Another stormy day on the prairie. Grateful the storms have skirted around my little corner on the prairie so far. I did get a bit of rain but nothing severe. There are reports of tornadoes all around me though and some doing some damage up by Eudora and Lawrence. The air is thick and heavy with some dark clouds around but nothing showing very close on radar.
Went into Emporia this morning and got a few things. Ran two errands and came home. Finally got the smoke detector battery replaced so no more beeping noise.
Took a nap this afternoon. I am still recovering from all the excitement of the weekend. It was full of people at my house. I do better when it is only one or two although I did enjoy seeing everyone who came over Saturday and Sunday.
I got 80% of the yard mowed when I got home from town. I came in to eat lunch and take a break and didn’t make it back out before it rained. It is to be dry tomorrow so I will get out and get it finished up in the morning. It was a bit too wet in some places to be mowing and I left wheel tracks. Good thing I don’t even pretend to have a city yard.
Have one of the blow up beds ready for my guests for tomorrow. I thought I had another set of queen sheets but can’t find them so may have to use a twin mattress instead. Hope the cowboys aren’t too big.
It has been nice to have a relaxing, quiet day at home. I appreciate the silence in the house today and it feels good. I have gotten back on plan and ate the right foods for my body today which feels good too. I cleaned out my refrigerator and got rid of the foods I shouldn’t eat.
Still need to get the floors and furniture dusted downstairs and one more bed made up and then I will be ready for my cowboys tomorrow. I have no idea what time they will be here but have no where I have to go tomorrow so will stay home until they get here.
One nice thing about all the rain is it is keeping the dust to a minimum. The house feels a bit musty though. It needs to dry out a bit. After today no more rain is in the forecast until Saturday so maybe it will dry out a bit. Unfortunately next week rain is in the forecast Monday through Thursday. Maybe things will change and they will take it back out. I am ready for dry, hot temperatures.
The guy is coming tomorrow to power wash the decks and house. It will be good to get step one of the deck refinishing project done. I need a couple weeks of dry weather to get the decks stained so hoping that will happen before it gets brutally hot this summer. we shall see if that plan works.
My neighbor had some tree damage from the wind that blew through Sunday evening. I was lucky to only have a wet floor to clean up. It was one strong wind of some sort that blew threw. Wondering if there was a little funnel that bounced around a bit. It sounded like a freight train for a bit during the worse of the storm.
Rolled the trash can down the driveway this afternoon. Trusting the wind won’t blow it over and scatter trash all over tonight.
Grateful to be sitting in my peaceful valley today, grateful the storms that are rolling through today have missed my little corner of the prairie so far, and grateful for a nap today – I needed that!