So it may take all three of the Smith boys, but will have the arrangements made to go to Jennifer's home this coming weekend--or at least A weekend--from Thursday through Saturday. Lord help us! Life can be complicated. Reschedule the home health visit, have boys meet neighbor and see where guns are kept, tell the dogs to behave themselves, and show the boys which birds go where--not that the birds would listen to them. They have their very own roosts that never change basically. Now the three oldest birds will be the only ones in that metal building. As soon as the old woman can get out there to clean it, the roosts will come down and the nests will be cleaned out and re-furbished with sweet timothy hay. Want to order some hay online from TSC tonight and maybe see if some burlap bags for potatoes are available. Potting soil and dirt would be MUCH cheaper from Lowes, but would like to make one trip do it when the planters come in--tomorrow maybe. The long "greenhouse" coop will not have plants in it this summer, but that may change later. After losing everything in there to the freeze, it does not really seem to matter if plants were in there or not. Even the Nandinas bushes look to be dead out front. sigh
Saw some trees listed that were good for this area--well, for Texas. Thinking that mesquite is about the only surefire tree around this area. What does well in the DFW area will not do well here in WF. We get hotter, drier, and meaner than south of us. Ah well. Such is life and growing things. Will be shocked if the grape vine comes back since it was on the coldest side of the deck. Or maybe it will do better than one would expect. It is hard to understand exactly how plants protect themselves. Need a good botanist to figure out what to try to grow around here.
Was thinking of getting another bag of diatomaceous earth and a bag of sulfur from Sutherlands next week. Cleaning out the hen house will require fresh earth. The danged chiggers will be here as soon as it gets warmer. Already can see hints of green down in the east lots. The 20 hens will keep most of it nibbled down, but they can't do anything about the chiggers! Poor Thompson's coat is absolutely beautiful at the moment, but as soon as the chiggers start biting, it will be so hard on him. He is allergic to chiggers! Have a daughter-in-law that got chiggers while picking blackberries one year. She and Thompson have that in common--bad allergic reaction to chiggers! Never did think blackberries were worth it.
Saw a recipe for some kind of roll on FB today that may be attempted in the morning. Wondering if any kind of flour would work or if it has to be wheat flour. Guess trying first one and then another would not be too much trouble. And if a different kind of flour would work, that would be SO neat. The recipe only calls for one cup of flour. Hmm. May have to try it this evening just for the fun of it. Ah, the more it was considered, the more it was tempting. Now have six "rolls" in the oven. Coconut flour with a bit of wheat flour, mayo, milk, bkg pwdr, salt, and greased muffin tins. Will finish the description in about 15 minutes. More wheat flour and less coconut would have been perfect. Not bad.
So many funny things on FB right now. One of my online friends has a middle finger--very appropriately--injured by one of her cats. She ended up in the hospital over a bad cat scratch--and it was not even the cat's fault. But she had her hand pictured on FB with that middle finger in a special wrap. Oh, how funny if not for the problems she went through!
Then there is the funny thing reposted about being banned from TSC for telling some woman who asked if the person had a dog after seeing a hundred pound bag of dog food in the basket--told her no, it was this new dog food diet that helped people lose weight. But almost had to give up eating dog food when the person ended up in the hospital. The woman, askance, asked what happened? Did the dog food make you sick? Answer: No, got hit by a car in the street when going out to smell the butt of a greyhound. Yep, everyone nearly choked to death laughing, so now the person is banned from TSC.
Someone else posted all these neat knots and gave their names if someone wanted to learn to do Boy Scout knots. My answer was that the knots all seemed pretty familiar as they have nearly all shown up in my extension cords. Some guy answered that his friend would not go up in a plane unless he had an extension cord wrapped around him cause he knew that he was not going to fall over a thousand feet without that cord hanging up on something!
The Bridgerton series on Netflix was VERY good. Social mores have changed drastically, but some things have never changed all that much. Wealthy families almost always arrange to have their daughters married into the families of equally wealthy men. Or vice versa. And if the wealth comes from sources that would lead to prison for most folks, these families today are assured that they will be exempt from prosecution by being equally yoked to a prosecutor or judge or politician in the same families. Really, some things don't change all that much.
WHY do dogs prefer to eat their snacks over any kind of throw rug available? Have already cleaned up one of their nibble messes today out of the rug that fronts the desk. Gave Thompson a dog bone crunchy treat on the OTHER side of the room, and he brought it over to the desk and ate it there. ARGH!
The spaghetti squash, turkey sausage, onion, tomato sauce with mushrooms turned out good for two meals today. Have a little bit left for in the morning or sometime tomorrow. Cooking for one is definitely different unless a person is willing to eat the same thing two or three times a day. Mom never taught me how to cook in small amounts even though she nearly starved herself and Dad to death. They were actually malnourished when they went into the nursing home. Mom would lie down and go to sleep and wake up anywhere from an hour or even two hours later and think it was time to fix breakfast. Might be 2 a.m., but she would get up and fix eggs and bacon. Finally she just started making oatmeal cookies for every meal with coffee. Guess it is no wonder she hardly weighed enough for a grown woman by then. Ah, what can we do when they are their own persons with their own ideas. It is not like dealing with a child. Until Dad died, Mom thought she needed to go home. She had one year after that. She was happier by that time because she forgot what had upset her. Life can be sad.
So the insurance agent for Germania told me that a check would be cut for about one third of the cost of replacing the floor in the kitchen. Could be worse. Let's just hope the subfloor does not need to be replaced, but if so, can always file for more damages. Just wish it had not been flooded. But, all things considered, my little problem was minor--very minor--compared to the problems some folks faced. Jenn said that the roads in her area were lined with water heaters and junk out of homes that had to be stripped down to the studs. Ceilings and walls had to go after the water damage. The insurance agent said that this was SO much worse than a hurricane in its damage because it was spread over such a wide area. Yep, Texas never does anything half-@ssed.
Well, tomorrow is another day. We all know someone who is dealing with Covid or other illnesses right now. And we all know someone who needs our prayers. So let us be grateful for all the blessings and get busy and pray for those who especially need relief right now: mental, physical, emotional. Damage is damage.
May you each rest well tonight with peace in your mind and happiness in your heart. You are loved.
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