My Amish Home | Serious prep for this weekend's mystery guests

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit,” Romans 8:1 “This I say then, walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16 “... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5,6 Hello November! Typical November weather, chilly, gray and dampish. Oh my! A full week looms ahead of me. Erwin has two appointments, one in Mattoon and one in Champaign. I need to get these papers done, preferably today, Monday, so I can get them to town. I’ll be out of a bike for two or three days. Anyway, I hope it’s not longer. I am lost without a bike. It goes to the bike shop on Tuesday for a tune-up. It is way past time. I was hoping the bike shop would have a loaner, but it doesn’t appear that that would be the case. So I’ll just limp along without it. I really don’t like to have a full schedule. Used to, back in the day, I thrived on that. But not anymore. I’m too old, and my feet hurt way too much. I have to get my house cleaned up. Saturday, when I was putting away the children’s books the “Littles” had gotten out, I realized that bookshelf is really, really dusty. I hung my head in shame. One afternoon last week, Cynthia and her Littles were here. I so enjoy visiting with Cynthia! Then Rick also came. He fixed our chest of drawers. It had some broken drawer guides, I so appreciated that! I could finally, after several weeks, put the one drawer back in and get things in their proper order. We are getting mystery guests Sunday evening. They are bringing supper. I have no idea who or how many are coming. I just know that I have some serious cleaning to do. With the weather the way it is, I’m thinking I might have to put up my inside lines to dry my laundry. I really didn’t want to just yet. I didn’t do any laundry today on account I wanted to get my papers written first. I have to keep in mind, the days are getting shorter, and I can’t wait until half afternoon to do the laundry and expect it to still dry outside. I’m wondering if there will be a change. I’m thinking there might be a change in the weather, like getting colder, the way the ponies were tearing around in their pen. Poor Candy, she’s really old and halfway blind, she was about to get run over. She is too old and stiff to run very fast, but she did try. And even our old horse was acting crazy on the way home. I was almost scared. In closing — real friends are those who, when you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel that you’ve done a permanent job. Maybe we could try another Healthy Grains recipe. Chicken fritters 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup chicken broth, mostly chicken, do not drain ½ tablespoon Crushed Wheat 3 ½ cup Crushed Wheat 1 Seasoning salt Salt Mix in order given. Add seasoning to taste. Batter should be thinner than pancake batter. Make like pancakes. Fast, easy and yummy!