Saturday and other things...

Rainy Saturday morning (and cold for here)...Joyce has taken the girls to dance, so the 5 boys and I are off to the barbershop (read joy, joy). We're back home from haircuts and in 40 minutes we'll load up and head out to pick up the girls (Mama is at a ladies luncheon for our church).

The truck has a parasitic electrical drain and so far we haven't been able to identify it, so everyday I have to disconnect the batteries. I've been working on a well in the mountains behind Pimiento...a tough one mile hike in and back out; and somehow it's uphill both ways!!!

It's rainy season (almost daily) and Tuesday is the last day of school for the 4 youngest kids...seems like a double whammy, doesn't it?

Mauricio can now play "Blessed be the Lord" on his guitar and soon we will have him to play in front of the church...pretty cool!

Last night we had a family meeting...we all sat around the table and threw out ideas for rules for the family...after writing down all the ideas we voted to select the top 5 rules which are:'

1. Play together w/o fighting
2. Be good in school and obey the teacher
3. No crying if you're not in pain
4. Do not interrupt others
5. Do not ignore others .....pretty good for the kids coming up with them.

Then we fielded ideas for punishments for violating a rule and they are:

1. No television
2. Not permitted outside
3. The "whippin' stick"...nobody wants this one
4. Go to bed after dinner
5. No toys, inside or out
6. No swimming for a week
7. Pick up the dog poop
8. House cleaning
9. Mouth washed w/soap

Remember the kids came up w/these as well. The way it works is this: we made numbers from 1-9, folded them over so you can't see them, and put them in a jar. When you violate a rule you pick a number from the jar and match it to the corresponding punishment. Thus you have selected your own punishment and must accept it. Should be interesting!