Reflections and Hope

Happy New Year Eve, to all of you out there!! I can not believe 2010 is just a few hours away as I type this...I am not sure where this last year has gone!

This past week I have remained quiet as I was taking a week to reflect this past year, and to sit and wonder what the New Year has in store for us.

Back when I was a child I recall my father saying that the older you get the faster time flies, of course as I have aged over the years I have found this to be so true, and now my own 2 children are starting to see this as well, The oldest daughter made the remark she is now officially HALF done with her college degree ..in her mind set upon graduation 4 years of college appeared to be overwhelming and now she is the one saying..."Where did time go?"

I reflected this past year,....last year just before Christmas I lost my twin sister, due to bone cancer,then just before the 31st of Dec last yr I got a call from my Dr that my mammogram was abnormal which brought on more tests and and anxiety.....crossed over into 2009....only to find all was good....and I was told I was one of the lucky women that day and to make sure I come back in a year, My year soon up middle of January and I know I need to make the call and go get the job done!...My hope for the new Year will be to have the same results..or the strength to deal with what ever comes my way.

Then we began the farm work,gardening, fighting rains and just a stress full year, but the garden gave us bountiful harvest as well as the crops, even if we did harvest the crops until December 19. We have much to be thankful for! My hope for the New Year will be to have us have a safe harvest, a garden that is plentiful.....the rest the Lord will handle for us.

I did move up in positions at work, I went back to school., got my license to handle and pass medications at at work, which I do an average of 3 days a week, the rest of the time I work in physical therapy and give reiki treatments....My hope for the new year...to increase my knowledge in pharmacology and reach more people in reiki.

This past summer I did open a room in my home for Reiki and Massage, clientele has been wonderful, business continues to grow, word continues to spread. My Hope for the New Year will be to continue to reach the people that need to be reached....perhaps even hold 2 classes in the year for Reiki I and Reiki II.

I took a couple of classes online to become more creative, to open up the creative cycle and just listen to the inner voice and create instead of being so scared of what doesnt look right. My hope for the new year, ...continue to be creative....continue with some online support groups.

I am not one to make resolutions, but I do like to add a challenge in my life now and then, and learn from them and grow from them.......but this year I am undertaking a few challenges, some lifestyle changes, so gonna post a few of my new challenges for the upcoming Year, I promise it is short!!

1. If you wish to participate pay a visit!

2. Healthy eating...I need to lose some weight....my goal this year...Ill be happy if I can take off 35 pounds~..so eating better and exercising more!!

3. more organized...this is my largest downfall in my sewing and craft room its a MESS.....so I know same song and dance.... more organized and less procrastination!

Not bad, My wish for all of you in blog land to be healthy and hope that 2010 bring all you seek and wish for sooooo until Next year!!! Be well~



Reba~

Winter blahs

I know I really should not complain at all of the winter blahs! We had 1 inch of snow yesterday and last night, some slippery roads this morning on the way to work and another cold front with more snow moving in... I guess for Minnesota we are very lucky we have not had this weather a month ago...but the majority of farmers are still trying to get their soybeans out, we still have approx 75 acres of soybeans and corn that is sitting in about 6 inches of water....So hard sometimes to be patient!

I did some Christmas shopping today, managed a few stocking stuffer items and a couple other items for the girls and a shirt for hubby... I still got a few dishcloths to make for the oldest to go in her box of mixing bowls in those rainbow mixed colors....I will take a pic of them when done...

Nothing really new here, Becky is in full swing in Basketball....tomorrow night will be her third game, so far they lost both games, but not by much....so they have good potential....and no doubt will be a fun season!!


Well until the next time!!

Reba~

Oh so hard to believe it is soon December, another year winding down and I have for a few days now been reflecting on this past year and things I am grateful for and just sometimes the things we so much take for granted that we have and should show so much more gratitude than we do! so I think for the month of December I will be pulling up some old memories and reflections of the year past and just sharing some gratitude of course with some holiday cheer.


Some more of my stitches I am doing for creative every day I am loving this as it really makes me take just a few minutes of me time and try just one thing that I have always wanted to do just never did it! But none the less here is my work or shall I say stitches in progress such as they are....I worked on the feather stitch and this so far in this new found art is my favorite stitch!!




Our hired man and his wife invited us for left overs last night since none of their kids could come home for the holiday, and they have not seen our oldest since she graduated 2 years ago so we spent a fun evening in their home visiting and shared a lot of laughs! Below is my husband and his hired man Ivan (my husband is the tall blonde)
Of course my girls....rarely seen together any more I had to take a photo might be the only one till Christmas! The oldest is the shorter one *laughing* so many people get them mixed up because they associate the taller one being older.....Is it any wonder the taller one plays basketball?? close to 6 feet now!

Any how that's all from here, looks like a beautiful sunny day for the men to run in the fields again, we have approx 5-8 days left depending on the weather and how fast we can go...it is still wet and so many of the men cant get in their fields....so again I guess we are very fortunate! So now off I go to catch up on laundry and some house work and of course some stitching!!

Giving Thanks

Good Morning to all of you fellow bloggers and lurkers :)

I wanted to take a few minutes and wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving, Hope we can all take a few minutes to reflect and be greatful and show thanks for what we truly are blessed with! I know so much even myself I take for granted, and today will slow down some to share and just give thanks for what I have been Blessed with! So from my home to yours today...........




HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Frustrating Fall and Just Random Thoughts

It has probably been one of the most stressful falls I have seen in the 20 years I have been married to a farmer! Wet wet wet.....its rained we had 2 inches of snow mixed with rain yesterday...all I can say for that was it was pretty how it hung on the trees...We have managed tog et 130 acres of beans out on the high ground but the low stuff we have to wait until it freezes, at this rate we will still be trying to combine the corn in January unless we have a wonderful Novemeber!.......Any how the good thing that came out of some of this is one rainy day hubby says to me...why dont ya go do some Christmas shopping so we are not so pressed for this in December.....soooo along the way


I stopped in Clara City MN, a very small quilt shop called Shades of the Past... the owners name is Darci and she has some gorgeous fabrics and specializes in different wools, shes got a scrap bin that I raid each time I go! A very welcomeing place to go hang out if you ever get that way!

Along the drive over to Willmar MN I saw the beet farmers were busy pileing beets... a far away shot but still shows some of the process.

A line of beet trucks waiting to get dumped.

This is just a glimpse of the mud we have fought for equipment in and out of the fields.

A semi load of sugar beets coming my way headed to the beet dump.

This is taken right outside of Milan MN along HWY 40, this is why we cant harvest most fields look like this! :(

A peek at our farm from a distance....was a welcome view after a day of shopping and getting a hair cut.....

Now to get back to some normal in my life or at least what I call normal...the oldest daughter is home from college this weekend for a funeral of a former classmate and is heading back to Marshall tomorrow... always good to see her and play catch up on the events in her life.

Any how thats all the news from here, Hope you all have a great weekend and a safe halloween!

Rebag

What a week.

Not very often I have aweek that zaps my entire energy or just makes my head spin but this week truly did it for me.....

An update for the kids......the three in the crash.....the girls underwent 7 hours of facial reconstruction, and she is stable and able to respond by wiggling her toes on command and also grasping their hands....great news!!

One of the boys from the Glenwood area, he is undergoing a third surgery today, 10 hours worth, but is able to respond as well by gripping hands and waves...

the other boy from our area has fought a very hard battle, yesterday his parents made the decision to pull the life support system, and donate organs, so at this point as I am typing this, they are keeping him stablizied to support the major organs,

Please keep these three families in thoughts and prayers,

My niece suffered a severe concussion, she was released yesterday afternoon, and has 2 sprained ankles, she is home and resting and doing fine,.

One of the nice things about living in a small community, people have come out of the woodwork in support of all three kids in the accident......

On a brighter note....I went yesterday and bought some stuff to begin working on my reiki studio... Our bedroom just isnt the right space for this and clients are getting up in numbers I feel I need a private space.....so that is my project for today for a few hours any how, and then put some stuff together for a demonstration on here on the basket making.................

Hope you all have a great Saturday,


Rebag

Thursday

We are still not able to combine yet, perhaps by the weekend.....

Hubby finally went to the Dr today after coughing and being sick for a month, come to find out hes got a bacterial infection in the bronchi.... so now hes got some good antibiotics to hopefully kick this gunk!

It has been a very hard week for us here, the three kids in the accident that I spoke on earlier....

One of the boys has had 2 surgeries so far and needs many more....hes got some colon damage, both legs and both arms broken, he can however respond by lifting his hand up a bit and squeezing his parents hands,...His mom told me today that he got his first shower and they cut his hair, tomorrow will be hopefully a day of the *dead* colon removal, they need to bandage up his legs again....and also going to place a trachea in so they can work on his mouth and jaw....

The girl is stable, medication induced coma since she arrived at the hospital....shes got mutiple skull and facial fractures......now as I write this she is in her first of multiple surgeries.... she did however today open her eyes and look at her dad and sister....and she can hold up hands when prompted ....so this was a good sign as well...

The third child the young man that graduated with my oldest daughter he is still on life support,....he has swelling in several areas of the brain....which places preassure on the brain stem. Yesterday was his best day as it was reported that he had began coughing and was also moving his fingers,.... but today now he has taken turn backwards and not doing as well,

So prayers please keep them coming!!


I will this weekend try to get a blog set up on how to do the baskets....I think placemeats would be awesome to make useing this method!!

Until the weekend .......have a great Friday!


coming back in and adding an edit,......got a call from my sister in Oklahoma.....my niece who is also a college student fell off her horse and was air lifted out to a hospital....testing in progress now....*sighs*



Reba~