StateWide Frustrations!

 State-Wide Frustrations!

 

Went to get my truck inspected this morning. Seems the machines to register the things are down all over Texas. Now is that not just the dangedest situation you ever heard of. It would make sense that certain machines or entities would be down—voting machines, IRS machines, postal machines, banks, even UPS and FedEx recording machines—but surely not state inspections machines or Amazon! That is as bad as not being able to order from Walmart!!! Guess next time a call to Weaver’s before making a trip over there will make more sense.

 

Sterling called me last night. He is so danged miserable with those shingles that he can’t sleep, but he has been getting up at night and making rocking chairs. Might as well do something useful while being miserable is his thinking. Then he told me to count myself blessed. Always do—if for no other reason than NOT having those danged shingles! But he reminded me that none of my chickens have died in the heat so far. Nephew Danny has four houses on one farm with 80,000 chickens in each house—and that is only on ONE farm. They are losing a thousand birds a day to the heat because with the high humidity; the AC fans in the houses can not cool the chickens enough to keep them alive. Now the loss itself is horrible, but think about walking through those houses and having to pick up that many dead birds to dispose of in the incinerators! What a horrible job to tire a person down who would already be depressed by the loss of the stock! And this is STATE-wide! Look for the price of chicken to go through the roof, Dear Hearts. We may all have to start buying that Chinese pork.

 

Went by Sutherlands on the way to the feed store. Took all the hardware not needed for the furniture back and got my money back for those, only to use it on about 25 pounds of grass seed. Eventually—good Lord willing—we will get some rain. With nearly a half-acre of land here, would like to see it growing something this winter and next spring. It will be easy enough to shut the gate and keep the hens out after scattering the seeds, but the wild birds may have a feast anyway. Patty gave me some silver tape to put around to keep the danged wild birds out of my chicken house and maybe away from the water bowls. Eventually will get those feeders that can be kept out with just little cups on them. NOT that the wild birds would have any trouble figuring those out. Same kind of things for the water tanks with pecking spots for water are available. Just have not spent that kind of money for any just yet. Guess that may be the next item on the agenda.

 

Not going to pat myself on the back for putting the furniture together all by myself since it seemed to require so much whining and griping. But it looks pretty good in the living room. Have kept the dogs out of there for a while, but will eventually have to tell them that the new little couch is not a place for a dog. Have two good chairs in there for reading, but it simply is cooler in my office on the west side of the house right now.

 

Hotter ‘N’ Hell is this weekend in WF, so no one with a sound mind should be in town without absolutely having to be here. The restaurants will be full, the hotels full, and the streets full. Guess that is a good thing, all things considered. Pray that everyone will be safe and not have any problems!

 

We all know that God is in control, but Satan still has some time left to cause problems, so we need to do our best to protect ourselves and families from his influence. Know that prayer makes a difference.

 

Maggie Sewell got to come home from the hospital, so now she is in for some healing time. Let’s remember all of our friends, family, and those who come into contact with us that they will be blessed.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.