SPRING OLD TIMEY DAY

UHHHH!!!!   Man sometimes when the Saturday alarm goes off I envy all the folks who are snoozing longer on their day off.........   then I remember that I am off on most of the day's they work......... and I get up !
With everything ready to load and putting a little giddy-up in our steps this morning we were out the door and headed to market more than an hour earlier than usual.
The parking lot was already pretty full, luckily for me a car was pulling out of a space right beside the door.
We got unloaded and set up before it got really crowded.
Hubbie went outside to help cook the ham and sausage for the biscuits .
He is on the far left in the white shirt.

Making the biscuits was Debra, our market manager in one of my matching bonnet and apron sets.

The music was very good and was provided by a couple of my first cousins Sam (in hat) and Don (in cap) Cox and their band called The Ole Time Pickers.

There were old tractors and interesting edible planters on display.

We had one of the biggest crowds we have ever had I think. The weather was beautiful for an outside fun day.

Daughter helped at the table all morning as the customer traffic was pretty good.

I was dressed for the occasion of course in my apron and bonnet.

We had a good sales day but didn't sell out as we have in some of these days in the past. I am very thankful for what we did sell.
After market I stopped at three different stores to take advantage of sales on things I need for baking. At Aldi when I came out I noticed the dark clouds had taken over the sunshiny day but the skies looked blue toward my house.
I made a couple more stops to pick up vegetables and groceries for tomorrow's lunch. As I was coming out of the Ingles closest to my house the rain was pouring down. Luckily I carry a small umbrella in my purse which from time to time comes in super handy on days like today.
As I drove home the road was drier and drier as I got closer to home. I stopped the van below the house to unload and just as hubbie opened the basement door the pouring rain reached our house. I ran inside and we waited out the rain before getting things unloaded. We got a little over a 1/2 inch from the hard shower before it moved on.
The garden really needed that rain and it looked like the plants grew a couple inches in just this afternoon.
Hubbie and I had a snack then watched the news while fighting a nap.  My early morning is catching up with me.
I did the evening chores and then we both took a break out in the patio where the mosquitoes of yesterday must have been taking a break today.  We had our citronella candle lit and maybe it is working better than it did last night.
Inside I cooked macaroni noodles for a casserole for tomorrow's lunch before heading to bed with about a half of a headache. I think this has been a long day !!
Grateful for the blessing of a good sales day and for the love of Jesus as I look forward to worshiping Him tomorrow.
Good Night and God Bless.

"CATCH THE MONKEY" !!

Off to school on the next to last Friday of the school year.
I did chores, had breakfast, took a  walk in the muggy hot morning, came inside and fired up our AC for the first time this summer.  I can take the heat most days but when the humidity gets up with the mid to upper 80's I need the cool air to help cool the kitchen while I bake.
I baked 12 caramel, 6 chocolate and 6 pound cakes this morning before taking a late lunch while the last of the pound cakes were still in the ovens.
G-son's other g-ma called and was headed to the emergency room with her hubbie as he had cut his leg. He is diabetic so a cut leg is nothing to fool around with so she asked me to pick up g-son today.
I changed my furniture covers and some of the decorations to match the new colors in the living room before it was time to pick him up.
He got settled in with food and legos so I did more housework and a load of laundry.  His dad is working another job this evening so he has to wait until later for his mom to pick him up.
We got tired of being inside so a game of "catch the monkey" started up outside between him and pawpaw.
The goal was to throw the monkey up in the air so that the other one tried to catch it before it hit the ground.  They looked like it was fun.

I sat on the porch and watched the fun accompanied by the dogs.  Flash is doing very well after his neutering surgery and Sadie was in her favorite chair.

Annie was there also but didn't pose for a pic !!
This Escargo Begonia is growing well I can't wait for it to bloom to see what the flowers look like.

A nice relaxing beginning to this evening had to come to an early end as g-son got picked up and I had lots of cakes to ice. 
Hubbie stayed up and waited until I got done icing about 11:00 so we could get things ready to load. We need to get an early start in the morning to get a parking place since it is the market's spring Old Timey Day.
Whew!!  I'm tired and ready for bed I just hope I'm not too tired to sleep.
Grateful for the blessings of this day.
Good Night and God Bless

NEW RECLINER

Off to school this morning, singing as we went, counting down the days. This is the happiest g-son has been going to school all year, haha !!
I noticed the thermometer in my van said 74 degrees at 9am this is usually the high for the day this time of year.
When I got to market I noticed a large tractor trailer truck parked along the side of the street taking up multiple parking spaces just before I turned into to the entrance to market.
I unloaded my van and got things set up hearing the buzz from all the vendors about the furniture sale from the tractor trailer truck out there.
When I got a free moment between customers I ventured out to have a look. I bought a small recliner to replace the one in the center of our living room that has the vinyl peeling off it. This isn't exactly what I had in mind to replace it but for the price I couldn't turn it down.

The color matches my other furniture perfectly, it's very comfortable to sit in, so far happy with it except for it doesn't have a lever to kick the foot rest up when it reclines and it is very hard to get it up. Maybe with use it will get easier.
When I left market I ran the weekly errands and picked up baking supplies on the way home. The clouds were starting to build so I was glad to get home and unloaded before the rain came.
I had a snack and relaxed until hubbie got here.  We watched the news then did chores. Just as I was finishing the raindrops started to fall.   We only got a light sprinkle of rain and then the muggy night steamed back up. The temps got into the upper 80's this afternoon and this evening it is still very warm and humid.
We ate supper then I did some catch up blogging while hubbie sat out in the patio alone tonight.
I iced 6 more caramel cakes tonight to get a head start on tomorrow.
God is good all the time, all the time God is good !!
Good Night and God Bless.

PICKENS FLEA MARKET TRIP

Up before the alarms this morning. Hubbie took the day off so daughter, he and I can make a trip to the Picken's flea market.   He took g-son to school while I did chores, daughter met us here and off we went.  This is the first June trip we have ever made and it felt like the heat was going to live up to the reason we don't go in summer time.
We got down there just after 9am and there was a good crowd with a lot of sellers with all different items for sale. The temperature was already in the 80's as we began to shop.

After about 3 hours and several gallons of sweat we were on our way to get some lunch at the nearby Arbys.  Daughter and I walking back to the van among now empty tables.

We bought random items today with nothing that especially stands out, mostly small useful stuff.I did find a set of patriotic vases to decorate in the month of July with which I will photograph when I get them in their places.
We made it home at 2:30.  Daughter went to school to pick up g-son while hubbie and I unloaded the van.
I spent a little while in recovery mode from all the sweating and intense heat of the day by sitting in the sunroom watching the birds.
As I did chores Rebekah brought Evy up and I helped her get some pictures to announce the birth of their second child which is coming in January.

I heard a little peeping sound as I walked by the brooder house and as I peeked in I saw mama hen and baby chick having a special bonding moment.

She had more chicks but they were content to hide under her warm feathers.
I had work inside to do so my outside enjoyment came to an end and I did weekly paperwork and payed bills.
I spent the rest of the evening icing cakes. I have only one order for tomorrow but it is hard to guess this time of year what any day will be like saleswise.
I am very grateful for all the blessings of the day and for the traveling mercies God showed us today on our flea market trip.
Good Night  and God Bless.

GOOD CHECK-UP

With g-son safely at school this morning my hectic day began.  I hurried through chores and breakfast to get a load of laundry started. I had time to take a shortened walk for my exercise of the day before getting more laundry done.  At 10:15 I left for a doctor's appointment in Asheville.
Thankfully I was called back just as I started to sit down and the news was all good. I have lost more than 2% of the body fat I had a little over a month ago along with another couple pounds. My blood pressure was 124/70 and we are waiting a little longer to recheck my white cell count.  My body fat started out at 28.7% and today it was 26.3%.  When I get to 25% my insurance will stop paying for the doctor visits but I shouldn't need them anymore because I should be at my goal weight by then also.
I am very thankful I was offered this program because I have learned so much about the foods that are good for me and the way they should be prepared.
I stopped by Walmart on my way home to pick up some groceries and baking supplies and made it home around 1:00 for a late lunch.
I did more laundry and housework before I picked up g-son.   After I got him settled in I took my 30 minutes of promised sewing time. I made the other half of this towel into an apron like the one I made last week.

#1 son came after g-son and they took their old boat home with them for a buyer to pick up this evening.
Remember the "extreme boat make over" !!

After #1 son worked and worked to get this old boat in top pic looking good in the bottom pic they only found time to go to the lake once in the year that he has had it so he sold it tonight at a disappointment to g-son.

I baked cakes tonight to get a head start on this Old Timey Day weekend.  I am sitting here typing this at 11:30 waiting for the last ones to come out of the ovens.
Grateful for the strength God gives me each day.
Good Night and God Bless.

PASSED MY EYE EXAM

Both hubbie and I got early starts this morning delivering different cargo.  He left before I did taking Flash the basset hound to the vet for his neutering surgery and I took g-son to school.
Back home we were met with Rebekah bringing little Evy over for the morning so she could sleep some after working all night.
After I did chores and we all had breakfast Evy was tired so she went to take a nap. While she napped I worked quietly on transferring my photos onto my Walgreens site and getting some of the ones I have already printed put in order so when I find my empty photo album I have buried in my office somewhere I will be ready to put them in it.
A first for me, I had to wake Miss Evy up for her lunch. She needed to eat a little early so she would be ready to go with her mommy and daddy to the doctor to get her first look at her new baby sister or brother.
I also ate early so I could make my eye exam appointment at 1:00.  I got good news about my eye health although I do have some of what he called "freckling"around my left pupil but they are all flat so we will just watch them. My eyes have changed again and so I went ahead and got new glasses since they gave me a 30% discount.
Hubbie went with me in case they dilated my eyes but they take photos of my eyes now instead of dilating them.  The check on the "freckling" was pretty rough with such a bright light I saw big blue spots for a long time afterward making me almost sick at my stomach.
We left the office and picked up my Avon order on the way to school to pick up g-son.  We then came home, picked up the crate and went after Flash at the vets.  They said he did very good and was still a bit groggy but he did use the bathroom in the grassy area beside the van before we headed home.
G-son was cute talking to him all the way home to make sure to was okay.
This is the two pals earlier this year.

Flash acts very drugged and doesn't have any appetite which is very strange for him.  I gave him the pain pill they gave me and put his food in his house so he won't have to walk to get to it when he decides he is hungry.
Hubbie, g-son and I spent the evening outside working in the garden. Hubbie tilled and planted our new okra seed while I pulled weeds.  The chickens were happy to help dispose of the weeds for me.
Rebekah is feeling better tonight and went to music practice at church so Evy got to come back for a little while. She spent most of our time outside fascinated by the chickens and the way they eat the weeds I gave them.

She is an outside girl. The high temperature today was 72 but the sunshine made it feel warm. This evening as the sun went down I felt really chilly but when I brought Evy inside after playing on the slide until my back wore out she cried to go back outside.    And of course she got her way so we wrapped in blankets and sat out in the patio to watch the birds until mom came.
With darkness coming after 9:00 now it doesn't give much time after we get inside to get anything done but blogging before bedtime.
Going to bed earlier to rest up for another busy day tomorrow.
Grateful to God tonight for the many wonderful blessings of this day.
Good Night and God Bless.

FUN FIRST SUNDAY OF JUNE

June 2014 started out feeling not so much like summer is here this morning as the day is cool and cloudy.
Church was good today. #1 son helped Rebekah in the nursery because Aaron is having to work today planting soybeans.
We had everyone for lunch except Aaron who is too far away today to run in for lunch.
G-son and Evy spent some time after lunch "just a swingin"  .

He loves her and even gave her part of his lunch since she thought his looked better than hers !!
Hubbie has got to put up a couple more swing hooks so they can swing side by side.
After everyone left hubbie worked on a screen door that won't close all the way and I decided to give this bed of Oregano a haircut.

 Now I have several boxes of drying Oregano to replenish my supply at market and the bed is ready to grow again.

I did chores a little early because (#1) Flash the basset hound is going to the vet early in the morning to get neutered and can't have any food or water after 6:00 this evening and (#2) Rebekah is going to work tonight and Aaron needs to do some fence work so Evy is coming to play with hubbie and me for a while.
She loves to play with these little links that snap together but hubbie showed her an even funnier thing to do with them.

She is such a happy child and is a joy to have around.

We had a good laugh when she watched some kids with horses on TV, they were talking to their horses to get acquainted with them before their ride so Evy went behind the chair and got her horse and did the same thing to it.

She jabbered the entire time she was here, I would love to read her mind and know what she was trying to say !!
Her dad finished his work and they went home to get an early bedtime.
Hubbie and I spent the remainder of the evening sitting out in the patio to watch the sunset on this first day of June which ended a little less cloudy than it began but still pretty cool.
Thankful for this blessed Sunday filled with undeserved blessings from an awesome Heavenly Father.
Good Night and God Bless.