Watcha doing today?

[Midnightmom]

Some vids about USCG Boot Camp

 

This video includes a short section on the history of the USCG (which is older than the Navy!)

 

 

 

 

 

[Annarchy]

Tired.  Home safe.  PTL!

[Mt_Rider]

Annarchy, Is MILs area safe? 

 

So many things going on.  Can't even keep up with the weather news....let alone other news pertinent to our safety, supply needs, roads closed, or local troubles. 

 

We don't go far from home unless something absolutely has to be obtained from the large town.  Some medical specialists, procedures, etc.  Airport, of course but after 2022, I'm not looking at any flights any time soon. 

 

After riding and doing my PT exercises last nite, I did sleep as soon as I went to bed.  My hip didn't hurt tho it's a focus of some of the exercises.  I didn't do as many reps on that side....first week of doing them.  So....   Doing breathing exercises for the cognitive homework too.  Want my brain back!

 

MtRider    

[Littlesister]

Was able to work outside all day today. Moved the wood pile over to the back fence from the side and back of shed. GS saw what I was doing and came out to help. So glad to have the help as that was a hard job. I'm always proud of him when he offers to help without asking for help. Though I did ask him if to help me about 3 months ago. But better late than never. He came up with a good idea to dig 3 square holes and bury the pavers deep into the holes then use cinder blocks on top of that and put the rack on the cinder blocks. It keeps the log holder from sinking into the ground. Had to dig 3 deep holes to do it but it got done. Now I need to do the smaller log holder which is only 2 holes. I have enough wood right now to get me through next winter. So going to buy another log holder for another cord of wood and keep doing that till I get near the end of the fence line. That way I will have at least 4 and a half cords of wood for winter where I won't need to use my furnace at all. At least that is my goal. I will also be using it for my fire pit but need to buy a new one as my old one finally rusted through. 

It was Subway for dinner tonight and GS was happy about that. Pizza and Subway is his thing. My coupons ended today so needed to use it. They help a lot when eating dinner out or bringing it home. I will usually do one or the other when working all day outside. To tired to cook on those days. My hands are sore my shoulder is hurting and my feet hurt. Guess I'm not used to the really hard work that DH used to do, but trying to keep it all up till I can't do it any longer. 

Garden is doing great but lost one watermelon plant. Don't know what happened but still have 2 more. This is my first time doing watermelon and cantaloupe. The 2 cantaloupe plants so far are doing really well. 

[Becca_Anne]

Sounds like you made great progress today Littlesister! Glad you GS pitched in.

Midnightmom did I miss something is someone you know/care about joining the Coast Guard?

 

I spent today wrapping up loose ends for our trip. Got everything done just have to put the suitcases in the car and hit the road early!  I am fairly exhausted so will go to bed early. Planted 3 rosebushes, watered the garden, bought more chick feed and a new bigger waterer. This one doesn't seem to leak which is good. Went and did a huge grocery shopping so the kids will have food while we are gone. Trimmed the mulberry tree so it's not hanging over the sidewalk. And packed all the bags, and put the food we are taking on the road, the microwave and instapot in the car. 

 

[Annarchy]

14 hours ago, Mt_Rider said:

Annarchy, Is MILs area safe? 

Yes.

 

House cleaning today…..

[kappydell]

Today Mary and I went to see the neurologist who did my spinal fusion.  He confirmed that both my spine rods were broken, down in the hip area, and the screws were also  broken.  He showed us on Xrays and on a CT scan film.  He said it was possible the rods broke during my hip surgery but said vibration was a major cause.  Correction will mean more surgery, but I am OK with that, as he can also fix the shoulder and upper back pains due to bone spurs just above the existing rods pressing into my spine.  Mary and I suspect the breaks were due to the hip surgery, as that is where both rods are broken, beside the hip.  

Now I will see if a lawyer is warranted.   

 

 

[Littlesister]

Worked in yard again today. Almost finished cleaning up the garden area at back of house. Got a full 5 gal. bucket of rocks out of it. So now just breaking up the ground and finishing up on the weeding.  Watered the other gardens this evening. Moving the wood pile over by the back fence was the best solution for that area.  Still debating about starting another large garden where the wood pile was. It's just me and it might be to much to keep up.  I'm doing good just keeping up with what I have at almost 73 years old I guess that's not to bad. But I am feeling it. Going to make a trip to Norfolk County feed and seed tomorrow before starting back in yard again. Best do that before I start playing in dirt again. Might need someone to go with me to slap my hand if I buy anymore plants. My yard guy cut grass today and he took the bucket of rocks to dump for me. I also asked him about the river rock that is around my patio. I have the cement pavers stacked 2 high and around that and the river rock is in that. The pavers have sunk and is leaning and I cannot fix that. More work than I can muster. So he is interested in taking the river rock to put around his pool. But will be awhile before he can get it as he has to put a new liner in the pool and this is his busy season. So later is ok with me. He also suggested that I could fill that area with garden soil and use it for a raised bed garden after the river rocks are removed. Now that might be something I can get my head around. 

Also GS informed me that the only apartment he can get will be available August 25th. Yes my sanity is now gone out the window. I haven't said anything to him as of yet but we will be having a long talk about it.  If I let him stay till then, he is going to have a huge wake up call. I am not playing with him anymore. I am done. So will see how things go after I talk with him but I really had my sites set on his moving out this weekend. And I want prove that he really does have an apartment. I have been questioning rather he really has been looking for one or just showing me pictures of apartments and telling me he found one. Positive proof or out. Said he is supposed to be signing papers and that he talked the landlord down on the deposit to $300. Never heard of a landlord doing that. But will see when he shows me the full proof of an apartment. And in the worst place possible. Right in the middle of ODU college campus. Don't know how he pulled that one off or if he is just blowing smoke and has no plans to move out. 

Already told him he is going to be working around here to pay off the door he punched a hole in and a lot of other things he's done as well. If I let him stay till Aug. 25, One wrong move and he's out apartment or no apartment, he will be on street again. 

[Ambergris]

First the hair rose up on my arms and my head tickled and went cool, and the cats took off. 

Then there was a click to my left with a flash.

Then there was a big flash and a KBLAM.

Then there was a chemical-metal smell.

The cats are still freaked, now mashed against me.

So am I.

PM called.  She felt/smelled it from her house, and the puppy is hiding in the shower. 

 

Come daylight, we need to hunt for burn marks to see where the lightning struck, exactly.

[Ambergris]

If you let him stay until then, something will happen and it will be September 15, then October 7 or 19 or something.  You know this song, and the next verse is same as the first.

[Midnightmom]

22 hours ago, Becca_Anne said:

Midnightmom did I miss something is someone you know/care about joining the Coast Guard?

 

Posted by Littlesister: https://www.mrssurvival.com/topic/58097-watcha-doing-today/page/18/#comment-502884

 

"Becca Anne, have a wonderful and safe trip. I know you can't wait to see the new grandbaby when it is born.  I will be doing the same depending on where my GD and her DH are transferred to . But thinking it will be NC or SC. He is now in boot camp for coast guard and will be working on planes."

 

[Annarchy]

Yikes!  Only 1/16th done today….    Forgive my ‘book’…..
 

I am extremely allergic to scents.  Unscented everything… oddly enough, Simple Green, Dial, & one Lysol cleaning solution does not bother me, that much.  Unscented cleaners are my relief.

 

Got Mom’s bed, stripped it down to the mattress cover, hung her electric blanket out for 36 hours…still stinks.   Folded it up & put it in a plastic, zippered square package, with the electric parts.  Washed, the sheets, & mattress cover, extra blankets, and the pillows….  She uses, hair spray, conditioners, creams, lotions, potions, tons of makeup and a plethora of other things to make her beautiful….  I washed, just the top of my art desk…and trashed the cleaning rag….black with whatever, cookie, granola bars, KitKat crumbs & tissues everywhere, spilt water, coffee & other stuff, I don’t think I will ever be able to identify…..  

 

So, that being said, when I did the last load of laundry, before taking Mom home, pulling the wet clothes out, popped the fabric softener cap off the center column.  I’ve been trying, since we got our new ‘used’ washer.  I ran bleach, baking soda, vinegar and unscented laundry soap through several washes, before using it to wash my clothes… it reeked of scented soaps!  But, because my clothes weren’t effected, I decided, that was fine…just hold my breath while changing loads……. However, when the softener lid popped off….. I was appalled!  Seriously…. Mold, caked on detergent, fabric softener and, I don’t know what else…. Overwhelming nasty smell.  Sooo…. I set the cap in the barrel, covered them and took mom home.  
 

It took me 2 hours to scrub that center column out, tooth brush, scotch green scrubbing pad and bleach!  Good grief it was nasty!  Soaking the cap in bleach, half the day, still didn’t remove the smell.  I’m sorry if I offended anyone, but the products the sell now days….”fresh scent” for weeks…. You wouldn’t believe how many things I throw away, because there is no way to remove those smells!  My eyes & nose water, my lungs get congested, my throat tightens…coughing, sneezing and unable to take a deep breath…. Meh…. Nasty stuff.  If’n it smells like that, IMHO, it isn’t clean….

 

So, tomorrow, my cleaning adventures continue…. Coffee, & drinks spilt on the area rugs… will need to wash them and the covers on the LR furniture….  

[Annarchy]

ETA:  

 

Several years ago, Dial & Palmolive changed their formulas…..I was extremely allergic to what ever they changed in their soaps.  I wrote both companies about it.  
 

Dial, actually emailed me back and called me.  Their quality control and medical departments, on several occasions.  We discussed how I could tell.  I explained, and gave them my reaction to the ‘new & improved’ products, and asked/begged them to continue their “original” products.  They actually did! 
 

Palmolive, did not.  They produced a new unscented brand, but, whatever the ‘new’ ingredient is, it’s in their unscented product also.  

[Virginia]

Little Sister, I agree with Ambergris.  He will be yours forever if you let him put off moving another time.  Ask me how I know

[Littlesister]

I would like to get a heads up on what my GS is pulling. This is the 4th time and 3 of those times his mother sided with him. I know she lives in NC but she has been on my case where he is concerned and i am no longer going to tolerate this. I already have them thinking I am selling the house. But that didn't seem to work either. I really don't want to put him on the street but my sanity is now at stake. He is his destructive, rude to me, and I have called the police on him once already.  Virginia I would love to know how you know and if you have been through this, how did you handle it. I have never had issues with any of my grandchildren like this.  He was suppose to move out in March and he got fired from that job even though he had a doctor's note. So I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Then when he got this job his mother stepped in and said give him a chance to pay off car.  His payments are only $115 a month and it should have been paid off about a year ago. He wasn't making payments. So he was then supposed to have moved out by July but he never tried to pay off car. He lied about it the whole time. But I gave him till July 1st. Now he says he has an apartment but can't move in till Sept. 25. He will have an excuse to not move then as well. I never see him looking for an apartment as he never leaves the house except to go to work. So I need to have a talk with him but need to know just how to handle this in a way that both he and his mother understands. Thank you for any help you can give me as I am at my wits end.

[Littlesister]

GS said now that the move out date is August 25th not September when he first said. I was asking him if he has signed a contract and paid his deposit he said he will be doing that in the morning. He wanted money from his rent and I said no to go to bank. I am not playing that one again. So he is going to bank in morning. Now he says he did not put that hole in the closet door though he did amit that he did the next day after it happened. Said that unless I saw him do it then it didn't happen. Are you kidding me. It is his bedroom and I was working in flower bed right under his window when I heard something hit the door. Tried to talk to him but all I got was disrespect. Said I am the reason he wants to move. So be it. I am tired of cleaning up behind him, having to be quiet while he sleeps all day and only helps out when he has nothing to play on his games or nothing he wants to watch on his phone. Though I am proud of the fact he helped me yesterday without me having to ask for that help. He lives here and I shouldn't have to ask for any help. He knows what I am doing. Tried to tell him that if I let him stay there will be rules he will follow or he has to move out before the date. I haven't told him yet if I will let him stay yet. I want positive proof that he has secured this apartment and if not real proof he has to move. He threatens that if I make him move out end of this month he will buy a gun an kill himself. I know this is just a threat but he has done this many times before. His father said he can't buy a gun as he was on meds for depression growing up. I really wish now I left him on the streets in Washington. Never have I seen such rude behavior from this child. Everything I say or do he will turn it around and blame me. I am over the blame game. It seems he is not the problem and does not Admit that he has done something wrong. He can turn things around to make what he does someone else's fault but he is never to blame for his actions. His actions are always someone elses faught. He will cut his arms for attention and the whole family said he does this for attention when he doesn't get his way. He was high on pot when he came home from work and his mother said he was on it when he gave her a lot of the same issues. Said when he moves out he doesn't want to ever see me again which that is his choice. I was his 3ed chance to make something of himself. So now I don't know what to do. Don't know that I can handle 3 more months of this and I will be expecting a text later from his mother. He has lied to her about me as I figured that out by things he kept telling me. He refuses to go back to live with his mother because it would be the same way he is treating me now and worse. But DD will take up for him where I am concerned. I am guessing she thinks he can just live here and she not have to deal with him. According to him he never lies. But I have caught him in so many of them that I don't know what to belief anymore. I have been up since he got home from work hearing the crap about why he should stay till Aug. and I told him there are house rules and that I am tired of having to get up every morning to clean up behind him. That even got thrown back in my face. Don't even ask how he managed that one. But he always cleans up behind himself and I have pictures to proof otherwise. 

GS went to bed and then text me saying he is sorry for his outburst. Right now I am so mad with him over his altitude that I text him back asking if he had second thoughts about how he has been treating me in my house and reminded him I was the one that got him off the street in Washington just to be treated like dirt. And said maybe later when he can talk civil that then I will excepts his apology and it would be nice if he could apologise to my face and mean it. 

I am so sorry for ranting about this child but he has me climbing walls. Just don't think I can handle much more of his disrespect and destroying things. And then his mother starting in like I should put up with it  till he gets on his feet and gets an apartment. So if I have to put up with this then why did she kick him out and then send him to his sister's to live? And then his sister kicked him on the streets saying she was afraid of him. Something just doesn't add up and I am not being told the truth about him.  I could really use some advice as I don't think I can handle another 3 months of his mess. His mother was right about one thing. When he is high on pot he is really bad. 

[Ambergris]

What positive proof?  He has lied before.  He has been fired before.  He has disrespected you before.  He continues to lie.  He continues to disrespect you.  He is a lying liar who lies.  

He is wearing you down and trying to make you proud/grateful for scattered crumbs of basic human decency.  Why give him more time in which to bully you?  

He could in many states be prosecuted for elder abuse, financial and emotional.  He is grooming you to accept increasing abuse.  Where will that end? 

[Ambergris]

Rained yesterday, badly needed rain.  Raining today.  I hope to get some housecleaning done that was not done on the normal day.  Maybe some packing of the pottery pieces in sheets and things.

[Littlesister]

Ambergris, I have been trying to figure out how he Turns things around so that what he does is my faught. He is definitely a manipulative gaslighter. He has threatened me with I'm going to buy a gun and kill myself. This boy from early on in age would take a knife or scissors and cut his arms up for attention. Both his sisters said he is good for that. I am sure his mother will be calling and telling me to give him his 4th chance. I have told her about his lies and she doesn't believe me and tells me I'm just causing issues for him. So he has put a deep wedge between me and my DD. I have to keep my bedroom door locked now as he has already go through it looking for his rent money. When he couldn't find it he threw something at the closet door in his bedroom and busted a hole in it.  But I didn't see him do it now though he admitted he did it and he doesn't know how that door ended up with a hole in it.  It is not the only damage he has done in my house. But that is because I told him to start paying rent again and that I was going to take one month's rent to replace the door. So therefore he did not put a hole in that door. Maybe the ghost did it that he claims I have in my house. 

This is the sad part. He is supposed to go to bank to get money out for a money order and drive 40 minutes to the apartment to pay the deposit that he said he got them to lower it to $300. I have never heard of a landlord being talked down on the deposit but I guess there is a first time for everything. He also said the apartment was just over $500 and now it's $500 the first month and then a thousand a month after that. He will be living on Old Dominion college campus. He does not go to college so don't know how he got that one as they are usually for the college kids.  He was very high on pot when he got home from work last night.  I am going to talk with his mother about him staying or not but I am already working on his leaving by end of month. Told him already to get a hotel room if he didn't want to be on the streets again. So was told that if he did that he would lose his job. Not my problem. 

Well here it is going on 9 am and he is doing what he does best. Still in bed and he has to be at work at 4pm. So I am just going to sit this one out to see what he really does. But not looking like he is in any hurry to get this apartment even if it is in August. 

You are right Ambergris, I am at my witts end and have had enough. I no longer have a life, and can't trust him enough to be here if I decide to go somewhere for a few days. He stole from his mother and father and even sold the Christmas presents that his grandfather that I gave him back in 2019 for weed. At least now I know where his money is going and his bills are turning into late payments now. One he has had a bill every month for 4 months. But he said he paid them. But the same bills keep coming. 

Everyone I know I have been ranting about this mess but this is something I have never had to deal with. This child is not the grandchild I knew. I guess that is what smoking weed does to your brain. But anyway thank you for hearing my problem with this child and for the help. I am thinking about kicking him back out on the street. I hate to do that but his parents kicked him out, his sister kicked him out and his younger sister said flat out he won't be living with her. So he has basely lost his family because of his altitude and his manipulative gaslighting. I think it has worked on his mother but is wearing me down. I have been handing his gaslighting back at him and throwing it back in his face and he knows he is doing wrong. But he did text me to say he is sorry for his outburst. I think this time it is a bit to late for sorry. He's always sorry but keeps doing it.  

[snapshotmiki]

2 hours ago, Ambergris said:

What positive proof?  He has lied before.  He has been fired before.  He has disrespected you before.  He continues to lie.  He continues to disrespect you.  He is a lying liar who lies.  

He is wearing you down and trying to make you proud/grateful for scattered crumbs of basic human decency.  Why give him more time in which to bully you?  

He could in many states be prosecuted for elder abuse, financial and emotional.  He is grooming you to accept increasing abuse.  Where will that end? 

I surely agree with this!  He is lying and will continue until you get him out (and change locks, of course).  It's what I have read, that he has done to you since he moved in.  If it were me, I would have already searched for and called some agency about elder abuse.  Explain the whole situation.  It will continue until you stop it.  I normally don't voice an opinion on him, but I have to say something.  I believe that you are going to have to do more than pray.

 

Walked first.
Getting ready to walk dogs.
Have laundry started.
This afternoon will be working outside with friend to straighten out bush hogged area. Not looking forward to it, but am ready for it to be done.
Probably nothing else will get done today.

[Littlesister]

GS did get that apartment for August 25th. He was very high on pot last night and the pot got him into trouble many times when living with his mom and dad. But i will hear garbage as to my kicking him out this weekend. Told him if he is high on pot like last night not to come home and I got told off. I really thought this was my home but got told different on that one. So said pack up and move out this weekend. Could not talk to him. He came back home after going to apartment to pay the deposit and he was like a different kid. Talking normal instead of telling me off. But I did tell him not to come home from work if he is high on pot. And I got told real good. Decided that enough was enough. He said he might as well quit his job also. I didn't say a word. That will be his stupidity. It will more than likely take me a while to get myself back to a normal state. But at least after this weekend I can at least breath without his mess. 

 

On a better note, I finished cleaning up the smaller flower bed at back of house this morning. It was windy and cool. But really felt good. Got the cow manure and lime down and graded in really good so that tomorrow I can start planting in that area. I am debating rather to sell off the furniture I was holding for GS. Don't think I will ever see him again. He still after almost 3 years won't talk to his sister in Washington but did start talking with his mother after she kicked him out. Guess he needs to get back into her good graces. So now he is back to being his mother's problem to deal with. This should never have been my issue to start with but didn't want him on the streets of Washington in the winter time. My mistake. I am to old for this kind of behavior. But it will be over soon and I can finally get the house back together again. Will be a very busy summer. 

[out_of_the_ordinary]

Annarchy,    I know     

 

Sometimes I wonder if all the scented laundry products are to cover up that, due to govt regulations on the washer manufacturers,  washers just don't actually "clean" anymore.  And the scented stuff is to cover up the smell of clothing not actually being clean.    

 

My washer is finally, thankfully (Praise the Lord!) repaired.   More $ put into it than the cost of the washer  6 years ago, but Speed Queen no longer makes this model and I'm holding onto it!

 

If you had that nasty stuff built up in the fabric softener dispenser,  you might at some point want to look under the agitator if you can.   I clean the column of the agitator where the stuff builds up, but I was suprised how much had built up under the agitator. 

 

Little Sister, you probably want to look into having your locks changed.

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by out_of_the_ordinary

[Littlesister]

Thanks OOTO. GS does not have keys to my house. He has the garage door opener. That I will be getting back when he moves and I will be changing the code for the garage door.  Right now I am waiting for the other problem to call me and tell me I need to be gentle with him and that I need to be positive with him. Positive I have been with him from day one. But I will not baby him not treat him like being disrespectful and going down my throat when he doesn't get his way I will not do.  So will be dealing with DD later this evening if I decide to look at her text. She can't pick up phone and call and I don't think this should be handled by a text.  I hate that I had to kick him out but enough is enough. I'm old, tired and need my house back to being clean and organized. Tired of having to be quiet all day so he can sleep and not being able to do anything. I stopped canning because I had to get up every morning to clean kitchen before I could start canning as he makes a mess during the night and I get up in morning to clean his mess up before I could start canning. That puts me late getting started on what I need to do so I gave up. He doesn't like the noise the pressure can makes and gets mad. So be it it is what it is. It is going to take me awhile to get my sense of humor back and just be normal again. After he is gone and the garden is not producing yet, I will be changing the code on garage and then maybe take a trip somewhere to unwind from almost 2 years of his abusive behavior. He has had times when he was doing really well and Sunday was one of those days. But then he came home Monday night from work high as a kite on pot. That was a rule that he could not start back smoking it again because it causes his bad behavior. One of the reasons his mother had so much trouble with him. Now he's trying to make amends with his mother and get back in her good graces. That is a good thing as she should be the one to help him. So I just handed him back to her but she doesn't know it yet.

 

Looking at my seeds and trying to figure out what else I want to plant. I now have the space in backyard under bedroom windows. I planted the okra earlier this afternoon. But just can't figure out what else I want to plant. Such choices and lots of seeds. Need to get another batch of lettuce going in the aero garden. The lettuce bolted as I had not been keeping up with it as much for salads and such. It took off and was a bit more than I could use. So only going to plant one tube this time. Got the areo garden cleaned up and ready to go so just need to fill it up with water and drop seeds into the pods and it will be ready to go.

[Midnightmom]

@Littlesister  9This is definitely the Reader's Digest version of events that happened over a 2 year period)

 My son was living with me for a while - off of the books in a one bedroom apt. Things happened. He went cookoo. I was sitting at the comp playing a game and he went into the kitchen, came back w/ a pair of scissors and cut the power cord. I went into the bathroom, he went outside (can't remember why). I locked the door and would not let him back in. HE called the cops. They came to the house and said I had to let him back in. I said, "No, I don't feel safe with him around anymore." Cops couldn't MAKE me let him back in, so he spent the night throwing buckets of water at my windows.

I offered to pay for 3 nights at a Motel 6. He only stayed one night, left all of his belongings there. Every once in a while he would borrow a phone, call me to ask if he could come back; even put the stranger whose phone he was using on the line to plead his case. It was very hard to say, "No."

Once he showed up cold and wet and his feet were a mess. I let him in for a hot shower then told him he could sleep in the car - which I unlocked and kept the keys with me.

More things happened. He went berserk over something minor. Next think I knew he was in the parking lot jumping up and down on my car and bashing it with a metal rod. Cops were called. He was hauled off to jail. Tried and found guilty of felony vandalism (I believe), so now he is a felon. Spent some time in jail, then on probation for 3 years.

Five years later has finally checked himself into Rehab and is now in a "group home" in TX using his veteran's benefits. He has reached out and I have established limited contact with him though his brother and sister want nothing to do with him. But, what are you going to do when your prodigal tries to make amends? Still - keeping him at a distant with limited interaction is the path forward for now.

 

As hard as it is YOU are not responsible for him. He has to be responsible for himself. His mother has apparently given up on him and hopes that YOU will "succeed" where she failed. Ain't gonna happen. Time for some tough love, and yes, it will be tougher on YOU than on him. Take pictures. Document everything you can. At some point you may have to have evidence that HE is the aggressor and YOU are the victim!

 

(BTW - If YOU are the reason why he "can't wait" to get out of there tell him to go home to his momma while he's waiting for the move-in date of the apt (which probably isn't going to happen - based on his history.)

 

BTDT       

 

ETA Pictures I found of the car he trashed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Midnightmom

[snapshotmiki]

Already walked this morning.
Cut up carrots for dog treats.
Friend gave me a 3 gallon bucket of red potatoes, so I will be Pressure canning them today.
Already have one load of laundry in the dryer.

 

My little Peanut Butter dog got stung by a bee yesterday. Along with her liver problems, I thought we might lose her last night, but she seems a little better today. Not her normal self, yet but better.

 

Friend that came to help pull up stumps from bush hogging was a Godsend, yesterday. Apparently, I am not as strong as I used to be. I still have some branches to pick up and will work on that slowly.
 

12 hours ago, Midnightmom said:

Take pictures. Document everything you can. At some point you may have to have evidence that HE is the aggressor and YOU are the victim

Boy, is that the truth!  Document phone calls, texts, Everything!