MARKET DAY PLAYMATES

Another crazy Thursday morning getting both girls settled and getting things ready for market plus the regular chores done.
I made it to RL's pre-school on time today and as I walked out I noticed this on the wall that RL had made. This school is so good for her and they teach these kids so much.

IR and I met hubbie at the Curb Market around 9:00 today.  She hadn't slept all the way there today so she was ready for her breakfast and a nap after we got things carried in and set up.Her other g-ma is taking care of her other sick g-kids today who have the flu so IR is an all day marketer today.
I strolled her around market until she fell asleep to get a good morning nap.

AD came into work on her virtual school class for the day while Re ran errands. 

After her lessons she played with IR and sang Old McDonald's Farm to her that was so sweet, wish I would have recorded it !!!

After Re picked up AD hubbie left to go to the recycle center and picked up our lunch on the way back. I fed IR while he was gone and she conked out after her active morning playing with AD.

I had a decent day making almost $60 which was a surprise after the way the day started off but a couple costumers can make a big difference and that's what happened today.

We left a few minutes early and we swapped cars so hubbie could bring a still sleeping IR home and I  used his truck to run my banking and PO errands and then I stopped at Ingles to pick up some groceries and baking supplies for tomorrow.

I made it home at 3:00 and we rested until daughter came in to pick up IR. After they left we did chores. While I was feeding chickens Rocky (Tif's dog) was going a little crazy trying to get under a tarp that was covering an old wood pile right next to my chicken lots. Hubbie came over and helped him get under the tarp and under there he found the biggest Opossum either of us had ever seen.

Of course the Opossum played dead and thankfully didn't try to fight Rocky but this technique worked for him because Rocky didn't know what to do with a limp bodied Opossum. Hubbie went to get his gun and make sure this big egg eating, chicken killing critter didn't get away.  

Thanks Rocky  !!  Job well done !!

I put the game camera up in the spot where we can see if there is more of these critters living around here. I don't care for huge predictors living right next to my chicken houses.

Back inside hubbie and I had a restful evening. Hubbie is getting his cough back and doesn't feel well so he went to bed very early. Hopefully a good night's sleep will help him get over whatever he has.

Thankful for the blessings of this day and praying that hubbie 's sickness is short lived and no one catches it.

God Bless and Good Night.

HONDA TO THE SHOP AND 1978 JANUARY

Up to greet both g-daughters at 7am today. We got them settled for breakfast and then I went outside to get the morning chores done.
There is ice on the waterers again but at least it is thin breakable ice.
Back inside I got RL ready for pre-school and she went skipping in this morning like she finally is feeling better of her ear infections and maybe her system is getting used to the strong antibiotics she is taking.
I came home for my breakfast and then called the Honda place to get an appointment later today to have my oil changed and tires rotated as my dashboard has been telling me to have done for the past month !! But I still was on 10% of my oil usage so I was waiting as long as I could but I had a coupon for over $20 off that expires on Feb 1.
I made an appointment for 2:00.
I worked on cleaning my office until hubbie went to get a haircut and then I played with IR while he was gone.
We had lunch then gave IR her bottle before we headed over to Apple Tree Honda in Arden.
IR was great the hour wait we had as we strolled around and checked out all the new cars.

Moving kept her happy and I got my step goal in so it was a win for both of us.
After the work was done on the Honda we stopped by the Aldi store that is in Arden and it made me wish this store was closer to home so I could shop here because it wasn't nearly as crowded as the one here in town and the aisle were much wider and things were so easy to see.
We made it home just as daughter got here from picking up a TV she had worked on. After she took IR home hubbie and I did evening chores and then I divided the evening into paying bills and weekly paperwork and baking and icing cakes. I baked 3 caramel, 1 chocolate, 1 pound and 1 pan of brownies. I got things ready for market and made it to bed about midnight. This post is, as usual being written on Thursday.
IR on the left and her dad at about the same age on the right !!!!

Back in January of 1978 I lived alone in a single wide trailer on property that my dad gave me and I had 2 little miniature poodles to keep me company. This white male was name Jacque. I adopted him from a local shelter after he was turned in when his owner died.

And this little silver female was named Ginger and I can't recall where I got her. I bred them one time and they had one little white puppy. I can't recall what I did with the puppy either.

When I got married I had to give these to my mother because they were so jealous of hubbie. 

Also that January I worked at Ball Brother's glass company on swing shifts. A group of us friends from work spent a lot of time on the ski slopes that year. I wasn't a very good skier !!!

I had a 1975 Volkswagon beetle that I had bought new and drove it back and forth in the snow and never missed a day of work that month when it snowed.

My dad and mom lived on a steep hill and this was their driveway during this deep snow.

We also had a major flood that January that washed the pasture fences away.

Jacque and Ginger view the flood waters from my front yard.

Like this year the 1978 January was filled with all kinds of weather and as we get ready for more rain this weekend and then back really cold and maybe snow the first of the week I will be kind of glad to see the month of January leave.

I am thankful for this days blessings  and for the mercy of safe travel each time I get on the road.

God Bless and Good Night.

WARM TUESDAY AND 1968 DECADE PICS

7am seemed to come even earlier this morning. Both girls arrived and we got them set up so RL could eat her breakfast while I did chores.
I emptied 1 inch of rain from the rain gauge this morning after a rainy night. When I went to bed last night the rain was really pouring down so I was curious to see just how much we did get. Glad it was liquid this time around.
I took RL to pre school and she was ready to get in the classroom today wide awake.
I stopped by Staples on my way home to pick up printer ink and them fed IR when I got home and had my breakfast.
I cleaned house and then we left early to pick RL up so we could run some errands on the way. After we picked her up and started home my phone rang with #2 son on the other end. His clutch had fell to floor in his old Ford truck as he pulled out of the wash bay at one of the car washes on the other side of town.
We drove over there and picked him up and took him just up the street to a garage that he gets to do work for him. They said they could fix it today but he would have to have it towed to them . He called a wrecker and we went back to the carwash to wait.
It only took about 20 minutes for the wrecker to get there and he only charged him $40 to haul it just up the street and unload it at the garage.  We took son back to his apartment and dropped him off.
The girls both slept all the time through the entire ordeal.
IR woke up as soon as we tried to get her in the house but RL slept a little longer. We fixed everyone a late lunch and then settled in to play for the afternoon.
It is funny how interactive IR is getting with everything RL plays with.

 2 years old going on 12 years old !!!!

And this one just loves to watch whatever her older cousin is doing .

It was a nice sunny mid 50's day and RL wanted to play outside so I went outside with her while IR took a nap inside with hubbie.

Just a girl and her cat going for a walk !!!

As I walked around the yard I noticed how full of berries this Holly tree is this year.

After their mom's took them home hubbie went to take #2 son to pick up his truck. Lucky for him it was only some bushings that were worn out and he didn't have to have his clutch replaced like he expected.

I did chores and then moved this big pretty rooster in the green house with these ladies since all of a sudden he can't get along with the other rooster he grew up with.

The wind is really blowing tonight making the 30's temps feel really cold and we are supposed to have mid 20's temps by morning, uuuhhh !!!

We had some snow back in January of 1968 as this picture of the pond my dad built and the road that runs by our house shows.

I was sewing and making most of my clothes in those days and this is a vest and skirt I had made that month.

It's funny when I look at these pictures with my hair straight and wonder how long it took me to get my very curly hair to look like that ???

Thankful for the blessings of the day and for the grace of a Wonderful Savior.

God Bless and Good Night.

BUSY BACK TO SCHOOL MONDAY

Up at 7am to get this Monday started greeting both g-daughters as school gets back in session .
G-son is one of the flag raisers each morning at his school. This is the first Monday in this new year that the schools have been open ! He is on the left looking at the pole.

I did chores while RL had some breakfast. She is taking a strong antibiotic for her ear infections so she wasn't very hungry this morning.
On the way to pre-school she went to sleep and I carried her in still sleeping. The assistant teacher had her baby last week and she brought it and her son into the class just as g-daughter RL was waking up and that was all it took to get her fully awake looking at that tiny baby !!!
I came home to get IR and me our breakfast.
I got the weekly laundry started and then put away last weeks laundry. IR took a short nap just before I headed back out to pick up RL.
RL still wasn't hungry only eating 1 of the chicken nuggets I took her before she slumped against the side of the car seat and closed her eyes.
Hubbie carried her inside when we got home and we had lunch while IR watched cartoons from the dining room table.
After we ate I fixed her a bottle and hoped that she too would take a nap in the quiet house but that wasn't to be as she wanted to chat loudly and practice her screaming voice so hubbie had to sit in the sunroom with her to avoid waking up RL.
I did more laundry and then RL woke up and wanted me to hold her for awhile until she could get woke up. She had slept about 1 1/2 hours.
She didn't act like she felt very well this afternoon until I finally got her to eat some cheese. I think the antibiotic is making her stomach hurt when it gets empty. This was a good day to just sit and watch the light rain that started falling outside .

Re called and needed to run an errand in town so she dropped the kids off here for a couple hours.
Talk about a full house !!!

Pawpaw's lap was a popular seat today as soon as one would leave a spot it would be filled with someone else.

And these two hardly ever get this close together without fighting over something !!!

They all played well together until all their mom's picked them up. 

We did chores in the rain this evening but thankfully it is a warm 52 degrees.

This little guy had his annual exam this morning and was declared very healthy.

Whew !!!!  This has been a busy day to get back in the regular routine on but I am thankful for all the blessings it contained and for all these youngsters and the joy they bring watching them grow up .

God Bless and Good Night

RESTFUL SUNDAY AND A 1898 BIRTHDAY

A comfortably warm Sunday morning chore time at 36 degrees. However there was a thin layer of ice on the water pans from the overnight below freezing temps.
After chores I had breakfast then hubbie and I mixed potatoes, onions and carrots with the beef stew that had been cooking all night in the crock pot.
He also made a pan of cornbread so things would be ready to eat as soon as everyone gets here after church.
We had a good church service this morning and it is as always great to catch up with all the neighbors in church.
We came home to a lunch with everyone except Tif as she was working delivering packages today.
All the kids got along very well today even these two who are usually at odds with whatever the other one is playing with !!

After everyone left hubbie and I relaxed for the afternoon. I was expecting a sunny warm afternoon to call me outside but instead we got a warm, humid  cloudy afternoon that wasn't inviting at all so we took advantage and just rested to get ready to get back in the routine this week.

Daughter's family got back from their weekend at Great Wolf Lodge and g-daughter IR decided today she did like playing in the water.

 She is so good when they travel and is always so happy !!!

This is a good time to begin my decade post for the xxx8 years . Starting with an uncle that I never knew birthday on January 3,1898.

Homer was my dad's closest brother and I heard my dad tell many many stories of the adventures that he and Homer had in their younger days.

Thankful for the blessings of this day and for the church family that I know will always be with me in all that I do.
God Bless and Good Night

NICE WARM MARKET DAY SATURDAY

Up on this Saturday morning to get chores done and get to market. The temps warmed up over night from 27 when we went to bed last night to 37 at 8am this morning.
We made it to market on time and it was busy for a little while and had me wandering if I had baked enough. But business slowed and I had plenty but had a decent day making $114 with not very many customers coming through market. My market table looks definitely different in this season than any other during the year.

I left market and went to Big Lots to shop their 20% off everything sale.  I needed an oil diffuser and they had some so I got that along with several other things I found on sale.  I also had to get gas and some things for our lunch tomorrow at Ingles on the way home. I also took my salt covered Honda through the carwash since there was only one car in line. It was a colorful wash today !!!

Hubbie was working in our fire wood supply and came down and helped me unload then he started our generator and let it run awhile to make sure it was still okay. The way this winter is going we will probably need this before the season is over.
I got my diffuser set up and put some orange oil in it and enjoyed relaxing for a few minutes in front of it.

We got the chores done on a warm 57 degree evening but the wind was making it feel cooler.
Daughter's family is at Great Wolf Lodge with a couple other of son-in-love's brothers celebrating Jason's birthday. These are the three cousins that are there.

Daughter said IR wasn't a fan of the water at all there.

Hubbie and I spent a quiet evening watching the news and then just relaxing.

Speaking of IR she is celebrating her 7 month birthday today !

Thankful for the blessings of this day and for the love and grace of Jesus Christ.

God Bless and Good Night.