I got the chicken coop painted last night! Yay! I may decide to paint the new supports for the shade roof Jim built but I may not. We shall see. So glad to have a project finished and crossed off my list.
I sent a note to the rancher who I buy a whole beef from each year checking to see when the butcher date will be. I am running very low on beef in the freezer. I mentioned that to her and she responded back and told me she had 85 pounds of extra hamburger she would sell me if I wanted. I did! We met her in Matfield Green around noon to pick up the hamburger. It is so nice to have lots of hamburger on hand again. I was down to fourteen pounds which probably wouldn’t have lasted until the new beef will be ready the end of August.
We went to Emporia after we put the hamburger in the freezer. I needed to get two new exhaust fans for the bathrooms downstairs and a few groceries. Jim needed some more stuff for the chicken shade project. Walmart was extremely busy and I was really glad when we got out of there. We stopped at Fanestils and got some bacon, ham and turkey and then came home. I took a very short nap when we got home. I was cranky and worn out from all the people at Walmart.
I’m still surprised at how many things Walmart continues to be out of these days. I wanted a watermelon to give the girls and they didn’t have any. I needed some tomato juice and they were out. I buy Epsom salt in 5 pound bags and they were out of that. I looked for an iced tea maker and they didn’t have any. Jim wanted a piece for the hoses and they were out of them. I don’t remember prior to Covid that they would be out of so many things so often.
I went out and mowed most of the yard this morning while it was still relatively cool outside. By the time I was done mowing it was warming up. I didn’t mow close to the north side of the house as Jim was sleeping and I didn’t want to wake him up. I went back out around 4:00 and finished up the yard. Good to have the yard mowed up again. I didn’t mow the far west part of the yard as I couldn’t tell where I was mowing and decided I was wasting gas and time owing where it really didn’t need it.
We had leftovers for dinner tonight so dinner was quick and easy to fix. Jim is so good about eating leftovers. He had spaghetti and I had grilled chicken.
I took a shower when I finished mowing this afternoon. It is so dry out. Dried grass and weeds kept blowing in my face. I had dirt in places I didn’t know I had when I came in from mowing. I was hot and itchy so decided to treat myself to a shower. I put on clean clothes and decided I wasn’t going to do any more work today.
Jim’s brother and his wife are coming in tomorrow afternoon and will spend the night. They are on their way to Estes Park, CO. We won’t be at the Y Camp when they are this year as they are leaving the week we arrive. It will be good to see them for a short bit tomorrow.
I sent an appeal to the pharmacy insurance group to see if they would reconsider their decision on the new thyroid medication. It costs $140 a month so if they deny me again I may try it anyways and pay for it and see if it helps. They had approved the $1,500 cholesterol medication so not sure why they would deny the $140 thyroid medication but I’m not sure they operate on the same logical thinking that I use. If they deny my appeal then my doctor will write an appeal. They had denied the cholesterol medication and my family doctor had appealed that decision and got conditional approval for me to try it for six months.
I need to go through my desk and check my pending file and see if I need to make some calls Monday to clear some of those things up. I feel like I have lots of balls in the air right now and am loosing track of things. It is time to make a fresh to-do list so I know where things are.
The new 10 day forecast only shows the cool down lasting for two days now. I plan on painting at the rental house as much as I can on Monday and Tuesday while the temperature is below 85. We are to get some rain on Monday but I will believe that when I see it.
The girls are catching me up on eggs. Last week I didn’t have enough on Monday to fill my orders. As of today I have what I need for Monday and I will get more eggs tomorrow and Monday morning. Go girls go!
Grateful the chicken coop painting project is complete, grateful for lots of hamburger in my freezer, and grateful the mowing got done at this house today.