It’s a cloudy day on the Knolltop and a bit cool too.

Why is it that my day begins with great intentions of getting so much done, but then by 9 am, I still don’t have things done that should be done?

I don’t know what I’m going to do when Sarah goes back to school. This morning I had her canning peaches and doing dishes while I blogged on Dairy Agenda Today and put out some fires. Speaking of fires, she had one last night and I’ll tell you about it if you promise not to mention it to her!!!! You can’t tell her I wrote about it!

While working on Dairy Agenda Today and keeping one ear open to the rest of the house, I heard Sarah stirring around in the kitchen and by the sounds of it, she was making popcorn. A few minutes later I heard the smoke alarm go off, no not the beeping kind, it was Jake yelling, “MOM, FIRE, MOM, FIRE, MOM, FIRE!” I ran out to the kitchen and sure enough there was a fire in the popcorn pot that Sarah had heated up.

When I saw the fire the second alarm started going off, no, not the beeping kind, me yelling, “BOBBY, FIRE, BOBBY, FIRE, BOBBY, FIRE!” Running around in circles wondering what in heaven’s name I should do I didn’t do anything until he came up with the great idea of putting a lid on it. I quickly got a cast iron lid and put on the pot and it was gone. WHEW!

Normally I thought I was pretty good in emergency situations, but not this one! I think I need my BFF Angie, aka, EMT, Firefighter from Calhoun County to come down and give me some private training! After she recovers from her combine derby experience from last week. Yes, the woman climbed in a combine and went “head to head” with a ring full of men in combines ready to take her out! Rumor has it she ended up with whiplash, bruises, a third place ribbon and a whole lot of pride! Way to go Angie! Better you than me!

It’s another beautiful morning here on the Knolltop!

Jake and Sarah are out finishing up chores, Bobby is running an errand, Luke went golfing and JW is on his way to Ohio for a three day judging trip.

No peaches were done yesterday, but I got a really nice package in the mail from Georgia! A fragile box filled with jars of fig preserves, strawberry and pear preserves and a jar of honey! They were so pretty, I decided to put them on display instead of eating them.

Today the peaches have to get done, along with the mowing, trimming and painting!

This sounds like way too much work, I think I’ll get a cup of coffee instead!

It’s another beautiful day here on the Knolltop! It’s sunny and cool and just picture perfect.

Sarah and Jake are out helping Bobby while JW and Luke went to get roasted beans. I’m still here working on Dairy Agenda Today stuff. If you want to read about what happened in the barn this morning go there and read the blog….fun, fun, fun.

Sarah has been hard at work repainting my office. We picked the color out Saturday and we couldn’t wait so we had to paint a corner of the room on Saturday night and then she painted more yesterday, she likes to paint I guess. It’s going to look so much better! I’ve had so many things to put on these walls in this office that I’ve been collecting, I can’t wait to start pounding nails!

But first, peaches are calling. Maybe some peach jam, and then some canned peaches. We’ll see how many I can keep out of their mouths!

Good Morning from a sunny, cool, very cool knolltop!

We had another bat this morning that sent me ducking and diving under the covers until Bobby got up and with broom in hand batted him down (pardon the pun) and I took a baseball bat and killed him!

That is the second bat killing this summer….just call me “BatWoman!”

Luke is golfing this morning, he had a scrimmage last night and he made a couple of touch downs and threw a couple TD’s too. It was fun to watch football again.

JW is on his way to Green Meadow Farms for a judging workout, Bobby is back out to the barn which is where Sarah, Jake and I am headed shortly!

The lawnmower needs to get fixed today, so I have to go to town for that part, then my wonderful neighborhood mechanic and resident Oliver lover will fix it….again!

Better get!

Good almost noon from a very sunny Knolltop! I can’t believe it’s been nearly a week since I posted, this is just not me!

I can’t say that I’ve been swamped with stuff to do, but I just can’t seem to get to this blog! The kids and I went school clothes shopping with Grandma and that’s always a blast! We’ve also been swimming a few times and yes, that’s fun too! But we are having a very normal August with nothing but daily mundane chores to do.

We may have company toward the end of the week, so we are busy getting in shape for that, but it just seems like I can’t get anything accomplished. I’m so interrupted by so many things, I just can’t get it all together any one day!

The weather outside is beautiful, sunny and 75, you just can’t beat it! Luke is gone golfing, JW is rescuing his truck that broke down last evening, Jake is at Grandmas and Sarah is slaving away at the laundry….poor gal!

Well, I’ve got to write my column and I’ve procrastinated long enough!

I took these pictures a while back, but never posted them, so I thought I would provide something to look at while I procrastinate writing my weekly column!

Two bailers, one field.

Luke took the round bales to the barn and then Bobby put them away with the skidsteer.

Good Morning from a sunny knolltop! It’s a beautiful morning and going to be an even more beautiful day!

I’ve got so much to do today, it’s not even funny. Not only do I have to write my fingers off, I ‘ve got a half bushel of peaches on my counter that need to be made into jam or canned…..Where is Sarah????

Yesterday I made more strawberry jam and didn’t have time for any other jam. All of a sudden I’m simply overwhelmed with stuff that needs urgent attention! I hate that! But as I make my list and start crossing stuff off, I’m sure I’ll feel better. Sarah and Jake will be scraping the garage again today so they can get it painted, for some reason they enjoy painting!

Well, I’ve got to get my weekly column finished…better get!

Good Morning from a humid, sunny Knolltop!

It was warm yesterday and it’s going to be warm again today. I guess summer has finally decided to visit.

We had the best breakfast but probably the worst for you! I cooked some bacon and then plopped blueberry pancake batter in the bacon grease and they ended up being deep fried pancakes. Oh my heavens they were sooooooo good! But sooooooo bad for us!

JW is at a dairy judging workout today at the Kent County fair, Luke started football practice last night and he was tired.

It’s time for me to go walking, my brain is foggy and I’m lethargic! I need to get moving!

Good Morning from a breezy, warm Knolltop!

Heritage Day was a bust! It rained all day long. So we watched the parade in the rain and went back to the house and Gramps, Grandma and the family had Blueberry Buckle and coffee. We needed the rain, so no one really complained about it.

Later that evening the boys went up and watched the band play, but it got boring so they came home.

JW arrived at 10:15 pm from his mission trip and we were glad to have him home! He said he had a great time and we keep hearing bits and pieces of the trip as he remembers them. He was tired!

Well, it’s time to get moving!

It’s a cloudy morning on the Knolltop, but still quite nice!

We are gearing up for Heritage Day tomorrow, when we take our tractors in and ride them in the parade and spend the rest of the day in town enjoying fellowship while we wait for the antique tractor pull to start! Yes, I will be taking my JD A in for the parade!

Still silence in the corn patch…the tonic worked! One reader asked what fly bait and coke did to the coons, so I will answer. They eat it and then they die. It’s the best way to keep the coons from destroying my corn patch.

Better get going…so much to do!