I can't believe here we are, the end of July. I feel like June was just ending! Time is flying by way faster than I ever remembering it happening as a kid.
Today and tomorrow we are under a heat advisory. Today we are looking at 103 and tomorrow at 101. Yet tomorrow is supposed to be the worse of the two days. After Wednesday, the temps finally start to dip a little bit down into the 90s. With an 88 on Saturday. It is so crazy to see that we are hotter here than in Georgia!
Today is pretty overcast, so it might help a little bit. But that's not cloud cover. Upper level winds are bringing in the smoke from the California fires. It's the craziest thing to see a smoke forecast in motion, where is shows the movement of the smoke and where it is the worst. Looking at makes me think I should be watching a storm pattern, not a smoke pattern. There's about six or seven North-ish of us. The closest which is still about ninety minutes away and no threat to us, is up near McCall. People in the area can't get in or out as all the roads have been closed.
Looking at images of some of the devastation from the Idyllwild fire which was arson, they caught the suspect who was seen throwing light flares as he drove down the road. And Carr Fire over in Redding. It's heartbreaking.
We've had a hawk hanging out in our trees the last few days. There are at least three or four pairs that live around here, but this one has been here alone as far as I can tell. It cries and circles every day just about. I went out to check on the chicken and found two hawk feathers. They can't get her, she's pretty secure in her pen. We had three ducks left, they were pretty much allowed out around the yard. They'd go in their pen at night. When they started fixing the roof though, they hightailed it to the little watering hole on the neighbor's property. They were on their way home when they were attacked by a weasel. They were found after the fact by the neighbor. They were so close to home when they were attacked.
Momma T. has already started tearing down the pen area where they all used to live, the chickens and ducks. Once it gets cooler, we're going to build new pens and redo the fencing. Then we'll look at getting more of both. We almost had a turkey given to us, but the person decided to keep him after all.
If you would have told me one day I'd be living with farm animals, I would have said you were nuts. But now, I can't imagine not having them. I miss our "Big Girls". They used to let us pick them up and pet them. They would come to the back door and chatter at us. They were the best.
Today is also the last day of Camp NaNoWriMo. I haven't done as well as I would like. I even lowered my goal, but I still think I am going to miss it. I need roughly 2300 words to win. Not impossible, so who knows. Maybe I will get a big spark of inspiration and bring it home at the last minute.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Friday, July 27, 2018
Full Blood Moon/Lunar Eclipse Blessings
I am disappointed that we won't be able to see the Eclipse today. Especially since it is a Lunar one. They say this moon and eclipse is powerful. Heralding in rebirth, new beginnings, releasing of the old and what no longer serves.
I started feeling the emotional rollercoaster of energies a couple of days ago. It was taking everything I had in me to control it. My horoscope for this full moon from Your Spirit Sparkle is talking about authenticity, speaking your truth, transparency.
The plan is to set some intentions for this Full Moon/Eclipse. I don't know if this would qualify as an intention, but one intention is to do a legal name change. Do we even talk about intentions? Is that okay? Or do we keep them between us and Momma Moon?
I want to release what no longer serves me. I want speak my truth, live authentically. I want to be more creative and live an intentionally creative life.
In other ramblings......
I tried to eat a plum today. I haven't had one in years. I pretty much have to swear off all fresh fruit except for bananas, watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries. And well, my experiment failed. I didn't have a full blown allergic reaction, but I do feel it some. I can eat canned fruits no problem. But try to eat "raw" plums, apples, peaches, etc and I regret it.
Having some new to me symptoms the last few days. Couple days ago, we stopped at Target and my right foot started to cramp up. I just about got it to settle down, then the left foot started. Got that one to less up to almost stop, then the right foot started all over again. Back and forth it went for over an hour. At one point, they were just about doing it at the same time. It was painful and annoying! The other evening, my hands felt like they were cramping in the palms and felt a bit numb-ish. My right hand bothered me so badly I couldn't even hold the mouse. Yesterday we had to run a few errands, Costco and the grocery store. After we were done at the grocery store, the center of my back between my shoulder blades hurt so bad. Later on, the pain in my lower back and hips flared up. Then the right foot tried to cramp, which ran up to behind my knee making it feel tight and stiff and very painful.
SIGH!
Anyway....Wishing many blessings on this Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Happy Hump Day!
It is Wednesday, right? UGH! Sometimes it feels like the days, hours run together so tightly that I can keep track. It doesn't even feel like it should be nearly the end of the month either.
Triple digits for the next week at least, again. Supposed to be 102 today. 9:00 MST it's already like 81 and feels awful out there. Sticky, hot. Right now, it feels better in the house. But around 4:30, 5:00 that will change and it will feel like a swamp in here.
Then there is the smoke! NWS of Boise says we will have smoke until at least Thursday. We have one burning to the South at the ID/NV line called the Owyhee Fire. Then there are about five burning in the Boise National Forest in various places. Then another about six hours away near the ID/WA area. Look West and there is one near Bend, OR and another near Medford, OR. All the ones in CA. You can smell it in the air. It makes your throat feel scratchy and you feel like you want to constantly cough. No amount of drinking fluids makes the feeling go away. It also gives you a headache.
In other thoughts, I was going to enter or was considering at least to submit a couple of photos to the county fair. The prizes aren't huge. One fair, the big one next month awards like $15 for 1st prize. The little one that is this weekend, awards $3 for 1st prize and there was another category that I didn't understand that awards $20. But I gave it some thought and decided that I would wait until next year's fairs. I will look up all the local ones I can enter. That will give me time to take some more photos (not that I don't have enough to pick from!) . Pick which I want to use. Then get them printed and mounted so they are ready to go.
Another reason I want to wait, is that I am hoping that I can scrap together the money I will need for a name change. I can't find anything in the rules that says I have to use my legal name, but then I don't want it to be a cause for disqualification if I didn't use it. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say. I should have jumped at the opportunity when he asked me if I wanted to go back to my maiden name all those years ago. Instead, I hemmed and hawed over it. I didn't think he was serious. No point in wallowing in regrets about it though. I can't change what I didn't do then. I have about $100 or so saved, I still need another $150-$200 for it. I was really going to save the money to buy a new lens for my camera. But I feel like this is something I need to do.
YIKES! Time is getting away from me. I have to put dinner together and get it in the crockpot.
Stay safe, Stay cool!
Triple digits for the next week at least, again. Supposed to be 102 today. 9:00 MST it's already like 81 and feels awful out there. Sticky, hot. Right now, it feels better in the house. But around 4:30, 5:00 that will change and it will feel like a swamp in here.
Then there is the smoke! NWS of Boise says we will have smoke until at least Thursday. We have one burning to the South at the ID/NV line called the Owyhee Fire. Then there are about five burning in the Boise National Forest in various places. Then another about six hours away near the ID/WA area. Look West and there is one near Bend, OR and another near Medford, OR. All the ones in CA. You can smell it in the air. It makes your throat feel scratchy and you feel like you want to constantly cough. No amount of drinking fluids makes the feeling go away. It also gives you a headache.
In other thoughts, I was going to enter or was considering at least to submit a couple of photos to the county fair. The prizes aren't huge. One fair, the big one next month awards like $15 for 1st prize. The little one that is this weekend, awards $3 for 1st prize and there was another category that I didn't understand that awards $20. But I gave it some thought and decided that I would wait until next year's fairs. I will look up all the local ones I can enter. That will give me time to take some more photos (not that I don't have enough to pick from!) . Pick which I want to use. Then get them printed and mounted so they are ready to go.
Another reason I want to wait, is that I am hoping that I can scrap together the money I will need for a name change. I can't find anything in the rules that says I have to use my legal name, but then I don't want it to be a cause for disqualification if I didn't use it. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say. I should have jumped at the opportunity when he asked me if I wanted to go back to my maiden name all those years ago. Instead, I hemmed and hawed over it. I didn't think he was serious. No point in wallowing in regrets about it though. I can't change what I didn't do then. I have about $100 or so saved, I still need another $150-$200 for it. I was really going to save the money to buy a new lens for my camera. But I feel like this is something I need to do.
YIKES! Time is getting away from me. I have to put dinner together and get it in the crockpot.
Stay safe, Stay cool!
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Sunday Summary
It's been too hot to do much of anything except putter around the house. But after awhile, it even gets too hot to do that.
I just had a thought. It goes back to Dr Kellee's workshop for Woman Unleashed. One thing I have been wanting to do/feel is be my authentic and true self. To speak my truth, be who I was meant to be. But, I never get to bring myself to do it. If I start, I fall back into old habits and ways of being. It just now hit me, why I don't get any further. I am afraid people won't like me if I am my authentic self. I bury the Brooklyn in me because people don't like it. She's too coarse, too loud. If I speak my truth, people won't like me. So instead I stay silent, I stay in my old way of being. I don't know how to change that because the fear is real.
Pretty much most of the counter and floor space has been found again at the house here. It's nice to see the house being a house again. Fall might be a time of repainting part of a room and doing some touch up and wall repairs where we dinged corners and what-not. But that all depends on how Momma T's recovery is going. Turns out she fractured her L-1! All from turning wrong while lifting something. OUCH!!!!!!!!
Yesterday, I was out of commission myself. We've been off coffee for pretty much a week or so. She and I have both been finding that drinking the coffee was making us nauseous in the mornings. So as an experiment we switched to tea. Which I'm fine with really. I LOVE my tea! But towards the end of the week, I started waking up with a mild headache that was more annoying than painful. But yesterday, it was a full blown migraine that even made sick to my stomach. I went back to bed and slept for another 3 hours but it didn't help. There was some coffee yesterday, so I grabbed a half a cup and an Advil Migraine. Then stayed in bed all day nursing it with copious amounts of catching up on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime and then watching The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Because Lord of the Rings makes everything better.
I feel way better than I did yesterday. At least I feel human and like I can function on some sort of level. Yesterday I couldn't even help with little Miss M. Everything sounded like someone was dragging a needle across a vinyl record.
Here's hoping I don't have one of those again!!!!!!! It was NOT fun!
I just had a thought. It goes back to Dr Kellee's workshop for Woman Unleashed. One thing I have been wanting to do/feel is be my authentic and true self. To speak my truth, be who I was meant to be. But, I never get to bring myself to do it. If I start, I fall back into old habits and ways of being. It just now hit me, why I don't get any further. I am afraid people won't like me if I am my authentic self. I bury the Brooklyn in me because people don't like it. She's too coarse, too loud. If I speak my truth, people won't like me. So instead I stay silent, I stay in my old way of being. I don't know how to change that because the fear is real.
Pretty much most of the counter and floor space has been found again at the house here. It's nice to see the house being a house again. Fall might be a time of repainting part of a room and doing some touch up and wall repairs where we dinged corners and what-not. But that all depends on how Momma T's recovery is going. Turns out she fractured her L-1! All from turning wrong while lifting something. OUCH!!!!!!!!
Yesterday, I was out of commission myself. We've been off coffee for pretty much a week or so. She and I have both been finding that drinking the coffee was making us nauseous in the mornings. So as an experiment we switched to tea. Which I'm fine with really. I LOVE my tea! But towards the end of the week, I started waking up with a mild headache that was more annoying than painful. But yesterday, it was a full blown migraine that even made sick to my stomach. I went back to bed and slept for another 3 hours but it didn't help. There was some coffee yesterday, so I grabbed a half a cup and an Advil Migraine. Then stayed in bed all day nursing it with copious amounts of catching up on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime and then watching The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Because Lord of the Rings makes everything better.
I feel way better than I did yesterday. At least I feel human and like I can function on some sort of level. Yesterday I couldn't even help with little Miss M. Everything sounded like someone was dragging a needle across a vinyl record.
Here's hoping I don't have one of those again!!!!!!! It was NOT fun!
Monday, July 16, 2018
Practice, Practice, Practice
So I was lucky enough to finish up watching the Woman Unleashed video sessions that I was drawn to or interested in.
As I mentioned yesterday, I came away with quite a few nuggets of wisdom. One of the last ones I watched today was the one with Dr. Kellee. It was another one of those that the topic got changed at the last moment so it didn't match the title. I almost didn't watch it because I thought it was going to be on weight loss and such. But then I saw some ladies posting about it, so I watched it and I'm glad I did. While it did touch on weight loss, the principles she talked about can (I think) be applied in many areas of life.
One of the things I came away with from that one was committing to 3 doable daily steps. I have to figure out what those might be and then start to practice them.
And there is the magic word. PRACTICE!
I do some of these sessions, whether is the ones from Woman Unleashed or some other online retreat/seminar/class/etc. I get fired up about this or that. I'm super excited in the moment. I might even do it for a day or two, a week maybe. And then...............nothing. It's not that the message or practice doesn't resonate with me still, because most often it does. It's just I seem to let every thing and every one stop me from doing it.
Whether it's that I just procrastinate until the day is done and over, or I let little comments get in my head and discourage me. Or, it's myself and the gremlins of fear and doubt that creep in and stop me.
I'm so tired of that merry go round. Ya know. It's like a broken record as my mother used to say. I want to get off that ride. I want to live to the beat of a different drum, song.
I want to live a creative life, an intentional life. I just don't know how to get from the wanting to the doing, daily. I don't want the Winter Solstice to come around and the next Woman Unleashed retreat is starting and I'm right back to where I am now.
As I mentioned yesterday, I came away with quite a few nuggets of wisdom. One of the last ones I watched today was the one with Dr. Kellee. It was another one of those that the topic got changed at the last moment so it didn't match the title. I almost didn't watch it because I thought it was going to be on weight loss and such. But then I saw some ladies posting about it, so I watched it and I'm glad I did. While it did touch on weight loss, the principles she talked about can (I think) be applied in many areas of life.
One of the things I came away with from that one was committing to 3 doable daily steps. I have to figure out what those might be and then start to practice them.
And there is the magic word. PRACTICE!
I do some of these sessions, whether is the ones from Woman Unleashed or some other online retreat/seminar/class/etc. I get fired up about this or that. I'm super excited in the moment. I might even do it for a day or two, a week maybe. And then...............nothing. It's not that the message or practice doesn't resonate with me still, because most often it does. It's just I seem to let every thing and every one stop me from doing it.
Whether it's that I just procrastinate until the day is done and over, or I let little comments get in my head and discourage me. Or, it's myself and the gremlins of fear and doubt that creep in and stop me.
I'm so tired of that merry go round. Ya know. It's like a broken record as my mother used to say. I want to get off that ride. I want to live to the beat of a different drum, song.
I want to live a creative life, an intentional life. I just don't know how to get from the wanting to the doing, daily. I don't want the Winter Solstice to come around and the next Woman Unleashed retreat is starting and I'm right back to where I am now.
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Sunday Summary
The weekend is coming to a close and so is Woman Unleashed. I've spent the last couple of days working through some of the workshops I wanted to view.
A particular favorite as always was Our Lady of Self Blessing with Shiloh Sophia. I did a early draft of one in my art pad with markers. But I think I might go bigger and do it up proper with paint.
Next favorite, Lollipop Girl Mermaid with Tam from Willowing. Tam is one of the artists I first discovered 10 years ago. I've attempted a few of her classes. I "did" Lifebook in I want to say 2012? All the classes and pdf's are on my other hard drive. I really need to work on popping it into my current PC so that I can work through them.
Writing Spirit with Lynn Andrews and Intuitive Writing with Shereen Sun were both very informative. Loved Lisa Marie's session.
Okay, let me be real here. I don't think that there was one session that I viewed that I didn't enjoy.
Some take away nuggets:
A particular favorite as always was Our Lady of Self Blessing with Shiloh Sophia. I did a early draft of one in my art pad with markers. But I think I might go bigger and do it up proper with paint.
Next favorite, Lollipop Girl Mermaid with Tam from Willowing. Tam is one of the artists I first discovered 10 years ago. I've attempted a few of her classes. I "did" Lifebook in I want to say 2012? All the classes and pdf's are on my other hard drive. I really need to work on popping it into my current PC so that I can work through them.
Writing Spirit with Lynn Andrews and Intuitive Writing with Shereen Sun were both very informative. Loved Lisa Marie's session.
Okay, let me be real here. I don't think that there was one session that I viewed that I didn't enjoy.
Some take away nuggets:
- The magic is on the other side of fear.
- Be present in the journey.
- Thank you fire for burning off what no longer serves me.
- Self blessing is a form of cultivating the sacred within our own life.
- Your Presence On This Earth Is INTENTIONAL And ON PURPOSE.
- Everyone has a book inside of them.
- We speak most clearly when we are passionate about something.
- The time of the lone wolf is over.
I'm sure there is more. Some that I missed because I couldn't write it all down. Some that I didn't watch.
The next session of Woman Unleashed will be in the Winter. Totally worth checking out!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Thursday's Thoughts
So, I am finally making time to work through the offerings of Woman Unleashed today. I have until Sunday to do all the ones I care to partake in. And the one I watched this afternoon was pretty powerful.
I've been feeling a bit like a lone wolf as of late. I have no family, no friends around to speak of. Some people I connected with via blogs have fade into the background that is life. And that's okay, friendships can ebb and flow like that. We all have shit going on in our lives that distract us from connecting.
But I have been thinking about how I have never really been part of a big group of friends. I've had a few small connections here and there. But eventually time lead us apart. And even those I have reconnected with thanks to Facebook, the closeness that may have once been there isn't the same. Things are mostly happy birthdays and an occasional comment on a post here and there. There is no deep connections or conversations.
When I left Brooklyn, I never thought about how I was leaving my people behind. I blindly jumped on what I thought was going to be a good thing, even though just a year earlier I got a preview that it wasn't going to be. But I ignored the warning signs, ignored my gut, my intuition and we moved to Florida. I was alone. I struggled more to fit in than when I was in high school. I made no real friends in Florida. And was happy to move to Georgia.
But, then guess what. It was no different one state over. Save that I did make at least one friend. She helped me to get out when I was ready by driving me to the airport and helping me get my stuff to the pack and ship.
Now here I am in a new state, 2200 miles away. I still have no friends. No kindreds that I can go out to coffee with or share thoughts and ideas with. I have the people around me, and I have bonded with Momma T.
Yet I am still alone. And I was thinking about how I was a lone wolf. I was thinking how maybe that's just the way it's supposed to be. Maybe yes, maybe no. I really don't have any answers.
But the workshop today was on the Flower of Life and taught by Lou Reed. No, not the singer. Each petal represented a segment of your life. One for basic needs, one for safety, and so on. She explained more in depth what each might include. Then on a scale of 1-10 we were to color in where we felt we were at this point on each petal. I have to say my flower doesn't have a lot of color.
Then towards the end of the session, she says "The time of the lone wolf is over." And I paused, thinking oh what...wait. Rewind. Too far back. It took me several tries to find the right time code on the video. I had to hear that again. "The time of the lone wolf is over." WOW!
So maybe I'm not meant to be a lone wolf after all. Because those words hit me good. But then, where is my pack? How do I find them? How do they find me?
I've been feeling a bit like a lone wolf as of late. I have no family, no friends around to speak of. Some people I connected with via blogs have fade into the background that is life. And that's okay, friendships can ebb and flow like that. We all have shit going on in our lives that distract us from connecting.
But I have been thinking about how I have never really been part of a big group of friends. I've had a few small connections here and there. But eventually time lead us apart. And even those I have reconnected with thanks to Facebook, the closeness that may have once been there isn't the same. Things are mostly happy birthdays and an occasional comment on a post here and there. There is no deep connections or conversations.
When I left Brooklyn, I never thought about how I was leaving my people behind. I blindly jumped on what I thought was going to be a good thing, even though just a year earlier I got a preview that it wasn't going to be. But I ignored the warning signs, ignored my gut, my intuition and we moved to Florida. I was alone. I struggled more to fit in than when I was in high school. I made no real friends in Florida. And was happy to move to Georgia.
But, then guess what. It was no different one state over. Save that I did make at least one friend. She helped me to get out when I was ready by driving me to the airport and helping me get my stuff to the pack and ship.
Now here I am in a new state, 2200 miles away. I still have no friends. No kindreds that I can go out to coffee with or share thoughts and ideas with. I have the people around me, and I have bonded with Momma T.
Yet I am still alone. And I was thinking about how I was a lone wolf. I was thinking how maybe that's just the way it's supposed to be. Maybe yes, maybe no. I really don't have any answers.
But the workshop today was on the Flower of Life and taught by Lou Reed. No, not the singer. Each petal represented a segment of your life. One for basic needs, one for safety, and so on. She explained more in depth what each might include. Then on a scale of 1-10 we were to color in where we felt we were at this point on each petal. I have to say my flower doesn't have a lot of color.
Then towards the end of the session, she says "The time of the lone wolf is over." And I paused, thinking oh what...wait. Rewind. Too far back. It took me several tries to find the right time code on the video. I had to hear that again. "The time of the lone wolf is over." WOW!
So maybe I'm not meant to be a lone wolf after all. Because those words hit me good. But then, where is my pack? How do I find them? How do they find me?
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Weekend Wrap
My aunt messaged me today to tell me one of my cousin's husbands died yesterday. I feel bad for her. As a nurse, it seems she is going through the "if only I was home" scenarios and syndrome. It was sudden, he wasn't ill. All the cousins my age, their kids are now graduating high school and some even older have enlisted or have gotten married and have their own kids. It's so crazy to think of them as grandparents!
The conversation has turned to things in the neighborhood. How much it has changed. How the hipsters are moving in and pushing all the old timers out. My other aunt recently had to vacate her apartment of probably over 50 years because it got sold for over a million dollars. Now her old apartment is renting for $4000! It was not a big apartment to begin with, no way it is worth that amount of money! My aunt said I wouldn't recognize Greenpoint anymore if I came back. Judging by pictures I have seen on Facebook or Instagram, I'd say she is right. The only thing that hasn't changed are the two big churches, St. Stan's and St. Anthony's. I guess I'll just hold on to the memories then.
I've been trying to take it a little easy today. I had a weekend of free art classes to watch. But then I found out, each day's sessions were only up for 24 hours. I had planned on watching a couple of those today, but now I can't. Oh well. I have the Women Unleashed retreat stuff I have to work through this week as well before they disappear. This is the downside of not having had my computer for almost a month.
Tomorrow is supposed to be at least 102? I think that's what I saw last. New thing....swelling in my feet and ankles. Which then makes my feet feel like tingles or pins and needles by more mild. Last night my ankles were also warm and light red. I've had the swelling and tingles before when I lived in Georgia. Usually if I've had it here, it was in conjunction with my cycles in the summer. So this is kinda new for me. But everything I have read so far is saying it's heat related, and I am not surprised. I have a feeling that it's fibro related as well (if I do have it that is). I might as well just say I do, it's how I feel but I'm no doctor.
It's almost 7, probably should have some dinner but no one really wants to cook. Maybe I'll just have a salad or finish some leftovers off.
Stay cool this week!
The conversation has turned to things in the neighborhood. How much it has changed. How the hipsters are moving in and pushing all the old timers out. My other aunt recently had to vacate her apartment of probably over 50 years because it got sold for over a million dollars. Now her old apartment is renting for $4000! It was not a big apartment to begin with, no way it is worth that amount of money! My aunt said I wouldn't recognize Greenpoint anymore if I came back. Judging by pictures I have seen on Facebook or Instagram, I'd say she is right. The only thing that hasn't changed are the two big churches, St. Stan's and St. Anthony's. I guess I'll just hold on to the memories then.
I've been trying to take it a little easy today. I had a weekend of free art classes to watch. But then I found out, each day's sessions were only up for 24 hours. I had planned on watching a couple of those today, but now I can't. Oh well. I have the Women Unleashed retreat stuff I have to work through this week as well before they disappear. This is the downside of not having had my computer for almost a month.
Tomorrow is supposed to be at least 102? I think that's what I saw last. New thing....swelling in my feet and ankles. Which then makes my feet feel like tingles or pins and needles by more mild. Last night my ankles were also warm and light red. I've had the swelling and tingles before when I lived in Georgia. Usually if I've had it here, it was in conjunction with my cycles in the summer. So this is kinda new for me. But everything I have read so far is saying it's heat related, and I am not surprised. I have a feeling that it's fibro related as well (if I do have it that is). I might as well just say I do, it's how I feel but I'm no doctor.
It's almost 7, probably should have some dinner but no one really wants to cook. Maybe I'll just have a salad or finish some leftovers off.
Stay cool this week!
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Quote For Today
I saw this quote come across my Instagram or Facebook feed the other day. Which feed is irrelevant really. It's the quote that struck me and has been stuck in my head since. I haven't watched the documentary yet on Netflix, but it's on my "to watch" list.
(Image found on Google)
I mean, how can you not love this quote. Especially if you have been through so really tough shit.
Have a great Saturday!
Friday, July 6, 2018
Today Was Better
It was a bit more tolerable today. Not as hot, but still hot. We had some cloud cover come in that was left over from Fabio. But looking at next week....HO BOY! Five days of triple digits. Not looking forward to that at all.
My sensitivity to yesterday's excessive heat did not go unnoticed. I really need to figure out how to deal with next week's weather. It might just be a week of bed days for all I know or Momma T and I will be spending the days in the fifth wheel that has A/C and nights in the house when it's cooler. Unless stuff changes and it ends up not being bad at all.
Slowly, slowly the house is coming back together. With Momma T hurting her back and me with all my pains, we can only do bits at a time. One room took all day. The kitchen counters are still acting as the catch all for stuff to be moved or put away. Tomorrow is probably going to be get the living room back to some sense of normal.
We also have to repaint at least half the room because of some issues with the paint and the color. But we can't do that in this weather. There's another wall we've been wanting to redo since we painted two years ago. Now, we'll have the opportunity to do that too. BUT...only when the weather/season changes.
Most of the things that are needing done are just little things, just tedious really. And the dust! Dry wall dust is everywhere and on every thing. It's so gross! There is so much on the screen door that if you tap the screen, a cloud of dust comes off it and your hand is just covered in it.
I'm sure when we are all done, my body is going to flare and give out on me. I'm hoping it won't or at least not be bad. But only time will tell.
Hoping we can sneak off to the Lavender Festival for a bit this weekend. I've always wanted to go to one since I discovered that was a thing. Missed the one last weekend. So fingers crossed.
My sensitivity to yesterday's excessive heat did not go unnoticed. I really need to figure out how to deal with next week's weather. It might just be a week of bed days for all I know or Momma T and I will be spending the days in the fifth wheel that has A/C and nights in the house when it's cooler. Unless stuff changes and it ends up not being bad at all.
Slowly, slowly the house is coming back together. With Momma T hurting her back and me with all my pains, we can only do bits at a time. One room took all day. The kitchen counters are still acting as the catch all for stuff to be moved or put away. Tomorrow is probably going to be get the living room back to some sense of normal.
We also have to repaint at least half the room because of some issues with the paint and the color. But we can't do that in this weather. There's another wall we've been wanting to redo since we painted two years ago. Now, we'll have the opportunity to do that too. BUT...only when the weather/season changes.
Most of the things that are needing done are just little things, just tedious really. And the dust! Dry wall dust is everywhere and on every thing. It's so gross! There is so much on the screen door that if you tap the screen, a cloud of dust comes off it and your hand is just covered in it.
I'm sure when we are all done, my body is going to flare and give out on me. I'm hoping it won't or at least not be bad. But only time will tell.
Hoping we can sneak off to the Lavender Festival for a bit this weekend. I've always wanted to go to one since I discovered that was a thing. Missed the one last weekend. So fingers crossed.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
It's Too Dang HOT!
I can remember back to when I was a kid and the heat barely phased me. I could run around outside like a maniac and get beet red and sweaty, not bat an eye. Now....pfft! I can't handle anything over 90 it seems. Over 85 anymore seems to be pushing it. Temperature sensitivity, guess I can add that to the list of things.
Seriously though, it was triple digits at some point today. Mom got nifty gadget for her birthday that reads the temp outside and inside. There was a moment where it was reading 114!!!!! I called it a liar LOL. Inside the house, it feels swamp like. We don't have A/C, just fans and a cooler that you fill with water and it makes the air a little colder than just with a fan. It's actually cooler outside right now at 10:35 PM than it is in the house. I stepped out there for a few minutes but the mosquitoes were all "Hey Ya'll, a buffet." And since they find West Nile in the neighboring town, I didn't feel like getting eaten alive. I got enough going on, don't need that too.
So for the next 10 - 14 days it's going to be hotter than Satan's butt crack out there. So much to do outside, but to hot to do it. Same goes for inside. Can only do so much before you feel like you're going to end up in a puddle.
To make matters worse, there's a wildfire down in Nevada and the smoke is coming up into Idaho. There's a map on the NWS - Boise that shows the line of smoke coming in. Looking out the back door you can see just hanging there over the house. It's ugly! Add to that the smoke from the fire in town at the onion shed. That was scary to see that smoke because it looked like it was just over the hill.
This is the third time they are losing the building. Few years ago, 3 maybe? The original building was set on fire and destroyed by some teens. During the construction of the new building, it partially collapsed under all the snow we got 2 years ago. Now....this. Contrary to popular belief, Idaho isn't just about potatoes. Onions are a big crop out here. Other things grown around here are sugar beets, mint, dill, corn for silage, and hops. One year, there was a crop of mini corn stalks, I mean not more than 3 feet tall I'd say. And at the end of each row as a pop corn bag. So I guess that there is a specific type of corn grown just for popcorn. I wish I had taken pictures of it!
Well, going to try and sleep tonight. But it almost seems futile between the heat and the pain.
Seriously though, it was triple digits at some point today. Mom got nifty gadget for her birthday that reads the temp outside and inside. There was a moment where it was reading 114!!!!! I called it a liar LOL. Inside the house, it feels swamp like. We don't have A/C, just fans and a cooler that you fill with water and it makes the air a little colder than just with a fan. It's actually cooler outside right now at 10:35 PM than it is in the house. I stepped out there for a few minutes but the mosquitoes were all "Hey Ya'll, a buffet." And since they find West Nile in the neighboring town, I didn't feel like getting eaten alive. I got enough going on, don't need that too.
So for the next 10 - 14 days it's going to be hotter than Satan's butt crack out there. So much to do outside, but to hot to do it. Same goes for inside. Can only do so much before you feel like you're going to end up in a puddle.
To make matters worse, there's a wildfire down in Nevada and the smoke is coming up into Idaho. There's a map on the NWS - Boise that shows the line of smoke coming in. Looking out the back door you can see just hanging there over the house. It's ugly! Add to that the smoke from the fire in town at the onion shed. That was scary to see that smoke because it looked like it was just over the hill.
This is the third time they are losing the building. Few years ago, 3 maybe? The original building was set on fire and destroyed by some teens. During the construction of the new building, it partially collapsed under all the snow we got 2 years ago. Now....this. Contrary to popular belief, Idaho isn't just about potatoes. Onions are a big crop out here. Other things grown around here are sugar beets, mint, dill, corn for silage, and hops. One year, there was a crop of mini corn stalks, I mean not more than 3 feet tall I'd say. And at the end of each row as a pop corn bag. So I guess that there is a specific type of corn grown just for popcorn. I wish I had taken pictures of it!
Well, going to try and sleep tonight. But it almost seems futile between the heat and the pain.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
ALL DONE!
Today the last of the work was finished. There was a mix up with paint. Either we gave him the wrong can, or the color match at Home Depot on a two year old can of paint was just off. So we get to repaint half of a room. He would have done it if he had enough. But since he really wasn't getting paid to paint, he did what he could with what he had. Plus he isn't a professional painter, so his job of painting didn't look any worse than ours LOL!
Now we get to move stuff back. Which was supposed to be covered under the breakdown of things to be done. But nothing got put back except the ceiling fixtures. The company we hired to do the work, that doesn't actually do shit also has it down that we are supposed to have someone clean up and clean the carpets. BUT.............we doubt that's going to happen either. We were only told today that the contractor that was actually doing the work would be by to pick up the 6 trusses sitting in the driveway sometime next week. We had no clue what was being done with them until now. We just figured we were stuck with them and would make use of the wood. Supposedly the project manager says he is fighting with the truss company to get refunded on the unneeded ones. I think he's full of shit there too but who knows. All we do know is that they have charged for a bunch of stuff that didn't get done or used. Don't know how that's going to work out either.
BUT HEY! We have a roof and ceiling! And about a foot of dust everywhere. Okay maybe not a foot, but it sure seems like it. Now we get to spend the day cleaning and moving back in so to speak.
Today is Cerridwen's Feast Day. I've been so involved in other things to day, that I really didn't do any offering or what have you. But at least I'm consistent in what I don't do. I didn't know what to offer, and I don't really have any grain which is what my brief Google session told me. One of these days I'll get my shit together.
Tomorrow is the 4th. Not my favorite of days. I hate fireworks. Unless they are at a great distance away. None of the dogs are fond of them either. Fred the Bassett Hound is down right terrified! We have meds on hand if it gets too bad for him. I think the plan is to stay home and that's fine with me. We have more than enough to do here. If you have plans, please stay safe out there and enjoy your day.
Now we get to move stuff back. Which was supposed to be covered under the breakdown of things to be done. But nothing got put back except the ceiling fixtures. The company we hired to do the work, that doesn't actually do shit also has it down that we are supposed to have someone clean up and clean the carpets. BUT.............we doubt that's going to happen either. We were only told today that the contractor that was actually doing the work would be by to pick up the 6 trusses sitting in the driveway sometime next week. We had no clue what was being done with them until now. We just figured we were stuck with them and would make use of the wood. Supposedly the project manager says he is fighting with the truss company to get refunded on the unneeded ones. I think he's full of shit there too but who knows. All we do know is that they have charged for a bunch of stuff that didn't get done or used. Don't know how that's going to work out either.
BUT HEY! We have a roof and ceiling! And about a foot of dust everywhere. Okay maybe not a foot, but it sure seems like it. Now we get to spend the day cleaning and moving back in so to speak.
Today is Cerridwen's Feast Day. I've been so involved in other things to day, that I really didn't do any offering or what have you. But at least I'm consistent in what I don't do. I didn't know what to offer, and I don't really have any grain which is what my brief Google session told me. One of these days I'll get my shit together.
Tomorrow is the 4th. Not my favorite of days. I hate fireworks. Unless they are at a great distance away. None of the dogs are fond of them either. Fred the Bassett Hound is down right terrified! We have meds on hand if it gets too bad for him. I think the plan is to stay home and that's fine with me. We have more than enough to do here. If you have plans, please stay safe out there and enjoy your day.
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Close To Done! And Camp NaNo.
The roof is done!
The ceiling is hung!
The wiring is done!
The mudding is done!
Next up: Texturing. Painting. Treating the mold that started as a result of the tarps and inside plastic.
The contractor said we should have the house back by Wednesday. Only I don't think he realizes that that's the 4th and I don't think they'll be working that day. I'm going to say we'll be complete by Friday and call it good. Almost three months to the day since the whole fiasco began.
I can't believe it is already the first day of July! Half the year gone already!!! How did that happen?!
I totally failed JuNoWriMo. I don't even think I got any words written unless you count the blog(s).
Today is the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo, Round 2. I like camp because you can set your own goal.
Whether it is words, hours, pages, etc. I set mine on the low end to only 15,000. Which is 484 words a day. Not knowing how the house repairs were going to play out, I opted to go on the safe side.
I want to try and write some stuff about the past, what I've survived. But in a more fiction setting so that I can protect names of people and give myself some leeway on things I don't have a clear memory of. Sounds good in theory any way.
I'll be glad to have my actual computer back so I can share some photos that I have taken recently. My trusty old Win98 laptop won't be able to handle all that.
I've been a little excited to have it up, updated Firefox so that I can actually access the blog and my email. Now I find out that the update I did the other day, was the last for Win98. I don't have the means to upgrade to 7 and I don't think this old thing could handle it anyway. Makes me a little sad. But I can still use it for my word processing software to write on at least. I hope!
Well, that's where we are at. Have a great Sunday!
The ceiling is hung!
The wiring is done!
The mudding is done!
Next up: Texturing. Painting. Treating the mold that started as a result of the tarps and inside plastic.
The contractor said we should have the house back by Wednesday. Only I don't think he realizes that that's the 4th and I don't think they'll be working that day. I'm going to say we'll be complete by Friday and call it good. Almost three months to the day since the whole fiasco began.
I can't believe it is already the first day of July! Half the year gone already!!! How did that happen?!
I totally failed JuNoWriMo. I don't even think I got any words written unless you count the blog(s).
Today is the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo, Round 2. I like camp because you can set your own goal.
Whether it is words, hours, pages, etc. I set mine on the low end to only 15,000. Which is 484 words a day. Not knowing how the house repairs were going to play out, I opted to go on the safe side.
I want to try and write some stuff about the past, what I've survived. But in a more fiction setting so that I can protect names of people and give myself some leeway on things I don't have a clear memory of. Sounds good in theory any way.
I'll be glad to have my actual computer back so I can share some photos that I have taken recently. My trusty old Win98 laptop won't be able to handle all that.
I've been a little excited to have it up, updated Firefox so that I can actually access the blog and my email. Now I find out that the update I did the other day, was the last for Win98. I don't have the means to upgrade to 7 and I don't think this old thing could handle it anyway. Makes me a little sad. But I can still use it for my word processing software to write on at least. I hope!
Well, that's where we are at. Have a great Sunday!
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