Rug RATS!!

 Rug RATS!!

 

Just came in and stripped out of my sopping wet clothes. Takes very little of that outside stuff to make an old woman “glisten.” Yeah, right! Let’s just say SWEAT and let it go at that. Perspiration is for those who do not clean out the hen house. The dogs followed me in and put their wet tracks all over the rug across the kitchen. Love ‘em, but dang they are messy!

 

Realized that dehydration might be a problem when my hands started shaking, but now have a big mug of water with stuff in it. Really like the “Liquid IV” that is made for hydrating, but this stuff is not anything like as expensive. Coffee has a tendency to be dehydrating, but that won’t usually keep me from drinking at least a cup or two nearly every morning. But not today. Had a Dr Pepper.

 

A trip to TSC was a little expensive this morning. And yes, they had chicks, and no, none came home with me. Feed is so freaking expensive. Kinda like going to the grocery store!! Guess the price of everything is just about enough to keep a person either hungry or poor—well, broke. Poor denotes totally out and out lacking in everything. The old woman is neither poor or even broke, but she does gripe about how prices are reducing her inclination to buy anything extra.

 

This morning—for some stupid reason—a program about San Francisco caught my eye as the news went by about Maui and other places. SO sad to watch the numbers climb in that death toll. Anyway, it seems that no one with any common sense would visit California right now. Mobs or gangs have begun to attack stores and wipe out their inventory—in broad daylight and with owners or managers trying to stop them. A mob of 30 black-clad hoodlums went into an upscale store and stole every high-priced thing that they could grab. In the streets, folks are being car-jacked. Unless a person were armed with a good automatic gun, it is not safe to drive down the streets. This chaos was blamed on the Democrats and government of CA, but in my opinion, the blame can be put on Satan and on the lack of honor or honesty. Politics and criminality have come to be one and the same—not that anything has ever changed that much in either category.

 

Patty was telling me about some guy here in WF who has two more years before he can retire and start getting that retirement check. According to him, the students are out of control—destroying school property and intimidating others (not sure if that included teachers, but would it be surprising if not). Our fair city does not have enough police officers right now to just handle the volume of dead bodies being found, the shootings, the fires, and the robberies. And our folks normally support the officers in any way possible. Then there is Clay County. Whoo boy! May God bless those folks and bring them a sheriff who is honorable and honest.

 

Did not tell Patty about the fire across the street behind me last night. Not sure if it was the bail bondsman who lost his license or someone he knows, but the person had a big fire started out in the yard where it was easy to see from my deck. Stood there watching and hoping it did not get away from him. My grass is cut low, but grass will burn, even cut low. And you can bet his firepit was not anything more than bricks or that type of stone. And no, it did not seem wise to call the fire department. Nosy ol’ neighbor is trying not to call any attention to this place on the hill.

 

May wait until early morning to unload the feed and diatomaceous earth from my truck. It will still be hot at 6:30, but it will not get better as the day goes by. The DE will be placed in the trough under the chicks’ roost. It keeps down on flies, bugs, and smells. Put the bag of oyster shell out for the hens already. They have begun to lay eggs with thinner shells now. That goes with getting older. But they can stay and live out their lives here whether or not they lay eggs. They are good company.

 

Two more things: First: the judge in Montana who decided that permits should not be given to fossil fuel companies—coal, oil, etc.—without first considering the effect on the environment! Reaction to a suit brought by young people who say that it is their Constitutional right to a better environment. Second thing: Harvard is attempting to teach their students how to apply for food stamps. Amazing.

 

On a local level, folks still must pray for rain and avoid starting fires. May God bless those currently besieged by fires, floods, and other natural disasters. May we give praise to God for all He gives us. And may our fellowmen know of kindnesses to both give and receive.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.