Amish Extravaganza

What kind of vacation to you go on when you are adding on to your house? The vacation your mother pays for.....and that, my friends is why I had an "Amish Extravaganza 2008."

Unfortunately, I was not actually allowed to drive the Amish buggy, an Amish guy with a very thick German accent drove it. But he would not get his picture taken because they think it is a graven image. (This vacation was educational, too).

Highlights of the trip:

• Visiting a cheese factory--you can't fathom the many flavors of American cheese this place produces. Two examples: Chilli Cheese Cheese and Butter Cheese.
• Eating Amish food--wonderful baked goods
• Shopping at crafty and old-timey stores
• Staring at Amish people as they walked by you or drove by you in their buggy, and having their children stare at you
• Getting spit on by the horse pictured above. While we were going on our little buggy ride, the horse blew some spit out while blubbering his lips, as horses do, and it all came back in our faces. Good times.
  

My World Right Now....

I wish I could say it was my daughter Abigail, my husband, or my church calling. Unfortunately, it can be summed up in this picture:

I like to refer to this room addition as "The Fountain of all Stress." One example I would like to give is a 20 hour period from last Friday night to Saturday afternoon. Friday around 8:00, Adrian sends me to Lowe's for some reciprocating saw blades, and I had to "hurry, hurry" because Lowe's closes at 9:00, so I get in the car and go. Lowe's is about 25 minutes from my house. About halfway there, Adrian calls me and tells me that he called Tractor Supply (which is much closer to my house), and they have what we need. I ask him "and they are still open?" He assures me they are, so I turn around and go to the tractor supply. When I arrive at Tractor Supply....guess what? They are closed, and I have to turn around and go to Lowe's anyway, but now I only have 30 minutes to get there. Then, on Saturday morning, he sends me on another trip to Lowe's. Then....not two hours after I get home, they want me to go back!!! Argument ensues, and I return to Lowe's for the third time in 20 hours.

I can't wait for this to be over!!