Wolf Spiders!

 Wolf Spiders!

 

This morning a “sweet” little—no, make that LARGE—wolf spider was in the washing machine, just running around in there. If the sheet and blanket had been tossed in before it was seen, that critter would have had a nice washing. But it took several tries to chase him around in there and FINALLY mashed him with a sponge that needed to be washed anyway. Sterling had told me something interesting about wolf spiders. Seems the folks who grow cranberries do not ever use ANY insecticide—isn’t that great! But they allow all the wolf spiders to eat every insect that they would naturally eat, so when the fields are flooded, not only do they harvest cranberries, they also collect a slew of wolf spiders! And yes, they bite. Hmm.

 

Have had my second shower of the morning. This one was purely perspiration! Took some eggs out to the road to hand to Maggie Sewell and just dripped all over the place! Whew! Meanwhile, poor David is feeling like limp lettuce from the chemo treatments. Feel for both of them. Please remember Maggie and David in your prayers. Cancer is just horrible! He has 28 treatments scheduled. Some of you know how the old woman feels about chemo treatments. Sometimes it seems to me that the remedy is worse than the problem it is supposed to cure.

 

Sterling said that they got a good inch of rain last night, but that somewhere around them, folks got some damaging winds with all that encompasses. Right now, if we got rain, it would just add to the humidity unless it had a real cool front to go with it.

Loaned the neighbors across the street one of the AC units from the back bedroom so that they could keep more than one room cool. Kinda surprised me when Albert asked for a screwdriver and took the one in the window instead of the one in the cedar chest. It came out of the window and drenched my floor, but that was not too hard to clean up. Just hope that they were able to sleep last night. Noticed someone in a truck over there a bit ago and am hoping it was the AC man. It is a horrible time of the year to have the central air to go out completely! Also, hope that when Albert brings back my AC unit that he will put it back in the window for me as that is a bit much for me to do anymore.

 

Had one of those little things of rice and chicken with veggies in it for supper last night. Decided the old woman could do that just as well as the folks who make those things. So, today have rice and chicken ready to mix together along with some canned veggies. The frozen veggies are all somewhat larger pieces, but guess that might work just as well. We will see. It always pleases me somehow to make things that can be bought and come out with something better than what is found in the store.

 

Read an article this morning about the use of hemp meal in chicken feed. Seems it contains just what you would expect in hemp, and therefore, it is not considered acceptable by most European nations. So, guess where it is being developed. Can just see my favorite hen out back doing her little dance and then swaggering around and hanging from the top of the grapevine! Oh boy!

 

The UPS man brought a package this morning with dog tags in it for my two critters! My sweet daughter made them at work for the dogs so that they would have ID on their collars. Phone number and address plus their names should do the trick. Of course, Thompson has an Apple Airtag built into his collar, but that is so he can be found in case he gets out. Thank you, Jennifer!

 

Shona came over and said that they still don’t have central air, but the man is supposed to be working on it. Really feel for them! This heat is just totally miserable! And then some other glitch came up in selling their house. Please pray for them that things will work out soon so that they can be out from under the stress they have been in since they bought the place across the road. God blessed me with good neighbors with these folks. SO want to see them be happier!

 

Meanwhile, let us pray for those whose health and circumstances are such burdens—from the little one who had seizures to the little one who had cancer in her eyes! And pray for comfort for their families! May God bless those who call on His name!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.