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ings advent 2020 budgeting charm school diabetes journey favorite purchases home economist homemaking learn something interesting recipes shabat thoughts may 30 sunshine glorious sun let it be known there is a call for rain today and that may well happen but we woke this morning to the lovely sunlight i for one was more than happy to see it truth i need that daily sunlight dose to stay energetic otherwise i tend to slip and slide down the hill of despond and linger there until i can get a nice sunny dose i ve lived in a few homes with dark carpet dark walls and pitifully small windows that had to be curtained for privacy s sake and let me tell you i much appreciate the large multiple windows we have in this house in the two bedrooms that have single windows one is much longer than the others and the other is much wider than all the others continue at may 30 2025 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 29 rainy rainy day first i want to thank all of you who did comment please understand that i do not expect you all to comment constantly but i was curious if the content here was still relevant i do realize that blogging in general is not the chosen forum anymore even longtime very popular youtube vloggers are saying their own numbers are down katie and i were discussing this on sunday of last week and she mentioned that her generation were more interested in short reels from tiktok they wanted quick shots of information she said and that made me wonder if the day of blogging was done entirely or just dwindling it s good to know that you all do enjoy what you re getting here so thank you again for all of the input it was helpful and yeah reassuring lol continue at may 29 2025 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 28 a mix of everything may i ask a personal question of you readers comments have gone down to pretty much zip i might get one or two a week these days so i wonder are you too busy to read just now is the material i m publishing to your taste do you prefer the former format to this freer flowing form am i being relevant to what you want need to read i would so appreciate it if you would reply in the comments section i confess i personally enjoy this means of communicating but i am curious continue at may 28 2025 23 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 26 lovely weekend we had a lovely long weekend it wasn t much of anything and it was everything at the same time don t you just love a weekend like that saturday we stayed home and went nowhere i made bread an oops loaf and pizza dough i went outdoors to plant the tomatoes which are doing well and parsley and dill which are suffering and transplanted some zinnias which apparently to take a pass on living i discovered that four more fig stems had put out new leaves and i got soaked to the skin from heat and humidity this is where i completely forgot the bread dough continue at may 26 2025 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 23 goodness memorial day weekend we were watching service at church on wednesday night and the pastor mentioned memorial day weekend service he s gotten mixed up it s not memorial day this weekend i told john well yes it is memorial day weekend our wedding anniversary weekend the last full weekend of may and the lead into six weeks of birthdays here we go today i felt the need to go out alone on my own it s been months since i went to food depot the discount grocery i had a short list for this store but wanted to check out the discount produce rack today i purchased 5 large green bell peppers for 1 50 roma tomatoes for 1 parsley 75c and green onions for 75c i also got four decent looking firm bananas for 78c from the clearance rack i checked out meats in the clearance bin but saw nothing decent continue at may 23 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 22 struggle day i admit it i was already tense this morning when i woke up it was the day i d designated as a visit day and i always struggle more than i want to say on these days but before i even left home i went into something of a tailspin over a completely unrelated thing and what was that thing a simple request admittedly it might have been stated in a better manner also admittedly i saw the point of the request but i did not want to say yes i waffled and wavered and said everything but the resounding no i wanted to say nor did i say yes i really did have to stop several times during this simple conversation and squash my feelings back into the appropriate boxes and reason things out all over again continue at may 22 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 21 procrastinator to do er we were awakened this morning by a rumble of thunder and then heavy pouring rain you ll understand that john figured the yard was far too wet to mow nope for all that it rained a solid hour and that it was super heavy the grass was dry courtesy of a strong westerly breeze that blew this morning i told john how dry everything was when i came in from trimming the rose i have really struggled lately with getting onto the work i know must be done i finally made myself go outdoors this morning and cut back the one rosebush that went wild i noted that one reason it looked so wild is that there are several small trees that have taken root in the same area and those were growing up through the base of the rosebush it also helped to cut back last year s stems from the lantana the whole are looks tamed once more continue at may 21 2025 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 20 scatterbrained do you ever have those times when you are just scattered brain i forgot to pay the electric bill in all the years we have been here that is only the second time it s been late i caught it within the grace period took it in and paid the late fee just 6 but still i forgot it completely forgot it i ve been sitting here trying to remember if i ve paid another bill one that is due in five days i d swear i mailed it out but then again i can t swear that i did if i did mail it it was barely within the ten days allotted to get it there i can t find a notation anywhere in the checkbook saying i paid it continue at may 20 2025 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest may 19 rest day last week and weekend were busy ones for us in the midst of that busy week i had both a minor infection in a tooth and two nights of insomnia my body was fighting hard and i was feeling it every step of the way sam and katie had planned to get together with their families over at sam s this weekend john and i were obligated to attend outreach at the same time sam wanted to bush hog a path to the property that katie hopes to have as her homesite in the future he got that job done and decided he d widen out the area where the mail carriers make a u turn in our driveway so they wouldn t scratch their vehicles he bumped my mailbox and it went down the post was rotten the wonky box was wonkier he made a good temporary repair on it and we declared it good enough for the time being john and i got very little done on friday as we were already worn out that s about the time the minor infection set to work in my body my lymph nodes ached and i had a steady headache fortunately i had some medication on hand and i thought to start it right away i followed through with that regime and thankfully was starting to feel much better by sunday sunday night i broke fever in the middle of the night i slept until nearly 10am this morning my body needed that rest saturday morning we left home and headed to warner robins i couldn t help but think back to a few years ago when john begged me to come with him to the outreach at that time i had a load of extra responsibilities on my plate the outreach program met outdoors they served a hot meal and passed out clothing but it was terribly cold out there the need i saw weighed me down still further spiraling me into a depressed state that i fought against hard what was one hot meal when the people before us didn t have proper winter clothing i saw one couple with a baby wrapped in a thin blanket the mom didn t have a coat my body physically ached looking at these folks and i felt so incapable of meeting any need at all my plate at home was full of needy ones a husband unable to find his ground after retiring a daughter who was struggling with her mental health a little boy who was too young to voice his needs who was desperately in need of love and care i came home and cried and cried and told john i d not go back i couldn t see that much need and feel i was so poorly meeting the needs already in my own home but i thought often of those i d met the two brothers one who was not quite right and the other super protective the girl and boy who were obviously a couple he as courteous and kind and gentlemanly as if he were born to it and she shy and overwhelmed with his kind care the mom with a baby wrapped in the inadequate blanket holding him tightly against her own cold body the older man who in another age might have been called a hobo the outreach is now held indoors another church more centrally located to the town than ours provides the space volunteers a pastor our church provides volunteers and pastors and food for the hot meal vans to pick people up donations fulfill clothing and food needs to be carried away with the people there are dentists and hairdressers who come to provide free services for people i have stayed in the background technically i am john s assistant i help him load and unload set up do sound checks fetch whatever it is he needs at the moment unofficially i observe sometimes if i see a need for a chair a helping hand a spot needs to be cleaned on the floor and everyone is busy i step in and provide it but mostly i have stayed off to the side an observer faces are familiar to me now some people cycle in and some cycle out and then some return and others don t the baby wrapped in a thin blanket is a boy now who detaches himself from his mom and plays with the other children other babies have been born and grown into toddlers people come for months and then they disappear sometimes i see them return months later without a partner with more care written upon their face than when they were last seen sometimes i see them return as a volunteer with a shy smile and a light in their eyes because their lives changed for the better and they want to give a little something back this weekend as john was playing i watched people come in i recognized faces i saw that some who had once come only to receive were now busily pitching in to help set things up even though they were still in need of the handouts children ran in and out people chatted with serve team members and with each other a child came in on roller skates and skated around the empty spaces in the room another child ran in crying mama mama people laughed and talked and ate and offered help one to another a volunteer walked over to one man and asked how are you did you get a hotel room as you d hoped how s and they talked and talked i found myself smiling they come together to share a meal share their story hear a story receive help and give it what i saw was the same thing i see every sunday at church i saw fellowship i saw a spiritual community my attitude was hugely different in leaving on saturday i look forward to next month i wonder who i ll see i m eager to ask a report of how someone is doing after i was requested to pray and how vastly different my own life is now lives have changed we all have changed sunday morning we got up and got ready for church it was so dark and oppressive outdoors i told john in the car that i desperately longed to turn on the lights inside the car to try and dispel the gray dark skies we were about two miles from church when the storm hit the car was rocked from side to side by the fierce wind debris hit us as it was flung from trees the rain slanted horizontally in front of us hitting the car from the sides when we arrived at church cars were queued at the curb waiting to let people out everyone in the lobby was standing staring out at the weather and arrivals umbrellas and towels were rushed to the entrances umbrellas blew inside out and towels were sopping within seconds i was soaked the rain had penetrated my raincoat my ball cap my purse my shoes and jeans t shirt and sweater that i d thought i might require at service i shivered as i stood in the lobby waiting on john to park the car and the weather to calm enough to allow him to walk to the door we went to katie s after church i took corn on the cob and gramma s fried chicken i had a hot wheel s car for caleb and hairbands for bella who exulted that i d brought her new crowns lol henry was sitting up and shaking with excitement at the idea that he was about to be picked up i brought him a soft little rabbit that he ignored we had a lovely pleasant time with the children gary not the mama cody and katie and we stayed longer than we might ought to have we all talked and laughed and ate the food was good the cup of hot coffee most welcome the hugs and kisses and full laps even more welcome caleb ran to pick up something cody dropped and said i got that dad i watched as he climbed on a chair with gary and snuggled in i ll sit with you grampa gary and i smiled at one another across the top of caleb s head bella told her daddy about the new crowns but when he failed to appreciate the moment as bella felt he should she ran to katie mama look can i wear one crowns aren t they pretty i think this one would look best with your outfit and bella took the one katie suggested and was adorned john and i smiled over henry as he wiggled from one of us to the other here was proof that lives had changed indeed we arrived home about 4pm just as the skies opened and pounded us with rain all over again sam had been working on installing a new mailbox and post for us and had raced home to escape the rain we managed to get in the house without getting as wet as we did earlier in the day i shivered coming into the house i dressed more warmly than i might have otherwise once we got home the full impact of weariness hit us i don t think we even spoke for hours we just sat here together companionable in our silent tiredness i slept until nearly 10am this morning i had just gotten my coffee ready to drink when sam came by with a surprise he d brought millie with him she proudly told us that next year she was going to kindergarten she was so proud of that and so were bella and caleb yesterday who both told us all about getting to move to kindergarten next year i was sitting here listening to sam and semi supervising millie polishing her 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