Forgetfulness.
One of the grands has his 23rd birthday
tomorrow. His cousin has his 23rd next month—thinking about which
day. See, that is one of the problems: remembering the days. Know January,
February, March are all months for grand birthdays—in the sense that each month
has a grand having a birthday that month. Then along comes the month of May and
every freaking one of us seems to have been born in that month: Jennifer, me, Gary,
and Lance. Then another grand made her debut in July, and Tracy
(daughter-in-law) has a birthday in November. Anniversaries are May 8, June 21,
and December 31. The May and December ones are the ones that an old woman needs
to remember. Kids are special, especially when one either gave birth to ‘em, or
adopted ‘em through marriage, or was blessed with ‘em through one’s own as
grands. Can’t imagine not having these sweet people in my life. Just wish Lewis
were here to enjoy them still.
It has been a really rough day. Standing up straight could
only be accomplished INSIDE the house. Step out on the deck and the west wind
just about took me, the chair, a rug, and anything else out to the east lots.
Dang! That wind was ferocious. The lake is brown, the sky is brown, and not
sure but maybe my eyeballs may be brown! Just penned up the hens, but did not
count them. They are pretty smart birds. As close as they are to the ground,
they still hunkered down quite a bit behind whatever cover they could find for
most of the day until the wind stopped blowing a gale. Dad used to make a joke
about the hens having to lay their eggs twice cause the wind was so strong.
Just about a fact.
Jolene and chicks look as if they really would like to get
out in the yard, but Sylvia would kill those chicks in a heart beat. She simply
does not understand that they are not something to catch. The hens are
different, but she has been told more than once to leave them alone. Let one
squat in front of her, and then she thinks she needs to ruffle their feathers.
Go figure. Have been thinking about purchasing one of those “runs” that look
like the extension for this little TSC coop that Gary bought for my hens when
we stayed in Mansfield. An extension would give Jolene more room and let the
chicks scratch in different places. We will see. Not too eager to do much of
anything right this red-hot minute. Today the wind flipped up a piece of
roofing on the middle coop. Think the twin who nailed it down did not get
enough nails along the edge. Sigh. But this wind would have taken just about
anything off the roof today!
Patty’s generator man should be here by nine tomorrow to
set up her generator. It will run off of natural gas, so that is a very
definite plus. We have tried to think of all the possible snags, but some
prayers for smooth installation would not go amiss. Reminded her to call her
friend that her home phone would not be working tomorrow. Can’t remember if the
phone we had here worked on the house electricity or not, but it does not seem
like it did. See, memory. Oh well.
We were talking today about that train that derailed and
had spilled chemicals. The fumes that were set on fire have killed oodles of
birds and other creatures. Simply can’t imagine why this was allowed to happen.
We have some of the most dangerous stuff in the world riding up and down those
rails. To have some of them dumped in a derailment is horrifying! Imagine if
that had happened in downtown Dallas!! Well, anywhere is bad, but the rails going
through high density populations just is an unthinkable situation.
Fed the dogs some chicken yesterday. Whoo! Sylvia could
just about run someone out of the room. A bag of chicken quarters feeds them
three meals with kibble included, but now the old woman needs to find something
for doggie gas. Bet that would be a goldmine if anyone ever figured out
something to take care of that situation! Mine won’t even take doggie vitamins,
so not sure it would be worth the hassle.
Really don’t know much except that it has been so shocking
to hear that they are still finding some folks alive under all the rubble in
Turkey. Was not much comfort to hear that the government was on top of some
builders who allowed the buildings to be built without the proper supports for
that area’s earthquakes. Some of our rescue and support teams were heading there
from Los Angeles as well. Not sure what they can do, but let’s pray that the
living can be given some relief and protected from other buildings that are
still falling.
Remember to appreciate the many blessings we have been
given. God is so good to us each day. We are protected more than we could ever
realize. Enjoy the greening of the grass and trees while you are counting your
blessings.
Rest well, my friends. You are loved.
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