What's everybody doing today?

[NannyPatty]

I wouldn’t watch if my hubby didn’t. I don’t like the negativity. Our local news is bad enough.

 

[Meerkat]

Finally got that fridge cleaned out. . Now time to tackle the floors again.

 

[Meerkat]

I wouldn’t watch if my hubby didn’t. I don’t like the negativity. Our local news is bad enough.

Thats what my hubby says about me. I'm trying to take his advice and shut the heck up about it all.

 

[Meerkat]

Thanks, Gumpy. I’m just an ole country gal who thinks a garden should just be a part of the landscape regardless of not even being a particularly good one. However, sometimes it just isn’t worth the trouble and expense of keeping it alive. Okla has had drought conditions for several years now. Hubby is Chickasaw Indian and an elder in age. We get some very nice perks from his tribe including vouchers for fresh garden produce from local farmers. God is always faithful to provide!

We are not in a drought but too much rain washing the nutrients out of this soil here, plus we got a real late start and in a hurry and bad results.
NannyP, Hope you get rain soon.

 

[jimLE]

Finally got that fridge cleaned out. . Now time to tackle the floors again.

Come clean my floors next if you want.just leave my fridge n freezer alone.if you don't want a nuclear war on your hands.lol

 

[Meerkat]

Come clean my floors next if you want.just leave my fridge n freezer alone.if you don't want a nuclear war on your hands.lol

Jim not sure how good I'd be right now after standing on my head to clean that fridge.

 

[snappy1]

Ebay and laundry today. Already written 4 drafts. Must get garden wagon to put hay and grain in for goats. Have to pull it around in wagon as DH's money pit jeep is not shifting again. My jeep is older '98 and excellent! His came from a mechanic, is newer '01 and has cost more than we paid for it. But he loves it.

 

[Grimm]

I made these for today...

Vanilla cupcakes baked in ice cream cones topped with chocolate buttercream.

 

[hiwall]

I had bought an axe/mattock head at a yard sale for $1. I decided today that I wanted to use it so I made a handle out of an oak board I had available. I used mostly hand tools to shape the handle (draw knife and small wood plane). Took about 2 hours to complete. I tried it when I got it together and it worked perfect to remove some invasive bushes around the place.

 

[GrannyG]

Such a great day....Weaver was here...just saying that makes me laugh...he brought fried chicken, cole slaw, and macaroni salad...….I had lime tarts with whipped cream for dessert...and he and Benny told funny stories till I was laughing so hard, I almost cried....since Weaver was an auctioneer, he has sold items all over the U.S. and he told about selling bag balm...told them how it worked for jock itch...and we were in stitches..."Just grab half a hand full of that stuff and smear it on like Crisco on biscuits"...Oh my....a joyful day...just sent him home with okra, and blackeyed peas, and I pulled up some fresh onions for him.

 

[Meerkat]

Such a great day....Weaver was here...just saying that makes me laugh...he brought fried chicken, cole slaw, and macaroni salad...….I had lime tarts with whipped cream for dessert...and he and Benny told funny stories till I was laughing so hard, I almost cried....since Weaver was an auctioneer, he has sold items all over the U.S. and he told about selling bag balm...told them how it worked for jock itch...and we were in stitches..."Just grab half a hand full of that stuff and smear it on like Crisco on biscuits"...Oh my....a joyful day...just sent him home with okra, and blackeyed peas, and I pulled up some fresh onions for him.

GrannyG, we could all use some of those kind of days. Laughing is good for the soul.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@NannyPatty that is so good that you get vouchers for fresh vegetables as your husband is an elder Native American and you are right God is good and provides. I hope you get much needed rain there as we have just got. It is sprinkling at the moment and has done all night.

For a bit of an interesting fact DH is of part Blackfoot Indian decent too , part Chinese, Scandinavian (Viking), Scottish and Irish. Yep he is built to match the Viking decent in stature as well.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@Grimm those cupcakes look scrumptious and you are making me hungry, I love especially chocolate buttercream icing yum yum .

 

[Terri9630]

@Meerkat and an article on a blog just for you about taking it easy and ignoring the politics you should read from GDonna's website - http://gdonna.com/living-like-the-past/it-aint-no-easy-street/ , take note of how much better she feels by building her castle. I won't copy and paste it because it is long but it is a motto I live by too. Or maybe I should read more news to raise my already low blood pressure .

@Terri9630 yep I thought so as a diagnosis for your daughter, the lack of blood flow is a postural thing just like I have so her circulation is sluggish too. At least you know how to treat it now and the salt solution will raise her blood pressure so it is good I can tell you I use salt and it helps a great deal after a fainting spell.

How do you get the extra salt in your diet? She's eating every salty thing we can find we're not up to what the Dr said. Salt pills?

 

[timmie]

i finally went through a box of stuff my mother had given to me a few weeks ago. to my surprise it had a lot of crochet doilies she had made and a cookie tin full of santa claus. she knows i love them both. there was also a couple doilies my grandmother had made. yes i will always treasure them.

 

[Amish Heart]

Husband had to add salt to his diet and drank V-8's and Gatorade. That helped.

 

[timmie]

hubby's older brother had a stroke. it affected his left side. we are goints g to see him today and check on my parents and do a little shopping.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@Terri9630 good suggestions from @Amish Heart on the gatorade and V8 juice too as both are high in salt. Another suggestion is just straight salt in the crook between the thumb and second finger and eating some of that after fainting followed by water. I found this for me anyway was the most effective after passing out. Another suggestion is putting vegemite on her toast each morning which is also high is salt, another suggestion salt dissolved in water and drunk as well. Salt on foods as well work.

Hope this helps.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Started off the morning with doing some emails about a trade I am doing at the moment with a friend for more natural lip balms she makes for herbs and flower petals and buds from the gardens and dried herbs.

We then separated some more of both English Lavender and French lavender that we are using as part of our trading and the went and picked some marigold flowers also for the trade. Then we went into town to pick up a special order for a bulk roll of jute twine which we use a lot for drying herbs and other uses, 13 more tins of spam to add to our grocery stockpile and 1.5 kg of strawberries on a good special too.

Back home again where we dated and put away all the groceries and tonight's dinner was harvest long life meat and veges served on rice.

 

[Amish Heart]

I'm going to try to finish the painting in the upstairs bedroom today...I need another coat of white on the walls, ceiling, and then dark brown on some trim. It's plank boards upstairs on the floor, so I use a few coats of white floor paint. Late afternoon we'll be stopping by my cousin Harry's house and driving to his back property where he's made a campsite that people use. It's right next to a pond with good fishing. Then out to dinner.
We had a large group of family here last night for supper and fireworks, so lots to clean up today.

 

[squirrelhunter]

Another scorcher today so I'm staying inside again. Tomorrow it's suppose to be down into the 70s so I can finally finish mowing the yard and get the bow sighted in.

 

[tiffanysgallery]

The 4th of July holiday made a nice break in the work week.

It would be wonderful if every week we celebrated our country's birthday on a Wednesday. Monday or Fridays are OK too.

 

[WVDragonlady]

We replaced the decking part of the front porch and also did the ramp leading to it along with the 2 steps off to the side. Looks good and should last a long time

 

[Terri9630]

Husband had to add salt to his diet and drank V-8's and Gatorade. That helped.

She's been drinking a lot of Gatorade.

 

[phideaux]

Sitting in VA hospital waiting for my annual pacemaker/defib checkout .

Jim

 

[txcatlady]

I balanced my checkbook and paid bills yesterday. Last payment on my tractor and my truck. I plan to start hitting my credit card balances and putting some away for savings/maybe a CD starting next month. In October, husbands starts Medicare and that will be $400.00 that I won't pay for his health insurance. He plans to pay out of his SS check. We shall see! Even if I have to pick up those payments, it will be cheaper than what I am paying. Mine is only $200.00 for health insurance. When I go on Medicare in December, the cost will not change much for me. Need to start looking in to our life insurance policy and see how long that is good for. Maybe term and fixing to expire.

 

[Terri9630]

@Terri9630 good suggestions from @Amish Heart on the gatorade and V8 juice too as both are high in salt. Another suggestion is just straight salt in the crook between the thumb and second finger and eating some of that after fainting followed by water. I found this for me anyway was the most effective after passing out. Another suggestion is putting vegemite on her toast each morning which is also high is salt, another suggestion salt dissolved in water and drunk as well. Salt on foods as well work.

Hope this helps.

I'm pretty sure there would never be a bite taken out of that vegemite toast. Our neighbor loved the stuff, she told the kid vegemite was Australian for peanut butter. She about decorated their kitchen floor.

Hubby did bring home a country ham this morning. I cooked some up with her eggs for breakfast without soaking it. She ate it so I guess it wasn't to salty for her. I can't eat it that way.

 

[WVDragonlady]

Heres the ramp part of the porch. The more gray boards are the newer ones we had to buy ( great discount down to half price! $11 a foot) to finish the ramp.

The porch deck part. The different tints are because some were apparently out in the sun so that was why that batch was only $6 foot. I don't care. Its better than what was there lol

Of course Bella had to see what Mom was doing . She's a momma's girl. When I sit she's between my legs wanting hugs and petting. And people say pitbulls are mean phfft! oh and thats her brother's big head at the bottom of the pic lol He's a goof

I'm sure in another year or so we'll get to the rails but for now they'll do. They work and thats all I care about

 

[Meerkat]

Doing housework and thinking of @MoBookworm1957 . Hoping she is doing fien after surgery.

 

[Meerkat]

Heres the ramp part of the porch. The more gray boards are the newer ones we had to buy ( great discount down to half price! $11 a foot) to finish the ramp.

The porch deck part. The different tints are because some were apparently out in the sun so that was why that batch was only $6 foot. I don't care. Its better than what was there lol

Of course Bella had to see what Mom was doing . She's a momma's girl. When I sit she's between my legs wanting hugs and petting. And people say pitbulls are mean phfft! oh and thats her brother's big head at the bottom of the pic lol He's a goof

I'm sure in another year or so we'll get to the rails but for now they'll do. They work and thats all I care about

Looks good.:green man: