Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tuesday May 29th 2012

We were supposed to get some rain, didn’t happen.  Maybe later in the week.  Seems like most of the rain is spotty, like thunderstorms that last for awhile but they are very few and far between.

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Wanted to get a picture of this flower with a bee on it.  Doesn’t look like there is much there for the bee but guess he liked what he got.

We  went to Wal Mart for a few things. I got the oil changed in the car while I was in town and now the car is about ready to go to California.  Made reservations for Sparky at the Vet Clinic for about three weeks.  That is going to be expensive, I guess it doesn’t really matter what goes on it is going to be expensive.

Not doing anything else today, it is to hot and if I work on the pump I still need a couple more pieces, so I’m not in any hurry.  I should get it done before it freezes.

Watching a little TV and play on the computer and that’s about it!!  Night Y’all…

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Monday May 28th 2012

Guess what???  It is going to be another very warm day. I looked at our new pump and see that I am going to have to buy some new fittings before I can install it.  I knew before I started that this job wasn’t going to be easy, but I didn’t think it would be this expensive!

Sparky and I like to walk around outside and look at stuff in the morning!  Enjoy just walking around drinking my coffee and looking!  I planted more Gladiola bulbs and they haven’t come up yet but I check a few times a day to see if maybe they may be peaking through the soil.

We had BBQ for lunch.  Excellent.  I thought it would be nice to give some to Cuma and go visit with her for awhile.  Cuma is the lady we bought our home from…

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Cuma is a very nice lady, she goes to Fellowship Baptist Church also but hasn’t been feeling well so I’ve been missing her.  Look for her every Sunday!  We had a really good visit.  We seemed to have a lot to talk about and just had a really good time.  I know that I’ve mentioned Cuma before in my blog but didn’t have a picture of her so today I made sure I got one.

I have been having problems with my computer.  I can’t go back to the top of my blog so sometimes I may have mistakes that I can’t check so pardon my grammar OK?

Another restful night tonight.  Not going to do anything else.  Night Y’all..

Sunday May 27th 2012

Church day!  It is hot out again today.  We are breaking records for the high temperatures!  Yesterday and today were both in the upper 90s and we have a couple more days to come of the hot weather.  The forecast is for rain on Tuesday I think and a cool down.  That will be nice.

Church was good again today.  Pastor preached on the difference between “unity” and “doctrine”.  First and foremost is doctrine!  Unity should come after doctrine.  There aren’t many churches that don’t have problems with the unity issue.  In Sunday School someone said that even two people will have disagreements so a whole church will have disagreements of sorts, probably all the time.

We didn’t do much today.  I thought about stopping for something for lunch but I didn’t.  We went back into town and bought some bread and had sandwiches for lunch.  Linda has a pork loin that has cooked all night and she is going to make BBQ out of it.  Smells good!

No church tonight so it is just going to be a relaxing day….Night Y’all…

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Saturday May 26th 2012

Weather is about the same, it is going to get hot today.  Got Linda up early so we could go up to Menards in Cape.  There are a few things I want to pick up.  Probably get some stuff I don’t need either, can’t believe I would do anything like that or Linda either!

We got up to Cape around 9AM and the parking lot was packed!!  I mean packed!  We finally found a place to park and went into the store, they don’t have any carts!  I wandered around the store for awhile and decided that the only way to get a cart was to go outside and find one that someone is unloading.  I sure wonder how much Menards will bring in today.  Their sale goes through Monday and you get eleven percent off your purchase.  It is a mail in rebate but what the heck, I found my Black and Decker Drill for $34 which is $15 lower than Wal Mart and I will get eleven percent back off that so I bought two of them.  Sure hope they work good.  They have a 2 year warranty and that seems like plenty for me!

Linda bought some folding chairs, lawn chairs, for about $4 apiece.  She got four of them.  Hope they work good!  I guess we should try one but I guess sitting in something is always better that than standing or sitting on the ground.

I bought a new shallow well pump.  Both the ones I have work, but I don’t think they work good and I’m sure hoping it isn’t the well that is the problem.

Linda bought some more LED lights (solar) for outside.  I put them up after I got my new drill charged. The drill works great. The lights after dark change colors, green, red and blue I think.  They aren’t real bright but I think they will be nice.

Me and my new drill…

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Sparky has his tongue stuck on the drill bit!! Not really, I believe he thinks it is a toy or something to eat.

Taking it easy tonight. It is really hot outside. I feel sorry for the stray dogs, they get so hot and looks like they have a hard time keeping cool. They are irrigating and I think they need to go stand in the water for awhile. They don’t do that though. There is a small creek, branch, down the road and I think they go there and swim for awhile. They usually come back very wet!

Well, got to go….Night Y’all…

Friday May 25th 2012

The weather is getting warmer.  It is OK in the morning but not cool.  If it would stay like this all day it would be pretty good.  I tried opening the house because it was about 69 degrees outside and 77 inside but it didn’t cool it off so I had to close it up again.  Going to get hot today.

I’m not going to do much today.  I did work on the pump house just a little but not much.  I put hinges on the lid so I wouldn’t have to take it off anymore.  It works pretty good and now I just have to insulate it and tighten it down.

I took a picture of the flowers that are blooming..

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Linda says they are Star Gazer Lilies, whatever they are they have beautiful blooms on them.

We are pretty much taking it easy today, it is actually to hot to do much of anything.

We stayed home all day and watched TV and played on the computer the rest of the time.  Time to say Night Y’all…

Friday, May 25, 2012

Thursday May 24th 2012

Work again today!  It is supposed to get nice and warm today.  I am just going to do odd jobs this morning.  Had a slat to put in the fence and picked up some more branches and was going to mow but I let Grant do that and I got the weed eater and cut down some weeds that Roundup will not kill.  We have about three kinds of weeds that Roundup doesn’t do a thing to except maybe fertilize  them!

I just keep on weed whacking until I run out of fuel.  It does look a lot nicer because these weeds grow a lot faster than the grass.

This afternoon we took the tractor and went over to the mobile home park and knocked down a couple of trees and cleaned them up and took them to the burn pile.  We were going to burn the pile but the wind is blowing like crazy today.  We got four trees cut down and cleaned up and filled in the hole where the roots were.  Looks pretty good now.  We were pretty tired and we finished right around 5PM.  We were all pretty tired.

I was going to fix the water bib at home when I got home but that will have to wait, I’m just to tired to do it today.

Just relaxed and tried to stay awake tonight.  Rough!  Time to say Night Y’all…

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Wednesday May 23rd 2012

Back to work today.  It was nice having five days off.  Didn’t get all the things done that I figured I would but that’s OK I’m retired!

Stopped at the Super 8 for coffee this morning.  They have pretty good coffee.

Grant was there and he started Monday.  He worked at the cell phone store and then yesterday he worked in the office in the afternoon.  He needs to make a little money to get his truck fixed and then have some spending money at college next year.

I had some limbs that I had to finish picking up then I sprayed Roundup etc. I think this is going to be a long day.  After lunch I was going to mow but the little mower just isn’t running right.  Grant and I pickup up limbs in the park that were blown down Sunday during our little wind storm.  That didn’t take to long so after that I went around and picked up papers etc.  Hurts my shoulders doing that.

I sprayed some more Roundup and figured it was about time to go home.  Planned that just about right.

I planted some Gladiolas around the stumps and I planted them pretty deep, probably about six inches or so and they are up already!  Not much more than a week.  After reading the package I guess they are an annual plant but hopefully they will come back again next year!

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Not much to look at, kind of like a big blade of grass.

Here are some more of our perennial flowers…

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Not sure what they are but they look nicer than the weeds!

Well, I’m going to sign off now and relax….Night Y”all…

Tuesday May 22nd 2012

I don’t feel like working on the pump house today, I also need to get some more material for the pump house so I think we will go to Cape and to the new Menard’s and pick up some things we need.

I decided to take the camper up because if we buy some 4x8 sheets of Styrofoam we can’t bring it home in the car.  Well, on the way up we decided to stop at Youngblood’s RV to see about trading.  I didn’t figure we would trade but thought we would look anyway.  We found one we liked but there was no way to make a trade and I still like ours even though it is small.  We will keep it!

We went on up to Menard’s and I got everything I needed, yeah, right.  I was going to buy a Black and Decker cordless drill that was on sale but come to find out it isn’t on sale until Saturday.  I think we may go back up there on Saturday.  If they still have the drill it is a good buy, more than likely they won’t.  Do you think I’m a pessimist?

The camper did fine going up there.  We need to take it out more often just to keep it in shape.

Brenna sent Linda some flowers a year or two ago and Linda found some bulbs so I planted them.  They didn’t come up last year but they did this year…

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They really look nice but I’m sure they won’t last very long.

We took it easy the rest of the day.  I need to get an outside faucet so I can water the tomatoes and the flowers.  Won’t be tomorrow, I have to go to work.

Well, time to say Night Y’all….

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Monday May 21st 2012

Back to work on the pump houseSad smile.  This isn’t going to be fun I don’t think.  I am definitely not looking forward to this.

I need insulation for the inside and I am trying to figure out how to do it so I will be able to get to it and shut it off (the pump) when we go and leave the light on and make it easy to get to.  Not going to be easy, the top is going to weigh a ton. Oh well, as long as it doesn’t freeze I guess that it will be OK.

I put some bagged cement on the bottom and trying to get some boards screwed down I must have moved the tank because I have a little drip (leak) nowSad smile.  Well, I knew this wasn’t going to be easy.

They started irrigating the cotton field across the road.  Really looks neat I think..

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They run water down every other row and I think they call it flooding.  The fields are graded so the water flows to the other end.  We don’t have any hills to speak of and this really works good.

Well, this afternoon I decided to quit early and before I did I moved the old freezer to the neighbors yardSmile….not really I moved it behind the garage and with my redneck technology I moved it by myself and it only took a few minutes….

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It moved quite well with a couple of pieces of large PVC pipe.  Now I have to figure out how to get it hauled off to the junk yard.

I think we may go to Cape tomorrow to Menards to get a some insulation etc for my project.  I like Menards, seems like they have pretty good prices and I’m sure Linda will want to do something.

Going to take it easy tonight (again).  We fixed a pizza for supper.  Red Baron.  Not to bad.  Well, guess it’s Night Y’all….

Monday, May 21, 2012

Sunday May 20th 2012

Not going to do anything today except go to church if I don’t have to.  The pump seems to be working OK and I haven’t seen a lake outside so I guess it isn’t leaking to bad.  I will take it apart tomorrow and do more work on it (the pump house).

Sunday School and Church were fine.  Tom had both services today.  I’m not sure what is going on because I wasn’t there Wednesday night.  Pastor was called to do a Revival in Chicago and Josh, the Youth Pastor, must be on vacation.  No one seems to know for sure.  Tom was our Sunday School teacher for awhile and he did a great job preaching the services.

We relaxed today not doing much of anything but playing on the computer and watching a little TV  I think I have a picture that Linda took of me and Sparky in our new chair…

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Sparky likes it and Linda says that I sleep pretty good in it! 

This afternoon was really windy!  Not sure how hard the wind blew but I took a picture of the dust again..

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Kind of hard to see the tree line in between the trees.  That tree line isn’t all that far away!

When I went to church tonight it was cloudy and really dark over Sikeston.  Don’t figure we will get any but I was wrong!  It rained all during church and it rained hard.  Hopefully we got some at home.

I had to run through the rain to get to the car after church and there was a lot of water standing.  Well, we got some here at home.  Not like Sikeston but we got a lot!  Now it is supposed to be cool for a couple of days then get really hot again.  Oh well, it is getting close to summer!

Taking it easy again tonight.

Linda’s brother, Bobby, is in pretty bad shape, he lives in Amarillo.  Her sister Marilyn is in pretty bad shape, she lives in Sterling.  Her brother Eugene is in bad shape, he lives in California and Marilyn’s son Kirby just had surgery for cancer and he isn’t in very good shape.  We talked about all that tonight and it is kind of depressing.  I’m not sure what Linda will do if I go first.  The kids have families and are super busy.  She doesn’t have much of a family back in Sterling and no family or friends here in Sikeston.  Now that is kind of depressing but we know that God will provide. Just isn’t something we like to think about.

OK now after all that depressing stuff I guess it is time to go to bed…Night Y’all…

Saturday May 19th 2012

Well, I decided to get another tank for the pump.  I’m not sure I need a bigger one but I need to do something because this pump is leaking also.

I went to town and got a twenty gallon tank from Lowe’s.  Now what I’ve done so far is taken the old pump out, put the new one in taken the new one out put the old one in and now I’m taking the old one out and putting the new one back in with a new tank.  Got a picture even..

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I am definitely not done and hopefully I don’t have any leaks.  So far it looks good.  Well, for leaks anyway, the area looks like a disaster!

I finally got to take a break, actually, quit for the day around 6PM.  I closed the front of the pump house because Bud likes to go in there.  Guess it is cooler than other places.  He doesn’t need to be in there for sure.

We had a nice relaxing night and worried about the pump leaking etc but still relaxed.

That is about all for today so I guess I will just say Night Y’all….

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Friday May 18th 2012

Well, Sparky and I got an early start on the pump and the house.  It is a mess and I have the back yard littered with junk.  Will definitely have to clean that up.

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I decided not to disconnect anything yet because Daniel is going to pick me up and take me to Wal Mart so I can get our rocking chair.  I’ll put a picture of it on here tomorrow.  Back to the pump, that is the old one in the freezer and the new one sitting by the deck.  I am kind of scared to take the old one out.  Not sure what problems I’m going to run into.  Problems, nah, not me, I never have problems, yeah right.

Well we got the chair back and put it in the house and it is kind of comfortable for a cheap chair.

I started on the pump this afternoon.  A lot more problems than I had imagined.  Getting the pump disconnected and out was a breeze.  The freezer on the other hand was a real tough problem.   If the freezer is a redneck idea.  You should have seen me getting it off the pipes sticking out of the ground…. I had to lift the freezer high enough to get a block under it then I had to raise it about two feet to get it over the water pipes.  Not easy but with my redneck ideas I got a trailer scissor jack and put it under and raised it up to the top and it was just enough to clear the pipes as long as I don’t drop it and break the pipes, that would be a really big problem!!  I didn’t break it.  I lifted up one side and then swung it over ant dropped it.  I think this freezer must weigh about two hundred pounds and the compressor isn’t in it!

Well, I got the new  pump hooked up and it works!!  I’m kind of surprised!

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I’m not real sure about the pump.  It seems to work OK but I’m still not sure I like it.  I didn’t like the other one either though.

Well, I got to take a shower tonight and the pressure is great.  The end sticking out is for a water bib on the outside of the building that isn’t there.  Need to get that hooked up, my four tomato plants get pretty thirsty.

Well, I got to use my new chair tonight.  I think it is something I will have to get used to though.  As soon as I sit down Sparky gets in my lap.  Not sure if he like it or not though either!

OK time to wrap this up….Night Y’all….

Thursday May 17th 2012

Work again today and it is going to get hot!!  Early mornings are beautiful but about ten or eleven it gets hot!

I just did odd jobs again today, worked on the fence for awhile and then cleaned up and before I quit I did my daily Roundup spraying.  I cleaned up some limbs that took quite awhile. There were a bunch of limbs and I cut some more off  a tree that was hanging low so I loaded all that I could in a garbage can and hauled them to the burn pile.  I’m not sure how many trips I made to the burn pile but it was quite a few.  I liked driving the golf cart to the burn pile, I can get cooled off that waySmile….

I got out of work on time today and headed home.  I was going to stop at Lowe’s for a couple of parts for the  new pump but figured I would go to the store on the corner, Delta Growers.  They have most everything I need.

I didn’t do much after I got home it was to hot and I was tired!

Watched some TV tonight and then went to bed quite early..Night Y’all..

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Wednesday May 16th 2012

Very nice morning again.  The weather is cool but is supposed to warm up today around 80 I think. 

I go into work today at the park.  Wonder what I’m going to be doing.  I am pretty sure I won’t be mowing.   The grass is getting brown now and not growing.  The news says we’ve have a little over nine inches of rain for this year and now we are nine inches short of rain for this year.  Walking out in the grass the dust flies and that is dry!

Mark had a couple of odd jobs for me to do, cutting some limbs off trees (little ones) and mending the wooden fence and replacing some boards on the fence.  I think I could spend another day just getting the boards screwed in to make the boards straight.  The boards warp and the nails just pull out so the fence looks, well, not to nice.

I kept busy all day.  Did a dirty job.  Cleaned up between the shop and the fence.  Raked up three bags of dead leaves and stacked up some steel siding etc.  Doesn’t look to bad now. I still have a little more to do though.

I stopped at Lowe’s on the way home and was going to get another tank for the water pump.  Didn’t see one I wanted to spend money on.  The new pump has a tank on it so I’m going to start with that one and later if I feel like it I will add another one.

Linda made a really good supper tonight.  Had roast cooked in the crock pot with corn and potatoes.  Very good.

I had to take a couple of Aleve tonight and I’m kind of tired but stayed awake until time to go to bed.  I am tired….Night Y’all…

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Tuesday May 15th 2012

Another gorgeous day in the neighborhood!  Love this weather.  We really need the rain though and what little rain we get seems to go around us. The Lord knows what He is doing.

I started on the pump house this morning.  The pump is in an old freezer which really works good.  The insulation is great and as long as I have a light inside it doesn’t freeze.  I went through one of my metal cutting blades in a few minutes.  Cutting steel, fiber glass and copper tubing takes it toll on the blade for sure!

I also got some of the pieces I started building out of the garage and started putting them together.  I’m not sure if it will look good or even work good, guess this will be a good test.  I’m still apprehensive about changing the pump.  I think I am kind of scared about the well needing to be replaced.   Time will tell about that though.

Work in the office this afternoon.  This should be my last day in the office for the summer.  I will probably be back in the office this Fall but that is quite a ways off.

Work went pretty good.  I wasn’t busy and had time to do a Sudoku puzzle and started a cross word puzzle.  Had to call Linda and ask her about some of the answers and still didn’t get it done.  I’m not good at cross word puzzles.

Watched a little TV tonight and relaxed.  Guess that is all!  Night Y’all…

Monday May 14th 2012

What should I do today???  It is cool this morning but going to warm up nicely.  We have been having some really great weather except for no rain.  I don’t have anything planned so…..

We decided to take a ride to Cape and look around.  We looked at some campers.  We found one that was really nice.  A lot bigger than the one we have now but do we want a different camper?  We, I, think about going full time camping but then I think we would have to sell our place and even though this isn’t a nice place, it is home.  Guess we will keep on thinking about it. Then too, we just bought a park model down in Mission TX and that would be a place we wouldn’t need a camper so what would we do with the camper?  Decisions, decisions!

We stopped for lunch at O’Charly’s.  Linda got a Cajun pasta and I got a couple of tacos (gringo tacos).  I wasn’t impressed with the food, probably won’t go back again.

We stopped at Wal Mart back in Sikeston to get a few things.  I didn’t get everything done that I wanted to but can do it later like getting the oil changed in the car.

I had to go to Lowe’s to get some  metal cutting blades for my circular saw.  I need to change my water pump and the house for the pump.  May as well get started, it isn’t going to get done by itself!

I put up some solar lights on the deck.  I took a picture but they don’t show up very well….

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They don’t show up well and aren’t very bright but if the power ever goes out at night we will have a little light on the deck and around our house!

Not much else happening tonight so I’ll sign off…Night Y’all…

Monday, May 14, 2012

Sunday May 13th 2012

Today is Mother’s Day!  Linda isn’t feeling to great this morning. She doesn’t feel like going to church so I will pick up something to bring home for her.  Not much of a Mother’s Day for her.

I stopped at the DQ and picked up a couple of BBQ sandwiches.  That is what she wanted.  They tasted pretty good, not my favorite but they were good.

I took a nap this afternoon and we both played a couple of games on the computers.  Nice relaxing day.

Church again tonight and some leftovers for supper about made up the rest of the day.  Not real exciting huh?

Well, guess I will put in a picture of the hollyhock blooms.  They are really looking good!

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So much for today…Night Y’all…

Saturday May 12th 2012

Don’t have much planned today, we need to take care of some things in town. (didn’t make it!)

I decided to finish polishing, or waxing, the camper.  It didn’t take to long and I’m glad it is done.  Looks pretty good.  This should last for awhile.

I had picked up some pecans about two years ago and haven’t shelled them yet so I thought that would be something I could do to keep busy…

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There wasn’t many but I had picked them up before heading to Texas for the winter and I didn’t shell them and I didn’t shell them last year either.  Since we aren’t here when they fall off the tree I don’t get very many and I’m wondering if there will be many this year??

Linda fixed a salmon loaf and I think it tastes great but it sure smells fishy!  We had some string beans with it.   I’m trying to eat more vegetables, maybe I will get healthy, you think??

Well, this is Saturday and some of the places I wanted to stop at in town are closed so we will have to wait until Monday.  This makes two whole days we have stayed home!

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This is the picture of Linda wearing her new necklace.  It is petite and looks very nice, she wants to thank Kim, Dee and Bren for it, she likes it a lot!

Well, not much new for today.  Maybe a little more tomorrow..Night Y’all….

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Friday May 12th 2012

Nice cool morning, not going to rain and it isn’t supposed to get to hot either!  Love it!!  We do need the rain though.

We need to go to town today. There are a couple of things we need to do.

I was walking around the house and on the front porch I found a package. Wonder when it was delivered??  It was for Linda and I imagine it is from the kids for Mother’s Day.  I will leave it inside for her.

I decided to wash the camper, then I decided to wash the car also.  They sure do look  a lot nicer!  I also polished the car.  I didn’t wax it, I polished it.  Turtle Wax has a product call Ice.  Spray on and wipe off.  That is easy. It makes things really shine and you don’t have to buff it out, now I can handle that.  Got a picture of them…

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Can’t tell a lot by the picture but they do look a lot better.  The dust we have here is really something.  I washed the roof of the camper first and it was really dirty, then I washed the rest of it then I washed the car and polished it and the front of the camper.  I will leave the rest of the camper for later.  When we were down in Texas I had it washed and polished.  It still looks good, nice and shiny.  I’m not very good and washing so the polishing will take off more dirt.

Well, we didn’t go to town, Linda opened her package and it was a really nice necklace.  The girls went together and got it for her. I will take a picture of her with it on when she gets dressed.  Well, she didn’t get dressed today.

I made a pot of Navy Beans and that was our supper.  They weren’t the greatest.  I didn’t put a ham hock in it so it didn’t have a lot of flavor.  I did put in the rest of the bottle of jalapeno wine though.  Glad that is gone!

Didn’t do much the rest of the day, watch a little TV and play on the computer and now it’s time to say…Night Y’all..

Friday, May 11, 2012

May 9th & 10th 2012

I decided to combine these two days, they were pretty much the same.  Beautiful!  Cool in the morning and then warming up to almost perfect!

It may sound strange but I stop at the Super 8 on these two mornings and get a half cup of coffee.  I don’t have a lot of time to drink it at work but they do have really good coffee.

These are my two days to mow grass and whatever. Wednesday I mow the RV Park.  Mark would like me to spray a bottle of Roundup each day I work outside.  I didn’t quite have enough time today so I have it ready for tomorrow. On Thursday I mow the mobile home park.  There is probably more to mow here but it takes less time.  I don’t have to move picnic tables. After that I have time to spray another bottle of Roundup, weed whack awhile, use the leaf blower and then it’s about time to go home.

On Wednesday when I got home I mowed our lawn.  WOW!!!  Dirty!  I had to stop at times to let the dust clear to see where I was supposed to mow next!  Got it done.  Larry mowed half of the neighbors and I mowed the other half.  Doesn’t take long at all.

Both nights I was tired but sure felt good for some reason.  I do enjoy working outside.

I took a picture of a plant that is blooming.  I don’t thing they are really pretty but they don’t look to bad and they grow almost anywhere…

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I’ve seen these plants in Arizona and they were probably fifteen feet tall!  They like hot dry weather I guess.  Our lawn this year is really bad.  Even the weeds aren’t growing very good.  I didn’t fertilize this year.  Maybe I should have??

Well, that is about all for these two days….I have four days off now and later this month I will be down to working just two days a week, that will give me a lot of time to do a few things around here I haven’t been looking forward to but that is another story for another day….Night Y’all…

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Tuesday May 8th 2012

It has cooled off nicely.  Didn’t get much rain and the ground is still dry. The weeds aren’t even growing in the garden where I was going to sow some grass seed.  I need to smooth it out a little more before doing that.

I planted some gladiola bulbs, about fourteen, around one of the stumps out by the field.  Hopefully they will grow.  I will have to take a picture if they start sprouting.  I also planted some more English Daisy in the planters.  One planter had six come up and the other had two so I planted a bunch more.  They are perennial so hopefully they will do well.  I have a lot more seed and maybe I will get them planted.  I wanted perennial plants so they will come up every year and I won’t have to mess with them.

Work went well, sure not the busy season though.

I made supper again.  Wanted to try the cauliflower, boiled and then mashed like mashed potatoes.  Linda added cheese to it and I think it turned out quite well.  Doesn’t really taste like mashed potatoes but it was good.

A little TV tonight and a little computer time, then to bed…Night Y’all…

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Monday May 7th 2012

I like to spend time outside but it is kind of sprinkling this morning.

We have to go see the doctor this morning.  Linda got a good report, mine was just ok.  I have a couple of minor problems.  My right knee has, for a  better term, water on it.  It has a pretty good lump on it.  Doctor says he could drain it but doesn’t really want to be invasive so ice packs a couple of times a day may help the body to absorb the water again.  He had a name for it but I couldn’t pronounce it.

I stopped at the cell phone store and found out how to delete “apps” that I don’t want.  Mark explained it to me but I didn’t understand until he showed me.

After that we went to Wal Mart to get a couple things.  After $260 I’m still not sure we got what we needed!  Bought a lot more flowers (seeds) and some bulbs.  The stumps out by the fields I am now planning to put some bulbs out there.  I was going to plant “Hollyhock” but couldn’t find any so I guess I will have to plant something else.  The hollyhock that is already there is blooming and looks really nice.  I may have put a picture of it in already but here it is again…

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These would have been great to cover the stumps. Hope the others do good.

I took some of the afternoon to start leveling the ground where the stumps are.  Sure could use some rain.  The ground is really dry.  Not sure how much water the plants will need to get them going.  I know the hollyhock sure doesn’t need much.

We had stopped at the DQ for lunch.  Linda had a malt and I had a mushroom burger.  Expensive but it wasn’t to bad.

I took it easy today, I didn’t even turn on the computer so now I’m doing two days.  I probably forgot a lot, I can’t remember though so I guess it will  be okSmile…  Night Y’all…

Sunday May 6th 2012

Still hot today, well, this morning is nice but it is going to warm up.

Church and Sunday School were good this morning.  Shiela had the special music this morning.  She is really talented.  Pastor preached on the Trinity today.  Can’t really understand it, guess it is one of the things we have to accept on faith.  He did use a lot of scripture to prove it though.

I fixed some lunch.  Linda can’t eat anything that you have to chew very much.  Her teeth are giving her fits.  I fixed some macaroni.  Not sure what you would call it but I did add cheese and broccoliSmile…  Got to have our veggies you know..

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Actually it was quite tasty even though a lot of people don’t like broccoli.  I do, Linda doesn’t.  She wouldn’t eat the broccoli so I got all of it, not at one meal though.

Tonight Debbie sang.  She is an excellent singer also.  I took pictures but they are too blurry to put in here.

Not much going on tonight.  Take it easy and relax…Night Y’all…

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Saturday May 5th 2012

It is warm this morning already, not uncomfortable but still warm.

I started looking on the computer for a rocker recliner.  We went to the furniture stores but didn’t see anything I liked.  Well, I checked Wal Mart and they have a pretty good selection of chairs.  I found one I liked and Linda looked at the reviews on another one.  I think she read reviews for about a half hour and the one she picked out seemed like one everyone liked so I ordered it.  I think it should be at the store in a couple of weeks. That was about our extent of interesting stuff today.

I went to work this afternoon, did all my cleaning etc and then worked on my Sudoku book.  That is pretty boring also.

I took the golf cart over to the mobile home park and took a picture of some really nice looking flowers.  The lilies are like the ones I planted I think and ours has the buds but haven’t bloomed yet…

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I think I should probably do some landscaping like this.  They really have a nice looking flower bed!

Work.  Boring!  I thought that I would work the whole day without a camper coming in for the night but I was wrong!  At quitting time a camper came in and they weren’t really in any hurry!  I had all my book work done so I had to do that over again after I got them parked.  Oh well, still wasn’t to bad, got out at 7:07PM or near there.

Tonight was another night that I played games on the computer and watched a little TV.  Not a lot on TV tonight.  Well, time to say Night Y’all…

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Friday May 4th 2012

Beautiful morning, perfect for sitting outside and doing my reading and letting Sparky do his thing with his friends Bud and Scruffy.

When Linda got up I figured we needed to put up Dee’s new tent to make sure it was OK and all the parts were there.  Took awhile..

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I’m not sure if you can tell by the picture but the wind is blowing pretty hard and it sure was hard putting the tent up but we succeeded! This stuff is almost like parachute material and it sure catches the wind!

We took it back down and put it in the bag and I’m sure glad the bag was pretty big because we had a terrible time folding it back up and getting it into the bag again!

Back to work again this afternoon.  Wow!  Boring today!  This would have been a pretty good day to close the office, well, maybe not, we did have people come in to pay rent etc.  I made it through the day and was glad to be going home.  It got pretty warm today, about 90 I think.

Watched a little TV and played a game on the computer. Not much else to say…so…Night Yall….

Friday, May 4, 2012

Thursday May 3rd 2012

It is cloudy this morning again and the temperature is a little cool.  On the way to work I was wishing that maybe I should have brought my light sweater.  I guess I will be OK though.

I’m going to mow Russell Street this morning.  Mark says he needs the truck this afternoon.  OK with me.  It wasn’t to bad over there but some spots had really tall grass.  Looked a lot better when I finished.

This afternoon I sprayed Roundup, picked up trash, used the weed eater and dumped the trash barrels.  It did get warm this afternoon.

I called Linda before coming home and asked if she still wanted to go look at a recliner.  Guess we will.  They are supposed to have a “real special sale” this afternoon.  They did drop their prices but didn’t see anything I liked.  I think I will keep on looking.

We had taco salad for supper. That really hit the spot!

Watched some of our favorite TV programs tonight.  I think “Person of Interest” is my favorite show.

Well, guess that is about it…Night Y’all…

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wednesday May 2nd 2012

Another beautiful day, no rain though and we could really use a good soaker!  Guess it will come sometime.

Hasn’t been a real exciting day but I did get some things accomplished at work.  There was a small fire and I had to clean it up.  Save some boards and the rest went into the dumpster.

I picked up some string for the weed eater and this is a Stihl  and it is different.  I asked the guy at the store how to load the string and he explained that since I have it apart already to put it back together and stick the string in the holes then turn the button on the bottom and it winds the string on the inside!!!  Amazing!  I did it and then I used the weed eater and it works great.

I am tired today, been tired all day though.  I asked Linda about supper and she didn’t have any plans so I figured it was a nice day and maybe I could grill out!  I stopped at Aldi’s and got the things I needed and when I got home I had to clean the grill but by the time it was ready Linda had the burgers ready and I grilled them.  They turned out quite nice if I do say so myself, but then, no one else would know would they??

I figured I would fall asleep tonight watching TV but I did pretty good.  I played a game on the computer and I almost fell asleep doing that. 

Time to call it a day…Night Y’all….

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tuesday May 1st 2012

The mornings are really nice.  It is kind of cool out and the wind is blowing but the temperature is just about perfect.  I open the house up and air it out until about 7AM then I have to close it up because it starts getting warm.  I figured we would put the new tent up today but Linda says it’s to windy.  Oh well, maybe another day.

I started digging around another stump.  I will burn some on this but I think that I will plant hollyhock or something around it to hide it until it decays. I like hollyhock.

I just noticed this morning that some lilies that I planted last year finally came up this year and I think one has buds!

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They look like buds to me!

Work the office this afternoon.  At least it was busier than last Saturday. I kept kind of busy  Mark’s mother, Mary Lou, planted more flowers today. Guess she will plant a few at a time until they are all planted,

Well, it got hot today, didn’t break a record but came close.  On the way home the temperature outside was 89.  I don’t think it feels to bad, I didn’t run the air in the car, a little warm but not bad.

Not to much happening tonight, just another night, when I get off at 7PM the night is pretty short anyway.   Night Y’all…

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Monday April 30th 2012

The last day of April, not many April showers for sure.  Hope we get the May flowers!

I have today off so I will do a couple of odd jobs around the house.  There is a row of bushes that need to be trimmed.  I have a really hard time mowing around them, I’m getting tired of getting scratched! 

It is getting warm out and I hear the air conditioner running.  I am almost finished with the trimming.  I think I have enough off now so I can mow around the bushes.

This is going to be a slow day.  I asked Linda if she wanted to go visit Cuma, the lady we bought our place from, because I haven’t seen her at church since we have been back.  I saw Cuma’s sister and asked her about Cuma and she said she just wasn’t feeling very well.  Linda didn’t want to go out so I called her and talked to her for awhile and she is feeling better just not up to par.  Sure hope she gets to feeling better.

Today is so slow I have gotten the computer out and played games most of the afternoon and evening. 

Time to say Night Y’all…