This week has been a week of joy and disappointment. We were planning on going to Great Falls MT for some shopping this weekend but then Mama caught a head cold and was in bed all day Thursday and some of yesterday. We didn't want to go when she wasn't feeling well so now we pushed our shopping trip off till next weekend. It was quite a disappointment since we were looking forward to going for almost a month or maybe over. We children were hoping so much that Mama would be better on Friday and we could still go that we cleaned the house all by ourselves and made carrot and banana bread. But we accepted the disappointment and are looking forward to next weekend.
One joy is that I passed my learner's test yesterday. I am very glad to have that over and done with. Now every time I look at my learner's book I can breathe a sigh of relief instead of "I should take that learner's test". I only had two wrong out of the five I can have wrong. I wasn't looking forward to driving very much but I'm actually starting to get excited.
Last weekend we went to Two Hills. Grandma and Grandpa are living there to help start a church. We had a very good weekend (except the driving was a bit long {5 hours one way})
I really enjoyed the youth girls they have there. I didn't know what I was missing with not having a bunch of youth girls at church. But we still have fun, right Elizabeth? I'm glad to have you back again. Looking forward to Sunday.
Well, I guess I should help with the Saturday cooking so,
till next time,
Yesenia
(your very faithful blogger Smile.)
BTW Can't you get the math?
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Prayer Request
Dear Blog Readers,
Prayers would be appreciated for Kathy Hofer. She is flying to Romania today to work in a hospital and preschool for two weeks. Pray for health and strength for her.
Kathy has lived at our house for two years but now she has been living in Manitoba for almost 2 years. She has wanted to go to Romania for a long time so we hope that she will be able to enjoy it.
Thanks for your prayers,
Yesenia
Prayers would be appreciated for Kathy Hofer. She is flying to Romania today to work in a hospital and preschool for two weeks. Pray for health and strength for her.
Kathy has lived at our house for two years but now she has been living in Manitoba for almost 2 years. She has wanted to go to Romania for a long time so we hope that she will be able to enjoy it.
Thanks for your prayers,
Yesenia
Monday, 2 April 2012
More Math
Good afternoon blog readers. It is a very beautiful afternoon in southern Alberta with our warm weather coming back.
Yesterday we had Janice and Nacho over and since they started the blog that I linked you to, we were talking about blogs. Joshua let me know that he would like some more math challenges so here you go. I'll give you one example and then one problem.
EXAMPLE: Find three consecutive odd integers such that 4 times the first is 14 less than twice the sum of 2 and the third.
N, N+2, N+4, So the Integers are -1, 1, 3
4(N) + 14 = 2(2 + N+4) 4(-1) +14 = 2(2 +3)
4N + 14 = 4 + 2N +8 -4 +14 = 4+6
4N +14 = 12 +2N 10 = 10
_____-12__-12__________
4N +2 =2N
__-4N -4N
2 = -2N
Okay, now here is the problem: Find four consecutive even integers such that -6 times the sum of the second and fourth is 8 less than 11 times the opposite of the third. Please comment for your answer. I hope that I made sense to you.
Yesenia
Yesterday we had Janice and Nacho over and since they started the blog that I linked you to, we were talking about blogs. Joshua let me know that he would like some more math challenges so here you go. I'll give you one example and then one problem.
EXAMPLE: Find three consecutive odd integers such that 4 times the first is 14 less than twice the sum of 2 and the third.
N, N+2, N+4, So the Integers are -1, 1, 3
4(N) + 14 = 2(2 + N+4) 4(-1) +14 = 2(2 +3)
4N + 14 = 4 + 2N +8 -4 +14 = 4+6
4N +14 = 12 +2N 10 = 10
_____-12__-12__________
4N +2 =2N
__-4N -4N
2 = -2N
Okay, now here is the problem: Find four consecutive even integers such that -6 times the sum of the second and fourth is 8 less than 11 times the opposite of the third. Please comment for your answer. I hope that I made sense to you.
Yesenia
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Happy 6th Birthday Elfrieda
Happy 6th Birthday Elfrieda
You are such a sweet sister. So loveable, impulsive, outdoor-loving, cute, affectionate, and everything else that makes a little girl sweet. We love you and may God bless your next year. I'm sorry I'm 5 days late but I hope you still enjoy these pictures of our princess. Please tell me which one is your favourite.
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| Elfrieda and Elisabeth in matching outfits. |
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| Isn't she Sweet? |
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| She graduated from that thing two or three weeks after the picture was taken. |
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| Making donuts out of bread dough. Notice her helmet? She spends a lot of time on her bike. |
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| Cutie |
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| On Grandma and Grandpa's 40th Anniversary Celebration. |
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| This one was taken then too. |
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| Ambitious Student in preschool. |
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| Elfrieda with Groszmama. |
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| On the Mexican-American Border |
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| Playing in the slush last March |
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| Elfrieda's 5th Birthday with Bethany (left) and Amaris (right). Linda gave Elfrieda a dress to match her girls. |
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| Elfrieda with her 5th birthday gift: a scooter. |
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| Dressing up as Mama with Leandro (pretending to be Samuel) and Samuel (pretending to be Daddy). |
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| Isn't that almost studio-perfect? |
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| Mistress Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? |
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| Riding bike. Notice her cheeks full of Coke? |
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| Combing hair in the middle of the day. Typical of Elfrieda. (She doesn't prefer to be combed) |
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| Cousins are best of company even if they are boys. |
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| Cowgirl |
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| Helping with freezing corn. |
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| Mmmm, those donuts from Rolling Pin were good. |
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| Ambitious Student in Kindergarten |
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| Pretending to be teacher. |
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| Friends forever, from the start. |
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| Best friends |
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| I Love her look |
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| Bunkbed |
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Math
Hi all you math fans out there. I decided a while ago that I would do math problem for a blog post one day. Well, here it is.
The bicyclists were 300 miles apart at 3 p.m. and were headed toward each other. If they met at 9 p.m. and one was traveling 20 miles per hour faster than the other, what was the speed of each bicyclist?
No, you won't get a prize for the right answer but I want to see how many replies I can get.
From your math enjoying bloggist,
Yesenia
I couldn't figure this one out. Smile
The bicyclists were 300 miles apart at 3 p.m. and were headed toward each other. If they met at 9 p.m. and one was traveling 20 miles per hour faster than the other, what was the speed of each bicyclist?
No, you won't get a prize for the right answer but I want to see how many replies I can get.
From your math enjoying bloggist,
Yesenia
I couldn't figure this one out. Smile
Thursday, 15 March 2012
I'm Back!!!!
I am very glad to be back to blogging. After having a 4-5 week break, it's good to be back. But I wouldn't discourage anyone from taking a break from blogging or the internet totally. It makes it worth so much more once you come back. We have had a lot going on during the time that I wasn't blogging but I won't try to start at the beginning of everything, I'll just give you an overview of our week and I might do some other posts later on.
We had a very good Sunday at Willie and Marcie's. Of course we encountered some memories of Caleb and we want it that way. We really enjoyed ourselves.
On Monday, Linda came over for lunch. We were enjoying ourselves around the table after lunch when we heard a crash and a bang!! We all knew it was her one-and-a-half year old daughter, Kaylee, falling down the steps, but Linda wasn't that worried because Kaylee falls often. She ran to get her and when she looked into her bleeding mouth, she almost panicked. "Her teeth, her teeth, what do I do??" For Kaylee's three front teeth had all broken out. Mama took her to the ER but they couldn't do very much for her there, so she went to Lethbridge. Her other girls just stayed at our house and I went with her to Lethbridge.
Kaylee slept most of the drive, for which we were glad. David met us at the dentist's office and the dentists tried everything they could to save her teeth. But since the teeth had broken out with a piece of the bone, and they couldn't get somebody to put her to sleep, it just didn't work. They would just get the plaster on to keep the teeth in place and then she would break it out. Linda wasn't allowed in the room where Kaylee was, and yet, hearing her traumatic crying, pulled at her mother heart and of course on those around her. After over an hour wait in the waiting room, they finally just pulled the teeth out the rest of the way and we left. David told us over and over again that he wasn't becoming a dentist as we drove home. (He was holding Kaylee the whole time.)
But even after such an ordeal, she sure still didn't lose her determined, busy character. To get the bad taste of blood out of her mouth, David bought her an ice cream. She wanted to eat it all by herself and every last bit of it too.
Please pray for Kaylee and her parents. We are really hoping that her teeth will come back nicely once she gets the second set, please help us pray.
Yesterday we had Neil and Justina Dyck over for supper. We had a good evening.
This evening we are planning to have another singing evening. I'm looking forward to it.
Also looking forward to getting in contact with commenters,
Yesenia
P.S. If you are getting emails from us with Click here to see attached photos please don't open them. Just delete them as soon as possible. They're most likely a spam. We are very sorry about that.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Tips, tips, tips, and more tips. (cont'd part 8)
1. Plant pole beans next to sunflowers. The beans will climb the lower part of the sunflowers and you won't need to use any poles.
2. To save over watered terrarium plants from ruin, roll a paper towel very tightly and place it in the pot so that one end of it is just touching the soil. The towel will soak up the water in no time. Repeat if necessary. Use this method with any over watered plant that is potted and doesn't have drainage holes.
3. Don't throw away your leftover coffee in the morning. Pour it around your geraniums to promote blooming.
4. Your African violets will bloom longer, prettier, and more abundantly if you stick a few rusty nails in the soil alongside them.
5.In late summer or in fall, collect seeds from your flower and vegetable gardens. Let dry thoroughly in the sun. Place in plastic bags, label, seal, and put in the freezer. In spring, you'll be all set for planting.
6. Save large salt shakers to use as handy dispensers when it's time for planting in your garden. Fill them with seeds, then shake out in neat rows.
7. To remove dead leaves from perennial flower beds in spring without damage to plants, use a child's rake to get in among them.
8. If you have a fire place or wood burning stove, save the ashes as fertilizer for your gardens.
9. For slow and thorough watering of garden plants (such as tomatoes), punch three or four holes in the bottom of an empty 1-gallon milk jug. Bury jug in the soil next to the plant with the top sticking out a little ways and fill it with water. As water seeps out, the plant's roots will absorb it. To add nutrients, some plant food int the water every other time you fill the jug.
10. A teaspoon of mild detergent will revive a vase of wilted flowers.
11. Sweet corn ears are ripe and ready for harvest when the top of the cob is rounded, not pointed.
12. Always water your lawn, garden and houseplants thoroughly, Frequent light sprinklings do more harm than good.
13. When digging up dahlias or gladiola bulbs in fall, separate them by color and store in nylons or in knee-high stockings. Use a same-color ribbon or a rubber band to tie the ends shut and remind you which colors you're planting next year.
14. For tender rhubarb stalks, be sure to water plants well for a day or two before picking.
15. To "silk" ears of corn, I use a wet terry towel washcloth. It does a great job of removing the silk and doesn't do any damage to the kernels.
16. Keep your fingernails clean while working in the garden by scraping them over a bar of soap before starting. This fills the underside of your nails with soap so dirt can't get in.
17. Dandelions will do a disappearing act if you spray pure white vinegar where the roots were after pulling. Don't worry about the grass-it will grow back fast.
18. To kill grass in cracks of the sidewalk, pour full-strength vinegar on the cracks. Withing 2 days, the grass will be dead.
19. When you bring in cut flowers from the garden to make a bouquet in the house, always cut the stem on a slant instead of straight across. This increases water intake, keeping the flowers fresher. Add part a can of white or lemon-lime soda to the water improves the appearance of the flowers.
20. Cut the top and bottom off of a soda bottle, leaving a 6-inch cylinder open at both ends. This makes a great planting sleeve for plants. It helps prevent cutworm damage and creates a nice water reservoir too.
2. To save over watered terrarium plants from ruin, roll a paper towel very tightly and place it in the pot so that one end of it is just touching the soil. The towel will soak up the water in no time. Repeat if necessary. Use this method with any over watered plant that is potted and doesn't have drainage holes.
3. Don't throw away your leftover coffee in the morning. Pour it around your geraniums to promote blooming.
4. Your African violets will bloom longer, prettier, and more abundantly if you stick a few rusty nails in the soil alongside them.
5.In late summer or in fall, collect seeds from your flower and vegetable gardens. Let dry thoroughly in the sun. Place in plastic bags, label, seal, and put in the freezer. In spring, you'll be all set for planting.
6. Save large salt shakers to use as handy dispensers when it's time for planting in your garden. Fill them with seeds, then shake out in neat rows.
7. To remove dead leaves from perennial flower beds in spring without damage to plants, use a child's rake to get in among them.
8. If you have a fire place or wood burning stove, save the ashes as fertilizer for your gardens.
9. For slow and thorough watering of garden plants (such as tomatoes), punch three or four holes in the bottom of an empty 1-gallon milk jug. Bury jug in the soil next to the plant with the top sticking out a little ways and fill it with water. As water seeps out, the plant's roots will absorb it. To add nutrients, some plant food int the water every other time you fill the jug.
10. A teaspoon of mild detergent will revive a vase of wilted flowers.
11. Sweet corn ears are ripe and ready for harvest when the top of the cob is rounded, not pointed.
12. Always water your lawn, garden and houseplants thoroughly, Frequent light sprinklings do more harm than good.
13. When digging up dahlias or gladiola bulbs in fall, separate them by color and store in nylons or in knee-high stockings. Use a same-color ribbon or a rubber band to tie the ends shut and remind you which colors you're planting next year.
14. For tender rhubarb stalks, be sure to water plants well for a day or two before picking.
15. To "silk" ears of corn, I use a wet terry towel washcloth. It does a great job of removing the silk and doesn't do any damage to the kernels.
16. Keep your fingernails clean while working in the garden by scraping them over a bar of soap before starting. This fills the underside of your nails with soap so dirt can't get in.
17. Dandelions will do a disappearing act if you spray pure white vinegar where the roots were after pulling. Don't worry about the grass-it will grow back fast.
18. To kill grass in cracks of the sidewalk, pour full-strength vinegar on the cracks. Withing 2 days, the grass will be dead.
19. When you bring in cut flowers from the garden to make a bouquet in the house, always cut the stem on a slant instead of straight across. This increases water intake, keeping the flowers fresher. Add part a can of white or lemon-lime soda to the water improves the appearance of the flowers.
20. Cut the top and bottom off of a soda bottle, leaving a 6-inch cylinder open at both ends. This makes a great planting sleeve for plants. It helps prevent cutworm damage and creates a nice water reservoir too.
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