Good morning. Manda, how exciting for Gena to wake up to such a nice surprise!
Shan, it is such a let down when a beloved friend goes far away. I bet you will love visiting Alabama. I'm sure Kt would recommend it. Well, except for her car dealership.
Kt, what lousy service. Between ignorance and declining moral character, it is hard to get decent service anymore.
Poirot, it's good to hear the weather held for your daughter's trip. I don't know if I could keep up with all your hummingbirds. I haven't seen one here in days.
Robin, what a cute picture of you and the little grandsons! Nice couch too.
Noel, tires, yea!! I hope getting them installed goes more smoothly than the ordering did.
I'm thinking about Sweetie's kitty today, and wondering if Degrassi is doing his labs.
We have a slight chance for rain today and tonight but it looks like it's probably all gone. Then for the next seven days we having normal August weather--sunny and hot! That's okay, we've been humid and hot for a couple of weeks now.
Yesterday was full of unexpected things. First, some contractor from the electric coop came and said they were going to be clearing out all the trees and brush under their lines and they would reach my property in a couple of weeks. I think this is supposed to be done with some regularity but it hasn't been done out here in decades. Really, I can't even describe what the pastures are like here. Pastures to us are not open meadow kind of places. They are very thick with cactus, thorny brush, mesquite trees, Chinaberry and hackberry trees and a few other scrubby varieties of growth. We're always happy to have any area cleared so it can be accessed. But since some of it will be near the house, I did have to make some determination about whether to leave some trees.
Then I drove down to the well and found the cows standing around a bone dry watering trough. I don't know how or when the pump got turned off. So I turned it back on and went back later to check. Need to go again this morning.
After lunch I heard a noise out back, thought it was the wind but went out and found a nice surprise. I'd been waiting for a week or two for someone to show up to clear off an area so I can have a large storage building delivered, and they finally came. Finally, I will be able to clean out the old garage/shop (my niece's son has said he'll do it for me, with her help and what pitiful little help I can contribute). The shop is full of equipment/tools, large and small, so we'll throw out what is no good and put the usable stuff in the new storage building. This is an attempt to get rid of some of the varmints. The old shop is wide open and has been a wonderful haven for them for a long, long time.
While I was out there talking to the guys who were making the clearing for me, the physical therapist came so I came in to see her last go round with the husband. We signed off on that and there probably won't be any reason for her to ever come back. She's my favorite all-time physical therapist.
It was late in the day by then, but not too late for a grand finale to an eventful day. Around seven, the husband was in his wheelchair and decided he would get into his old recliner, which does NOT have a lift function. He has gotten into it a few times when I'm not around and has had a very hard time getting out of it but he forgets about that. When I'm around I usually manage to catch him and tell him he may not be able to get out of it. Well, last night he went up to it and declared, "I'm going to get in this chair that you always tell me not to get in."
So he started trying to get in it but didn't make it. He went down on his knees, with his face and upper body landing in the seat of the chair.
There was no way he was going to get up from that position so I called 911. Those dear people are so sweet. The lady and one of the two young men have been coming for a long time (though we haven't needed them recently). She kids around with my husband, which makes it easier for all of us. I had put pillows under his knees and there he was on his knees with his face down when she walked in. She asked him, "What are you doing, praying?" Lol....it did look that way. So they got him up and back into his lift chair. As they were driving away, my cows, which were in the yard at the time, started bawling and seemed to want to follow the emergency truck. Ha ha, maybe they thought it was a cube cart. Can you believe after they were gone my husband still wanted to get in that old recliner? :angry: No way was I letting that happen.
I did sleep pretty well, except for being awakened at some point by a strange and creepy noise. After listening for a while I decided it must be a bull, making its low, guttural sound, which isn't unusual, but then it seemed there was an owl carrying on too. Maybe I was in some kind of dream world but honestly, it sounded like they were talking back and forth to each other!
I'm glad you had a nice visit with your friend. I hope you can go see her in Alabama soon.
