Simmering Sunday

  Good golly miss molly! It's been so dang hot. I get my outside work done before 8 or 9 so I won't melt. Had to buy hay already as the pasture is used up.
 The hens may actually be learning how to care for young. I think the banty is teaching them. She raised 7 with one hens help with 2 of them and is sitting again. Now we have 7 "heavy" chicks that are a few days old that one of the Marans has hatched. Actually Maran 1 hatched 5, went to ground, Maran 2 hatched out 2 more . Those 2 fell to the ground and Maran 1 took them over. Anyway, we have 7 more babies and so far they have lasted about 4 days. Almost a record for the heavy hens! lol
  Oh, before I forget! I took a look at why I might not be able to comment on my sister's page. She needs to change the settings to allow me to! From members only to public maybe. I think that was the choice. Oh, and the picture in my last post (I think) was of Izabella- "Bella"- Frannie's daughter.
  Went to town, got groceries etc. Back by 10:30. And got gas for 2.98! Yay! Under $3. Should not have to be excited about gas being UNDER $3.
 Was already 92* when I got back. Dang, the poor animals are just miserable. It's so dry and crackly out there. Cotton is having a hard time breathing with his COPD. A horse with asthma or something similar. Good grief. A dog with a flea allergy and two humans with more things that are wrong with them. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.

  It's a stone day.

Beautiful start to the day!

  It's so nice this morning. A slight breeze and only 70*. Wish it would stay like this all day. Actually I think the perfect temps would be 65*-77*, year 'round that is. That is 65* at night and topping out at 77* in the day. Haha. I wouldn't really like it but it sounds nice. I can imagine the amount of bugs you'd have to live with!
  May have the air fixed~ put the new motor on and it still didn't work. Ended up calling a tech. I believe he's about done. Yay! Been too hot for this old gal.
  It's still a diamond day!

Backyard looking good

  Got the whole back yard done. All T has to do now is the orchard and weed eat in the back. And of course the whole front yard and easement. Every 3-4 years I re-paint my lawn chairs. This is the year for at least 2 of them. One will be yellow and the other will be orange. I like the primary colors 'cause they are bright and cheery. I like to have  new cushions for them and the other metal ones but you know how that goes. Even the outdoor material is too expensive.
  Also got a little done in the shop. Need to get Sandi's can and scoop back to her now that I emptied it. The cat's appreciated a change in diet, I imagine. I always feed a cheap something to keep them around. I like the fact they keep the mice at bay. Have not seen a mouse in the shop in a couple of years.

 Bella 

Betty saying hello. She had a bath this morning. She likes to drink from the hose so I gave her a bath. She liked that too.
  Nothing much else to say. Gonna be a diamond day.

Working weekend

  T is working this weekend. Two more days and we're on vacation again! This year we were able to plan a weeks vacation almost every month. Works for us since we like be home (that's the whole idea of having a home, isn't it?). We've already seen a good portion of these wonderful United States while we were trucking.
  I will be glad when Tim has the time to put the new motor on the AC. After the temp reaches about 80* in here, I shut down.  lol
  Whew! Got the back yard mowed with the  push mower. Sure looks nice but I'm just wringing wet. lol

There's a light colored spot in the center.  

There it is! That thing is a mile away from my front yard. Pretty cool huh? 

  Dang it all! It is 89*outside and now 88* in the living room. Yuck....

It's still a diamond day!
 

Good morning!

  Been busy doing nothing. Working on family tree stuff for other people, Laundry,cooking and animals, you know, regular stuff. I spend a couple of hours each day outside, early in the morning, feeding, watering and piddlin'. Just enjoying being out there with the animals and the fresh air.
  The a.c. is still not working. T hasn't had time to check it out. Gene thought it might be a $5 fix but a person has to have the time to look. This is day four of T's trick this time around. Worked OT Sat and Sun. Looking forward to this month's vacation! Won't get much done but who cares? Will enjoy not having to get up so dang early!
  Take this morning for instance. Woke up at 3:00. No point in trying to go back to sleep and getting up at 3:30 with the alarm. Would just piss me off.
  Here it is 5:20 PM and I've not stopped all day. Dang, I'm plum tuckered out. It's gonna take everything I got left to cook dinner. haha Gonna put a chicken in the rotisserie if I can stay awake long enough. Want it to be done when T gets home.
  I rescued a chick this a.m.. thought it was dead and went to pick it up and get rid of it and it cheeped at me! Been babying it all day too. Then had to go to town and buy some chick starter on the off hand that it makes it. Still alive and I gave it some water a few times. Wish those goofy birds would learn to take care of babies. Gonna have to count on the banties as the heavy hens aren't up to the task.
  Gotta go. Some days are diamonds!

Beautiful morning!

Had the window and curtain open in the bedroom last night 'cause it was so hot. Woke up during the night and thought it must be almost daylight. Opened my eyes to see the beautiful full moon watching over us right through the window! Was great. Went back to sleep to wake up at daylight (5:40 something). Made coffee and went outside to enjoy the cool air. Less humid too. Let the chickens out and fed big Buck. Watered flowers etc. Tim is still sleeping. I know he wants me to wake him when I get up but he worked OT yesterday and I know he's tired.

I figured out how to save the new pictures on fb this morning so I hope Steve doesn't mind I snagged this picture of his boys from Nov 2010. I can't believe they are growing up so fast. Trevor just turned 14, I believe it was! Hope that's right. Look how big Jarod is already! Looks like an Atteberry for sure.

 When it gets too hot ..

just remember this dang ice storm we had and enjoy the heat! 

My class of '72 is having their 40th reunion this month so thought I would share this picture of our Pepperdine reunion of a few years ago. Was a fun day! We also had Mitch with us that day so it was two generations. Momma went to that school too! Now it's an alternative school, kinda sad. Oh, we rode the bike to town that day so I started out with 3 layers of clothes. Here I'm down to two. lol 

  The first night of the reunion will be held at our favorite bike shop. How weird is that? In the parking lot! 

Some days are diamonds! 

 

Chilly morning and beyond

  Yesterday it was 47* when we got up. Dang, that was chilly. Stayed that way all day and after my nap it had rained! Was glad of that. Forgot to check the gauge tho. Will do that this a.m. . Thursday we treated the yard, treated the dogs and bombed the house. That was an all day thing and oh, also took Hank down to the vet to find out what I knew already. He's allergic to fleas!!!! Just my luck. Will do the best we can in the future. That's about $80 a month for the dogs to be treated year 'round. Not sure if I can find that at this moment in time. Bet I do. They are worth it ....what can I say?
  Look at these faces:

While we waited the appropriate amount of time on the bomb we took the opportunity to go to my sister's house and help her with the computer. Updated a few things for her and added the Chrome web browser. I think they will both benefit from it right now. I'm so glad that Donna  mentioned it on her blog months ago. 

 Kept the great grands for a couple of days. Needless to say this was a big hit! They each took several rides and loved it. They each also gave Buck a big kiss and thanks for the ride.....so sweet. 

  On Saturday, the 26th we went to Springfield for a morning wedding. Steve and Tina had a very nice one. They plan on honeymooning on the Hot Rod power tour. That will be so fun for them. It was so good seeing everyone. Had been a long time.