A quiet day on the prairie at last. I went to bed early last night and got up in time to watch the sunrise this morning. It was beautiful and filled my soul.
I spent some time this morning putting things away and cleaning up the kitchen. We had dumped everything from the cars into the kitchen and dining room when we got here yesterday. I hate cluttered kitchen counter tops and kitchen tables.
Made a long grocery list for Jim. He went to town and it took him over an hour to get all the things on the list. He said his cart was full! It took us a bit to get everything put away when he got home. It is always an interesting experience to see what he buys at the store.
I ran into Cottonwood Falls to go to the bank to deposit three checks and to stop by the post office to mail two packages. I sent face masks off to my two Aunts.
Spent quite a bit of time today making more masks. I almost have all the ones I have cut out made up so will finish that last 10 or so of those and then will have to cut out more pieces. I have another big stack of them made up so if anyone needs some just holler.
Went out and mowed the driveway and to the south of the parking lot. It was nasty mowing as the grass was tall and it is dusty dirty out there. My eyes are still gritty and I am dusty and dirty. It was good to get outside and bounce on the mower for a bit. My house sitter had mowed up most of the yard. I will need to remember to get some gas before I can mow again.
Tomorrow morning I have to be at the doctor’s office at 7:45. I don’t usually get up and going that early in the morning. I look forward to getting some answers though and trust he will figure something out that will help me.
Need to stop on the way home from Emporia tomorrow and get a new watering can for the chickens. My other one is so bent out of shape that I can’t twist it on properly. The floor of the chicken coop is all wet from the water that leaks out when you don’t get the lid on correctly. I will need to do a big feed haul sometime this week but don’t think I will do it tomorrow. I’ll wait till I have Jim with me so he can do the heavy lifting.
We need to get the chicken coop cleaned out sometime this week. May do it this evening when it cools down a bit. It got hot enough this afternoon I turned the A/C on. Last night I had to put a sweater on after dark and am guessing it will cool down enough again tonight that we can turn the A/C back off and open the windows. I prefer sleeping with the windows open and the A/C off.
I have chicken tenders marinating in olive oil and seasoning that we will grill for dinner. Jim got some corn on the cob at the store today so we will have that with the chicken. It will be an easy meal to fix.
I haven’t started cleaning the house yet. Maybe tomorrow I can get a room or two done. The mood didn’t hit me today yet.
Sitting in my chair typing reminds me I need to do something about shades for the west windows. It sure would keep the top floor of the house cooler if I could block out the sunlight in the afternoons. I have never been sure what I wanted so have kept putting off getting something. Time to get off the pot and make a decision and get something ordered.
It is so nice to be back on the prairie. My heart feels full of light and love. Nothing fills me as full as being on the prairie.
Grateful the pantry and refrigerator are restocked, grateful more masks are made, and grateful to be back on the prairie.