an exciting august

This month is not even over, and so far it's held:

• an earthquake felt here in NC, prompting Bobby's building to evacuate
• a snake in the hen house
• two mice in the house, one of which managed to eat all the bait off the trap without being caught for 3 nights running (and Bobby watched it do it the first night!)
• a chicken who laid about 10 eggs out in the field before we could find her nest, prompting us to pull out the incubator
• the beginning of Christmas shopping! :)
• some major cleaning in the Bryan household
• a 24 hr stomach bug
• a new great-nephew, born Sunday am
• some interesting discussions with friends

Before the month is out, we'll have also faced a hurricane, election training and interviews, a football game, and weather permitting, a baptismal service. And I thought August was going to be a quiet month!