the week

Last weekend we were blessed by testimonies and baptisms at church.  Niece Abby announced her engagement - to a farmer!  This ought to be interesting!  I think it will be fun having another farmer around at family gatherings.

Monday night we left the field early to attend a visitation in Iowa.  We've been planting soybeans as soon as we find a field dry enough.  The problem is, the rain returned faster than we can plant and faster than the fields dried.  Maybe we'll get to finish next week.

Daughter #2 had her wisdom teeth removed this week.  With my high deductible insurance policy, I will end up paying the full bill.  I offered to remove them with my pliers, but she wasn't very interested.  There are some funny stories being told of what happened while she was still loopy! :)

Wednesday night church was cancelled because of the severe storm warnings.  The tornado damage in the southeast, and the recent Joplin tornado is still pretty fresh in every one's minds.  Thankfully it was a nonevent.

The U.S. Dept. of Ag's Food Safety Inspection Service announced this week new cooking guidelines for pork.  Research shows that pork can be safely consumed when cooked to an internal temperature of 145 degrees and held for 3 minutes.  This is 15 degrees less than the old guidelines (ground pork should still be cooked to 160).  Most people tend to overcook pork and it gets too dry.  Fork more Pork!

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalm 58:6