Meigs County Huttons

I finally found some time to do some genealogy research. I'm down to two jobs for the summer, working only 10 hours a week now, and only 3 days a week. Hopefully, I'll have some time to play with my grandkids now.

Perhaps Elijah Hutton was a cousin to my great-great-great grandfather Joseph Hutton. The inscription at the bottom says:

Thy toils are now ended

Thy suffering is o'er

Thy spirit is at rest

On that far distant shore.

Weaver, Racine, O.

Easter Kids

We had a nice Easter. Everyone went to Sunday School with me at Cutler Mission.

Me Bad Blogger

So sorry to have neglected posting for such a long time. My life is very busy right now with four part-time jobs (60 hours per week).

Josiah moved back home with me after Christmas. We enjoy playing music and chess.

Amber and her "crew" are staying with me temporarily. She's relocating here.

So, with 5 extra people in the house, it's wild around here.

One of my missing camera's reappeared mysteriously. I'm glad, but curious as to where it had been. It's an old Nikon SLR, so no good for blogging.

They caught the guy who had been robbing people in the neighborhood, but it's unlikely I'll get anything else back.

I'll check in later when I get some good pictures to show off.

Goats

I have not posted in a while because I had no pictures to post. I have had 4 cameras stolen in two months. Pray that I can catch the culprit and reclaim my cameras and photos. Plus, my internet service is long distance now, so I refrain from long hours on the internet.

Here are a couple of photos of my pygmy goats taken with my old Olympus digital. Muffin didn't cooperate, but Izzy was showing off.

September Adventures

I know I've been seriously neglecting my blogging duties lately. I was very busy starting up the afterschool program. Also, I was robbed a couple of times (including my cameras). I hope to keep updated from now on. This is a picture of Josiah and his girlfriend in the homecoming parade. Chelsea is the Freshman Princess and Josiah is her escort.

Here's the spinning wheel my cousin Jan brought me from Oklahoma. She also brought me the basket full of wool to spin. I'm so excited to be actually spinning on my own wheel! Guess who decided he just had to try it, too?

Truck Work

Here's a couple of pictures of the state of my truck. I wish I had a picture of how cute it looked before the wreck with it's flat bed and wooden racks. Josiah and his friend just had to take it in the woods for a spin, and it slid into a tree. Here it is after a quick fix. Later pictures will appear after all the new parts and body work are complete.

Mowing

Sorry I haven't posted in forever. I got kind of busy with the grandkids and Josiah and the post office job. Here's one of the church guys and his nephew putting up hay on my place.

I've Been Tagged

I've been tagged for a meme (whatever that it is) by Jan at The Work of Her Hands. Here goes:

4 Jobs I have had in my life:

I worked at Public Debt right out of high school. Then I got on at DuPont, but I quit to
stay home with my first child. I volunteered at the Christian School for 15 years for free tuition, with a break when my second child was born. When my husband lost his
job, I went back to work. I now work as a Youth Activities Director and Afterschool
Director at a local church. I just got on at the Post Office a few months ago.

4 Films I can watch again and again:

Anne of Green Gables series
Back to the Future Trilogy
Mary Poppins
Sound of Music


4 Places I have lived:

I was brought home to a little beginner home in Vienna, WV
I spent the rest of my childhood in a home my dad built on a farm in Murraysville, WV
My husband owned a home in Davisville, WV, when I met him.
We moved to a farm in Cutler, OH, to raise our kids in the country.

4 TV Series I watch:

Little People, Big World (I like that show, too, Jan. They do so many interesting things.)
Old Comedy reruns like Andy Griffith, Green Acres, I Love Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies
Monk (He's my favorite detective)
Sherlock Holmes (He's my second favorite detective)

4 places I have been on Holiday:

Niagra Falls (3 times including my honeymoon)
Florida (2 times, once in a moving van, the trip was paid for by the mover)
Texas (again in a moving van, our daughter's furniture)
Libraries and Cemeteries (my favorite off-line places for genealogy research)

4 Things I Do everytime I get on the net:

Check regular email
Check Bloglines
Read the news online, including obituaries
Check my bank balance on weekdays, update websites on weekends

4 things I would not eat for anything in the world

Bugs of any kind
Pets (We went to a friend's house one time and they cooked her pet rabbit for dinner. Waaaah!)
Road Kill (even though some of it looks really fresh)
Leftovers found in my grandson's car seat (He stores food there for convenience later)

4 places I would love to be right now:

Jan said, "Talking and visiting with Grandma." (Did that Thursday)
Jan said, "Sitting on my mom’s porch in the early morning, chatting and drinking
coffee, enjoying the peace that I feel when I’m there." ( Me too, except I would be
eating watermelon. )
Jan said, "Sitting beside Jody and comparing the verses Grandma had underlined in
my Bible with the verses she had underlined in Jody’s Bible." (I love to spend time
with my brother, Eric, working on computers or playing music. )
Jan said, "Singing with Steven, amazed at how beautiful his voice is." (I love to sing
and play music with my kids and grandkids.)

4 people to tag
Eva at No Name Creek
Josiah at Josiah's Loud Life
(The only two other people I know who blog)

If you've been tagged, answer the questions on your blog and tag four more people.

Mommo and the Girls

Luke wouldn't pose for the picture, so we just took one of the girls with Mommo.