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I decided Saturday morning to get all my errands done early. It's been so hot and muggy that early morning is the only time not to get heat stoke around here.
I had my errands done and decided to stop in Amish country for a bit to say hi to Sarah and see the twins...
Now anybody who's ever driven out in Amish country knows that most of the roads are dirt covered, some barely roads just two ruts in the road where the buggy's go. IF it's rained you can forget getting down some of them the holes are bigger than my car.
In order to get to Sarah's house you have to drive thru several cattle guards, and thru her parent's yard as they live behind her folks. I was driving up the lane and noticed 3 of the kids knealing in the dirt beside the porch, hands behind their backs and leaning over and reading something on the porch...curiousity got the better of me and I rolled down my window and spoke to Sarah's mom on the porch. She was doing laundry on the porch with a really old "ringer washer".
The kids...didn't look up..they were memorizing bible verses. Wasn't sure what had happened but I didn't figure it was good whatever it was. When she noticed I had looked at the children...she said they were waiting for their father to come home "to make things right". I didn't ask anything else. But I bet their was some red bottoms when he did get home.
I went on to Sarah's, got to tickle the twins, got pee'd on again...this time by Eugenia...she giggled at me. Found out that the three "rascals" (Arlene 11, Walter 10, and Randy 8) got in trouble for putting their baby sister Esther 1 1/2ish and brother George 2 1/2ish in the hay loft....apparently not wanting to babysit brothers and sisters is universal. They put them in the hay loft (tied cords around them and then tied them to hay bales so they wouldn't fall down)...while mom had walked down the road to a neighbors...but apprently they didn't plan things so well...cuz mom came home and heard crying and found the little ones before they could get up there and untie them. Mom wasn't happy...and I imagine the three babysitters will wish they had watched them inside of sticking them in the hay loft when dad got home.
I made it home before noon...tired, hot..and a little smelly...but I got everything done... : )
