Good morning to all. Â The birds are singing, the sun is shining and the rain has stopped for the time being…storms are to return this afternoon. Â I love the humidity we are surrounded by and lush green foliage…my flowers and shrubs have never looked so beautiful. We now have snakes and toads in the front yard for the boys to hunt….I know we have had snakes in the past, but I do not recall toads…at least I think it’s a toad…I heard him croaking day before yesterday and saw him yesterday…so did our oldest and he says it is a toad, so there you have it….a toad it is.
The boys woke up early on there own today, they must have finally caught up on their sleep. Â The oldest just left for swim team and the youngest is next to me on the couch playing a game that has been missing since we went to California for my mom’s birthday in April…it’s like having a brand new toy…good times.
Little Lady fell last night right before I went down to give Bunkie his insulin shot. Her leg went out from under her when she was taking a step up to her porch. Thankfully nothing is broken, but all of the skin was scraped off her forearm from an inch above her wrist to an inch below her elbow…she also hit her forehead right above her left eye and she will no doubt have another “Shiner”. I have to change the bandage this morning and then one of the neighbors will take her to the doctor if she can get an appointment with Kaiser today.
I had my my meeting from 9:45p.m. until almost 11:00 and it was all I could do to stay awake. Â It was hard for my friend as well…she got pulled over for swerving on the way home. Â The nice officer just made sure we were okay and then sent us on our way. Â We told him that we had a meeting at work and that neither one of us was accustom to being up so late. Â He said he could relate because he had recently started working the graveyard shift. Lucky for us they don’t serve cocktails at work meetings!!
Today we have Paolo and Kristina with us. I will take Kristina down to Cherry Creek where she has an appointment to have her hair done before they head off to Vegas. I think this afternoon I’ll drive her up to Red Rocks for a photo opp so she can take advantage of the gorgeous natural beauty of the Amphitheater. Paolo has a wine tasting from 1 to 5 and then they have to head to the airport tonight.
I called my dad yesterday and he is still not feeling up to par after his illness over Father’s Day weekend. He said he would call a doctor this week…I’ll follow up to make sure that he does indeed make an appointment.
I haven’t been up to Grandma’s to plant the day lilies that I have for her yet, so that will be on my to do list this weekend….plus I really like to visit with her. Â I bet her pond is almost overflowing with all of this rain….handing off to the mister….time to make breakfast….
OK, you could easily tell that was the misses. Now, where should I start, hmmmmmm. You all thought I was going to jump right into politics, right? Well not today, instead I’m focusing on getting the house cleaned and organizing the basement. I personally don’t like all the humidity like the misses. We have lots of mushrooms growing in the front yard plus all this moisture leads to mold and rust, two things we don’t need around here. Right now I have the attic fan on and all the windows open trying to suck some of the moist stale air out of the house with a cool morning breeze. They say the rains are going to continue at least through next week while the midwest is in the middle of a dangerous heatwave. Can’t wait for it all to end.
Lots of water in the mountains too. We just received some windmill parts I had to get from Nebraska that will soon be getting the water pumping up in North Park although right now there’s plenty of water. After fixing this one, all four windmills will be up and pumping water again. My dad would love to see this I’m sure. The whole State has never been so wet. I did manage to draw a second rifle season over the counter elk tag for this fall. On Sunday the oldest and I go to the first day of his Hunter Safety class from 3 until 7pm. We then have to do some work at home on the computer and have another class from 6 to 11pm on the 27th. This is mandatory in the State of Colorado for anyone born after Jan 1, 1949 to get any type of hunting license. I took my class when I was 13 years old and am the proud holder of license number 402! With all the hunters in this state, 402 is a pretty low number. After completion of the course, which you can’t take until you’re 9 years old, you can get a license to hunt small game. You have to wait until your 12 years old to hunt big game. So this means this fall he can hunt pheasants, rabbits, squirrels and other small game. The only thing I plan on letting him participate in this year is pheasant hunting. I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. He’s really excited to go hunting and I’m really excited to take him. he can go elk hunting with me, he just can’t take the shot. We might also try our hand at turkey hunting but we’ll have to wait and see. I tried but didn’t draw an antelope tag. I don’t really understand this as they’re everywhere! I’m glad they have this safety class as a requirement in Colorado as it’ll make sure he understands safety comes first. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a life long passion for him. Too many kids don’t get any exposure to the outdoors anymore, not our boys, they’re all in.
I just had to take a break and run down to the Little Old Lady’s house to check out her arm. The misses called and wanted me to take a look at it. It seems last night the neighbor lady decided to rip off the lose skin and cover the wound with a bandage while she should have left it open. Anyhow it looks much worse than it is but it’s a good laceration. It’ll need to be cleaned (probably scraped with a brush now) and then wrapped but she should heal ok. The bump on her head, and the headache she had all night, is much more of a concern. It’s good she’s going to the doctor this morning. She gets around alright but seems to fall quite a bit. I think this is because she has that damned oxygen hose attached to her all the time and it probably gets tangled in her feet. Luckily she has strong bones or she could have been a goner by now with all the falls she’s had. Looks like God is watching out for her.
It’s almost 8 and I should hit the showers.We have lots going on, (again) today! I can’t remember a day when we didn’t have a lot going on! Oh well, we’re living life to the fullest, no down time here and never a dull moment. We wish you all a great weekend and hope you’re all doing well. Give us a call over the weekend and say hi if you have a chance. Take care and God Bless,
p.s. I made it, no politics today!