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Show -N E W S- Covering what matters most Spanish Fork Lessons from the farm make a tasty supper. There zucchinis. Buried seeds are predators out there. from a previous year will Life after Birth . Bad things happen to good sometimes grow into a new Janene Baadsgaard people and hearts are broseedling without being purken by tragedy or betrayal. posely planted again. If we We don't always get what One of the great things keep planting and working we deserve but we are inabout living on two acres our lives will often produce vited to learn from both the is there is room to grow a a harvest we did not expect. bitter and the sweet, trustgarden, tend a mini fruit or- The magic and mystery ing that God will someday chard and raise animals. Our •is that we never know for make sense of it all. family knows from personal sure what unexpected gift is Nature and life is not experience that eggs don't coming. always a boundless harcome from cartons at the There is another part of vest; sometimes it hails grocery store and apples of- the law of the harvest no one and destroys our crop or ten have worm holes. When talks about. We can labor death comes too soon. we are personally acquaint- very hard tilling, planting, Janene Baadsgaard Life is hard; yet life is also ed with the natural world, weeding and watering but sweet. In the end it is not we learn perfection in na- sometimes a sudden frost or railing to taunt us. Somethe gardener with the flawture of ourselves is more a storm will destroy all our hard process that a product. We work. This turn of events of- times we've been tempted less garden who wins but can cut out the worm hole ten requires that we hang on to eat green cherries just to the one who has overcome and still enjoy the rest of until we can plant again next get our share. Finally we the most without giving up the apple. We can accept spring. Sometimes children decided to call our crop a hope. Who we become is our hurhanness and still be walk into forbidden paths, free will offering. Likewise, our ultimate harvest. happy. illness strikes or the people when people steal from us, Janene Baadsgaard is the we can eat green cherries author of many books includGrowing a garden cer- we love die. Eventually we tainly teaches us that we reap what we sow — but and become sour like them ing 15 Secrets to a Happy literally reap what we sew. sometimes it takes more time or consider our bounty a Home, Families Who Laugh - Last, On the Roller Coaster Though we never get corn than we thought to see the re- gift and move on. Gophers tunnel into our Called Motherhood, Winter's where we planted pota- turn on our investment. toes; we sometimes do get Our mini farm has also garden and devour the root Promise, Financial Freevolunteers from previous taught us about the law of vegetables. My husband dom for LDS Families and plantings and some very the jungle. The birds in our sets traps but they keep The LDS Mother's Almainteresting combinations neighborhood know the ex- coming. Raccoons strip nac available at local book of present plantings. We act morning we plan to pick the leaves off our corn and stores or on-line at www. have harvested squashes our cherries. The night be- devour every kernel on the springcreekbooks.com. Read and melons that have cross- fore, these birds swarm our cob before it makes it to her past columns at www. pollinated forming totally tree, strip it of every single our barbeque.* Foxes and janenebaadsgaard.blogspot. unique varieties like canta- piece of fruit and leave piles stray dogs think our pi- com. She can be reached at watermelons or crookneck of pink poop under our deck geons, rabbits and ducks janenebaadsgaard@q.com Courtesy photo 72-hr, kits — are you ready for unscheduled adventures? getting a hotel, or did they just stay in the emergency Ready or Not shelter? In my family, we Dawn Van Nosdol have a lot of special medical needs and we wouldn't I was thinking about do well in a shelter sleeping the propane tanker that on the floor or on the cots. After thinking about all wrecked on the freeway in Salt Lake the other day. of the concerns that must The first thing that I thought have been running through about was how many of the the displaced neighbors 700 households that had to heads, I came to the conbe evacuated, took their 72- clusion that "it", meanhr, kits with them? Next, ing whatever disaster you what would those evacuees are involved in, is going have done if there had been to be either somewhat una devastating explosion? comfortable or disastrous What if it wasn't propane — depending on how much that was being hauled, but thought and planning you a much more deadly, ag- have put into your family gressive chemical, or even disaster plan. a deadly pathogen/disease? Growing up as a young Did they have a plan? Were girl, whenever I thought they afraid? about using 72-hr, kits, I Wow, something to think imagined everybody burabout. More questions: dened down with their kits How many of the families, and trudging along on some that were displaced, were long road that never seemed ;not at home but instead to end. It always seemed were spread out at work and that the road was rocky and school and had to find each always going up hill. Of other and make plans? How course I had no idea where I many families had emergen- was going, but I was trudgcy plans that they had pre- ing away andT was miserpared ahead of time? How able. Now that I am older I • many had the resources to look at being prepared and take care of themselves with 72-hr kits quite differently. •the unexpected expense of No longer am I trudging on SPANISH FORK NEWS an endless road, but instead I am well prepared and I can drive down that road. 72-hr, kits are not for long-term survival, but a stopgap until you can evaluate your situation. A good way to think of a 72-hr, kit is as a packed bag ready for you to go on an unscheduled adventure. How well you plan to pack for the potential adventure will determine how much fun, or not, you will have. But remember if you are going to go, don't go empty-handed — take your kit with you. The economy is a little tighter this year and I know that many people are going WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008 • A3 Christmas in Spanish Fork story which is: Christmas doesn't come from a store. It was on TV just a few Shirlene R. Ottesen nights ago. It's always fun to watch poor Max (the Your chuckle for the dog) and little Cindy Lou week: 'Til make a suit Who. Then there are the for you/' agreed the over- perennial favorites, "The worked tailor, "but it Bishop's Wife," "Miracle won't be ready for thirty on 24th Street," and "It's days." "Thirty days?!", a Wonderful Life." These protested the customer. are three shows that I can "Why, the good Lord only ' watch every year and still took six days to create the enjoy them. entire world." "True," the ' Our time and efforts tailor agreed, "but have are now concentrated on you taken a good look at preparations for Christit lately?" mas. It is a very special I just got . through holiday with lots to do. watching the cartoon Many parents with young show, Rudolph the Red- children will be attendNosed Reindeer on TV. ing programs at school. I was busy doing some There will be family book work and I think this gatherings and special acis the first time, in a long tivities to enjoy. We were time, that I've watched able to participate in the the entire show. Watch- Light Parade the night ing it brought back many after Thanksgiving and memories of Christmas's also went to the Festival past when all our children of Lights at Canyon View were at home. It was a spe- Park. I want to go to Sacial part of the Christmas lem to see their lights season when our children around the pond, too. But, would read the TV guide there is one thing lacking to find out when their and that is snow. We realfavorite cartoon shows ly need some snow. I like would be aired. Rudolph a white Christmas. was always a favorite. It's In reading the newsa pretty long show. In fact, papers, there are lots of I had forgotten some parts planned activities around of it and so it was fun to our immediate area — see it again. plays and concerts in our Other favorites include local schools and also at "Santa Claus is Coming BYU. Then there is the to Town," "Frosty the trip to Salt Lake to see the Snowman," and "A Char- lights on Temple Square lie Brown Christmas." which never fails to deAlthough not a cartoon, light those in attendance. I remember "The House Thanks to all of you who Without a Christmas decorate your homes, Tree." Another favorite is yards and businesses with one that I don't hear much lights and decorations for about and that is "Nestor, the season. Your efforts the Long-eared Donkey." help give light to the curThat's a cute one for kids. rent dismal economic situ"The Grinch," which ation. has become a "must see" Good luck in all your every year, also has an plans and preparations. interesting moral to the 'Tis the Season! There and Back Again Madison's Avenue byMBigAI°andTarnzyB to be very cautious about how they spend money this Christmas. Helping your family prepare for an unscheduled adventure by helping them to build their 72-hr, kits will really make a lasting difference. It will show how much you love and care for them — and your gift will never go out of style, be the wrong color or the wrong size. To make things even easier, I'll bet that the emergency preparedness stores won't be as crowded as the mall. Just think about it. For more preparedness ideas and tips, visit www. apreparedhome.com. ©2008 Madingo L.L.C.. 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