tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002536622248188202024-02-01T22:10:58.668-08:00Baird Bunch happeningsMargie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-21750540022385274852014-08-04T02:41:00.001-07:002014-08-04T02:41:38.838-07:00Excuses!So, I realize I haven't posted for awhile. I have a pretty good excuse. <br />
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Being the very graceful person I am, I took a tumble when out for a walk with the kids. First a disclaimer. Walking in the Philippines is a risky proposition. Mostly there aren't sidewalks and you just have to walk on the edge of VERY busy roads. Every now and then there are sidewalks but they are SO rough. There is NO way you could ride a wheeled vehicle of any sort (bicycle, wheelchair, scooter) on these. They are very uneven. Anyway, we were walking on one of these when I stumbled and then my sandal caught and I fell, hard. I landed on my left arm which immediately dislocated and gave way. I then hit the side of my head on the edge of the sidewalk and split it open. Here is a picture of me after the kids loaded me on a tricycle and got me home. This isn't actually accurate because we did wash the black dust off my face. I ended with a couple of loose teeth and a fat lip, a split head, dislocated elbow, and skinned knees. It was NOT fun!<br />
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The biggest problem was my elbow. I tried to get it to pop back in but it still felt VERY strange and hurt a lot. We ended up going to the hospital to get it checked in case it was broken. The initial x-ray did not show a break and the elbow seemed to have gone back into socket. So they sent me home with my arm in a sling and told me to not use it for a couple of weeks. However, it just became more and more painful. I finally went into an orthopedic doctor who decided I had tendonitis. He put me on an anti-inflammatory and a pain pill. But after another week, I was in nearly constant pain. Finally, I went back to the doctor. It seemed that my nerve in the arm was trapped by all the inflammation and was very irritated. He gave me 5 or 6 cortisone injections in my elbow. That reduced the swelling which relieved the nerve. It was such a relief to be out of most of the pain. It's now been about 6 weeks and it's pretty much better. Still a little stiff and a bit weird but mostly well. I still wonder if I might have broken it slightly. I figure I'll get it checked out when I get back to the states to see if anything else needs to be done. (I'm not very comfortable with the medical care here)<br />
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This kind of set me back. Firstly there were the initial weeks of serious pain. I wasn't up for much those weeks. Then when I started to get better, I was still kind of down. It was hard to fight homesickness when I didn't feel well. I'm glad to be getting back on my feet now. I'll try to do better at keeping up my blog now. Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-80399528613794717662014-05-20T02:44:00.008-07:002014-05-20T02:50:51.553-07:00By gum, we DO live on an island!So that might seem like a funny title but it is really hard to tell that we live on an island. There are buildings and roads and people everywhere we look. All of the beach areas are owned by resorts. These resorts are behind high walls and gates so us commoners can't see in. We do cross the ocean each time we drive across the bridge to Cebu but it really just feels like a big river. (no beaches in sight, nothing) One of the big let-downs for the kids and I was not being near the ocean. One of the things we really wanted to do was to live on an island by the ocean. Well . . . as far as we could tell, we were just in the middle of a city.<br />
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We decided that we really needed to fix this. We found out that many of the resorts would sell a day pass so that you could use their beach, pool, etc. We found one that wasn't terribly expensive (600 pesos each (about $13) and decided to give it a try. Russ had to work and so it was just the kids and me.<br />
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<br />We rode a tricycle out to the main highway. The first thing we needed to do was to get some cash from the ATM because we weren't sure if we could use a visa at the resort. So we went to a small strip mall that had 3 ATMs. I tried the first ATM but it wouldn't give me money. Hmmmm. Then I tried the second ATM. It wouldn't give me money either. Grr . . . Finally I tried the 3rd. It wouldn't give me any money. I told the kids that there might be something wrong with our bank accounts and I couldn't get cash. We just had enough money to get to the resort and to get home (barely). I told them we could try going to the resort and see if they would accept a visa so that we could still go in. If not we would head home. We decided to risk the resort. The resort took our visa and we got in!</div>
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Waiting at the strip mall while I try for cash.</div>
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<br /> However, when we walked down to the beach it was pretty disappointing. it was about 50 feet wide. (What you can see in the first picture is all that there was) The water that we could get to was filled with seaweed and rough rocks at the bottom. The "beach" was trucked in sand for the resort. When we waded out to the end of our resorts roped off area, it was about to my waist. I thought "man this is a total bust!) We splashed a little in the water and watched a parasailer in the distance and the kids just looked at me like "now what?" <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bmEWgojOTSeVwcdh6ESzOxS_G0NeDzv2jQUTSzl5wxMHJ6THS-pTD-f13SudF2QdVvXByz1GHt5yRG2PLintB6ncyjA6rpOayMS48oZNhHYBpMMuCcPk-AIDpL-k2CUMM5Sip59iRvo/s1600/IMG_2000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bmEWgojOTSeVwcdh6ESzOxS_G0NeDzv2jQUTSzl5wxMHJ6THS-pTD-f13SudF2QdVvXByz1GHt5yRG2PLintB6ncyjA6rpOayMS48oZNhHYBpMMuCcPk-AIDpL-k2CUMM5Sip59iRvo/s1600/IMG_2000.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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They look pretty bored and we've been there about 20 minutes.</div>
<br /> A local man approached and said that for 2500 pesos he could take us out on his boat to a place where we could snorkel and see lots of fish and coral. He had all the equipment. Of course I had no cash with me. But the thought of spending our whole day at this dismal little beach was pretty discouraging. I kept saying "I don't think I can" and he kept dropping his price. Finally when he hit 1200 pesos, I told him that I didn't have any cash. He told me that he could take me to an ATM. I agreed to meet him at the front gate and he would take me to an ATM that was "very near". The kids just stayed and played in the pool. I put a t-shirt over my swimsuit and headed out. He met me at the gate of the resort and hailed a tricycle for us. He proceeded to take me to the same ATM that I had been to before. It still didn't work. I told him that I couldn't get any money. I had to pay the tricycle driver my last money. Yikes! Now we didn't even have cash to get back to our house. Mario (my new Filipino friend/escort) said he would take me to another ATM. I told him that I had NO money left. He said, "it's ok, I'll pay". He got us on another tricycle and we rode clear to the mall I usually shop at. I went in to the mall and the ATM there worked fine and I finally had some money. (I'm doing all this in my swimsuit with a t-shirt over it. Darling I'm sure!) We got back to the resort at last and I paid the tricycle driver. The kids were relieved to see me return. :-) <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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The small boat on the front left of the picture is the kind of boat we went on.</div>
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<br />We got ready and went out on the boat. It was an outrigger canoe with a sun shade over us. They took us out about 200 yards to a dive dock. They had a roped off area for diving and snorkeling. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_LjnRxtvHwJYRx-ZptbW6wQxQpU9bmNRnIDE0LWQu_0sroiFPjQoGsJG0a8jh949A-pqtw43AhSijOz1rr4YimJEXrSf7TVMZEZ8-zjOG0FPPWhN69W3pUrw22d93vtYq1PV4g7vxIU/s1600/Hannah+on+the+way+out+to+snorkel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_LjnRxtvHwJYRx-ZptbW6wQxQpU9bmNRnIDE0LWQu_0sroiFPjQoGsJG0a8jh949A-pqtw43AhSijOz1rr4YimJEXrSf7TVMZEZ8-zjOG0FPPWhN69W3pUrw22d93vtYq1PV4g7vxIU/s1600/Hannah+on+the+way+out+to+snorkel.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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We are finally heading out!</div>
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We are all pretty excited.</div>
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They geared us up and we got in.</div>
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Isn't she so cute?</div>
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We had a underwater camera case for Hannah's camera and she took most of these photos. It was SO cool. Unfortunately, the camera can't pick up the colors under the water for lack of light. So everything just looks blue and green. Actually, the coral was all different colors (pink, blue, red, gray, tan) The fish were also bright colored.</div>
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Hannah and Joshua taking a break. That is our boat behind them.</div>
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Joshua while snorkeling.</div>
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It was hard to get Ammon's face mask tight enough to keep the water out. He just kept going back for more though. Here I'm sitting on the dive dock adjusting his mask.</div>
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A picture of the coral. I wish you could see the colors!</div>
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Joshua and I snorkeling.</div>
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The diver got an extra air hose and offered to take Mattie down with him. He swam around with her and let her touch coral and fish and see lots of things. </div>
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She brought this starfish up with her! Then he took Hannah down and did the same thing.</div>
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This picture captures the delicacy of the coral even if it doesn't capture the colors.</div>
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Hannah's facemask marks! :-) Mario (our guide) is behind Hannah.</div>
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They caught a small striped fish and put it in a pop bottle for the kids. (We ended up releasing it before we went home)</div>
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They also found this cool starfish for the kids to hold. It was amazing to hold these live starfishes.</div>
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After our snorkeling, we went back to the resort. We were all starving. We had a 200 peso credit each to spend at the restaurant (part of our admission price). We enjoyed a nice lunch and then played in the pool for awhile. Then we of course did the requisite "bury someone in the sand" part of playing on the beach. </div>
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The boys loved it.</div>
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Finally it was time to head home. We were all tired, sunburned, and satisfied. We took one last look at the ocean and headed back to real life. It surely is nice to know that we DO live on an island!</div>
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Post script. We got Mario's phone number because he says we can work with him directly to go snorkeling again. (we don't have to pay the exorbitant fee for the resort) We would like to go again when Russ can go. Mario also has a larger engine boat that he uses to go to a nearby island (Olongo island). He will take us there to snorkel and says we will see more and bigger sea life. We will definitely call him again!<br />
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Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-48029333232375384032014-05-03T18:12:00.001-07:002014-05-03T18:12:53.260-07:00Driving in the PhilippinesI wish I had taken a video when we were driving around with our friend Br. Lauder, looking for housing. He has since sold his car and just has a motorcycle and so we won't be driving with him anymore. <br />
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Driving in the Philippines is crazy! Although there are lanes painted on the roads (sometimes), they are rarely followed. If there are supposed to be 2 lanes, there will almost always be 3 or 4 lanes driving. Each car is literally inches from the other cars. Cars drive right out in front of other cars all the time. Br. Lauder told us what the first part to go out on a Filipino car is: the horn. People honk all the time to warn people that they are coming, to warn someone else not to hit them, etc. We haven't seen many accidents and evidently they usually aren't too serious when they happen. This is because the traffic never gets going more than 5 to 10 mph. :-)<br />
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I did take some pictures and videos of what the streets look like as we drive. I'll put them here:<br />
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When you stop at a stoplight, there are people who sell stuff to the cars. This guy is selling cold water. ( They also sell food, gum, candy, cigarettes.)</div>
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A definite problem in the Philippines is the trash. As you can see, the open places are very green. Plants and trees everywhere. But there is also trash EVERYWHERE. It is so sad. </div>
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We found out that of all the holidays in the Philippines, Easter week is the biggest. The Philippines are about 92% Catholic and so the observance of Holy week is HUGE. Some of the stuff we read about was disturbing. We found out that there is a practice of crucifixion here. Boys or men choose to be crucified in remembrance of Christ. They actually nail them to a cross and hang them for a time. Another practice is self flagellation. It is considered a step in repentance during Holy Week and people will walk around and whip themselves in public with whips, ropes, or chains. I wasn't very excited to expose my kids to these practices. However, a friend recommended that we really ought to go see an Easter procession. They happen at most of the Catholic churches but we were told that there would be a cool one at the Cathedral near Magellans Cross. Megellans Cross is the site where Magellan first planted a cross when he "discovered" the Philippines in the 1500's. </div>
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So, we decided to be brave and headed out. We called a taxi to take us from our house to the Cathedral on the island of Cebu.</div>
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It's interesting to put our family of 6 and 1 taxi driver in a 5 passenger taxi! :-)</div>
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Joshua just ended up on the floor by my feet.</div>
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Here is the cross. The actual original cross is encased in this cross that you see to protect it. The scaffolding usually isn't there but repair work is going on.</div>
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Here's the crew in front of some doors at the Cathedral. This cathedral sustained some damage last fall when the earthquake happened. There is still scaffolding and other repair stuff around.</div>
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This mural shows the travels of Magellan. From Spain to Mexico to the Philippines.</div>
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After Mass, there is a large procession that happens near dusk. The statue of the body of Christ is taken down from the cross and placed in an ornate bed-like thing. This is on a cart that can be pulled and surrounded by fresh flowers. This leads the procession.</div>
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Here you can see the statue wrapped in while satin and placed in the "coffin". Following this float are others with statues of the apostles and of Mary Magdelene, Mary the mother of Jesus, and others. These are all really ornate floats with real cloth and fresh flowers.</div>
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There were probably a dozen or more floats. After these go, people join the procession with hand held candles. We took more pictures on Hannah's camera but we currently have lost her charger and can't download the pics. :-(</div>
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Overall it was an interesting day. It was VERY hot in the sun. There were thousands of people gathered for this and so it was crazy. It was kind of disconcerting to try to keep track of us all and not get separated. There were street venders selling a bit of everything! We ate lunch on the street and it was interesting. I had fish that had been fried and cut into cubes. It was served in a cup with a sweet and sour sauce and cut fresh cucumbers on top. It was yummy. Russ had quail eggs which were hard boiled, dipped in batter and deep fried. They were served in a cup with a sauce and cucumbers. The kids voted for something a little less adventuresome: fried chicken and rice and soy sauce. We ended with fresh corn on the cob on a stick (very old and chewy) and fresh pineapple (delicious!) We enjoyed all the adventures and were also relieved to get back in a taxi and come home to our quiet home. </div>
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-91396286108832516602014-04-13T18:52:00.000-07:002014-04-13T18:52:03.563-07:00AdjustmentsSo, moving to a new country is all about adjustments. I've had quite a few adjustments since I moved here. I thought I'd share a few thoughts about them.<br />
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#1: Heat and humidity. I've been a western U.S. girl all my life. That means I haven't had to deal with humidity . . . ever! Even in Mexico, we lived in a high desert plain area and so I didn't deal with much heat or humidity. The Philippines is very different. :-) We have temperatures in the high 80's with about 90% humidity. That doesn't seem all that hot until you are in it. The thing is, I don't usually feel hot (burning, etc) but I feel sweaty. I'm talking "sweat standing on my face and soaking my clothes" sweaty. We have some fans in our house which help so much. When the air blows on me, it dries the sweat a bit and cools me a bit. The problem is that by the end of the day, I feel sticky and my skin all tastes salty. Not a pleasant sensation. I have a shower EVERY night before bed because I feel so nasty.<br />
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I've also discovered that heat and humidity make me cranky. :-) I am usually pretty easy going but it's been so much harder since I got here. Since I'm homeschooling everyday, it's stretching me a bit. Today at the general conference broadcast, we spoke to an elder from Boise. He has been here for about a year. He told me some things that helped. First he said that this is the hottest time of the year. It's "summer" here and so we have our highest temps right now. In a few months it will moderate quite a bit. (probably 4 or 5 degrees) :-) He got here about this time of year too and nearly melted. He also says that you acclimate. The heat doesn't get to you so much. He says that now when he sits through a temple session for a couple of hours he actually gets COLD in the air conditioned room. So, maybe I just need to be patient.<br />
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#2: Vanity. None of my beauty equipment work with the electricity here (blow dryer, curling iron) I could possibly buy some here but I haven't seen them yet and I can't imagine purposely blowing hot air on myself. :-) So my hair is just au natural. And since it's so hot, I can't stand it on my neck so it's usually in a ponytail or bun and my bangs and drooping right in my face. It's not a great look. Plus, with all the sweating, my makeup just sweats off too so i don't wear makeup. It's kind of shocking to see myself in the mirror. This old, frumpy, red-faced lady looks back at me. I've decided I've just got to let it go and not worry about it. But when I'm cranky anyway (see #1) sometimes it doesn't help.<br />
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While I'm on the topic of beauty, I need to rant a minute. The Filipino people have beautiful brown skin and silky black hair. They really are lovely. But many Filipino women try to dye their hair red. It's so sad! Also, everyone wants to be lighter. In all the stores and on billboards I see "whitening cream" or "whitening treatments". It just makes me shake my head. Here are all these Americans baking themselves in the sun or tanning booths or applying "bronzers" to get brown and all these Filipinos applying stuff to make themselves white. Why can't we just love ourselves for ourselves. Ok, I need to reread my paragraph above after saying this. We are beautiful because of who we are, not because of the color of our skin, our makeup, our hairstyles, or hair colors.<br />
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#3: Poverty / Wealth. The Philippines are very interesting in this regard. In the U.S., we generally try to separate our poor from our rich. Then we can hide away the uncomfortable reminders that people are poor. Here in the Philippines it is all mixed. You have these luxury hotels right next to little one room houses made of tin roofing. There is a serious problem with garbage here. It's . . . unsettling. It feels very foreign. I'm starting to adjust now and I can see the pretty houseplants in front of the little tin houses or the beautiful smiles of the children as they follow me down the road. I don't see the garbage as much and I see the lovely bougainvillea blooming in the lush green vacant lots. I can see past the poverty and garbage that shocked me so much at first.<br />
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When we looked for houses, we had an opportunity for a nice, large house that was basically right in the middle of life here. We decided against it. It also didn't lend itself well to the office but mostly it just felt . . . uncomfortable. So we found a house in a subdivision. That means we have a guard that controls who can enter and who patrols once an hour to keep things safe. All the houses are beautiful and well-kept. I feel a little conflicted about that. Am I just retreating to my American mindset and trying to hide it from my eyes? I do know I feel much more comfortable and safe here. Sigh. I don't know.<br />
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#4: Food. I was prepared for different food. After all, we lived in Mexico. I learned how to shop and cook there. But this is MORE different. :-) We definitely aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto! It's so challenging to find food that I recognize and know how to cook. However, there is an entire aisle of tuna! You can get hot and spicy tuna, tuna in oil, tuna in brine, whole tuna fillets, corned tuna, etc. It's amazing. There is also a whole aisle of dried fish that I could get. (plus the whole case of fresh fish) And speaking of cuts of meat. . . holy smoke. If it's on an animal, I could probably buy it from my grocery store! :-)<br />
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The missionaries said that there is a store in Cebu called S&R. It's basically a Costco. It's where all the office couples and senior missionaries shop. I'm figuring it out a bit but I may have to go check it out S&R pretty soon.<br />
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I'm sure I will keep finding new adjustments the longer I live here. What an adventure!<br />
<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-15554923649271275202014-04-08T01:42:00.000-07:002014-04-09T01:44:53.138-07:00SundaySo we've had 3 Sundays here now. In some ways that seems crazy . . . it can't be than long. In other ways, it seems like we've been here forever. As I said last week, our ward is a brand new ward. Last week, we only had a bishop and one counselor. This week, we began to get staffed. A new Sunday school president, relief society president, YW president, and primary president were sustained in sacrament meeting. Russ reported that the elders quorum and high priest quorum were organized in priesthood meeting. So things were getting underway.<br />
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It was fast and testimony meeting which was interesting. Again, at least half of the testimonies were not in English. . . at least mostly not in English. It's a little different than sitting through church in Mexico when I didn't speak Spanish. Every so often, even in a talk/testimony that isn't English, there will randomly be English words. They do connector words in English all the time. It's kinda crazy. Also, since Spain occupied the Philippines for several hundred years, there are Spanish words in their language too. So, I have this vague unsettling sense that I should be understanding what they are saying . . . but I don't. It's crazy.<br />
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After Sunday school (2nd hour) I was heading down the stairs to go to Relief Society. Joshua and Ammon met me on the stairs saying they were ready to go home. I told them that they should hurry back to primary because church wasn't over yet. They assured me that there had been a closing prayer in primary and they were excused. I then saw the very harried-looking primary president. She told me that they were telling the truth. She had the whole primary (nursery to 11 year olds) with no help. She taught as much as she could but just ran out of material. So she dismissed! Poor thing!<br />
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After the meeting block, the bishop asked to meet with Russell and then with me. Russ was called to be the 1st counsellor in the Sunday school presidency and I was called as the 1st counselor in the primary presidency. (So I guess it's poor me now! :-) ) I spoke with the primary president and we divided the duties a bit. I will come prepared with some singing time (she does NOT do music) and with a lesson. She will bring a sharing time and a lesson. Hopefully we will get through it. :-) Now I just have to get to the distribution center and get a primary children's songbook. <br />
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We also met the missionaries. They said they don't get many dinner appointments so I think we will plan on feeding them once a week. It's good to be able to be useful. It's wonderful to live in an area that is growing so quickly. The goal is to get 800 more converts and then we can get a stake here on Mactan. Wow!<br />
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-80035714954380711002014-04-07T19:05:00.001-07:002014-04-07T19:05:09.113-07:00Our new house!So we finally did it! We got a house! What a relief (emotionally, physically, and financially) to get out of the hotel!<br />
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Pretty flowering tree at a house just down the road from us.</div>
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A neighbors yard. This is very rare in the Philippines. The grass is probably clipped with yard shears by hand!</div>
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A video from my walk. I'm hoping to capture the early morning church bells ringing and birds singing. (I don't know if you can hear them)</div>
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The house across the street from us.</div>
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Our garage. This furniture will be painted by the landlord and put back in our house.</div>
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Our laundry area.</div>
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The front room.</div>
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Kitchen. (This is HUGE by Philippine standards!)</div>
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Sitting room upstairs. (we work on homeschool here)</div>
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Boys room. (Joshua is still asleep)</div>
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My bedroom.</div>
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The other side of my bedroom and my bathroom.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">We've had a couple of fun adventures. The first morning after we moved to our house, I needed to get to an ATM so that I could withdraw some cash so that we could pay the internet guys that were coming that day. So I went out and hailed a tricycle. I had been told that a ride on a tricycle should cost 10 pesos. If I had all the kids with me, we could rent the whole tricycle for 60 pesos. Well, I was alone so I figured I would just get the 10 peso deal. Well each driver that I talked to said they would do a "special" for 60 pesos. I said "no, no. Just a ride" But no one would do it. Finally I found a broken down tricycle that agreed to do it for 20 pesos. So, I got in and we took off. The poor tricycle could hardly go! Then about halfway there, we stopped by this little roadside shop that had glass coke bottles filled with some pink liquid. The driver turned to me and said "20 pesos". I thought he was going to buy me a drink. I said "no thank you". He looked at me again and said "Pay me! 20 pesos!" I said "is this as far as we go?" He said "No. I'll take you to the mall but 20 pesos!" (You usually pay the driver at the end of the trip.) So, I gave him my 20 pesos. He grabbed a little more change and gave it to the girl. She gave him a half full bottle. I thought, "man, he must be thirsty!". Then he opened the gas tank and poured it in! Turns out, this was a gas station for tricycles and my driver couldn't complete my trip without some gas! (sheepish grin) I also realized that to go to the mall I was trying to go to was kind of out of the way for these drivers so I really did need to give them more money than the 10 pesos.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The second funny is when the kids and I went grocery shopping. We needed to do the dreaded "first" grocery shopping. You know,the one that is so big because you don't have anything at your house yet. We took a tricycle there but I figured that with all our groceries, we would have to get a regular taxi to go home. So we did the shopping and of course had a whole bunch of bags to get home. I went outside and saw a taxi. I approached it to see if we could take it but it was waiting for someone else. I was starting to look for another when this tricycle driver came and offered to drive me. I said, "can you take me and my kids AND all this stuff?" He assured me he could so we decided to give it a try. He loaded a lot of stuff on his luggage rack and then piled a bunch on top of us in the sidecar. Finally we were all in. Then he started up and started to drive. Unfortunately, he just drove in circles. Come to find out, we had so loaded the back that his front tire barely touched. He couldn't get us up the little ledge onto the road. We finally got on and headed home but the tricycle acted really squirrelly all the way home. The girls and I got quite the giggles!</span></div>
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For family home evening, we took a walk. We went to Julie's bakeshop and bought some treats and bread.</div>
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This is one of the roads through the village.</div>
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Many of the houses are cement but some of them have woven walls. The walls are patterned and pretty. The woven walls allow some air flow which would be nice in the hot, sticky weather.</div>
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A coconut tree!</div>
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We are walking into the sunset. When we walk, we get a little parade of followers. The children seem so intrigued with us that they follow us around. They will often run up and take my hand. I tell you, I just wanted to bring a couple of them home! :-)</div>
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Some of our followers who consented for a picture. The little boy on the right in the long white tee shirt was the one who kept holding my hand. I just wanted to keep him. </div>
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Ammon, found an avocado tree to climb!</div>
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This ward spoke quite a bit more English than the other ward but there were still whole talks that were not in English. The boys loved primary because they spoke English the whole time!<br />
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A quick funny on Hannah. I don't know if it's that she looks like Elsa from the movie Frozen or that her name sounds like the name Anna from Frozen, but wherever we are, kids start singing "do you want to build a snowman?" to her. It's hilarious. Even little street children that see us.<br />
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It is quite an amazing culture shock here. First of all, there are SO many people on such a small island. It is unfathomable to my country-girl mind how crowded it is. The other shock is the contrast between wealthy and poor. There is true poverty all around us and it is totally side by side with wealth. It can be very unsettling to see it so ever-present. Hannah was wise though. She pointed out to me that the people seem very happy. I suppose you don't need stuff to be happy! :-)<br />
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I have thought much about our trip here. Russ and I have felt often that the Lord wants us to be here in the Philippines. Most of you know that I am not a very "venturesome lass". I could be forever content in my own little hobbit-hole. I don't need adventures or travel. So this trip has stretched me quite a bit. But even though there have been several opportunities that we could have chosen to abort the trip, we have felt we really needed to do this. On the night that Caleb was set apart for his mission, our stake president spoke of the fact that he felt that the Lord wanted us here. As difficult as this has been (and it HAS been difficult!) we have felt the Lord sustaining us and guiding us to find the right people and go to the right places. I know that HE will continue to watch over us and sustain us.<br />
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These are called jeepneys. They originated after World War 2. When the army left the Philippines, they left a bunch of jeeps and army trucks. The locals converted them into bus-like affairs. Now they are a major form of public transit. As you can see, this is a newer one. 15 to 20 people will sit in the back.</div>
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Another form of transportation in the small villages. Called a tricicat. It's a pedal bicycle with a side car.</div>
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And a couple pictures of dinner at the hotel. :-)</div>
<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-42948852059366748402014-03-26T20:44:00.000-07:002014-03-29T20:44:29.597-07:00The new hotelWe found a member of the church here named Br. Lauder. He is a Canadian ex-pat. He has been so wonderful for us. He has a car and has driven us around the whole island looking for housing. The first thing he did was get us in a different hotel for half the cost.<br />
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-30566500469978748582014-03-23T20:25:00.000-07:002014-03-29T20:26:28.503-07:00The hotel at last! We were so glad to get to our hotel. It was a very nice place but we knew we could only afford to stay there a couple of nights till we found some other temporary housing or a house<br />
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-89736932658393760852014-03-22T20:07:00.000-07:002014-03-29T20:09:05.778-07:00And we are off!So the visas came and 2 days later we were on the airplane! If you want to know insanity, you should have hung out with me those two days! Yikes, was it ever crazy!<br />
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We got Caleb set apart as a missionary on Wednesday night. What a spiritual experience that was! Then Thursday morning we took off for Provo. After buying a few last minute items (travel pillows) and saying a flurry of goodbyes, it was bedtime. Now to try to sleep until 3 am when we had to get up to leave for the airport. (Btw not much sleeping happened with all of the excitement!)<br />
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My mothers heart couldn't quite wrap around the idea that my missionary son was taking his family to the airport rather than the other way around. :-( Doesn't he look wonderful though?</div>
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We got all checked in (whew!) and got up to our gate on time. Then we finally got on an airplane!</div>
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This is us waiting in line at immigration. The little boys were pretty worn out! (I wish I had dared to lie down on the floor!)</div>
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Finally out and ready to go to the hotel!!!</div>
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Sledding on the crust at Grandma's house.</div>
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Having a bath in Grandma's cool, jetted, walk-in tub.</div>
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Playing games with Grandma (Scrabble or Parcheesi)</div>
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Loading church music on an ipod for mission.</div>
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-54892724142480362762014-03-19T13:38:00.002-07:002014-03-19T13:38:59.007-07:00The Philippine Adventure Begins!So, for those of you who haven't heard the latest craziness for the Baird Family. . . here it is:<br />
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Russ's work has asked that he set up a software development office in the Philippines. They would like us to spend 1 year in the Philippines getting the office up and running. Then Russ could manage it from here in the states. We had the choice to just have Russ travel for 1/4 to 1/3 of this year or move the whole family there for a year (the cost was similar). We don't like being separated very much and figured that we would rather all be in on the adventure. And so . . . here we go.<br />
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We have cleaned up and moved partially out of our SV house. Some friends of ours, Jim and Regan Hillstead, will rent our house while we are gone. Now we are waiting for our visas to arrive so that we can jump on an airplane.<br />
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THIS OUGHT TO BE CRAZY!!!<br />
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-83019542448066898682012-05-01T20:04:00.000-07:002012-05-13T20:05:59.853-07:00Snow White and the Seven DwarvesWe had a fun experience here in SV. The Missoula Childrens Theatre came to town. They auditioned elementary kids on Monday and by Saturday put on a performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves". Mattie tried out and got the part of Bob (the head dwarf). They practiced for a couple of hours each night that week before the performance. The company brought all the costumes and the set. It was really fun. Here are a few pictures of Mattie in action.<br />
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Mattie is the one on the left.</div>
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She looks pretty cute in a beard!</div>
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What a fun experience for these kids. We've decided that Mattie is quite the ham!</div>
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-35634833803041441152012-04-24T07:53:00.003-07:002012-04-24T07:53:47.550-07:00Spring on the FarmSpring on the farm means lots of baby things. We got 4 baby bunnies last week. One of them died but the other 3 are doing well.<br />
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Here's A.J. holding one of the new bunnies. This is the first time we've held them. They are just starting to get hair.<br />
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"Farmer Boy" looks pretty happy!</div>
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-43209498557947353062012-04-23T15:37:00.001-07:002012-04-23T15:37:19.363-07:00Chicken Little(s)The sky isn't falling here on Dry Creek but we did get a bunch of chicken littles (also known as chicks). The kids are so excited. Heck, I'm so excited! :-)<br />
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Here's a couple of pics.<br />
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We actually have several colors although it's hard to tell under the heat lamp. We have whitish, yellow, light brown, dark brown, and black. </div>
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The amazing part of this picture is that A.J. isn't squeezing the chick. I have to keep saying, "don't squeeze, don't squeeze!"</div>
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Joshua loves holding the chicks and he is very careful.</div>
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-82327394960686504672012-04-23T15:32:00.004-07:002012-04-23T15:32:50.011-07:00Update on the house<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So for the last few months, my brother Bill has been replacing the siding on our house. I just realized that I hadn't been documenting it. Oops! He had to tear off the old wood siding, fir out for insulation, put on house wrap, and replace several windows and doors. It's been pretty exciting and I'm thrilled with how the house is looking.</div>
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This is the front of the house. He put in the nice big picture window to replace the 3 narrow windows that were there before.</div>
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He's also putting up metal soffits and fascia. We replaced the small basement sized windows with big windows. (In the bedrooms, it gives us egress . . . in the family room it just is so much brighter and nicer)</div>
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Here's a view from the east end of the house. (notice the new door and window)</div>
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So here's how it's shaping up now. . . Let's compare that with how it used to look:</div>
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The back of the house with the new patio door. When the weather warms up, we will paint the cement foundation under the deck to match the new siding.</div>
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Pretty dang fun!</div>
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<br />Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-52290820418532148682012-04-15T14:47:00.000-07:002012-04-23T14:53:32.108-07:00Joshua's baptismOn April 14th, Joshua turned 8 years old. Luckily that was also the day of our stake baptisms and so he was able to be baptized right on his birthday! He was very excited. To make things even better, his big brother Caleb baptized him. Here are a few pictures of the day. Sorry that some of the pics are fuzzy. . . It's all we've got. :-(<br />
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Unfortunately, his siblings aren't very good at pictures! <br />
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Joshua's cousin Coleman. It made Joshua's day to have a cousin there.</div>
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Uncle Bill and Aunt Marty and Aunt Sarah!</div>
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Grandma Baird and Grandma Clines</div>
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Joshua reading a card that he got.</div>
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The whole family</div>
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I love this one because Joshua looks so pensive as he holds Little Jon.</div>
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<br /></div>Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-44440302312447922202012-03-29T14:59:00.000-07:002012-04-23T15:00:34.420-07:00Color us embarrassed!Last fall, when we moved to our new house, a friend gave us his chickens and 2 turkeys (a hen and a tom). Alas, the chickens weren't long for this world due to a neighbor dog with a taste for fresh chicken. We lost all but 2 before we could get them sufficiently protected. As for the turkeys, our kids found great amusement in chasing them through the weeds. One of them quickly tired of this and ran off, never to return. The one that remained we thought was a hen. (remember, we aren't experienced poultry farmers) Imagine our surprise this spring when our hen turkey started doing this:<br />
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He must have felt the effects of spring (feeling twitterpated as Bambi would say) because he spends most of the day strutting around like this. I'm not sure who he's trying to impress since the hen turkey is long gone but . . . the chickens aren't very impressed.<br />
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So much for our ability to tell turkey sexes apart!Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-25651030242745146072012-02-13T08:22:00.001-08:002012-02-13T08:24:23.970-08:00A couple of pics of my newest grandsonOk, so is he cute or what?!<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRS0c5hEIjp4prhNC8-XkXZGh-rnrGZeC_cqHbI4BcP2bVJV6xgH-QnJDV9XHlP6Ur_83aIsqR3kovQR6FH-CtoG6zq3b7mijzpnpkqSpWraWASnvFdpQXilazLagHIb9f0xphpeQ2M9c/s1600/Little+Jon2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRS0c5hEIjp4prhNC8-XkXZGh-rnrGZeC_cqHbI4BcP2bVJV6xgH-QnJDV9XHlP6Ur_83aIsqR3kovQR6FH-CtoG6zq3b7mijzpnpkqSpWraWASnvFdpQXilazLagHIb9f0xphpeQ2M9c/s400/Little+Jon2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708656715290942706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbXi8pc7haIiSsncsJ1Y0NRyFeSFiDmYctCdwB4MbWOKQzvmP5ABPFXfgT3lcMvWzzGfJsRnE1uVx-cSRqbVZ25ZuoJAkGhesREtbHeDP4NvAhcO0ntQI10LsWAUYZOKmzVfxbLjNijU/s1600/Little+Jon1"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbXi8pc7haIiSsncsJ1Y0NRyFeSFiDmYctCdwB4MbWOKQzvmP5ABPFXfgT3lcMvWzzGfJsRnE1uVx-cSRqbVZ25ZuoJAkGhesREtbHeDP4NvAhcO0ntQI10LsWAUYZOKmzVfxbLjNijU/s400/Little+Jon1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708656706466557762" /></a><br /></div>Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-15391835717377688932012-02-02T06:57:00.000-08:002012-02-02T07:24:47.975-08:00Hauling hayWe've had so much to learn about running our little farm. We were excited when we first moved in because we had 5 acres of grass hay that we could cut and put into the barn and hayshed. We felt so self-sufficient to have that hay in the barn for our animals. After we got the cow, we noticed that her milk production was going down. When we asked some of our dairy farm neighbors, they asked what we were feeding her. When we told them grass hay, they just shook their heads. Evidently, grass hay doesn't have enough protein for a milk cow. Bummer! So we ended up selling the hay we had so lovingly hauled and stacked in our barn and hayshed. Then we had to turn around and buy alfalfa hay from a friend. <div><br /></div><div>We were having a hard time figuring out how to haul this hay home from Smoot. (We had hauled our grass hay on a flat bed trailer behind our van.) There was snow now and we knew the van couldn't get into the field where the hay was. Also, our van and flat bed trailer couldn't really haul more than a ton at a time. What a dilemma. Enter our wonderful neighbor, Blair Hillstead. He said he'd be glad to help us out. He showed up with a tractor and wagon and we headed on over. <div><br /></div><div>Man did I get a better appreciation for my brothers and dad after loading this load of hay. For most of my growing up years, my dad and brothers hauled hay by hand. For those who aren't farmers, each bale weighs 65+ pounds. We had to throw all this hay on the wagon and stack it up that high. It was Russ, Betsy, and I. (Caleb was at school or he would definitely have been in on this!) Of course Br. Hillstead pitched right in too. He's over 65 and he totally put us all to shame. He just never got tired. (I was one ball of jelly from head to toe when I was done!)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5kA0pVnayQZiCI1_dtuHQ384gTkbtWSj5T-9LsRrFdz5qNVNew4gLyEGT5Akdwd0NlEfjy8u64ECa9k89bAR9ehSB_wXpIYSa6Q4tKOQsP9kpEj-Fwpx-xwph3D_RzTEr_dhvvCXTIU/s1600/hay2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5kA0pVnayQZiCI1_dtuHQ384gTkbtWSj5T-9LsRrFdz5qNVNew4gLyEGT5Akdwd0NlEfjy8u64ECa9k89bAR9ehSB_wXpIYSa6Q4tKOQsP9kpEj-Fwpx-xwph3D_RzTEr_dhvvCXTIU/s400/hay2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556182714324642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuympW80Ke7XeRotxecYoPH5pmGys4xWU9VTYLqMGj1RVd9LRbnNzte_V9iUDHgYg73pxQSlj8zjEP7pW4ybvmvQpYcMN00jIp2Yk4EdjkcOCS6MGBb1hP8TRTyJYfhXaXOHqYIsyrRY/s1600/Library+-+5431.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuympW80Ke7XeRotxecYoPH5pmGys4xWU9VTYLqMGj1RVd9LRbnNzte_V9iUDHgYg73pxQSlj8zjEP7pW4ybvmvQpYcMN00jIp2Yk4EdjkcOCS6MGBb1hP8TRTyJYfhXaXOHqYIsyrRY/s400/Library+-+5431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556916548157266" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div>Br Hillstead with Russ and Betsy</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBVhaZM1g3tMbittubxRkG1AYItqGFyrTVSAyCuJR9huNs4t_ypehiQq7i4i7Msn9YIPtGvZLTBWTQGdJAiMuKr7evmdRy0OCSjFIfs64yHdU6IxPTxEtbJfuN48VJ_zrVfTmf6azv9s/s1600/Library+-+5432.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBVhaZM1g3tMbittubxRkG1AYItqGFyrTVSAyCuJR9huNs4t_ypehiQq7i4i7Msn9YIPtGvZLTBWTQGdJAiMuKr7evmdRy0OCSjFIfs64yHdU6IxPTxEtbJfuN48VJ_zrVfTmf6azv9s/s400/Library+-+5432.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556925365721138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div>Ok, ok so I look tired. . . I am!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOwlfcdGLiloMOeegiSjKOgTrNNp7K4wHw-1fFA8_BZ2_i-uJZ0Ocdx4n4bShwrnQMrHMIpxDVoB3tFsXXizhQx8vIX6I9ccI2_khyphenhyphen7S7Mq7AgXN0PnwuudzBjYpFGj1SHGjSH6b0m-A/s1600/Library+-+5425.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOwlfcdGLiloMOeegiSjKOgTrNNp7K4wHw-1fFA8_BZ2_i-uJZ0Ocdx4n4bShwrnQMrHMIpxDVoB3tFsXXizhQx8vIX6I9ccI2_khyphenhyphen7S7Mq7AgXN0PnwuudzBjYpFGj1SHGjSH6b0m-A/s400/Library+-+5425.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556218025773266" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div>A.J. got to hang out in the car while we were loading.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxL9Yqj7aZDVWqTV-m64aeRsCGgo9fPemKRA8a6mUer1XxSf2NGKlaa4AHv66U15srzHmBu2SmZ0dlsxlT4AKL-bsB9NJdC789lX1Sk18xNmSWq8JRiNxNjIsYtV5UmokhWWIk3amszxI/s1600/Library+-+5426.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxL9Yqj7aZDVWqTV-m64aeRsCGgo9fPemKRA8a6mUer1XxSf2NGKlaa4AHv66U15srzHmBu2SmZ0dlsxlT4AKL-bsB9NJdC789lX1Sk18xNmSWq8JRiNxNjIsYtV5UmokhWWIk3amszxI/s400/Library+-+5426.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556230083938402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div>Can we go home now??</div><div><br /></div><div>Some pretty SV scenery where we were hauling hay:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGVMz2_OxlXACQ8zb-TaUPWh58UfU9HZv6Wzn42NpUD4Ra_jilx6k95m5qorGyQxl9hwkTl881yZplJJzchM-rIwyKLFjzvn2pIcisHQPtEJRO1M4GNX093E5ntYFtM3x147sXZRLjMo/s1600/Library+-+5430.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGVMz2_OxlXACQ8zb-TaUPWh58UfU9HZv6Wzn42NpUD4Ra_jilx6k95m5qorGyQxl9hwkTl881yZplJJzchM-rIwyKLFjzvn2pIcisHQPtEJRO1M4GNX093E5ntYFtM3x147sXZRLjMo/s400/Library+-+5430.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556902153630962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMDEI0wovFkvcECxf48_H7tyWUePj3q1nuG5k2gHo_p1csnvCQznydT8yWN16CmI4nZ4cTGIpFaTaJ1kGCMLNDOGKjPB7fh3fMrRbdKiVpZHXf7PbCk_2idIhKYLpb1xjzFOPPsfr5Ig/s1600/Library+-+5429.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMDEI0wovFkvcECxf48_H7tyWUePj3q1nuG5k2gHo_p1csnvCQznydT8yWN16CmI4nZ4cTGIpFaTaJ1kGCMLNDOGKjPB7fh3fMrRbdKiVpZHXf7PbCk_2idIhKYLpb1xjzFOPPsfr5Ig/s400/Library+-+5429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704556897043715378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The saddest part about all of this is that after we drove home to our house, we had to do it all in reverse. (Unload that trailer and stack it in the hayshed) Whew! What a day!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200253662224818820.post-13042045350569487732012-02-02T06:39:00.000-08:002012-02-02T06:55:46.275-08:00Baird family farmHere's a few pictures of our little farm. (This is mostly for my little Michael (grandson). He loves pictures of our animals to look at.)<div><br /></div><div>First our chickens on their roost. (Sorry for the fingerprint on the lens)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdiFOjB4s-watEFA7ZdrjUPwvtIjFZG47nnMAtxGYykUnnxqCj2nWK3szDk4v9Tok9sH9R1dyOpw9dJc7jV0TnmoZ8Ximvm2geTuK3WDLoR0Vh4Cw1DnJ23UhpE9U0WJ7XxOZMWi2-JE/s1600/chickens.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdiFOjB4s-watEFA7ZdrjUPwvtIjFZG47nnMAtxGYykUnnxqCj2nWK3szDk4v9Tok9sH9R1dyOpw9dJc7jV0TnmoZ8Ximvm2geTuK3WDLoR0Vh4Cw1DnJ23UhpE9U0WJ7XxOZMWi2-JE/s400/chickens.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704549783279786770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then here's a couple pictures of our cow Molly and calf Spot.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWtVfwC6j1QXvyS44VA1_hx_HGmVA-U92Q-zCv8kaf2kUjdTlY0xcCkuPGz2nzcVzjkJlNfJwWS9MFIQLjALC4M-7QkD2GWSgLdCgMAUAd37hNGPxAhTdP_kPLYTG81lNILgedFitEcE/s1600/Library+-+5463.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWtVfwC6j1QXvyS44VA1_hx_HGmVA-U92Q-zCv8kaf2kUjdTlY0xcCkuPGz2nzcVzjkJlNfJwWS9MFIQLjALC4M-7QkD2GWSgLdCgMAUAd37hNGPxAhTdP_kPLYTG81lNILgedFitEcE/s400/Library+-+5463.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704549762873663794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRO0xVfDMOf9UJeeeDQizNXUE3HItldgDPPHrGRnAPH42FSsX2O92zh18GbNcch2V3WJF-LtNDvs1CLrJQak9nbqr05R46pDrGO3HuSULb-giD_7QTblBlZta58epBm2HBMiCaO311Ibk/s1600/MollynSpot.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRO0xVfDMOf9UJeeeDQizNXUE3HItldgDPPHrGRnAPH42FSsX2O92zh18GbNcch2V3WJF-LtNDvs1CLrJQak9nbqr05R46pDrGO3HuSULb-giD_7QTblBlZta58epBm2HBMiCaO311Ibk/s400/MollynSpot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704549778485820722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is how Russ would find them at night when he went to separate them after the calf had nursed. (such a cute picture) Molly has been an excellent mother and this isn't even her calf. When we bought her, we were nervous that we wouldn't be able to use all the milk and so we bought a calf with her. (In the dairy we bought her from, they always separated and sold the calves so that the dairy could get all the milk). They just waited to sell her until a different cow had calved and sold us the calf. We were a little nervous that Molly wouldn't take the calf but she has been amazing. You would never know it wasn't her own baby.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjzH2Me1BObBywg831Zd4VZV4jeysVGsfuwRkkMZ0bmwp1YVORgeLAggYwXPl3_jHywK584GuoRcysbzI44SiVMHMpEo1UjinkWILrIZJZqk8c_BDZGi6NsREznOnCBOifs2Rz25wpwU/s1600/Library+-+5464.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjzH2Me1BObBywg831Zd4VZV4jeysVGsfuwRkkMZ0bmwp1YVORgeLAggYwXPl3_jHywK584GuoRcysbzI44SiVMHMpEo1UjinkWILrIZJZqk8c_BDZGi6NsREznOnCBOifs2Rz25wpwU/s400/Library+-+5464.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704549770360384946" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is one of the true dairy maids (Hannah), dressed in her fashionable milking attire and on the way out to milk.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now you've had a little tour of some of our animals. (Sorry you didn't get to see the turkey or the rabbits) And just think . . . you got this tour without any of the accompanying aromas! ;-)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Margie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590491506069014640noreply@blogger.com0