It is a great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual, he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all it's good dispositions.

Thomas Jefferson

Flag Counter started April 3, 2008

We bought these calves at the auction four days ago, and they are quietly grazing the yard grass with just one electric polywire around them.

We dodged the bullet yet again here in SW Missouri. Although they had forecast another nasty round of severe weather including large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes, SW Missouri just had one tornadic cell run through last night. We followed it’s path carefully from Kansas into Missouri because it was headed directly for our farm! However, our luck held, and it weakened in power about half a county away, and we were never under a tornado warning. Just one small tornado actually touched down with that cell, and it didn’t do any damage. Whew!

The forecast for the next few days is just rain tonight and then some nice weather. I’m ready for it!

I took the kids to the park today in my role as “Tuesday babysitter.” Of course, I took my camera!

Today Richard joined the Lutheran Church!

We were going to have a BBQ out here on the farm afterwards, but it was cool and very windy. So, we decided, instead, to just have pizza at Jessica and Andy’s house!

Last night some bad tornadoes hit NE Oklahoma and SW Missouri and at least 20 people died. The tornadoes were near and south of I-44, and we are north of I-44, so we missed the tornado part and just got some heavy rain.

Here’s a good link to a page with a summary of the storm with all the technical meteorological info.

Our prayers go out to the friends and family of those who died.