Funky Chicken

Something from the farm

Yesterday the big girls didn't have school. It was a beautiful fall day. They both were able to play with their friends Cassidy and McKenna most of the day. Meredith had school, which Marky and Maddie were thrilled about because they finally got to see her classroom. Meredith was a VERY cute and enthusiastic tour guide as she showed them around her class and introduced them to her teacher. After we picked Meredith up, we went to a place down the road from us called "Something from the farm". It is a little hobby farm that some folks have, and they have a small amount of fresh produce and in the fall they have pumpkins and a pretty big corn maze. I love going there to get veggies that Patrick doesn't grow for us (beets!!) and yesterday I wanted to get some fresh flowers. They have this enormous Zinnia garden and for pennies you can go in a cut your own flowers. I was in HEAVEN!!! The kids walked around the place and fed chickens, climbed a tree, sat on a tractor, helped me pick flowers, Marky took pictures. It was such a splendid afternoon outing. Everyone got a snack of an apple that had just been picked off of the trees on the property. They were SO yummy. Today I am going to cook my beets that I bought. I am sure that they will be yummy too.

The music in my head

I have confidence

What will this day be like? I wonder.
What will my future be? I wonder.
It could be so exciting to be out in the world, to be free
My heart should be wildly rejoicing
Oh, what's the matter with me?

I've always longed for adventure
To do the things I've never dared
And here I'm facing adventure
Then why am I so scared

A captain with seven children
What's so fearsome about that?

Oh, I must stop these doubts, all these worries
If I don't I just know I'll turn back
I must dream of the things I am seeking
I am seeking the courage I lack

The courage to serve them with reliance
Face my mistakes without defiance
Show them I'm worthy
And while I show them
I'll show me

So, let them bring on all their problems
I'll do better than my best
I have confidence they'll put me to the test
But I'll make them see I have confidence in me

Somehow I will impress them
I will be firm but kind
And all those children (Heaven bless them!)
They will look up to me

And mind me with each step I am more certain
Everything will turn out fine
I have confidence the world can all be mine
They'll have to agree I have confidence in me

I have confidence in sunshine
I have confidence in rain
I have confidence that spring will come again
Besides which you see I have confidence in me

Strength doesn't lie in numbers
Strength doesn't lie in wealth
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers
When you wake up -- Wake Up!

It tells me all I trust I lead my heart to
All I trust becomes my own
I have confidence in confidence alone
(Oh help!)

I have confidence in confidence alone
Besides which you see I have confidence in me!