To Serve our Country

Last Thursday my ex-husband, and dear friend, Steven was told he would have to go all the way back to Las Vegas to work with his reserve unit for the week. He has been trying to get a conditional release from the reserves so that he could get picked up for the Special Forces Selection process and the only way that could happen is by going active duty. Week after week and month after month he waited for the paperwork to go through to no avail.

After working only 4 days, he got his answer to why nothing was being done with his release. He had been reassigned to a reserve component outside Dallas that had been activated and he was put on orders to go to Iraq. On Monday, he would have to report to his new unit, only 7 days after reporting to Las Vegas...oh, the drive he made!

After only 3 days of being with his new unit, he was informed that they would be going to California for 3 weeks, have 2 weeks of leave, go to El Paso for a month and will be shipping out in November...NOT to Iraq but to Afghanistan instead. God bless our soldiers!

This picture was taken of Steven and our oldest son, Nicholas the day before he left for training in California. As they knew i would; I bawled. Nicholas leaves for basic training next month.

Can or Not to Can?

Over the last few weeks, my mom, brother and I have been canning peaches, perserves and pinto beans. It is a scary thing to begin canning if you have never did it before. Every step is to be prepared and planned precisely in order for the outcome to be good. Trust me, my canning friends are on "speed dial" in my phone.

We prepared a peach crisp and it was yummy. The Peach Preserve Delight was delicious but i am scared to death about the pinto beans. We followed the directions to the tee when preparing them but I have not yet ate them. Someone must include on the instruction sheet as a final direction...PRAY! Pray that all your efforts pays off and no one falls ill.

I feel such a sense of accomplishment that I am preparing for my food storage. (However small it seems, I am starting and that means something) We have been enjoying the times we spend together and am overall pleased with the outcome and will be soon planning on other canning projects. Meats and greenbeans are next on our canning agenda. Can or Not to Can? CAN with the help of Prayers, of course.