Cool day
6/9/06, 12:06 pm.
56º F, Sunny, N wind 16 mph.
Good afternoon,
A decidedly cooler day today, but a beautiful sunshiny day anyway. The humidity is also down and it really feels very comfortable outside. The north wind is also keeping the mosquitoes at bay. Like that too. I would not be too mad if this weather stayed until September 1st, then it can start to snow some everyday. The weatherman said the rain would stay to the west of us and so far today he has been right. He is predicting some scattered frost in the northern part of the state for tonight and tomorrow night!
Yesterday in our wanderings, we noticed that there are some farmers still planting or re-planting crops yet. Not too sure what. The corn crop really looks way behind a normal year. Wonder if the corn will be knee high by the 4th of July this year. The corn really looked good in the Chetek area earlier in the week. I am sure it will be knee high there since it is halfway there now!
Yesterday I had a hankering for some Southern fired chicken! So .... I pulled some chicken out of the freezer and made some. It really turned out very well with mashed potatoes and milk gravy. I tried to make more potatoes than we would eat so we could have the leftovers for mashed potato patties for breakfast this morning. They were too good, especially with the gravy, that I ate them all up for supper. Oh well. This morning I took out some "country ribs," actually more like a couple of small, boneless pork roasts. Margriet bought some spices to make her pork rub and it got my taste buds wanting to rub on some pork! I will allow her to make that for supper tonight. Ain’t that nice of me?
After I went to bed last night, Margriet chatted with Brenda online for a bit, then called her on the phone. Arnoud apparently has a return of the cancer which has been in remission for sometime. He is having radiation therapy at the moment and from the sounds of it will be also having chemo later. Margriet said Brenda really sounded good on the phone, but we are really worried about him. We are not sure, but think the cancer is near the heart and not very accessible. Keep Arnoud, Brenda, and all of his caretakers in your prayers. Don’t like to see anyone hurting, especially family. Margriet was most upset when she came to bed finally.
I have been whittling at the lawn. Yesterday and the day before, my hips have really been causing problems. Seems I can only walk a hundred yards or so, before needing to stop and let things calm down again. I really am discouraged with this. My knee acting up I can put up with, but the hips not. Have to figure out a "work-around" of some kind for this. Too much to do. Maybe get a couple of goats!! Not only cut the grass, but also provide some milk and meat, along with fertilizing the garden! Hmmmmmmmmm..............
We finally picked up the mail yesterday and in it was our phone bill. For some reason, the phone company says they owe us money again. Not only that, but the credit we paid the month before was about half of the actual check amount we sent. The bill is very low this month (compared to normal) and closer to what it should be for a change. I sure can’t figure out what they are doing. Don’t think they can either! Would be nice to find a way to have a different supplier and one that could provided broadband internet in the deal too. That would open up a lot more websites and programs for us to use. Maybe someday.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
56º F, Sunny, N wind 16 mph.
Good afternoon,
A decidedly cooler day today, but a beautiful sunshiny day anyway. The humidity is also down and it really feels very comfortable outside. The north wind is also keeping the mosquitoes at bay. Like that too. I would not be too mad if this weather stayed until September 1st, then it can start to snow some everyday. The weatherman said the rain would stay to the west of us and so far today he has been right. He is predicting some scattered frost in the northern part of the state for tonight and tomorrow night!
Yesterday in our wanderings, we noticed that there are some farmers still planting or re-planting crops yet. Not too sure what. The corn crop really looks way behind a normal year. Wonder if the corn will be knee high by the 4th of July this year. The corn really looked good in the Chetek area earlier in the week. I am sure it will be knee high there since it is halfway there now!
Yesterday I had a hankering for some Southern fired chicken! So .... I pulled some chicken out of the freezer and made some. It really turned out very well with mashed potatoes and milk gravy. I tried to make more potatoes than we would eat so we could have the leftovers for mashed potato patties for breakfast this morning. They were too good, especially with the gravy, that I ate them all up for supper. Oh well. This morning I took out some "country ribs," actually more like a couple of small, boneless pork roasts. Margriet bought some spices to make her pork rub and it got my taste buds wanting to rub on some pork! I will allow her to make that for supper tonight. Ain’t that nice of me?
After I went to bed last night, Margriet chatted with Brenda online for a bit, then called her on the phone. Arnoud apparently has a return of the cancer which has been in remission for sometime. He is having radiation therapy at the moment and from the sounds of it will be also having chemo later. Margriet said Brenda really sounded good on the phone, but we are really worried about him. We are not sure, but think the cancer is near the heart and not very accessible. Keep Arnoud, Brenda, and all of his caretakers in your prayers. Don’t like to see anyone hurting, especially family. Margriet was most upset when she came to bed finally.
I have been whittling at the lawn. Yesterday and the day before, my hips have really been causing problems. Seems I can only walk a hundred yards or so, before needing to stop and let things calm down again. I really am discouraged with this. My knee acting up I can put up with, but the hips not. Have to figure out a "work-around" of some kind for this. Too much to do. Maybe get a couple of goats!! Not only cut the grass, but also provide some milk and meat, along with fertilizing the garden! Hmmmmmmmmm..............
We finally picked up the mail yesterday and in it was our phone bill. For some reason, the phone company says they owe us money again. Not only that, but the credit we paid the month before was about half of the actual check amount we sent. The bill is very low this month (compared to normal) and closer to what it should be for a change. I sure can’t figure out what they are doing. Don’t think they can either! Would be nice to find a way to have a different supplier and one that could provided broadband internet in the deal too. That would open up a lot more websites and programs for us to use. Maybe someday.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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