Strawberries!!! :- )

Yes, this very moment there are about 7 squares of towels all filled with strawberries drying so I can freeze them. How did I get them you ask? We were invited to go picking today by an older couple from church... They go pick every so often and wondered if we would join them. Jamey was enthralled by the thought of getting fresh picked strawberries. Me on the other was just looking forward to picking them! :~) We spent about half an hour picking... Trying our hardest to get good juicy ones. When we were done we had two baskets full of them. Trust me this will last us for a while! :~)

We've been relatively busy, Jamey has gone with some guys from church to visit someone so I'm all alone with the red things in the kitchen! :~) Well, I tend to stay busy around the house... Monday I usually do the three loads of laundry that piles up over the week. Tuesday and Wednesday are spent tidying and cleaning the house, that and church on Wednesday. Thursday Jamey and I go visiting some of the people from church and Friday we go grocery shopping. That leaves us with Saturday with nothing to do... Unless there is somewhere that is having a get together. Sunday we are usually out eating with some of the congregation after service and maybe can get a nap in before night church.

So far it's been nice weather wise, not too hot today which was perfect for picking strawberries. Yesterday the wind about knocked us over, but other than that the weather has been just steadily getting warmer.

We have yet to go to Charleston because we've been so busy. I can't wait! :~) I want to see all the history that's there! :~) For now I'll just have to make due with the trip I had Saturday... One of the church members and her granddaughter and I went to the Roper Mountain Science center. We went there while Jamey and her husband went to an old car show. It was more than old cars, it had a train and some old furniture... Anyway, Jamey had a blast there! :~) I went and saw all the science and history! It had a lot of animals there, like the snake and parrot you could pet (I did). It also had an exhibit on World War l and World War ll uniforms and war tools. They had a lecture on archeologyfascinating, unless you're a 5 year old! :~) They also had a working farm from the old days. You could grind corn for the chickens and pet the horse and sheep. The Scottish Highland cow couldn't have cared less and wouldn't move for anything! :~) They had a wood working area where the kids could carve wood and a blacksmith shed with some one making something out of iron. All the people that were working there were dressed in period clothing. Even though they were dressed old fashioned, technology slipped through... I saw a lady with prairie clothing and talking on a cell phone! :~) My favorite was the working kitchen they had. It was late 17 hundreds and I could have stayed there for hours! :~) Unfortunately it had to close at 2:30pm and I had to leave, but I had a great time! :~)