Happy Sunday my friends. Hoping this finds you well and happy.
I have been in quite the mood this week. I didn't seem to accomplish a lot - I slept a lot - just in a funk. It was gloomy, wet and grey this week. I was sad, prayerful, nostalgic, and worried.
I have a gr.gr. niece who is just one - and she is a sick, sick baby. She and her sister (age 2) have many gastro/intestinal issues and poor little Adi is really not doing well. She was in our best children's hospital and then they sent her to Cincinnati. Mom, Dad and Adi are there and other family is home with grandpa. She is such a precious innocent baby - if you feel it - please say a prayer for her healing and for the doctors and nurses and researchers knowledge. Every test comes back normal - but something is seriously wrong.
She did do a little upturn yesterday - but still no answers. They have said this could take weeks or longer to figure out - but they aren't giving up. Poor baby is such a little trooper.
We had a ton of rain this week. It rained for 30 hours straight! It has turned chilly. Nights are in the 40's and 50's - but no heat on yet!!! Days are getting back to 70's - so that is lovely. The leaves haven't really changed yet. Everything is still green - just a blush of color here and there.
Saw Rocky racoon again on Friday. Dang that thing is huge and waaayyyy too friendly. I stayed out while the cats ate that morning and then brought their food dishes in for a while. I finally thought about setting the live trap - and by then Rocky had decided to leave! LOL
I wouldn't worry if it weren't for the cats.
My hummingbirds have finally left the area. No views at all this week. So sad - I sure miss those little jewels.
My quiet week:
- I remade crab salad into a hot dip
- I picked a few more tomatoes and some thyme
- Been using the soda stream for some bubbly drinks
- I thawed some sausage and used some for a meal and then cooked a re-froze the balance
- I did clean the back gutter - it looked like it might have a bunch of stuff in it - but wasn't bad. A couple twigs was what I was seeing. It is under a tree - so better safe than sorry
- I cleaned leaves from deck, back patio area and cleaned the floor of the garage. Did just a tiny bit of yard work - just couldn't get into it!
- I did bring in my one houseplant from outside before it got too chilly
- I ran to Pet Smart for more flea meds for all the kitties for the next several months
- Stopped at Kroger on the way home as they had tuna on sale for .69/can. I got 10 to add to stock. I also bought a few apples and bananas. I found a head of cauliflower for .99
- Just doing all the normal stuff we all do every day - nothing exciting
- Been using my melt pots and scraps of favorite candles for fall scent in the house
Meals this past week:
Hot cheesy/jalapeno/crab dip and crackers
Baked potato topped w/bal, of crab dip and a cuke & tomato salad
Sausage gravy over toast
Green beans w/potatoes and smoked sausage - sliced tomatoes
Small homemade pizza
Leftover day - a bit of this and that
Oven baked fish, mac n cheese and sliced toms
SNACKS fruit, apples & peanut butter, cheese & crackers
What have you all been up to? How is the weather in your part of the world? Are you still gardening or finding any deals?
Hey - you know we are now less than 90 days until Christmas?! My how time flies.
I know I need to get my bum in gear this week and get busy outside. So much to take care of and to clean up and out!
I hope you are your families are all well and safe. Blessings from my humble little home to yours.
Your closing paragraph is exactly where we are. The more things go wrong the more I know I have not got the answers. My alternative practitioner always says that if you are sleeping a lot then you need it so I just roll with it. Praying for that dear baby. I cannot imagine having a one year old that sick.
ReplyDeleteI am sure I needed the extra seep this week - maybe my body was just worn or maybe my soul.
DeleteWe have to turn to turn it over to God - that and prayer is all we can do. Have faith.
Thank you - every prayer appreciated and heard by God.
Praying for the little one... and your family.
ReplyDeleteIt was another hot week here (CA) with air so smoky the sun and moon glowed orange. I stayed inside. Made the most of food on hand. Kept pretty quiet. Also out of sorts, because I've no idea where we'll be at Christmas; still here? In another state? Retirement plans--specifically for the house--have stalled this month. Reasons out of our control. I needed this blog post today. Thank you. --Elise
Thank you.
DeleteI am sorry that things are up in the air. All things in Gods' time. Glad you are making the most of what you have.
I hope you get answers soon. HUGS
We had a week of days in the 60s and nights in the 40s. Friday we were back into the 80s and lows in the 50s. Lovely fall weather. Some rain would be welcome out here in the Northwest though.
ReplyDeleteFriday I gleaned the garden of all sweet peppers, eggplant and 5 zucchini. Yesterday I cleaned and sliced the peppers. They have been vacuum sealed into 8 packages into the freezer and 1 quart ziptop for use soon. I kept out 5 for fresh eats the next week.
Yesterday we gleaned the remaining peppers that were hubsters' choices. 1. The jalapenos were vacuum sealed into 5 packs for the freezer and a handful in a ziptop for eating soon. He likes them diced into scrambled eggs, sliced on a burger or sandwich. 2. Pepperoncini were tight packed into a 1/2 gallon jar and pickled. Hubster loves these on sandwiches. 3. The Ozon peppers are being smoked and will be ground. We use a lot of Smoked Paprika in rubs for smoked meats and in hubster's BBQ sauce.
There will be more tomatoes later this week, a few more zucchini, cucumbers and eggplant but not much. 4 Spaghetti squash plants may yield 4 squash.
I have to remind myself that such is the life of farming and one must look at years of yield not a single year. I've had some bumper crop years in the past and I will have them again :-)
Happy Sunday everyone!
Sounds like you are getting many goodies yet. Glad to hear it. It all adds up and every year is different.
DeleteKeep putting those goodies away for later!
I am hopeful the doctors are able to determine what is happening with little Abi. Poor baby, and her parents must be worried and frightened.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lana, you probably needed the sleep and the rest from your busy schedule. I would sure take some of that rain off your hands, it's so very dry here.
Take care, stay well.
Thank you - yes, her Mommy and Daddy are so stressed and worried. Not only for her - but being away from the other littles.
DeleteI think I was more tired mentally than anything this week. So much on my mind.
I hope you get some rain soon.
Blessings
Yes, Adi and family will mow certainly be in my prayers!
ReplyDeleteSounds to me that you accomplished quite a lot this week. Don't be so hard on yourself!
I saw,a hummingbird at my flowers this morning. Since I am just about ninety miles south of you, this may very well be my last sighting before next spring. In fact, it may have been Your hummingbird stopping for food on his way south.y
Thank you for your prayers.
DeleteCould have been! I will leave my feeders out for a while, just in case of stragglers coming through.
I don't feel I did much - but I guess we all have our weeks!
My prayers for Adi, that the doctors are able to determine what is ailing her and help her heal. I too was in a mood this week, but kept pushing myself to get the household tasks taken care of. And then I'd lay down and nap. There are some relationships that are changing and I am faced with some decisions on which direction to take. The irritation of a couple of situations has added stress that I just don't welcome any more. This coming week I'll be walking on a beach with my daughter, reminiscing and sharing memories of her father and our time at this vacation spot. And, I'll be clearing my mind and making some decisions that will help me plan for the future. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it is the switch of the seasons! I have heard several people say they have been moody lately. I am sorry you are going through all that.
DeleteOh, a walk on the beach sounds heavenly. Goodness I haven't walked on a beach since the early 80's. The smell of the ocean - my goodness, that would be soothing.
I hope you and your daughter have lots of wonderful memories to share.
Thank you for your prayers.
Praying for sweet baby and the family.
ReplyDeleteI have been melancholy and teary this week also.
We have the virus in my family now and the feeling of helplessness is just awful. Prayer is the answer.
I think this weather shift has a lot to do with my mood and sleepiness.
Prayers for all.
You are correct - I think the changing of seasons has much to do with it.
DeleteI am sorry you have sickness in the family. Prayers they do well and heal. I have had a bunch of family who had it - and thank God are all well now.
Thank you for your prayers. Prayer and God is all we have!
No raccoons in my yard, but a possum visited last night. :D
ReplyDeleteI have those walk through now and then. I really don't mind them - they clean up and never bother the cats. I worry with racoons and maybe rabies.
DeleteThose little furry night time visitors!
It is a terrible feeling to be helpless to make a loved one well, particularly a child. If prayer worked, it would have been a perfect world long ago. I am afraid we must go with the flow of life and take joy as it comes and accept that bad things can happen too. Sickness, disease, wars and cruelty, drug addiction are with us. Can we just be kind, help a friend, love our dear ones as they depart this world. I am grateful for the peacemakers, the specialists and doctors and nurses who study so that they can help to mend our brokenness. As an atheist, I feel that it is the action of real people, dedicated people, caring people that will make our world a better place. I know that praying is a comfort to you and that is a good thing in itself. My heart hurts for you and I hope that your dear one is soon recovered.
ReplyDeleteI surely hope she recovers as well. I do everything I can to make the world a better place. I love deeply and I am spiritual to a fault. I do good wherever I can.
DeleteI respect your way of thinking and realize that is how many think. I have faith and I do believe in God. That IS my comfort.
Thank you for your nice words
Saying prayers for the little one. God is great and will guide those doctors to the right diagnosis.
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs a week that is quiet and restorative.
God bless.
Thank you for the prayers.
DeleteI think maybe I did need that week of nothing! I feel better today.
Blessings.
Please add my prayers for precious Adi and her family! May all feel His comforting presence. The will of God is Good, Light, and Happiness! Adi and her family are so blessed to have a wonderful aunt like you!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI am the blessed one. She and her family are such joys in my life. She and her sister are identical look alikes - even though a year apart. They remind me of little pixies!! So stinking cute.
My love for them is huge. I love my family.
I prayed for little Miss Adi... for her sister, too.
ReplyDeleteHope your week brings good news.
Thank you so much.
DeleteMe too!
It's bad enough when adults you love are sick, but when it's the little ones it makes it that much harder. I hope they find out what is going on with little Adi soon. Prayers for both her and her sister. Lots of predicted rain here this week. It very much feels like Autumn.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Yes, it is so much harder with children.
DeleteSounds like you are getting my weather of last week. It got down right chilly here for a few days.
It is lovely now.
Will definitely add Adi and her sister to the prayer list. Children are pure innocents unlike adults who often cause their own woes. Our granddaughter had hernia surgery in Cincinnati Childrens when she was just tiny. She's fifteen now...where does time go?
ReplyDeleteThat raccoon is pretty sharp. He knew you were going to relocate him...ha! Don't want your kitties to be hurt.
I bought some cottage cheese at Meijer for 43 cents. It was a 90% discount. Actually quite good but I'm sure it's all gone by now. We had a roast with carrots, potatoes and onions on the Sabbath. Added some more broth to it and ate it as stew yesterday. Picked another mess of beans yesterday so will fix a chicken and rice dish to go with them for today.
Last Wednesday was wet, wet, and more wet! Now this week things are warming up again. Mornings and nights are cool so the higher temps won't last. The sky early yesterday morning was blue with no clouds.
With the way things are going in this world today, if I did not have faith in my Creator, I would be lost, literally. He is my Rock and my Comfort.
Thank you for your prayers. Yes, the innocence and purity is what breaks my heart when they are sick.
DeleteI agree - my Lord is my rock. He gets me through everything.
Good deal on the cottage cheese. Your dinners sound so tasty. I love roast and potatoes and carrots. Nice to still be getting some things from the garden.
Today looks to be another pretty day.
Prayers for that sweet baby!! We are going out of town later this week, so I’m experimenting with an automatic feeder for the strays that we feed. I looked out yesterday afternoon and that thing was lying on its side and empty!!! The strays do not love dry cat food, so now I’m wondering what got it. Lol now on to plan B.... 🥴🤷🏼♀️
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!
DeleteHave a wonderful and safe trip. I bet it was racoon or opossum - they will not leave a crumb of anything!
Good luck with Plan B!!!
Sorry you have been down, Cheryl. Interesting that so many of us have. Me included! So sad about the dear baby...sending love and prayers. I did like Rita's sentiments even though I believe in God. I think loving and caring goes a long way, too. I am feeling like a stranger in a foreign land...as we are still somewhat paralyzed about going anywhere--yet I see people at sporting events and gatherings with no masks. Has the pandemic ended and I am unaware of it?
ReplyDeleteI truly believe the changing of seasons has much to do with it. The world (people) has changed for sure. BUT there are still good people in this world, that gives me hope! Loving and caring should be an everyday thing - not just at times of need.
DeleteI hope you feel better this week and have a lovely one.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
THat is so hard to have a sick baby. I feel for the parents. It is a nightmare, but I will certainly pray for her, them you.
ReplyDeleteShe so needs everyone's prayers. It just breaks my heart for them. Thank you!
DeleteI will say a special prayer for your great great niece, Cheryl. I hope they find out what the problem is and can get it fixed.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a bunch of rain for you this week. Your meals sound delicious. Good deal on the tuna from Kroger.
Thank you so much!
DeleteMore rain than we cared for - but amazingly my yard didn't flood- so I guess the earth needed it.
Yes, I jumped on that tuna.
Thanks
I am so sorry about the little one. It hurts me when children are ill and hurting, even ones I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI know - the innocent and precious. They shouldn't have to hurt.
DeleteThank you!
Praying for Adi. Keep us posted! I had to turn the a/c back on but cool temps will be returning after the weekend. I still have a hummingbird hanging around. Love them! Raccoons are destructive little beasts! good that he is gone.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteI turned the AC back on yesterday afternoon for a while - it really warmed up. Cooler days ahead.