Snippets and Stories

So, I think I've posted plenty of pictures of the PLACE we live in, I'm sure you'd like to seem some pictures with us in them as well. ;)

We have a washing machine at the house, but currently no dryer, so we line dry all of our clothes. These pictures were taken back in August when it was quite cold, so my fingers would get numb sometimes hanging up the wet clothes. heheh  It's warmer now, so it's kind of pleasant to go hang up the clean laundry.

My dear husband took these lovely pictures. I love the late afternoon light. Same time of day that I took the house pictures.

Jon produces a whole lot of laundry. It's usally 2/3rds his 1/3rd mine. ;)

Jon-Jon eating his Oatmeal on the stairs. Kind of a silly thing to do, but I thought it was cute and took a picture of him.

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Okay, the next set of pictures are all one day. It was a Sunday. We went to church with three other people who were staying at the house, but we decided to drive separately because they were going somewhere after church and we were both sick and too tired to join them.

So, we get back to the house after church, drive through the gate, park, get out of the car and realize... we do not have the house keys. ... There are not enough sets at this point for everyone to have one, and the other group just happened to have them! Meanwhile, we are the only ones with a gate key. So, if we leave, they can't enter the property, but we can't get into the house either... It was a dilemma.

We decided we had plenty of time to at least go get some lunch, which we did, expecting the others to be back by 2ish.  Oh, and did I mention that Jon's cell phone was locked in the house? And they were planning on calling us with their plans?  yea... Oh! AND we had just gotten back from the store with groceries, like milk and cheese... but that worked out, because there is a little fridge sitting in the garage waiting to be transported to the Farm. So we plugged it in. =)

Well, this is Jon walking around the house seeing if there is some way to get in.

Considering that every window is barred, and the doors both have iron gates on them, it is impossible to get in even if we had a hack-saw. We needed a key.

Well, let me say, the end of the story is that Jon is the real McGyver and got in!  How?  well, thankfully we found in the truck the keys that Tommy had copied but said didn't work and he needed to get them fixed. The thing is, they DO work on the gate! just not the wood door. And the gate is the impenetrable part (without a serious torch or explosives).

So, we got through one layer, but were having trouble with the next. This is Jon trying to file the door key in case he could get it to fit right. He was very persistent.

I just waited around. Couldn't do anything. I was tired.

So I sat in the truck. Then I took a nap in the car. We were stuck out there for a couple of hours.

Then I hear a noise, look over, and there is Jon standing in front of the open door!!!! HALLELUIAH!

I won't tell you how he did it. Let's just say he's amazing. And thank goodness! Because the others didn't get back till late that evening, having changed their plans. And they texted instead of calling to let us know, so they had no idea we didn't have the phone. So, Jon saved the day with his persistence and ingenuity! Hooray for my husband!

Yup, that's the story. Hope you enjoyed.


Much love from the both of us,
-J&L