On My Own Again!

 On My Own Again!

 

Sterling left early this morning and called around 1:30 this afternoon to let me know he had arrived safely back home. He and Jacqui had bacon and pancakes for lunch—appropriate since he had not eaten anything before leaving my house. Anyway, it was good to know he got home to Arkansas safely and without incident. Know Jacqui was happy to have him back home even if he did take all his dirty clothes back to be washed. Not like my washer would not have done the job.

 

Talked to Patty today. Saw a pretty blue truck down there and thought Donny’s truck had been washed, but it was his son DG and his wife who had come to get the kayaks to take out on Lake Texoma in a couple of weeks. He also plans to come get the four-wheelers soon and have them tuned up. Patty said their batteries were dead. While they were here, they talked about taking one of the storage buildings up to their place near Lawton so that Michelle (DG’s wife) could have classes in it for her dyslexic students. Have no idea what it costs to move a building like that, but it is not like Patty needs them out there. She just barely gets out of the house. And with the pollen count at nearly 11 points out of 12, she does not need to be outside!

 

Ordered a dust pan with a handle today so bending over to clean stuff up won’t be quite so tempting. Now if yours truly can figure out how to dump the dirty water from the hens’ bowls, we will be cooking with coal! Or something along those lines. Going out to put out feed and gather the eggs is pretty much a no-brainer as long as the ground is not wet and slippery. And if we get rain, have boots that will work out there! Just not going out very much today. Felt pretty tired this morning—maybe just missing Sterling, too. He has been very good company. Feels as if we got to know each other again after all these years. Better late than never.

 

It's a bit warm today—83 degrees and no real wind. Won’t gripe. It could be much hotter and windy as well. But you can almost bet we will get another frost since the plum tree at the end of the deck has fully exploded with blooms. At least the apricots have still not shown any indication of blooming. Maybe we will have some fruit this year after all.

 

Got my house insurance paid off for the year. But the hospital still has not sent me a bill. Oh well. They will send it, and it will get paid eventually. But next week another x-ray will be on the agenda. Such fun. Have to remember to wear a mask. Still people getting covid here in WF, and at least one person died from the mess. Guess it is a good thing this old woman is mostly staying away from others—and won’t drive until it is necessary. Tried to get Sterling to drive my truck, but he wasn’t having any of that. Oh well. By next Thursday, my truck will get to run around again—at least to the clinic.

 

Nikki Smith has contacted me to check to see if she needs to send over one of her boys to do anything for me. That is about the sweetest family around! The boys are great, and the parents have done a super good job of giving them the right attitude. Not many people have that kind of abilities.

 

Really don’t know anything worth discussing or otherwise expounding upon. Listened to Sterling telling me about some of the books he is reading—Bible commentaries. He named guys that lived a century or more ago who led the Baptist revivals in England among a complete mixed bag of different beliefs who all claimed to have the same denomination. Interesting. Have a feeling that these men were doing good in their communities—feeding the poor and teaching the Bible FROM the Bible. No happy messages of great glory in just being a Christian in name only. These men—and some women—went through hellfire to preach in various places in Europe and then in America. It had to have been difficult. It makes me wonder how many do that sort of thing today, but he was telling about some of their congregation who have connections to the rest of the Ukraine. They gather money to take there to help. It feels better than seeing those stupid ads on FB that say we should donate to help the pets that have been displaced. Sadly, that happens in any war or even storms. And the scams are nearly always the same.

 

Will just remind you all that we are so very blessed to live in safety and relative peace. We have food even if we might not be able to buy a box of crackers or the sardines some folks think would be the best. Let’s be happy to eat what we have and give thanks when we can help others. God keeps giving us blessings.

 

Rest well and be happy. You are loved.