wonderful.

Choices, Choices.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12

I am basking in the glow of the choices I have made in my life thus far. Even the act of sitting down to blog is a small miracle in light of my choices. Some of my choices seemed insane at the time and look how well most of them turned out. For example, having children. Three children are madly running through the house laughing and/or screaming. The baby is contentedly nursing and I get to type away my thoughts. Dinner has been eaten, bellies are full,everyone is happy.

My choice to have goats, a dog, rabbits and many other time consuming things my husband has disapproved of, I cannot say those things always worked out wonderfully. The point is that we should weigh our choices in the light of only having one life to live and chose carefully but I never want to be limited by fear of failure or disapproval and have regrets. (I don't and haven't). My heart is full and healthy. But here I sit, my original goal was to blog about cooking and homeschooling, but who knows what I will choose to blog about.