how did the day of rest go...

Early in the morning we headed out to Mr Day's farm and picked up the little doe. We bought her with the reward money from the other pair of does we found a month or so back. She is a beauty, and we shoudl have pics up in the Scene site in a bit. We are thinking of naming her Tope, after Justin's grandpa who passed away. Yea, it is a little ornery, but I think he would have appreciated it.

Then, we all just went our own directions - Jacob battled the Empire on Playstation, Josh worked on his Xanga and IM'd, and Justin and I decided to finish up the goat shed and rewire the duck pen. While this sounds on the surface like work, spending hours outside in the pens, with the sunshine and the goats and ducks and the birds in the trees - including a very vocal hawk - was just the relaxation I needed.

We spent nearly 9 hours together - and stopped long enough to grab some Pringles and Diet Dr Pepper ( lunch substitute) and then get back to it.

Mass was enjoyable - but we may have to help the singing group - they butchered the rhythm of a Rich Mullins song and that seriously gets on my nerves.

Then, we took the kids out to Golden Corral - we laughed and talked about movies and school and just stuff - it was very relaxing.

So maybe this plan works - maybe having dinged up hands and a rested soul is just what I need.