PICNIC AND WALKING TRAIL FUN

 Up to greet all the grandkids this morning. Hubbie took g-son to school and the girls and I watched TV. I got chores done when he got back then we all had breakfast. CA rode with me to pick up our Walmart curbside order and then we all got all the groceries put away when we got home.  We put the strollers in the back of hubbie's truck and headed to McDonalds to pick up lunch for for the girls and head to the waking trail for a picnic. 

After they ate we put sunscreen on and hats and started down the trail.

The girls ride some and walk some and they find all the interesting things along the trail like this lizard that is hard to spot among the bark on this tree.

We found a nice shady, grassy spot for them to play some games of hide and seek and they really had fun until they wore out.

CA went to sleep as soon as she got back in the stroller. We ran into our nephew Aaron on the trail as he got his run in for the day and had a nice visit with him.

We came home and the older girls played outside and had ice cream and popsicles while CA took a long nap until daughter got home to pick her up.

After all the girls left hubbie and I watched the news then he went out to bush hog the upper pasture and I got chores done. We ended the day in our regular summer way sitting out in the covered patio enjoying the peaceful quietness of the cool evening.

Thankful for the blessings of this day.

God Bless and Good Night

ERRAND DAY THURSDAY

Up to greet IR and CA this morning while hubbie left to go take g-son to school. He also needed to relocate a racoon that he trapped on our front porch last night. This racoon has been outsmarting the live trap for the last couple nights but after hubbie made a new cup and wired it in the middle of the trap the racoon was trapped inside having his peanut butter snack.  He is taking him farther up the creek to an open field to turn him loose this morning on his way home.  When he got home I went out to get chores done. We all had breakfast and then loaded up in hubbie's truck to go run our weekly errands.  We went to the PO and then stopped to meet a customer that wanted some Silkie eggs to hatch.  We then headed to the dump / recycle center and then to the Fletcher feed store for chicken feed. Our last stop was at the Ingles in Fletcher to pick up some milk and a few other things we are out of. We also stopped at RL's house on the way home to let IR see Oreo the bunny. She doesn't really love animals the way RL does but she tolerates them.

We came home to have a late lunch with 2 hungry girls. IR had to take her medicine that they gave her in case she has Lymes disease and she is a champ at taking the medicine thankfully.

After we ate we all headed outside to spend the afternoon in the nice warm sunshine. We put out the hammocks and I occupied one of them with the girls on and off  with me all afternoon. IR drove the jeep around with CA who is beginning to like riding in it with her.

With clouds intermittently covering the hot sun all afternoon it was a really nice time to be outside.

After daughter came after the girls hubbie and I came inside to watch the news before we tackled our watering chores along with all the other chores for the evening. We watered all our garden plants and the raised beds then some of the flowers around the outside patio. I gathered some radishes, kale and lettuce before I watered today for eating tomorrow.

We ended the day sitting out in the covered patio enjoying the peaceful evening.

Thankful for  the blessings of this day.

God Bless and Good Night

 

NEW PET FOR RL

 Up to greet only RL and g-son this morning. I sat with RL while hubbie took g-son to school then I got chores done when he came home.  Daughter is off work today with IR and CA.

 I had breakfast then caught up on some paperwork before heading into town to meet an egg customer with her egg order and then stopping by the bank on the way to a girl friend's house for lunch. Susie has had a lot of work done to her house in Flat Rock and wanted me to see it and for us to catch up since we haven't talked in awhile. We walked all around her place and petted her goats that are spoiled rotten.  We had a nice visit and catch up session while we ate then I came home to find hubbie and RL enjoying the nice day outside. RL was pretty bored by herself here which doesn't happen much.

After d-in-love picked her up they went and picked up her newest pet. This bunny rabbit named Oreo is their newest addition.  RL is an animal lover for sure.

Hubbie and I watched the early news then got chores done. We are putting off watering the garden plants another day since most of this day was cloudy and the sun didn't come out until late this evening when there was already shade on most of the garden. I did water all my potted plants on the porches this evening.  We were sure hoping for some rain before the high temps reach us this weekend but looks like we out of luck for rain for quite a while.

Thankful for the blessings of this day.

God Bless and Good Night

LAST MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS EVENT FOR G-SON

 Up to greet IR and CA while hubbie picked up g-son and took him to school. When he got home I got chores done and then had breakfast with the girls.  When we finished eating we all loaded up and went after our Sam's Club curbside order. We came home and got everything out away. We needed milk and several other things so hubbie took the girls outside to play while I put in an Aldi pick up order for later this morning.  CA wanted to ride with me to pick the order up so IR stayed with hubbie after lunch for more outside play time.  CA went to sleep before we had gone a mile out the road. I picked up the order and came home to get things put away. CA napped for a little while and ate a late lunch. I love this time of year when I can walk up to the garden raised beds and come back with lunch.

CA woke up just in time to ride with her sister who has been in this jeep most of the day. They love to wear matching outfits when they can.

Daughter picked up IR to go to the doctor this afternoon to have them look at a very nasty looking sore that is on the back of her neck in her hairline. It looks very infected to me.  The doctor said she definitely needed some antibiotics to help . She said it even could be the beginning of Lymes Disease if their is a tick embedded under the scab. Hopefully that isn't what it is .  It might be a spider bite or even impetago.  The antibiotic should take care of it no matter what it is. 

We took CA with us and met up with everyone else at g-son's conference track meet out at North Henderson high school.  G-son still is having trouble with shin splints but did a good job jumping in the triple and the high jump today. Don't know exactly where he placed in each but his team won first place in the conference of 12 schools.

Proud of g-son for pushing through the pain of shin splints, which I have had and I know how bad they hurt, and finishing out his last middle school sports season. It is still very hard for me to believe he is going to high school next year.

Hubbie and I came home to a late chore duty tonight.  

The clouds have been thick and dark all day but no rain for us and now with the heat moving in tomorrow looks like we will be carrying water for the next week at least.

Thankful for all the blessings of this day.

God Bless and Good Night

PLAY DAY MONDAY

 A little different Monday with no g-son this morning. He has an orthodontist check up at 7:45 so d-in-love will take him into school late. All the girls were here and happy this morning. I got chores done and then we all had breakfast. After we ate I gathered the weekly laundry and got a load started with the help of RL and IR.  We took the girls outside on this nice sunny warm morning to play.

They asked to have a picnic lunch outside today.

After they ate and played a little more we all came inside so hubbie and I could eat our lunch. While we ate CA went to sleep in the recliner and when we finished eating RL actually took a short nap with hubbie.  IR and I did more laundry and then she wanted to go outside and play by herself so that is how we spent the afternoon.  She loves this sandbox.

The neighbor must have ran out of weed killer leaving this interesting design in this field.

We had a scare this afternoon and are all thanking God this evening that d-in-love-Tif or her baby were not hurt when a pickup truck slammed into her while she was stopped at a mailbox delivering mail this afternoon.   We are so thankful this evening for her not being hurt.

We got chores done and then watered all our garden plants and raised beds since we missed out on the rain today.

Thankful tonight for the blessings of this day and especially the blessing of Tif walking away from the accident unhurt.

God Bless and Good Night

HAPPY #41 TO SON-IN-LOVE

 Up to get Sunday started. We thought IR and CA were coming this morning but daughter and son-in-love decided to take them hiking with them at Carl Sandburgs .  Today is son-in-love's birthday and he wanted to spend it with all the girls.  Happy 41st son-in-love !!

Hubbie and I got fixings for the hamburgers and hotdogs we are grilling today all ready before our "TV" church sermon started so we could sit down and listen today. 

#1 son's family and Aa's family were out only lunch guest today and we all enjoyed the burgers and hotdogs with baked potatoes.  They all left shortly after we ate to go back to work on getting pool set up at Aa's house that they had bought.  

Hubbie and I worked on getting all the plants out of the basement "winter" greenhouse and out of the house.

Decided to leave this old Crown of Thorns plant right outside the basement door since it is so hard to carry and those thorns really hurt so hopefully the girls won't get into it down here.

This is another years old Citronella plant that just keeps going year after year . I always put it out in the covered patio to ward off mosquitoes.

Used this old pot holder for this large Aloe plant since it is really shady back here.

I also got my Mother's day gifts out in their summer spots today.

I got all the school FFA plants planted yesterday morning also.

As I looked at these 2 different Wisteria plants I wondered if there are different types of Wisteria since one of them is looking more like a bush and has lots of blooms on it .

And this one that is an aggressive climbing vine that has no blooms.

As we trust that spring is officially here we ended the day after chores sitting out in the covered patio sipping hot tea and coffee.

Thankful for a quiet beautiful Sunday.

Thankful for all the blessings of this day.

God Bless and Good Night

PLANTING SATURDAY

 A lazy Saturday morning to get ready for a busy day felt good. We had an egg customer picking up her order at 10:00 and I was going to make an egg delivery at 11:30 so we had time to get chores done and have a leisurely breakfast before our activities for the day began.  Hubbie handled the pick up order today and made the delivery. When I got back home hubbie was at #1 son's house helping him till his garden and mark off rows.  I came to our house and put away some laundry and did some house cleaning. When hubbie got back with the rototiller he put it away and got on the mower to mow lawn for the next several hours. The sun and clouds are battling today which is making the mid 60's temperature feel pretty uncomfortably cool.  I fixed some broccoli salad for a quick lunch for us when he finished mowing and then we went up to the garden to get our plants set out. The weather is supposed to warm up this coming week but the days are supposed to be partly cloudy so that will be a perfect way to finish hardening off the plants. We worked for several hours and we were both dragging tires but we got 100 tomato plants and 70 pepper plants set out plus a row of dried pole beans planted for a bonus.

As we finished the garden and got things put away I got chores done and was getting water when I noticed this old rose blooming.  If you've followed my stories long you this red climbing rose has been through several moves yet it still continues to thrive and be beautiful and smells wonderful.

These dark pink roses I dug up at #2 son's old house are also starting to bloom.

And even this really struggling Rhododendron has put out several big pretty blooms this year.

I was glad to get inside and get my feet up tonight and after a good hot bath tub filled with bath lavender scented Epson salts for my sore muscles my bed felt so good.

Thankful for all the wonderful blessings of this day and for the strength God gives me each day.

God Bless and Good Night