I’ve been procrastinating again. I’ll blame it on the hot weather. I’ve thought about coming to the blog as so
much happened in June.
My daughter and I went to the Barry Manilow Concert which
was fantastic and we had a great weekend together. Then about a week later, I got hit with a
bug. It really knocked the wind out of
my sales. It was like a summer cold
without a lot of the runny nose thing but I was achy, feverish, and for two
days I stayed in bed most of the time sleeping. I lost my appetite and about 6 pounds which I
hate to admit I’ve gained back. It
lasted about a week although the cough lasted almost two weeks and still flares
up at times. But it also caused ear
aches, headaches and heaviness in the chest.
It was a mean bug and I hope it doesn’t come back.
I was over the worst part but still a little on the weak
side when it came up for our yard sale.
Melanie came down to help and bless her heart, she did most of the work. It was a hot weekend and glad we only had it
for two days. On the last day, we waited
until that evening to load it up as it was a little cooler but still worked up
a good sweat.
I also had a surprise one day when I couldn’t get online and
it was during the time I was ill so I waited until the next day to call only to
find out that my internet provider pulled the plug without any notice. Well, that led to me going with a connection
that I’m not thrilled with but not having any choices, I either had to take it
or go without and I’m so spoiled, I knew that going to town once a week to use
wi-fi wouldn’t work for me. So not sure
where this will go but still not happy with it.
I had some excitement one evening when I had gone out to
give fresh water to the cats and to water my plants. I was standing on the sidewalk watching my cats
lay in the grass that I had soaked down for them when something caught my eye. It was a 9” Copperhead lying on the sidewalk
in front of my shed doors. I looked
around and realized my neighbors across the street were gone, Spike had company
so there was nothing to do but to get the hoe and kill it. I walked around to get the hoe and I’m sure I
made quite a sight as I stretched it out as far as I could and then began
whacking it. I did kill it and was able
to get it on a shovel to toss over the back fence.
About the time I saw it, so did a couple of my kitty cats
and they were watching it as it laid there but moved when I began to whack
it. Guess they were afraid I might get
them. Anyway, it kind of surprised them
as much as me as I’m sure they weren’t aware of it as they laid on the grass
but did finally notice it as it crawled onto the sidewalk.
It is the first one I’ve seen in over two years. I’m sure they are here and I’m always on the
alert for them but I’ve relied on my kitty cats to keep them away. Here lately, it has been so hot that the cats
are all gathered under the car in the car port or in the shaded grassy area
that I wet down for them.
Then it was time to get ready for the 4th of
July. We were to have some of Melanie’s
friends come down from Tulsa but they were unable to make it so it was just
her, Zach and my friend Spike and me.
But we had quite a fireworks show thanks to my grandson Zach and we
enjoyed some drinks, snacks and good music as well as a lot of laughs and good
conversation. So we had a good time even
though it was just the 4 of us.
But now the holiday is over, the decorations taken down and
time to stay inside away from this excessive heat. Hopefully we’ll have a break soon and get
some rain as we are so dry. We had a
little shower a couple of days before the 4th but not enough to
really count. The grass is brown and I
haven’t had to worry about mowing.
The summer is going by quickly and soon it will be September
and fall. I prefer the warmer temps but
not exactly the triple digits but it will be nice to have the nice days of
September.
I hope you are having a great summer. I’ll try not to be such a procrastinator from
now on but since my time is somewhat limited on the new internet service, I
will be writing my blog in Word and copying and pasting to it since I’m afraid
I’ll run out of time on the wireless phone card I’m using now. They say I can get 3 to 4 hours but haven’t
had it happen yet and have already replaced one device as it didn’t work worth
a darn.
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