Bearable, Endurable!

 Bearable, Endurable!

 

Just put some apple slices on to cook in the slow cooker and have the tea kettle on heating. Thanks to Maggie for the apples and to Willis Carrier for the air conditioning! Now if only the cold-water faucet could produce cold water instead of hot water from the pipes! No sense in thinking about a cold shower! And getting outside should definitely be done before eight in the morning! The hens came up with ten eggs today, so maybe they will make it through this heat yet! Just keep spraying water under the deck to give them a place to cool off.

 

Lance and Tracy found an evaporative cooler to use next to me wherever it is needed. So, at the moment, it is on high in my office while the old woman sits here typing. Even so, Albert said my house was definitely cool compared to theirs. He came over for the second refrigerated cooler for their kitchen, and now Shona can at least cook and not heat up the entire house! Feel so disgusted with whoever it was that did not replace the part they needed for their central air. Maybe soon it will be repaired.

 

Sterling has been busy out in his workshop building rocking chairs. Apparently, they are pretty popular. He drove up to the lumber yard to pick up wood and the guy who helped him load it up reached back there and got the latest model and put it in HIS truck! Right now, Sterling has four getting ready to be sent to his daughter’s house. Yes, the old woman is hoping for one eventually.

 

Cooked until late last night and then cooled off the chicken and put it in the fridge until this morning when it could be easily handled and separated from the bones and skin. The hens get the skin and sometimes the broth. The dogs get the meat. This time it made several packages to be frozen. Then got busy this morning and cooked up a pork loin. It is cooked, wrapped, and ready to freeze.

 

They keep getting showers in Arkansas—at least the northwest corner where Sterling and Jacqui live. No, the old woman has no desire to live in that part of the country. In the winter, it is a few blankets colder than down here. Saw on the extended forecast, however, that we may get a whamdinger of a winter storm this year. Probably won’t be any worse than what we had in ’21. That was a mess! Electricity going out any time of the year is a problem. We simply are not equipped for extreme weather any longer. Not sure anyone ever felt equipped for our summers, but a bad winter without a wood stove would be a disaster. And no, a charcoal burner would only kill people rather than keep them warm.

 

Yumm. Elderberry and lemon balm tea hits the spot. Can remember enjoying hot tea as a teenager, but Lewis only wanted iced tea—year ‘round! Started back to drinking hot tea a few years ago and had forgotten how good it was.

 

Patty encouraged me to get my truck inspected and the online mess taken care of so the tags could be renewed. Maybe in the morning before it gets too hot. Just don’t enjoy getting out in the truck right now. Pure laziness, maybe. That or avoiding traffic on SW Pkwy. The two new high schools still have not changed the traffic patterns that much—it’s still a mess. Oh well.

 

Turned on my Kindle the other day and found umpteen books that the old woman had downloaded. Had not been able to find them for some reason. One of these days, maybe she will get smarter—or not. Guess as long as happiness is reading a good book, that is what matters. Of course, THE good book is always on my desk and in my mind. Some things we simply don’t forget. And that’s a good thing. Alzheimer’s must be horrible, but just being forgetful can be a mess. May God bless those who are losing their minds and memories and those who care for them. May we all attempt to be more understanding for both of those groups.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.