Hi Kathy -

This is my first time posting in this forum but I wanted to wish you and your family all the best and many blessings to get through this very tough time.

:welcome: MRS. C ~ nice to have you aboard our thread; come back often and tell us a bit about yourself and your life ... :D


KATHY ~ prayers continue for KELLY and her kids and you & your DH as well; we had really :hot: weather today too; way too :hot:!


We went up to our lot to take some things up there but DH just ended up miserable becuz the heat was just too much for him, and it was taking him longer to get just little things done. From now on, I will be checking the weather before we go anywhere (over July & August). Our internet was down here last night; just got back on this AM; but forgot to check the forecast. Won't do that again.

I told DH maybe we shouldn't go out unless they are forecasting :rain: ... :lol: At least he might get something done in between sprinkles. ;) I came home to find my salad garden was fried -- all but my onions. So pulled up the lettuce and will plant some beans in there instead and see what happens. I think a very late cool dinner would be best on this type of day.

Hope you all have a good week; take good care ... Rosebud :flow1:

I had to redo the goat pen for the goats. Sold some yesterday but kept two of the trouble makers but I am fixing to cook their goose. I am going to go find me some pipe and put across the pen and when they start trying to tear my fence down , they will think twice before they hit again! That old Granny goat was just a beating on that fence this morning . I hollered at her and she walked away, most the time she looks at me and hits it even harder. Tomorrow it is suppose to rain I hope those two mean goats let the others come in out of the rain. I have seen old Granny goat stand in the door and not let them come in till I made her move. If she did not have such good kids , I would of put her in the trailer yesterday. I love the rain they say we may get 3.5 inches! Yeah! Thanking you Father before it even arrives!

WE woke up to :rain: today just as they predicted; and boy, it was a heavy one -- but we sure needed it. We have figured out the reason why things are frying here -- it is much hotter in town than in the country and with this very unusual :hot: weather we have been having here, the delicate leaf lettuces cannot handle it. My radishes so far have been dismal so pulled those up too.

Maybe the drums just won't work as well in town as they did in the country. I left the onions around the rim and planted it full up with some more green bean seed. If that doesn't work, they will be moved out to our lot permanently.

The beans, spinach, onions, and summer turnips are growing in the side gardens; so that may be the best place for them. I have planted some more radish seed in them too. I think I am going to go back to my old seed source for next year; it is also possible the seed was too old; as I had bought it locally and some didn't have expiry dates on the packets, which I didn't notice until after I got them home ... hmmm ... :dizzy:

We picked up a couple of bundles of roofing shingles and a bag of nails for the porch roof, so DH can get started on that shortly. I was thinking a bundle a week, but he says he can do it faster than that, but I don't want him overdoing it either ... gotta watch that guy!

I have a nice lean, round roast beef in the oven with yams, green beans, carrots, onions, celery, and new potatoes (small red ones for me). It smells yummy and should be ready real soon. Will have enuff for leftovers and maybe some sandwiches too.

The :sunny: has now came out; and it is starting to feel hot in here again -- eeks. I am washing blankets for our camper while posting on here. We just have to get a few small pillows and we should be all set for a camp-over ... when the weather is a bit nicer, that is! ;)

BOOTSIE ~ love your animal stories; Granny wants to be in charge, I think. My parents had goats and I milked their nanny for them while they were on holidays one year.

Hope everyone is having a good week; take good care -- ^Prayers continue^ for you and yours ... Rosebud :flow1:

So glad that we did not sale Granny Goat and Flower our goats hardly brought anything! If I had been there would of PO them and brought them back home! We had someone else take them though. I was very disappointed in the price.

I was going to have to work on that chicken house but David told me to call this man and see if he would do it for me . He builds and I have done 1 chicken house and a cat house but I don't know what is wrong lately I get so tired so easy, Rosebud what did you find out from the doctor?

BOOTSIE ~ I have an appointment on July 20 @ 3:30 pm in the afternoon. That is the soonest I can get to see him. I haven't seen any more blood in my stools since then, but we'll see if he thinks I should have some tests or not. My stomach is feeling better; just had the jabs one day. I have noticed that my gas was having trouble passing which is getting better after I prayed about this. Sorry if this is TMI for anyone here, but that is just the reality of the situation.

Why I must keep watch is that so many people in my family had colon cancer and my mother's first symptom was blood in her stools. I had a friend with that same symptom too; it was ignored and she passed away at only 52 years old. My mother's doctor was quick to investigate and she was a survivor as was my Dad, and two uncles. I had one aunt who survived it once but succumbed on the second time. I think the key is catching it quickly, but I am hoping it is something less serious as I have had some problems with constipation since changing my eating style.

Hope you are feeling better soon; will send up some prayers for you for strength and energy. Have you gotten rid of all those grasshoppers yet?
You know, you do a lot of work by the sounds of it; and as we all get older, trying to run a store and a farm at the same time is a lot of work. Plus you had those worries about your brother; maybe now you can relax a bit.

The heat also takes a lot of energy out of you; both DH and I have noticed that, so we just decided to take it easy for the month of July. We are going to bed earlier so we can get up earlier and get things done when it is cooler in the day. We won't be going to our lot unless it seems like the weather won't be too bad.

We had some nice :rain: showers and clouds and a breeze to cool things off for us today ... then a lovely rainbow came out right in front of our house too. I got a picture of half of it as it was quite large. Another reminder that our LORD promises to keep His promises to us all; and HE is faithful!

Hope all our friends here have a wonderful weekend and some nicer weather too ... Rosebud :flow1:

Rosebud I can remember that day, it is my daughters birthday, today was Blu's birthday, my grandson. Will be praying for your health and yes that heat takes a toll on me. I had to come in and change my clothes were soaking from the heat and put some cooler on today. Hubbie feels sorry for me so he is going o pay someone to help me as I said earlier, the old gray mare just ain't what she used to be Rosebud. He will be in the hay fields next week so I will be working at the store in the air conditioner , the coastal fields sure or pretty.

I had some drama in my life yesterday. While driving through an intersection on a green light a car from the opposite direction made a left turn on a red light right in front of me.You guessed it I plowed right into her. No one hurt, Thank God, but major damage to my car. Luckily I had a witness who verified to police that I had the green light. God Bless that young man. This will go on her insurance. She has insurance but no drivers license. I find that to be very strange, but my insurance agent says he sees it all the time. Other than a big bruise on my hand and feeling a little nauseous I am OK . When I am emotionally upset about something I always feel a little sick to my stomach. Good for the diet, but I would not recommend it.

Bargo thank goodness your all right , I mean here, bet your hurting, thank you Father for keeping her safe! The very same thing happened to me yesterday but the guy out ran my big pick up, saw him looking at me and his eyes got big, I bet he wet his pants! Ha!!!

I am grateful that no one was hurt. My air bags went off and of course I had my seat belt buckled. I definitely see the protective hand of God in this. Does make me a little shaky, though.
I will still say "This is the day the Lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it ."

HI GALS ~

Prayers of thanks that everyone came here safe today! :carrot:

Praying for good results on the 20th for both ROSEBUD and ME :) I have a physical that day.

Angie and I just finished a 3.5 mile easy walk through the neighborhood. Several garage and yard sales today, we stopped and chatted with folks a bit.

The weather is still cool and overcast here...not much like summer...I keep whining about it...instead of focusing on being thankful!

I am pretty sure we are going to have an easy week-end. Angie is finishing up an on-line class she is taking. Not sure when we will go to church, tonight or in the morning. Depends on if Angie is going to go or teach yoga in the morning at the studio...or if we go to the beach with the dogs for a walk and breakfast...so many decisions :D

Well I plan to get back here later today/this week-end but for now :hug:

Bargoo - I'm glad to hear that you weren't seriously hurt in the car accident. God always protects his own.

EZ Money - You can send the cooler weather to us in PA. It has been in the 90s and 100s here. When I left work Thursday evening it was 104. Talk about hot. We got several hours of much needed rain last night so today it is 20 degrees cooler. It is still in the 80s but I didn't turn the air conditioner on. Trying to conserve the energy bill.

Last night I decided to brave the heat and do some baking. Made chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter melt away cake and cinnamon buns. Today the dog decided he wanted some cinnamon buns so when DH and I were in town he ate the entire plate full. Needless to say he hasn't eat anything else today and surprisingly he hasn't gotten sick. I don't know what possess that dog!!:devil:

Our boys mother Kellie has had 3 surgeries to remove the burnt skin from her body. She currently has what they call cadaver skin. They will keep this on her until she is strong enough to go through surgery again and then they will start doing skin grafts. She is currently holding her own, but not out of the woods by far. Please continue to keep her and us in your prayers.

Rosebud - I hope you start to feel better soon. I'll be praying for you.

Tonight I'm going to sit out on the patio, relax, and read a book.

Have a blessed Sabbath day.

Kathy

Kathy, keeping Kellie in prayer.

BARGOO ~ yes, we are sure glad that you got through that accident so safely; PTL!

KATHY ~ ^PRAYERS^ continuing for Kellie ... :hug: Your doggie can smell those cinnabuns, that's why! :lol:

BOOTSIE ~ Thanks -- what a week we all have been having! Glad there was no contact ... phew! :D

GARY ~ sending up prayers for your appointment too ...


THANKS to you all for your prayers; I really appreciate it. :hug:

:wave: to everyone! I've been reading and catching up and saying prayers for all needs and requests:) It's been such a busy summer still-seems like no matter how much I do I still have tons of stuff TO do. Can't remember if I told you all this or not, but my new flower bed has created quite a problem-even though this area had been marked and flagged several times before, now the power company (who my DH actually works for) has figured out that the gas line is under the garage, which was built by the former owners. Now, the power company is coming to put in a new gas line and meter, so we have to get a plumber in to move the line in the basement and trying to coordinate it so that we are only without gas (hot water) for the one day the company says it will take to dig the new trench and lay the new line (and repair the alley, etc, etc). Fortunately, since we are not the ones who put up the garage, we don't have to pay for this (it would be mega-bucks:fr:). I can't believe no one inspected the garage location before it was built! So, if it's not one thing it's another in our little corner of the world, I guess.

I have been doing somewhat better in the eating department-not seeing progress, but not eating out of control anymore. Did have pie a couple times this weekend when DS1 and family were here-our little town had it's 125th year celebration, so there was a huge parade (125 units) and activities in the park-most of it Christian/gospel entertainers-and fireworks one evening, too! It was a nice weekend, but now must ignore that last piece of apple pie sitting in the kitchen;)

Rosebud-prayers for your tummy trouble. DH will be joining you in those tests. He has a colonoscopy and endoscopy on the 19th. Prayers for you both:) And, thanks for the hint about a form letter-I may even have my cousin the attorney draft it for me:devil:-might give it even more clout that way!

Gary-thanks to you too for the advice and prayers.

Bootsie-I'm thinking with all those grasshoppers, your snakes must be getting pretty fat! Also, the chickens:) Our creepy insect of the summer is the earwig-they are so thick that I hate to move any flower pots because dozens just scurry from under them. They also get in the basement and hide under the wash pile-ick!

Bargoo-glad your accident wasn't any worse than it was. Is CA a no-fault state? If so, you may still have to fight her insurance company to get them to pay up. Hope not. Glad you're ok:)

Well, just going to try to catch up with chores today. Always need to do some extra wash and cleaning after DS1's family leaves-4 extra kids just makes a mess. If you get a chance, send up some prayers for them-we found out that his mother's husband (her 5th or 6th) has filed divorce papers and, contrary to what she has always told everyone all these years, the house is his and always was, so she's going to expect to move in with DS1. They don't have room at all and just don't need her in the house -she's a drunk and drug addict and her husband is divorcing her because she was messing around on him, so they just don't need her around the kids. Thanks in advance, because you're all a great group of prayer warriors.

Well, I'd better get to work-or at least get a shower and start thinking about getting to work:lol: Have a great day, everyone!:hug: