It has been another beautiful day on the prairie. Bright blue skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 50’s. It is to be even warmer during the week. Maybe we will get a bit of fall this year.
When I went down to let the chickens out this morning, I shook the feed container and the light bulb in the heat lamp fell out. It had separated from the screw in part that holds it in the lamp. I took down the whole thing and brought it up to the house so Jim could take the screw in part out of the lamp. He fixed it and took it back down to hang up. I’m grateful it wasn’t too cold last night and the water didn’t freeze.
I took a nap this afternoon. I had a hard time finding sleep last night for some reason. It felt good to get an hour or so sleep this afternoon. I must be feeling better if sleep is getting hard to find.
I am using the left over chicken from dinner last night and am making white chicken chili. Hoping my tummy is ready to eat beans. Guess I will find out soon. The soup smells divine and is making me hungry this afternoon. I tried cutting the recipe in half so we won’t have so much left over. I really hate wasting food.
I finished another panel on the baby blanket I am knitting. Have the last panel started. Maybe I will get this one done either tonight or tomorrow and can then get the second baby blanket I want to make started. I used to be able to knit for six to eight hours a day but can’t seem to manage that now. It is almost cool enough to start knitting twin-sized blankets again. I still have some Homespun yarn I need to get knitted up.
Jim just had me help him flip the desk he is building for me over. He put the first coat of varnish on the legs and bottom and needed it flipped so he could varnish the top. It is looking so nice. This nice weather is helping him get it done before winter sets in. Not sure what his next project will be.
Not sure when we are going to reschedule our trip to Stillwater. Jim may go by himself for a few days. He has so much he needs to get done down there yet he loves being here. Too bad he can’t be in two places at once.
Project Clean This House starts tomorrow. I have put it off for too long. I think the house is dirtier now than it ever has been. I just haven’t had the strength to clean house much the last three months. Time to get it done. I will feel even better when my house is clean again. I got a bit of it started today.
Last night on Facebook two of Jim’s friends in Stillwater got very creative. One was on top of their house and had a long chute of plastic that he used to drop candy down to the Trick or Treaters. The other had made a catapult device that shot the candy down the drive way to the little ones. Loved their creativity. What cool ways to keep safe.
I was a bit dismayed though by the number of adults I saw in pictures posted on Facebook that were in crowded situations not wearing face masks. I sure hope the numbers of cases doesn’t shoot up mid week from those that were out unprotected. I still don’t understand why people are refusing to wear masks.
We remembered to change our clocks last night. Sure is weird to have the sunset starting to get close and it is only 5:00. It will take me a bit to adjust to the early dark in the evenings. I will enjoy the early light in the mornings.
Grateful for naps on days when sleep is hard to find, grateful for the desk Jim is building me, and grateful for those that do wear face masks.