Good morning. Yesterday my husband didn't go golfing he decided that we should build the storage building. We had bought the storage building kit during the winter when it was on sale and waited for nice weather and time to build it. It was way to hot yesterday to build it, in my opinion. After about 3 hours of steady work and lots of sweating I got sick and could not continue. We took about a 20 minute break and sat in the ac and I had cool wash rags over my face and back of my neck. Then back at it for about 30 minutes then I got the dry heaves. Yes I am not use to working out side in the sun and heat. I usually only work outside first thing in the morning before it gets to hot or after the sun goes behind the trees in the evening. So after getting sick I was done. I felt so bad that I could not continue. I felt fat and lazy. Well we stopped for a while and got some rest and ate and let the sun go down some then we went back at it. We did not finish it last night. It got to dark to see and we heard thunder off in the distance, not good to be holding on to a bunch of metal when the lightening strikes. So we stopped for the night. But now we have to finish today. I hope that it is not as hot today but by the way it feels already it is going to be very hot. We are suppose to be getting some rain also but I hope we can get it finished in between the rain drops.
I have a busy day that I must get ready for. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
July 6, 2013 Fresh Peas
Good morning. My husband is already up and out, trying to find a place to play golf. Hopefully he can find a place to play that isn't to busy. I don't have many plans today, some laundry and some other house work. Yesterday I picked some peas, not many but all of us here got a taste. It was my first time cooking fresh out of my own garden peas, I didn't cook them long enough and they were still a little to crispy. But they had a good flavor. I will be growing peas next year but in a larger amount. I did a little garden maintenance yesterday. My husband's tomato plant has out grew it's place in the garden and over took some of the bell pepper area so I had to transplant seven bell pepper plants. I hope they survive the move. Well I need to get started and get something done today.
Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Friday, July 5, 2013
July 5, 2013 Fireworks and Grocery Shopping
Good morning. Yesterday was the 4th of July. Mom was invited by her daughter to go to her best friends house for a cook out celebration. Mom was happy to go even though while getting her ready she asked about 50 times who was picking her up and where she was going. My sister said Mom had a good time and ate a lot. By the looks of the pictures Mom did have a good time. I am so grateful for people like my sister and her best friend and their friends and family that are so accepting of my Mom. They all seem to be so caring, supportive, and loving. Outings like this is just what Mom needs. She deserves to be able to get out of the house and spend time with others. I don't do much with her it seems, life is busy enough for me just keeping the house going and all of us fed that the times I can get out I like to spend it alone with my husband or alone time by my self.
So yesterday while Mom was out I went grocery shopping by my self. I hate to grocery shop with anyone else with me. So shopping gets two things done, grocery shopping and alone time. I plan for my shopping trip by making a large list, collecting and organizing coupons, loading digital coupons on to my store card, and planning to go when my husband is home so someone will be here for Mom. Except for yesterday my sister picked up Mom, so my husband had some alone time for himself which he chose to nap the whole time. I shop at Kroger's once a month to buy a large amount of the food supplies. Then the rest of the month I go to the local IGA to get a few things. They are to expensive to do all my shopping there. I also go to the Dollar Store to pick up some things like paper products, coffee, creamer, cereals, and soda. Things are a lot cheaper there than buying them else where. I rarely ever shop at Walmart, especially for food. They say they are cheaper than other stores around but by my experience I always pay more there. Maybe it has something to do with the digital coupons that I use at Kroger's. Well the shopping is done for the month except for bread which I only buy at the IGA because I cant buy it at Kroger's, their bread isle stinks like moldy bread all the time. I think that that smell permeates all the bread and I cant eat bread that smells bad. I would rather buy it at IGA or make my own from frozen bread dough. I do use coupons but I only buy the things I need and will use. Its a waist of money to buy something you don't like or use just to use a coupon. Sometimes I will use a lot sometimes a few. Yesterday I used three at the Dollar Store and one at Kroger's. But the month before I used several of them. It just depends on what I need.
Last night my husband put on a fireworks display for Mom and me right in front of the house. They were local bought fireworks. Our state has laws against some fireworks. But it was nice for Mom to get to see them, she had always enjoyed watching them, but this year she didn't seem as excited. Oh well I enjoyed them.
Have a good day.
April Whitehair
So yesterday while Mom was out I went grocery shopping by my self. I hate to grocery shop with anyone else with me. So shopping gets two things done, grocery shopping and alone time. I plan for my shopping trip by making a large list, collecting and organizing coupons, loading digital coupons on to my store card, and planning to go when my husband is home so someone will be here for Mom. Except for yesterday my sister picked up Mom, so my husband had some alone time for himself which he chose to nap the whole time. I shop at Kroger's once a month to buy a large amount of the food supplies. Then the rest of the month I go to the local IGA to get a few things. They are to expensive to do all my shopping there. I also go to the Dollar Store to pick up some things like paper products, coffee, creamer, cereals, and soda. Things are a lot cheaper there than buying them else where. I rarely ever shop at Walmart, especially for food. They say they are cheaper than other stores around but by my experience I always pay more there. Maybe it has something to do with the digital coupons that I use at Kroger's. Well the shopping is done for the month except for bread which I only buy at the IGA because I cant buy it at Kroger's, their bread isle stinks like moldy bread all the time. I think that that smell permeates all the bread and I cant eat bread that smells bad. I would rather buy it at IGA or make my own from frozen bread dough. I do use coupons but I only buy the things I need and will use. Its a waist of money to buy something you don't like or use just to use a coupon. Sometimes I will use a lot sometimes a few. Yesterday I used three at the Dollar Store and one at Kroger's. But the month before I used several of them. It just depends on what I need.
Last night my husband put on a fireworks display for Mom and me right in front of the house. They were local bought fireworks. Our state has laws against some fireworks. But it was nice for Mom to get to see them, she had always enjoyed watching them, but this year she didn't seem as excited. Oh well I enjoyed them.
Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Thursday, July 4, 2013
July 4, 2013 Fried Green Tomatoes!!
Good morning. Everyone is awake and good this morning. It is America's birthday. We don't have any plans to celebrate, we might go watch fireworks tomorrow night. If we had a grill we would have hamburgers, but I hate any food cooked on charcoal so it would have to be a gas grill. Maybe one day we will buy one.
Yesterday we picked a couple green tomatoes from the garden, yes they were from my husband's tomato plant. We had fried green tomatoes! They are my favorite thing made from the garden. I wait all year for fried green tomatoes. And they definitely didn't disappoint. Everything else in the garden is growing well. The peas are ready to pick but I am not sure about them only some are ready what am I suppose to do with a few peas? I will have to look into it.
It feels like it will be another hot day today. I should go get started with all the things I want to do before it gets too hot. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Yesterday we picked a couple green tomatoes from the garden, yes they were from my husband's tomato plant. We had fried green tomatoes! They are my favorite thing made from the garden. I wait all year for fried green tomatoes. And they definitely didn't disappoint. Everything else in the garden is growing well. The peas are ready to pick but I am not sure about them only some are ready what am I suppose to do with a few peas? I will have to look into it.
It feels like it will be another hot day today. I should go get started with all the things I want to do before it gets too hot. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
Good morning. So I have decided to just use the date as the title of each blog post because it started to get hard for me to think of a title for each post. But I am sure if there is something specific that I write about I will add a title to the date for easier finding. Anyway I am awake and my home is already up and active. Mom is up and about, I have been noticing increased confusion for the last couple days, not sure if it is just a bad couple of days or the progression of the Alzheimer's. Last night she came to me and told me that I could go on vacation and that she would be ok here all by herself. Some of you know that I have just gotten back from vacation and she had her own sort of vacation to her oldest daughters house then she got to spend time with her other daughters while I was away. After trying to reorient her, which didn't work, I just said ok thanks and then changed conversation. What else should I have done?
Yesterday evening my husband was mowing the yard and I was walking Mom's dog and my cat, the baby, Itsy Bitsy was walking with us, which he does often. He always seems to be right behind me following me everywhere I go. Lucky and I was going up the steps to go back in the house and a car was coming down the road. Itsy Bitsy was still across the road walking in the ditch. He didn't hear the car till it was to late. He has always been scared of any vehicles on the road. He tried to run across the road but got hit by the car. I seen it all. The car never stopped, didn't even slow down. He got hit by the tire and got tossed into the weeds. I instantly freaked out. That is my baby boy. My husband heard me scream and came running. We ran for the hill across the road and did a mad frantic search for him. Through the weeds, thorns. poison ivy, brush, and berry vines. I was unable to do much at first I just stood there and cried for my baby. My husband was looking like crazy up and down the ditch, up the hill through and under the thorns and poison ivy. We could not find him. After 45 minutes of frantic searching up and down the hill, lots of yelling for him and even more crying. I decided to go put better shoes on, I was in flip flops, so I could search better. I walked in the house and there on the living room floor was Itsy Bitsy. Looking at me like what are you crazy humans doing out there yelling like that. I yelled for my husband. And picked up Itsy Bitsy and loved on him like he had never been loved on before. I made him walk to see if he was hurt and he was perfectly fine. No cries of pain, no cuts, no nothing just an ornery cat who was enjoying all the attention he was getting. I quickly did a head count of all the other cats we have, maybe it was one of them that I saw getting hit. Nope they were all fine and accounted for. So I went down to my sister/neighbor's house and walked around and did a head count and check there. No injured cats there either. I don't know how it happened, how he survived without even a scratch. But we are so very glad. I kept him in my room with me all night being an over protective mommy. This morning I did let him back outside. He ran around playing with his brother while my husband and I did our garden check. He is an inside/outside cat. He grew up here and loves to play outside. I could never lock him up in the house for ever. I want him to be happy and being outside makes him happy.
The road is so close to my house. It is a one lane road, but the people who live around here drive way to fast on it. There is always a number of kids that play and ride there bikes up and down the road right in front of my house plus all the animals and my Mom who walks her dog often on that road. You would think people would know better than to drive so fast in areas where they could hit someone or something. One thing I do know is that Mom has Alzheimer's and she has lived here in this house for 40 plus years, she has every right to be outside and do the things that she enjoys. I also know that if anyone ever hits her with their car while she is walking her dog or just taking a walk I will not rest till they pay for their irresponsibility. That is one thing you can be sure of.
Ok I have said my piece and need to go. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Yesterday evening my husband was mowing the yard and I was walking Mom's dog and my cat, the baby, Itsy Bitsy was walking with us, which he does often. He always seems to be right behind me following me everywhere I go. Lucky and I was going up the steps to go back in the house and a car was coming down the road. Itsy Bitsy was still across the road walking in the ditch. He didn't hear the car till it was to late. He has always been scared of any vehicles on the road. He tried to run across the road but got hit by the car. I seen it all. The car never stopped, didn't even slow down. He got hit by the tire and got tossed into the weeds. I instantly freaked out. That is my baby boy. My husband heard me scream and came running. We ran for the hill across the road and did a mad frantic search for him. Through the weeds, thorns. poison ivy, brush, and berry vines. I was unable to do much at first I just stood there and cried for my baby. My husband was looking like crazy up and down the ditch, up the hill through and under the thorns and poison ivy. We could not find him. After 45 minutes of frantic searching up and down the hill, lots of yelling for him and even more crying. I decided to go put better shoes on, I was in flip flops, so I could search better. I walked in the house and there on the living room floor was Itsy Bitsy. Looking at me like what are you crazy humans doing out there yelling like that. I yelled for my husband. And picked up Itsy Bitsy and loved on him like he had never been loved on before. I made him walk to see if he was hurt and he was perfectly fine. No cries of pain, no cuts, no nothing just an ornery cat who was enjoying all the attention he was getting. I quickly did a head count of all the other cats we have, maybe it was one of them that I saw getting hit. Nope they were all fine and accounted for. So I went down to my sister/neighbor's house and walked around and did a head count and check there. No injured cats there either. I don't know how it happened, how he survived without even a scratch. But we are so very glad. I kept him in my room with me all night being an over protective mommy. This morning I did let him back outside. He ran around playing with his brother while my husband and I did our garden check. He is an inside/outside cat. He grew up here and loves to play outside. I could never lock him up in the house for ever. I want him to be happy and being outside makes him happy.
The road is so close to my house. It is a one lane road, but the people who live around here drive way to fast on it. There is always a number of kids that play and ride there bikes up and down the road right in front of my house plus all the animals and my Mom who walks her dog often on that road. You would think people would know better than to drive so fast in areas where they could hit someone or something. One thing I do know is that Mom has Alzheimer's and she has lived here in this house for 40 plus years, she has every right to be outside and do the things that she enjoys. I also know that if anyone ever hits her with their car while she is walking her dog or just taking a walk I will not rest till they pay for their irresponsibility. That is one thing you can be sure of.
Ok I have said my piece and need to go. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
July 2, 2013
Good morning. My energy has returned sense yesterday's lack of energy episode. I was able to get most of the weeding done in the garden yesterday evening. But it got dark before I could get to the cucumbers. I am hoping that I can finish it today. I would like to get some more shredded paper placed around the plants that I haven't done yet. The shredded paper does really help keep the weeds down but with all the rain I am afraid that the paper is holding to much water but when the sun comes out it dries up quickly. There is no lack of rain in the forecast. I wish I had some large plastic barrels to collect rain to use when we stop getting all this rain. Though I have been keeping an eye out for some I have been unable to find any. I have been thinking about buying some large plastic trash cans to use.
In this house there is never an end in the laundry that needs to be done. I don't think I will never be able to catch up. But even if I do it wont be done for long. I wish I could hang out blankets and towels on the line but with no end to the rain in sight I think it will be a while before I can do that.
Well Mom is up and about, I must go and see if there is anything I can do for her. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
In this house there is never an end in the laundry that needs to be done. I don't think I will never be able to catch up. But even if I do it wont be done for long. I wish I could hang out blankets and towels on the line but with no end to the rain in sight I think it will be a while before I can do that.
Well Mom is up and about, I must go and see if there is anything I can do for her. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Monday, July 1, 2013
Under the Dome, and Books
Good morning. It is a little later that I usually write. I am having a hard time motivating today. I do that sometimes my brain will say get up and do this or that but my body says NO. I am not sure why, it just happens every now and then. I am finally up, setting outside, typing and hoping that the fresh air and sunlight will give me my oomph back. We shall see. I have lots I want to do and even more that I don't really want to do but need to.
Last night was Big Brother. I love Big Brother! I have been a fan for many years. I have even got my husband watching it with me. So I am sure I will comment on it several times over this season. Also last night was the premier of Under the Dome, it was a very good episode. I cant wait to see the rest. If you watched it last night, near the beginning with the cow was the greatest, total OMG and yucky! FYI for me OMG means oh my goodness, just thought I would share. I have a feeling that the Under the Dome show will be right up my alley. I hope it shows some of the difficulties of living in an secluded state so that we all can get more ideas in relation to prepping and survival.
By the way my library of prepping and homesteading is growing with the purchases of books from our church yard sale. I think it may have looked strange to some the books that I bought but I think they all will fit nicely among the others. I bought two on sewing, one of which is an old school book from the seventies, so the styles are outdated but the basics are all the same. Another of the books is a homemaking guide published in the 1937. I am reading it now. Wow have times changed. There is a lot to do with etiquette, and a lot that doesn't apply today. But some things never go out of style or shouldn't go out of style. Plus there is a lot of info on things that interest me and things that would be good to know or at least have the ability to look up if a situation arises that I would need it.
So anyways I am going to go try to get some things done. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
Last night was Big Brother. I love Big Brother! I have been a fan for many years. I have even got my husband watching it with me. So I am sure I will comment on it several times over this season. Also last night was the premier of Under the Dome, it was a very good episode. I cant wait to see the rest. If you watched it last night, near the beginning with the cow was the greatest, total OMG and yucky! FYI for me OMG means oh my goodness, just thought I would share. I have a feeling that the Under the Dome show will be right up my alley. I hope it shows some of the difficulties of living in an secluded state so that we all can get more ideas in relation to prepping and survival.
By the way my library of prepping and homesteading is growing with the purchases of books from our church yard sale. I think it may have looked strange to some the books that I bought but I think they all will fit nicely among the others. I bought two on sewing, one of which is an old school book from the seventies, so the styles are outdated but the basics are all the same. Another of the books is a homemaking guide published in the 1937. I am reading it now. Wow have times changed. There is a lot to do with etiquette, and a lot that doesn't apply today. But some things never go out of style or shouldn't go out of style. Plus there is a lot of info on things that interest me and things that would be good to know or at least have the ability to look up if a situation arises that I would need it.
So anyways I am going to go try to get some things done. Have a good day.
April Whitehair
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