Little Errands.

 Little Errands.

 

Earlier the car insurance was paid via computer, so the next step was the inspection after being sure the insurance certificate was in the truck to hand to the inspector. Then a quick trip to United Supermarkets allowed me to get the registration packet completed. My truck now has a 9/24 tag on the windshield. It was also my intent to get the stupid flu vaccine before leaving United, but they insisted they needed that little red, white, and blue Medicare card. Went home to find it and took it back to the store. Well, glory be! Their computer system was down for the purposes needed to complete the transaction and get the shot. So that will wait until probably Wednesday—after calling them first to be sure the system is up and running! Anyway, at least the important part was finished for the truck. It still desperately needs a bath!

 

Other than those few little errands, nothing has been accomplished around here. Tired and sore muscles and gripey and grumpy from trying to keep things semi-organized. How can any old woman be this grumpy when the dogs are happy and the hens come to her to be petted? Have a red hen now who thinks she needs to be petted first before any other hen. She sits in my lap as if she were a cat or something. Sylvia is just a tiny bit jealous. But the hen does not get fed anything in front of the dogs unless it is a tomato or something the dogs will not eat.

 

Talked to Sterling this morning and to Jacqui as well. Sterling is still just about as ill as a person can get with the shingles—he started off with a kidney infection and a fungal infection on one leg. The medication they gave him for one or the other of those things caused him to really be sick with a rash all over. After that the shingles set in and just kept traveling. It is no wonder he feels so bad. Jacqui says that the surgical cuts are healed up on her, but she must do these exercises six times per day. That sounds about like every two hours to me! Thankfully, the women from the church are still sending casseroles to them so that cooking is not a number one problem. They are so blessed to have a good congregation at their church.

 

Patty was told that the Old Farmers’ Almanac predicts rain next week or so to continue for a while. May God let that be true and soak this land, filling up lakes and stock ponds. Have grass seed ready to spread in the lower east section of this place. But it must have water before and after planting. Then [shutting that gate] the hens must stay off the grass until it gets a chance to sprout good. Patty was watching her littlest dog walking to the fence to see my hens. She went toward the north and the hens just followed her along as if she were one of them and the leader! Funny critters. Chickens have such interesting personalities.

 

The current pair of glasses being used for the past two years are beginning to lose the coating on the metal frames. About time to get some new ones or get some clear nail polish and coat the frames where they touch my nose. Otherwise, black marks may look a bit like an early Halloween mask! Oh well. Not supposed to see the eye doctor until February next year. No sense in buying another pair before then.

 

Read three books in a series the other day and even downloaded a follow-up story to go with them. Hoping that Jennifer likes them as much as the old woman because two of them were not free! We share an account on Kindle. It usually works out pretty well since the books she likes are all scary and mine are silly. Scary does not work well for me with my tendency to worry in my sleep!

 

Have been wondering why the number of people who have seen the blog posts has decreased to less than 30 lately. Maybe everyone is busy. Anyway, talked to Jacqui so that she could figure out how to find the blog, so now maybe she will get to read it too. Not that anything said here is all that earth shatteringly important. Have made up my mind, however, to try my best to stay away from political posts the rest of this year and next. Can’t imagine anything less likely to be of consequence unless it is a matter of listing the latest states to call out the National Guards to deal with the illegal immigrants. As long as we no longer have any Southern borders, we might as well get used to having other nations invading our country and doing whatever they want to do. May God protect us.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.