Hello to all and welcome here and to August! I hope you are all doing well.
We had some really nice weather last week, and then things turned around yesterday. Rain and more rain. I wish I could have sent it to some of you that are so dry and having fires.
We woke with pouring rain, then on and off all day light rain, then another downpour late afternoon/early evening. It just poured. I still have water out back as of this morning. I went out AGAIN, and cleaned the storm drain - it was clogged with debris that flowed from down the street. Seems no one else can figured out why the street floods!!!!! Geesh. It looked like a river flowing into the drain after I got the debris out.
We even had tornado sirens around 5PM. The weather says we had about 2" yesterday, but I know we had more here - the rain gage shows it.
We are supposed to have sporadic showers today. It is cloudy, cooler but still humid.
- Found some wings while digging in freezer - thawed to use
- Porch sitting and walking a lot and talking with several neighbors
- Put together new bottles of dish soap and shampoo
- HARVESTING garden - toms, cuke, peppers, cherry toms, zuke (enough to keep me in fresh)
- Stripped the bedding top to bottom and washed all and throw rugs as well
- Had tons of limbs and sticks down from storm #1 early in the week - got them all picked up
- Made hummingbird feed
- Neighbor brought me homemade zucchini bread
- Went out to renew my library card (every 3 years) and get a couple books
- Stopped and got gas fill-up for the month, paid 2.67/gal. after discounts (our state gas tax has been suspended for a while - it comes back 8/6)
- Refilled all the feed bins with things I had on hand and scrubbed all the water holes
- Mowed and trimmed the front only - edged all the front walks
- FULL rain barrels
- Paid everything I had on hand
- The rain 'washed' my car! It looks so much better!! It gets a lot of dust around here
- Made a big bowl of veg/pasta/faux crab salad
- Got to have windows open a lot this week and AC off
- Just doing all the normal stuff and cooking at home
Meals this past week:
Boneless chicken wings, rice/broc/cheese, cukes
Fried zucchini, corn on cob, l/o rice
Flat bread pizza (in air fryer)
Stuffed peppers and sliced cukes/toms
Cheesy/bacon fries and salad
Tenderloin, corn on cob, salad
Pasta salad and fried ham slices
There you have it. Just a bit of this and that.
I did hear from Cookie and she is OK. She said she had sent me a couple earlier e-mails which I didn't receive. So glad to know she is OK - just trying to get through the trials of a different life now.
What have you all been up to this week? Any deals or harvests to brag about?
I hope you all have a very lovely week ahead and that you and yours are all safe and doing well.
Blessings to you and yours from me at my humble little home.
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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with tumult.
Psalms 46:1-3
Dear Lord, we say thanks for all the many wonders in our life - from small things to big. Help us each to know that You are with us every day and no matter what goes on, on earth or in our lives, You will remain with us. You will comfort us and send us blessings in many forms. May we always turn our faith and trust to You. Things happen beyond our control each day, and we know that it is all part of Your plan. Thank You for loving us. AMEN
