Stick in the mud

Actually, we were *stuck* in the mud... I think our (over) 17 acres is officially made up of all mud. Will the rain ever stop we ask?  Yet those in Oklahoma are asking if they'll ever be rained on... feast or famine, so they say.  They're covered in fires, we'd be lucky to start one  ; )  I wish I would have taken a picture, but it's fairly easy to imagine.  Hubby went to hook up the trailer to my truck Saturday night, sunk... tried using his 4x4 truck to pull me out, sunk.  Sounds like something out of a book!  I had to laugh... how could you not?  He wasn't quite as entertained... With many Hail Mary's and some oil-dry, he managed to pull his out early Sunday morning before Mass.

And with that, he attached the trailer and picked up a 1942 Farmall M.  It was running quite nicely before he bought it, got it home and well, not so much, HAHA!  Another entertaining moment for me... I've decided that the only way to not break down from the utter stress is to just laugh!  If you can't, kids things could be damaged  ; )  Poor guy worked so hard, and went thru 2 brand new batteries trying to figure out WHY the darned thing wouldn't turn over!  Finally a light went off yesterday, figured out the dummies people that owned it prior had halfway converted the thing to 12 volt (and he had 6 volt batteries due to the guy telling him it was 6 volt... d'oh!).  Why are people so dishonest?  Is it to make a buck?  I don't understand how they can live with themselves!  Especially when selling such an expensive/non-returnable item.  That being said, he bought what he needed yesterday and *drove* it into the garage... whoohoo!  Yes, it's running!  Once again, proud of my handy man!

Oh, and our tomatoes have sprouted!  Just 1 or 2 eggplant plants... the peppers are taking their merry ole' time!

In honor of our "saint of the day"... of whom we have had the pleasure of visiting in Paris and possess a first class relic of!

Co-Founder of the Daughters of Charity,

St. Louise de Marillac, pray for us!

"The faults of children are not always imputed to the parents, especially when they have instructed them and given good example. Our Lord, in His wonderous Providence, allows children to break the hearts of devout fathers and mothers. Thus the decisions your children have made don't make you a failure as a parent in God's eyes. You are entitled to feel sorrow, but not necessarily guilt. Do not cease praying for your children; God's grace can touch a hardened heart. Commend your children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When parents pray the Rosary,at the end of each decade they should hold the Rosary aloft and say to her,"With these beads bind my children to your Immaculate Heart", she will attend to their souls."