They burned our pasture today. I got a call around 2:00 this afternoon to let us know they were going to burn. Jim really enjoyed watching it. He had never seen a pasture burn up close and personal before. The wind was high enough today that the fire went very quickly over the grass. There was a crew of about 10 people doing the burning. It is always a relief when it gets done and no one was hurt.
I was going to go in and paint this afternoon until I realized they were going to burn. I wanted to stay home and watch the fire. When I get done writing I’m going to go in for a bit and paint. I got a note from my handyman and he is finished working on the house for the day so I won’t be in his way if I go in soon to paint.
Tim and Ellexia came out for a bit this afternoon. Tim stores his trailer in our barn and he brought it back out. Ellexia gathered eggs for me and came up to the house to visit with me for a while. It was good to see them.
We are having leftovers for dinner again so I don’t need to fix dinner tonight. I’ll have to come up with something for tomorrow night. The hardest part of fixing a meal is deciding what to fix.
Tomorrow I need to go to town and get some groceries. Jim teaches his class from 3:00 – 4:30 tomorrow afternoon so will need to be around then in case he runs into computer issues. I have an egg delivery to make at noon tomorrow. Then before I go to bed tomorrow night I have to give myself my cholesterol medication injections. Hoping it goes easy this time.
Tuesday Jim is going to Stillwater for a night or two. I have a friend coming on Wednesday to spend two nights. I need to clean house Tuesday. The smoke blew in today and there is a layer of dust and ash all over the house tonight.
I’m hoping to get back into town to paint sometime next week. I have a lot of woodwork and walls to paint throughout the whole house. The electrician is to call Monday and let me know when they are coming out. Once they get done the handyman can get the laundry room done and finish up a few other little things and the house will almost be ready inside. The carpet/tile guy is coming the 19th to give me a bid for the flooring that needs done. Not sure when they can install it. Then we can start thinking about what needs to be done on the outside. It is getting close to being ready to be rented.
Took a short nap this afternoon. I got a phone call that woke me up. I’m glad I got the call as I really don’t like taking long naps and have a feeling I would have slept much longer. Jim took a nap today too and he is still sleeping. He will need to stay up late tonight to get his notes and power point ready for his class tomorrow.
It reached 80 today. Tomorrow the high will only be in the low 60’s. This week is going to be cooler again with temperatures in the 50’s and low 60’s most of the week. Rain is in the forecast for later in the week. We need the rain again to clear the smoke from the air. There is a haze on the horizon again from all the burning that is happening all around us.
The kids let me know they have enough cookies and it would probably be good if I didn’t give them any more for a while. Ellexia asked me if I would make some Chex Mix instead so when I go to the grocery store tomorrow I will get the stuff to make that. I usually only make that at Christmas time but I decided that is a rule that can be broken when necessary.
Grateful the pasture burn went well today, grateful to get to see Ellexia today, and grateful rules are made to be broken.