New Chics plus the ones Dan Hatched |
He's a little drugged on pain pills here. |
This is Weezy. I have kept him before. |
New Chics plus the ones Dan Hatched |
He's a little drugged on pain pills here. |
This is Weezy. I have kept him before. |
Scene - It's a cloudy cool morning on the homestead. We have had five inches of rain since Thursday. I don't dare walk across the yard without my sloggers.
Today's plan - We are going to the late service today. We are completely worn out. I think people should move every 10 years at the least. We have so much stuff! Stuff we didn't even remember having tucked in every nook and cranny! LOL! After church we are going to do a few things and then take some downtime before our work week begins.
Drinking - Coffee with Italian sweet cream
Listening to - my weekend wrap-up of the Romans Bible study. Which I am enjoying very much!
Watching - nothing really this week. The usual news but I crash by 7:30 or 8.
Randomness - So I have had so much pain in all my joints for about the last six weeks that I finally went to the doctor. They ran tests for autoimmune diseases, and they all came back negative. I'm told it's just good old arthritis. I have a hard time believing that something isn't causing this other than just good ole arthritis. EVERY. SINGLE. PART of my body hurts. My feet and knuckles are swollen. I can't wear any jewelry. I guess I should seek out some sort of specialist that might understand joint pain better. The pain is making all this work around the homestead very difficult. I take way too much Tylenol.
So that this randomness section doesn't turn into a whinning festival! LOL! Here's a few pictures... The ditch that runs through my field is absolutely flowing like an actual creek. I can hear it up at the house. This pretty little rose that my renter thought he had pulled up and destroyed is blooming! HA! And I have been sitting my grand-dog this weekend. It's been difficult keeping him with Jada running free on 20 acres! He's so jealous of Lewey too!
Time - 7:30 am CST
Scene - I'm sitting at my desk and outside my window the sun is shining through the trees. The grass could use a cutting but with gas prices the way they are it is going to have to wait for a few more days.
Today's Plan - Yesterday while Dan moved some things and cleaned up with the skid steer, I got his garden shed mostly cleaned out and moved down to my garage. Today we will finish that and get his chicken coop cleaned out. Not going to over do it today with tomorrow being the start of our work week but I'm seeing all this as a positive, moving him down here. This evening I plan to grill us some brauts and make potato salad and baked beans.
Drinking - coffee of course with French vanilla creamer
Listening to - My dog Lewey whining at my feet... He thinks he wants to go outside again.
Watching - Every evening when I sit down I watch 700 Club, a few clips of Glenn Beck, and a few minutes of Newsmax. On Thursdays I watch Karen Wheaton. Been too busy to watch much of anything. After doing a few chores I'm usually ready for bed by 7:30. HAHAHA! getting old!
Randomness - Here are some before and after pictures.
Today is Saturday May 14, 2022
Outside - it's a cloudy morning and 64 degrees. It's so green and the Cardinal really stands out in the yard.
Thankful - for an evening shared with Dan and my little sister. He has been a part of her life since she was just two and has loved and cared for her all her life. She in turn has loved him all of hers! Since my "break down" let's call it... they have not really spent any time together. It was a wonderful evening which I am thankful for!
Thinking - about the list of things that we will be trying to get done this weekend. The people who are buying the house had the appraiser here this week. Things should be moving along now. We should know this week if their bank is going to lend the funds for it. We are afraid to start packing up much just in case it is a big no.
Wearing - One of these days I will get up and get dressed before I start this post. But this morning I am still in my gown having my first cup of coffee.
Creating - I'm still working on the baby blanket through the week. Not much gets done on the weekends. My weekend creation has been the chicken coop. I'll have pictures to share tomorrow. It is almost done.
Going - With gas being $4.29 a gallon here we aren't going much. Just to work and back to the farm. It's the strawberry festival this weekend at Eckert's Farm in Belleville IL and I would love to go get me some strawberries to make up some preserves!
Wondering - Why it has to be this way! There is no reason why we can't be oil independent.
Reading - Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly because I enjoyed Killing Reagan so much. It was sounding so familiar, so I went to my good reads and of course I have already read it. Back when it came out. But I am going to finish it again!
Praying - harder than ever for my niece. She is in a very dark place. Which we actually learned more about last night at dinner.
Looking forward to - the arrival of my chicks.
Learning - about some work from home jobs. The company I work for has some I am just looking into anything that I could actually do. There are a few but our systems were down yesterday. Will try again on Tuesday. I'm taking off Monday (Mental health day! LOL!)
In the kitchen - just some quick lunches and breakfast. I have eaten on left overs from last weekend all week. Maybe today after we get done working we might grill something.
Around the homestead - I just realized this week that the trees along my drive that run parallel the garden are all leafed out and causing too much shade on the garden area. The biggest tree is one of those that has the big bean pod things that drop all over the yard. I am seriously considering having it taken out this next winter.
Sorry, I should have taken a more current picture.
So until I get this garden plan figured out I am just going to plant wherever there is an abundance of sunshine and close to a water source.
Yesterday we did a lot of work cleaning up all that junk piled around the chicken house and some other things that the renter had done to just leave me with a lot of work. Well, the skid steer is wonderful to have for things like that but it leaves behind quite a different mess of it's own. Nothing that won't correct itself over time. (Pictures tomorrow so come back and visit!)