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Things are back to being slow with construction again. They could finish in a day except the fireplace which they have not started yet. But won't come back out till the shower door for main bathroom comes in. So that could be anywhere from a week to 8 weeks or longer. So, I still can't get things put away in closets till shoe molding is in. Not going to put things back in closet just to have to take it all out again so they can get in there to put in shoe molding. So, it's all on hold till whenever. I am so over this. But it is what it is, and I really think this company just can't get their act together and order things like they should. That main bathroom has been ready for the shower encloser for 2 months and he just ordered it the other day. So here we go again. Garden is doing great. Everything is now in bloom so should start producing in the next month or sooner. Will have to get the pictures taken. Though I think I will be replanting the carrots. Still nothing. Got curtains hung up in my bedroom but still waiting on the furniture and ceiling fan. It is so hard to get things in these days. SIL has to get a new fridge for his parents. Hope he can get one soon. Said he was going to order one, but I think he should see if he can get one store in stock. DD said a friend of hers ordered one a year ago and still waiting. I know it took me 8 months to get mine. Jeepers hope your trip was great. Have fun while you are in Indy. I really have a lot to do around here, but so much is packed up I feel like I am moving instead of remodeling. So much to get rid of. But now need to rethink on that as GS could have an apt. within a year if he does like he should and gets his bills paid off. Either way I have giving him a goal of 2 years to get out on his own. He now has a good paying job but needs to pay off bills first and then a good down payment on a new car. That is a much-needed thing for him. His car is a Toyota 06, bad on gas and over 265 thousand miles on it. So that is a must. Then to save for the apt. He would still have a car payment but that should not affect him getting his own place within 2 years. He is loving his job but says it is boring at times. He is still in training. They looked at his steel toed boots and said they are buying him a new pair. That is great. Though his are old they are not worn out, just needs shoestrings.

Welcome Pioneer Woman. Glad to have you with us. Sounds like you are doing very well with a small place to grow food. I am not sure if my butterbeans will make it after the collapse of the raised bed. A few are looking good now but looking like I will lose most of them. I think all the rain we had made the boxes to heavy and the screws that came with the boxes just broke into. So still trying to work on a plan for that one and then after the green beans in the other box is done, I will be removing the potting soil into buckets and redoing that box as it has the same type of screws holding it up and a couple of places are questionable. Though it looks like it will hold up. When I do buy more boxes for next year, it will not be this type of box. Though I like how long and deep they are. They are up on 6 legs off the ground and a good height for picking the butterbeans and green beans without all the bending and scooting around to get them picked. Carrots have not come up yet and it has been 2 weeks. Will give them another week and then replant them. Blueberry bushes are taken off since they have been transplanted into the ground from the pots. We are getting our strawberry picking place back again down the street. Should open next summer. So, I might hold off planting those as I really don't have enough space to plant enough to do much with.

Becca Anne, the house looks great. Didn't get to do my porch as everything is still packed up. But I only have a very small front porch and no room for a chair or nothing. Could get a small pot of flowers on it and hang a reef. But that would be it. Jeepers, sounds like you are doing really good on the moving. Ready for another load to go to Indy. You will be all moved in and ready to go before you know it. I have not missed those Christmas parties. I hated to have to go to them. Haven't had to deal with that since I retired in 2004. DH never had parties at his work as it was the gas company, and they didn't have parties. I worked for doctors, and we had parties. Though the last doctor I worked for was fun. We all went to the colony theater downtown Portsmouth and watched a move and had dinner for our Christmas party. Been trying to get things as I can unpacked and put away in small bathroom. That room is done except that GS, and I are still sharing that one. The main bathroom still has a way to go yet. But that bathroom will be all his when it is finished. Then I can move his stuff into that bathroom and get the towels, etc. all in there for him. Hoping they will have it finished by end of this week but not counting on it. Went to neighbor's house for a cookout this evening. Had a good time. First time in a long while I was able to get out and enjoy the neighbors. It was 3 families. Though GS was not able to go because he had to work. But maybe next time. Finally got GS heavy coat washed but the leather jacket he said he has washed before, but I think I will take it to cleaners to be cleaned. No label for washing instructions and I don't want to mess it up. It looks fairly new, and I can't tell for sure if it is vinyl or real leather. So off to cleaners tomorrow. Then they will be ready for next winter. Did some weeding in garden yesterday and still need to weed where the tomatoes are and that will be done for a while. Cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and peppers are all flowering now. Still not sure if I can save the butterbeans are not after the raised bed collapsed. But if not, I won't worry about butterbeans this year. Though I might check the market to see what a bushel is selling for this year. Still a bit early for them yet. So will keep an eye out for both those and a bushel or two of peaches. Out of canned peaches, so want to get a couple of bushels to can this year.

Went outside this morning to find that one of the raised bed boxes collapsed. So, trying to save the butterbean plants. Got those situated in a temp. place and then we started having thunderstorms. Now it looks like the sun is trying to come out. Will rebuild the box this weekend as GS is off today and Sat. He goes back to work at 6 pm on Sun. Right now, he is still asleep, and I don't want to wake him as with that sinus infection he needs the rest. He got home after 3 am this morning and didn't get to bed till about 5 am. He is loving his new job and now has full health insurance with dental and eye care. I am so happy for him finding this job. I really think it is going to work out for him. He is not a morning person and loves working nights. Will get him to help me rebuild the box tomorrow morning if it is not raining again. Becca-Anne, I have 2 of those Neti pots and didn't even think about that. Will get one out for him to use. That just might help him. Though he is not as stuffed up as he was. I think the antibiotics are starting to kick in. Glad that your construction has started back up. Seems mine has taken another vacation or something. No work all week other than the countertop and sink in main bathroom. Painters did come Sunday of all days. And then nothing. So, hoping it starts again on Monday. He did talk about the fireplace plans. Annarchy, hoping and praying your DH's ankle is doing much better. Euphrasyne, I do hope and pray your wrist is getting better each day and you are getting more use from it as it gets stronger again. I can't do a whole lot around house right now with the sleeping arrangements for GS. He is sleeping on couch in living room for now till I can get the 2 bedrooms set back up. One for him and my bedroom. Working on my bedroom now as I got the windows washed and blinds put up the other day. Need to move the bed and start taking the ceiling fan apart and getting the dust off of it. That fan is going to be replaced but still don't want the dust flying when they remove it. Then will get the floor cleaned up good as that has been tracked up from the construction workers. I cleaned it once and here they come again. So gave up on that room. Need to get that room done now though so I can get my boxes of clothes and other things out of the other bedroom and clean it up for GS. Still waiting on my dressers to come. I am on Haynes furniture like a duck on a June bug. They have sold my furniture out from under me 4 times now. So now it will be another 3 weeks I think they said. It's only been over a year since I ordered them. So, they know if they sell out from under me again, I will be down there getting a refund. Never had this problem with them in the past, but this is the worst yet. Never again will I order from them.

Well, talk about a challenge. Woke up this morning to one of the raised beds being collapsed. Hoping to be able to save most of the butterbean plants. So got those in grow bags for now with some in mound of soil laying in another garden area till I can get them in ground. Started having thunderstorms and still raining. But did manage to get that part done in hopes to save the plants. GS is still asleep as he didn't get home till after 3 am from work, so don't want to wake him to help me get the box apart and rebuild it. half the box is already apart, just need to get the rest of it apart. The screws that came with the boxes when I bought them didn't hold up. They broke into and now will have to drill those out. The other bed is holding up well but with the same type of screws. So, when green beans are done will reinforce that box with a better type of screw. maybe stainless-steel ones. Will need GS help on all that, but not till he feels better from sinus infection and gets himself on a better schedule than he is right now. Poor guy was so tired when he got home this morning, he just ate, took shower and went to bed with Nyquil for sinus infection. Though it is now 1:30 and he is out of it. Must be the Nyquil as he is usually up by now. But with the infection he needs the rest.

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I must have hit something that bought up the first post on here. Don't know what I did. But anyway, I'm in on the challenge. I have 2 95 inch raised beds with green beans in one and butter beans in the other. They are doing great. Have them around on my patio. Below those I have 5 grow bags. 3 with potatoes that have now popped through and 2 are carrots that have just started coming up. The 5th one is spring onions. I have 5 more grow bags that I haven't used yet and thinking it might be too late to plant anything in there now as it is getting closer to June unless I buy plants. But too late to start from seed. Thinking about that one. I can put those 5 bags in front of the other raised bed. On front of house in flower bed, I have green peppers, tomatoes and an herb garden going. On side of house in flower bed are the Roma tomatoes, Flower bed in back of house is squash, okra, onions, and zucchini. Though some of the squash seeds have come up but not all. Thinking the birds got my seeds. Cucumbers are growing at back of shed. In back of the garden shed are the 2 blueberry bushes and next year will add strawberry plants there. As for the larger garden that DH and I always planted a huge garden at. That is being worked on for next year as I will be expanding the garden more. Right now, the black plastic is over it to keep the grass from growing. Plowed it up twice and still trying to get the grass out. St. Augustine grass is the worst to get out. It has been about 3 or 4 years since I have planted anything in there. So, the soil had a good rest. Going to head to feed and seed for what I will need to get that area ready for next year. Don't want to wait as I might not be able to get what I need next year. Going to get an area set up for making my own fertilizer. Will get out when I can with the rain past few days and take pictures to post on here. Love all the pictures and Mother, you have come a long way with your raised beds that was a great idea to have them running along the ramp. I always said where there is a will there is a way.

Miki, enjoy your company and the blackberries. Neighbor called needing help a bit ago. Her GS threw a rock or something against the house and it bounced and hit the truck door driver side. Broke out the whole window. We were trying to get plastic up on it as it is supposed to rain again. Couldn't get it on where wind wouldn't pull some of it up. So have a tarp on it also. It will be 3 months before she can get a window replacement. Another Neighbor came over and suggested plexiglass to fit the shape of window so she could see through it to drive. She is not a happy camper at the moment. Grandson thinks I am going to be fixing dinner in middle of night when he gets home from work to eat. Not happening. I will fix something for dinner at my normal time and he can heat up the leftovers when he gets home from work. We will be sitting down and working on a schedule on Friday as he has Fridays and Sat. off each week. In the meantime, he won't starve. He has his microwave dinners also. We will get it all worked out, as he just started this job and not sure how to figure his time out yet. He goes to bed around 3:30 in morning and sleeps until noon. Then gets up and does things around house and though right now he still isn't eating good due to the sinus infection. He will get there. It is all new to him and just needs to work on a schedule that works for both of us. Garden is doing great and now the second rabbit is back. So, 2 rabbits being chased out of garden now. Going to solve that issue tomorrow if it's not raining all day. It has been raining past 3 days and more rain coming. I also need to get out and do some weeding and this rain is not helping that. Carrots, some of the squash, potatoes and onions are coming up and the tomatoes are starting to bloom. Rabbits are now eating on few flowers that I have around the front porch. Though the rain is helping the garden grow and the weeds with it. GS will help me with the weeding if he feels better Saturday. Friday I am taking him to Walmart to find some shoestrings for his boots and to get his glasses repaired. They broke. So, some running around to do Friday after he wakes up and hopefully eats breakfast. Antibiotics should be setting in by then and he should start feeling better soon. The blueberry bushes have taken off now that they are out of pots and in the ground. I think next year we will have a good crop of blueberries. Will have to pull out my net that I use to keep birds out of them. Will get GS to help me hook it up to top of shed and bringing it down to ground over the plants. Then I can just roll it up in the fall after all the blueberries are done till next year when they produce again. Need to get chicken wire for the bigger garden also. Decided not to plant there this year as I have the black plastic over it now to kill the grass. We plowed it up, but it was a lot of grass that grew back as we haven't used that area in 3 or 4 years. I will take plastic off next spring and get it set up and ready for planting along with chicken wire to keep the rabbits out. They are wild rabbits and now they don't run as fast when I shoo them out of garden. They are getting braver everyday. GS is looking at rabbit stew. Shame on him.

This world has gone crazy. Wars, famine, pandemics or plandemics, spread the wealth, speech? Yes, careful what you say. gas prices, EMP's, yes, it is a possibility. And they want to cut off our natural gas as well. Deisel is in very short supply, and we all know what that will lead to. Stores and more cut off from supply chain. It just goes on and on. Even our retirements will shrink in more ways than one. But remember taxes will not go up. Yeah, so much for that one. Real-estate tax, personal property tax, car insurance all went up due to inflation. And if that is not bad enough, I just got back from neighbor's house. Her GS threw a rock or something against house and it bounced and broke driver side window. Totally busted it out. And when she called Chev. to see about a new window, it will be 3 months. Can't find clear plastic bags either. So, we figured out a way to cover with black bag, but she can't drive it like that. Another neighbor suggest plexiglass that can be cut to fit. At least she would be able to drive it. But rain is coming again, so her DD went to get a tarp as the bag is on good but don't want it to blow off. I could go on and on, but I think everyone has a clear picture of what is coming down the pipes. As for me, I am just doing my thing. Can't get house back together yet, so sitting during the day after doing what I can do and reading Bible. Haven't even had the TV on in several days. Watching some news but not much right now. Needed a much-needed break from the news and the Texas school shooting was the last straw. So now the gun did the killing and not the person that went into the school and pulled the trigger. But from what I heard, they shot and killed him. So at least it saved the taxpayers money for a trial, but they will use this to take our guns away next. Though they have been trying to do that for a long while anyway. Like I said it will never end.

I so need to stock cheese for freezer. American cheese has not been on sale for a while around my area. So, watching for that. Never made cheese before but would be a great learning curve for the future. I have made yogurt but has been a long while since I made it. Might need to start back into that when the construction is done. I was looking into those yogurt makers, but not sure about how they would do. Never heard of anyone that has tried using those.

Gotta love the Babylon Bee. I get those e-mails daily. And yes then there is Dr. Fauci. We do have to keep his pockets lined with the green stuff. That might explain a lot.

I always freeze the shredded cheese but didn't know about the American cheese. I am so going to do that. Just need to watch for a good sale. And yes, my GS does not like grilled cheese sandwiches. That boy needs to learn to eat what's good for him. It's hard to feed picky eaters. And I don't do fish every night for him. He never tires of fish. For me once or twice a week is good enough. And I am looking at a second freezer for garage. I just have to get garage cleaned out after the construction workers get their mess out of there. Haven't been able to get car in garage now for 4 months. I need my garage back. It has been a process getting all this work done, but the 60's were calling and they wanted their house back with all the issues of this house. Glad to see it coming along now though. It will be fun for myself and GS to move a big heavy couch from living room to den. Will be interesting to say the least. But that won't happen till the fireplace is done.

Joyfield Redhead, some of what you post I am already doing. I sit for a while during the day to just relax and read my Bible. I listen to Christian music as that relaxes me, I mostly listen to that in the evenings to unwind. And yes, when I feel stressed out, I walk around house doing things that need to be done and talk to the Lord while I am doing it. Got more into that habit after DH's passing. Working in garden is a great stress reliever, and I need to get out there and do some weeding. One of the things I ask the Lord is to let me have a plentiful garden. I talk to him as I am planting my seeds asking him to give me a good crop if it is in his will to do so. I stay so busy these days that I really haven't had time to think about being stressed out, but I know that I do get that way sometimes. I like a lot of the ideas all of you have mentioned. I am going to have to try some of those as well. I do have a couple of meditation tapes but are packed up due to construction. GS did find the DVD's and has been watching those, but the meditation tapes must be in box with the CD's. I will find them as I can get things put away again.

I think what is keeping me going with garden as before DH passed, he said he wanted me to keep the garden going. So, I am doing it for him more so than to keep us in food these days. I do have GS here to help now and he has been a huge help with garden. DH passed those skills to him and his sisters when they were small. It only took with him and one sister. Mostly with him. He does love doing yard work and gardening. Garden so far is doing great, and we have had rain now overnight and most of today. I thought the squash was not going to come up but came up overnight. I will be hitting the markets this summer to fill in what I think I will need if I don't get enough out of my garden. Just have to do something about the rabbit that wants to eat my plants. He is getting bold now. Doesn't run off like before. But will back away from the plants I catch him eating on. I don't have enough room for corn but might be working on something next year for that. I am getting ready to start microgreens. I got a grow starter from Patriot seeds when it was on sale. It is a 4-tray seed sprouter, so hope it works well. Never did this before either. But thinking it will add to my stock. I have tried the Radish ones and liked them. So will have that one going for sure. They were really good in salads. It says they sprout in 3 to 5 days so will see what happens as soon as I can get them set up where I want them. Tired of waiting for construction to get done to get what I want to do done. Miki, I know where you are coming from as I was the sole caretaker for my DH during last part of 2019, all of 2020 with no help from anyone that year due to corvid. and Jan. and part of Feb of 2021 before he passed. All that time he wanted me to do the garden even though he knew he would not be able to help with it. I did do a few tomatoes, lettuce and peppers in 2020 but not much. It was just too hard to keep that up and take care of him. But this year the garden is much bigger and still growing. I am working on more places to plant. My flower beds have become part of garden all the way around house with some flowers mixed in. Never got the marigolds planted though. Wondering if it is too late now as they are seeds. Not sure if I can find plants now. But might just look around at the garden center or Lowe's if I can get out that way soon. I really think we are all struggling this year with so much going on in this world. It seems to play on our minds as to what else could happen and with the stores all in the mess they are in as well. I think we all know what is coming and with trying to keep up and figure out what we need to do to keep our heads above water is weighing us all down in some way. I will have a house to put back together, canning when harvest time comes, keeping up the garden, dehydrating as much as possible and looking into another big freezer. I have a lot on my plate right now, but I know that if I don't get all this done that next year will be a huge disaster. I try to keep in mind that things are just going to get much worse than they are now. I think that is part of what keeps me going and out of procrastination mode. One thing is for sure. I am sleeping better at night as I stay so busy from 6 am to midnight.

I have just started to read up on Monkeypox. So not commenting at this time. Don't really need anything else to worry about right now as I have enough going on. I am watching it and will take precautions as needed, but right now I am just going to read up and see where this heads and what it will lead to. Though it does seem a bit strange that first Corvid and now this. Something as I have said in the past stinks and it's not good.

Yesterday the main bathroom countertop was put in and the sink but no plumbing yet. Painting is done except for some touch up painting when things are totally done. And of course, no one came today to do anything. He said that he is sending out a crew to finish up all the last-minute stuff and is now working on fireplace plans. I have washed the kitchen window and got blinds back up. Except for the shoe molding which is holding me up from getting things back in closets as well as the sliding doors in hall closet which I can't put anything on any shelve as the shelves have to be moved for them to put doors back in on tracks. So, this is a big hold up. Got my bedroom widows washed and ready to get hardware up for the new blinds and curtains. Got the main bathroom window washed but not putting blinds up till they are done in there as I don't want the blinds messed up. They keep opening that window while they are working in there. Only thing left in that bathroom is plumbing and electrical. So, it is close to being done. Just have to drag them off one job to finish this job. Going to start getting my bedroom back together. They still have to put the new ceiling fan in though. But that shouldn't be a problem. Grandson has a sinus infection and just started his new job. He's going in as he can't call in sick on first day. But there is no fever, and it seems more like a head cold than anything else. But will see. He is doing his best to stay away from me as he said he doesn't want me to get it. So, he is staying in his room and only coming out to eat or to take a shower. Will be fumigating the house when he goes to work. Did that this morning but will do it again tonight. For those that are looking into Medicare. I can tell you what some friends of mine did. They went on the advantage plan, and it was bad. I have Medicare and a supplement insurance that pays the 20% that Medicare doesn't pay. It has worked great for me. I never paid a dime out of pocket for Dh's 4 hospital stays and 2 surgeries he had in 2020 nor in early 2021 before he passed. My friends are now paying very high co-pays for one that is now in hospital and to a nursing home for therapy. I don't pay co-pays for doctor or specialist visits with advantage plans you do. Not saying there aren't some good things about it as one gets $200 a month for groceries but can only go to Kroger with the advantage plan. But she now will be paying thousands of dollars for her medical bills as she has been in hospital 5 or 6 times with pneumonia and her falling several times. She broke her back from a bad fall and never recovered. This is why the nursing home for therapy. The advantage plan will be kicking her out of therapy on Friday and she has only had less than one week of it. I hope this helps all of you with making the discissions about Medicare. It is a hard choice. One of my friends went back to reg. Medicare and a supplement right after having advantage for a year. She had to wait till open season to change. Said it was the biggest mistake she ever made. Just make sure of all your options first before going on anything other than Reg. Medicare with a supplement insurance. Medicare is not perfect but much better than Advantage plans. Annarchy, I really hope and pray your DH is going to get much better. The ankle is just a small setback, but he will get there. Miki, you are so right about the construction taking so long. It is already driving me up a wall. We are past the 4-month time frame, and I am so ready for them to get out of my house. Still a lot of small things to do and also the fireplace which they are just now getting the plans together for. So, I am figuring on another month of this mess before I can get the whole house back together. I can now do some small things but that is about it. Still can't get pictures back up and patio door will be the last thing I can do at this time. They use that door coming in and out of to work and I won't put the drapes up until they are totally done and out of here. If I could just hold them here for everyday instead of the owner sending from one job to the other this job could have been finished in 2 months. Becca Anne, I know how you feel about the hold ups as well. I also have a friend that is going through this mess as she had a pipe to burst behind a wall and woke up to ankle deep water in kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, hall and living room. She had a mess. This happened 2 months ago, and they are still working on the apt.

I have been reading a lot about this. Just something else we have to deal with on top of everything else. There was a joke going around about monkeypox. It was something like monkeypox without the k. Thought that was funny considering the money being made from the C-19 vac. Not going to live in a vacuum for this one either. Life as we know it has to go on. So, pray a lot and hope we never get this one either. The Lord is always in charge and knows what he is doing. I will just lift this up to him and let him take care of it. My trust and faith lay in the Lord for all this mess that is going on. I really am tired of having to be so watchful of all the mess and trying to prepare. But it is something we must continue to do. And I am sure all of you like me are tired of trying to keep up with inflation and gas prices. Getting harder and harder to do as the prices of everything keeps going up more and more. And now Monkeypox.

Never had the shingles but know of many that did when I was working in doctor's office. One lady had it so bad she was hospitalized. It messed her nerves up and they had to do a nerve block. She ended up not able to walk without using a walker. My brother-in-law had it so bad it was in his eye, and he had to go to an eye doctor for treatment. Thank goodness he didn't have permanent eye damage from it. But he was in pain. Couldn't drive for weeks. DH never got it either. I did get the shingles vac. many years ago but will not get this new one.

Thought I would get some canning done over the past 3 days but here comes the counter guy, then the floor guys. So, no go on that yet. Painters of all days is coming tomorrow to paint main bathroom and do the touch up paint in other rooms. Don't know if anyone is coming Monday yet or not. Waiting on countertop for main bathroom and sink. Still electrical to do and get the fans put in. They still haven't started the fireplace yet. I am so over this mess. Been trying to clean up as much dust as I can. Changed air condition filter and then started dusting off the tops of the doorways. Dusting a lot these days but it is useless till they are done and out of here. Grandson has orientation for his job Monday at 10 am. So, will be gone at least 4 or 5 hours. That will give me some free time to get a few things out of his way in living room where he is having to sleep on couch till they are done, and I can get him a bedroom fixed up. I will be nice for him to have his own bedroom. It will get there but it is just taking so long to finish this work up. Jeepers, I am making a list of things I need for the car. I have extra oil filters and oil, but need to get a lot of other things as well. Thanks for the reminder. The floor guys took the sliding doors off the hall closet and put them up against closet in my bedroom. Those doors are heavy and now I have to move them somewhere else. I did go and buy new sliding wheels for them as the old ones are over 55 years old and wearing out. Will let them put those on when they hand the doors back up. They still haven't put the shoe molding in and I can't get things back in closets till that is done. Things like this is holding me up from getting house back together. Still trying to get things put away in kitchen. Had the ant problem this year. Thought it was the usual place at patio door but nope it was where the backsplash joins with the wallboard between kitchen and den wall. Took care of that issue. Love that Terro. Works great and in 24 hours they are out of here. At least I found the new place they got in at. Just follow the trail. Going to set the dehydrator in kitchen for the time being as I can't get the garage set up yet for what I want to do. Just won't be dehydrating onions. Been there, done that before. Going to teach GS how to make jerky. He will love making that and dehydrating it. Been a long while since I made any. On the spaghetti noodles. I buy the ones that are already cut in half and before I put them in the vacuum bags, I take a small piece of the scrape bags from the rolls and fold it up to put in bottom of the bag and then lay the end of the noodles on that. I also take another small piece and place it on top of the noodles and then seal the bag. It has worked for me so far. And I have a lot of stuff I need to get bagged up for long term and can't get to anything.

I have been thinking about when this mess is over with construction and I get the rest of it paid off, I am going to buy a second vehicle. Will keep mine for a backup just in case. Grandson needs a new car but can't afford it right now. So, thinking he should keep his old car for a backup just in case. It will be a while before he can afford one as he doesn't start his job till sometime next week. Had to do a drug test and paperwork this week. His car is bad on gas it is a Toyota Corolla with 265,000 miles on it. Thank the Lord that he has been able to get new brakes and rotors, battery and tires for it. Everything else is doing good. Going to go down and buy some things for my car and will pick up an oil filter or two for his car. He said he will be doing the oil change himself, but DH stopped doing that and we don't have the tools and drip pan for that any longer. So, he will need to buy all that stuff if he wants to change oil his self. I think it is great that he did learn how to do some of the car Maintenace himself. He changed out the brakes and rotors himself as well. Right now, I am waiting on the counter guy to come. Said it will be between 11 am and 1 pm. So, I have a bit of time to kill for now. Feels good to be able to just sit down and have a cup of coffee in peace. GS is still asleep. He will be working nights, so he is working on his sleep pattern again for night work. This is going to be the part that is hard when it comes to cooking. He will be leaving about 5:30 in the afternoon to go to work, so it will be an early dinner for him. And he should be getting home somewhere between 6 am and 7 am. That won't be too bad for breakfast. That part I can handle easy. But I don't usually start dinner till around 5 pm, so I am thinking make ahead dinners and the slow cooker and crock pot that has several different settings. That one I can use like a stove top, oven and a crock pot. I love the different settings on it. Even has a keep warm setting on it. So that will more than likely get used the most. Then he can eat when he is ready and head out to work. He won't have to worry about lunch there as they feed them a free meal. It is a food production warehouse, and the funny part is that it is his father's competition. His dad is also in the food production business, though dad is manager for his company. If GS likes this work, he to can work up the latter. He loved the one he worked at before his parents moved to another state, so he should love this job as well. He will make twice what his old job was here. So starting off with great pay and medical on first day.

Poor cow looks washed out. Tough job birthing that calf. Glad they were both doing good. That had to be a scarry moment. Makes me miss living in the country.

That looks like fun. Never seen that before and yes it does seem like a pin ball machine. The spinner was a neat idea I have a couple of those.

Annarchy, my husband was on blood thinners, and he bruised like that. The skin would get so thin that if he scratched his arm in that area, it would bleed. We decided to go with the watchman to get him off the blood thinners as he was having reactions to them. Hopefully maybe your DH could check into the watchman. It is surgical procedure, and he would have to stay in hospital overnight. But well worth it than to have the side effects of the blood thinners. Jeepers I am with you on the food. I don't want any of my family to go hungry because they didn't prepare like they should have. Yes, my DD still won't prepare and still has her head in the sand and will NOT lesson to her DH. And after seeing that my GS being homeless and not prepared for anything and was skin and bones when he got here, that will not happen again. He is eating me out of house and home, but I know it was because he didn't have much to eat. He would get him something at work when he was homeless to heat in microwave at work and then it was whatever he could find to eat in car. He was first going all day and night and not eating and then would eat that one TV dinner at work. Then he would fill his water bottle up before leaving work with water. That didn't just go on when he was homeless but also at his sister's house as that is something I won't get into here. I can say it was not a good situation. Right now, I have a lot of wheat berries to get into mylar bags as well as the flour that is in fridge right now. They are coming tomorrow afternoon to put in the rest of the floor. So, after that I can start getting the rest of the food put away and organized. It's been a long 4 months and they still have a way to go. They are now looking at the plans for the wood burning stove.

Still have my windows 10. I also still have my XP though it isn't working any longer. I also have a mac but still haven't figured it out yet. Not going to let windows 11 download on my windows 10. And besides that, give it 2 or 3 years and they will want to download another form of windows on it.