Time is Passing Quickly!

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We have been taking care of the birds…filling feeders with seed…which the squirrels have been doing antics in order to empty them as fast as we fill them.  We also filled and hung humming bird feeders…we don't think they have found those yet. 

We have done lots of porch sitting.  I have done some packing…keeping a list of what I have put in the suitcase so I will remember what I have put in!  It’s a bit confusing trying to visit and pack…but I think managing to do both fairly well! 🥴  We've also done a fairly good job of eating.  But I will say the time is going fast.  I have said that I will be pretty much packed when Rachel and Julianna arrive late Saturday night. Time will tell! I also have to do several things to have their bedrooms ready for them. But they will be here rooms ready or not.  Sounds like the game of Hide and Seek…"Ready of not here I come…in this case…here they come!

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Celebrated Nathan

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She's In Tennessee

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Cheryl is in TN but she's not in Tullahoma, yet.  I guess with each turn of the car wheel on Melany and Wade's vehicle she gets a little closer!  Her flight was delayed due to air conditioning problems in the plane.  But they finally got off but almost an hour late.  Melany picked her up at the airport and then went to her house to get Wade and Erin.  Erin tends to get car sick so they decided not to have her go to the airport and then back to my house.  But they are now on the interstate so will be here in the next hour.

I decided to go on and blog early as there is no telling what kind of confusion there will be at my usual blogging time.  I have the soup all ready for them.  And, I’m sure the TN folk are especially hungry as it is past our usual supper time.  Cheryl is still two hours behind us on her clock…so she said that she wasn't absolutely starving! 

I will update you tomorrow night on our activities to that point.  Tomorrow we celebrate Nathan's birthday at their house in the late afternoon.  So another busy day ahead.  The porch is all ready for Cheryl to do some porch sitting and coffee drinking.  Doubt that she has coffee tonight…but one never knows!  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Busy! Busy! BUSY,

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Tomorrow night at this time Cheryl should be here.  She gets in around 3pm tomorrow in Nashville.  Melany, Wade and Erin will pick her up at the airport and bring her here they will probably be here 5ish.  So they will eat supper here. I have Stuffed Spud Soup planned and Wade is going to to bring some sour dough bread. I doing the fixings this evening for it…bacon, shredded cheese, sliced green onion tops, and, of course, sour cream, which needs nothing done to prepare it!  I will make the soup tomorrow afternoon so we won't have to reward it.  It was on my list of possible meals while she is here…so this is a good time to serve it.  Something that we have enough of to serve 5 people.  

I grocery shopped today…my grocery cart was much more full than it usually is!  I’m pretty much ready.  I will do a little more in the morning and probably some more in the afternoon…I’m really never really ready till the company arrives!

Well, I need o get back in the kitchen…need to crumble bacon and then I’m also making Mother's recipe for Banana-Lemon Tea Bread.  We tend to enjoy using Mother's recipes when we are together…but I use her recipes a lot of other times, too.  

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!  

I Thought It Was A Leaf!

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I was walking back to the house from the compost pile and heading up the ramp to go in the back door and started to flick this leaf off the end of the ramp rail…and realized it wasn't a leaf!  Photo op!  I headed in and got my camera and take a picture or two before he decided to hop off somewhere else.  He was basking in the sun.  Tiny little thing.  I’m sure he is awaiting my sister's arrival to be able to greet her.  Roads are not her favorite critters! 

I spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen today…really one of my favorite places to spend time…so that was a good thing.  I did a little cooking…I needed something for my supper.  And, I did some cleaning. Today was the perfect day to clean my oven and it was a cool day…so the heat from the cleaning cycle didn’t build up too much and I was able to open a couple of windows to keep the smell down…and I have a nice clean oven to show for it.  My refrigerator is pretty empty…it’s anticipating being filled tomorrow.  It was the perfect day to wipe off the shelves since I didn't have to move much food around.  So inside of the fridge is all ready for tomorrow's grocery shopping day.  

I now need to go put dishes in the dishwasher that I used for supper.  Then my cleaning duties will be done for today.  I also did some bathroom cleaning today.  Two days to go till Cheryl is here and I just looked and it is 18 days till the cruise. 😳 I’m pretty much ready for Cheryl to be here…now…nowhere near ready to go cruising! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

The Yard and Carwash Crew Came Today!

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Today has seemed like a day-and-a-half!  Lots went on! I switched to the pest control that Nathan was using and had my first inspection and treatment today…so that took a while with two different people…one for "regular ol' pests” and the other to inspect for termites.  Before the termite person left, Nathan, Isaac, Joseph, and Kathy showed up to mow, weed eat, sweep, etc. and to wash my car.  I went to get my camera to capture Joseph, my youngest grandchild (12), tear around on the mower!  Doesn't he look like a cool dude!?! Then I put my camera back in the house, when I went in to get the car key and the others didn't get captured by the camera…but they all worked very hard.  I even got Nathan to take the white rockers off the porch and spray them off so they would be cleaner when we "porch sit" after Cheryl gets here…just three days from now and she will be here.  I also checked out the cruise app this morning and was greeted with 19 days till departure for Alaska!! 😳 Anyway, lots went on outside in my yard today.  And, lots going on in my head attempting to change gears and think company and a trip! 

I just got home from Bible study…the last for a few weeks…we will have one for four weeks in June and then take a break until August when school starts back up.  

I spent time making a grocery list while the "bug men" were here so that got me thinking food for next week and the next when we will be joined by my niece and her daughter.  So that is a good thing towards getting ready.  I made applesauce by my mother's verbal instructions that I wrote down on a paper years ago.  When I was done with it, it didn't seem to taste just right…of course, Woody always said that my applesauce never tasted as good as my mother’s!  Mother thought it was funny to be known for her applesauce…Mother was a very good cook…so she made us lots of delicious food over the years…but applesauce always stood out to Woody. I have put my applesauce in the refrigerator to get cold and let the flavors meld…I will pass judgment, again, tomorrow when I taste it after it is cold!

I think it is time to stitch!

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Here's a Funny Picture for You

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I was trying to figure out how to fill the hummingbird feeder and got my picture taken on the bird cam! 🙄 And, I never figured out how to do it.  If I recall when Melany set it up, it wasn't hard to do, but with it hanging and with it all wired up, I haven't figured out how to get to the cylinder to put the hummingbird nectar in.  I saw my first hummingbird today so I want to get my hummingbird feeders filled.  

I’ve just done things here and there today…I guess I am a little closer to being ready both for company and my cruise.  This afternoon, Donna and I worked in the library.  It was our first time to work since we got the new computer.  So it was our day to learn how to turn the computer on, log in and get to our library program.  I think by the end of our work time we both have it down.  We each started it up several times to make sure we had it down pat!  Plus we have written down the instructions and have in strategic places to act as cheat sheets…just in case our repetitions today don't stick!!  

Today I have mainly worked in the kitchen and the upstairs hall bathroom.  Oh, and, knocked down a lot of boxes that had accumulated.  I got those out on the curb for recycle pickup tomorrow.  Emptied all the inside wastebaskets and got them out to our trash can and dragged it out to the curb, too.  It was heavier than usual…I guess I have been throwing things away!  

The washing machine and dryer are calling!

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!  And, be aware that candid camera may be right on your own front porch when you least expect it! (That last sentence dates some of us!)