It has been an eventful day on the prairie today. This morning I looked out the window to see what Roxy was barking at. There was a pair of raccoons perched on top of the swing set in the back yard. I had heard her barking most of the night and wondered what was out there. Jim locked the dogs in the garage and then shot a few marbles at them using his sling shot. The raccoons crawled down and ran out into the back prairie. They better not come back and eat my baby chickens.
I made a big batch of spaghetti sauce in the crock pot this morning. Made a double batch of No Bake Chocolate Cookies.
Went into town at 12:45 for my 1:30 doctor’s appointment. They took me back on time. I think I was there about 30 minutes. The doctor spent a bit more time actually examine me this year than he did last year but I certainly wouldn’t call it a complete physical.
Stopped by the Salvation Army and dropped off five bags of stuff I had pulled out of my closet to donate. Went by the bank to cash a check and then went to Walmart to get a few groceries.
Finally got home around 3:30. Fixed spaghetti and garlic bread and then boxed everything up and headed back into town to drop off dinner for Tim, Michelle and the kiddos.
When I get done blogging I will go down for the third time today and check on the baby chickens. They were all alive and doing well this morning. It got a bit cooler last night than I expected it to. The chicks were all huddled together under the heat lamp when I went down this morning. I am going to have to lower the lamp for night time. Today I turned it off again as the chicken coop got too warm for them earlier. It is harder to control the temperature in the big coop than it was when I had them inside.
I saved back some spaghetti sauce and bread for our dinner tonight. Jim went down to do some mowing and when he comes up to eat I will cook some spaghetti for him and dinner will be done. That was easy. Tomorrow night I am fixing a pot roast. I want to try one of our new ones from the beef we got last week. Friday we are going to have steaks. I like when our menu is decided ahead of time. Makes fixing dinner much easier when I don’t have to decide what to fix.
Tomorrow I have to have some lab work done so will go in early to my mammogram appointment and get that done. I have to be fasting so they couldn’t do that today. After my mammogram I am going to Matfield Green to visit a friend. I won’t get much done tomorrow either. Good thing I don’t have much on my to do list anyways.
No plans for the weekend so far. Jim is going to Stillwater some time next week but hasn’t decided when he is leaving and when he is coming back. We don’t have anything on our calendar so it really doesn’t matter when he goes.
I have a Crisis Text Hot Line shift tonight and tomorrow night. I’m a bit tired this evening so hoping I can stay awake until midnight to finish out my shift.
Feeling much better today. My yeast infection is improving with the medication I got Monday. Still raw and sore but I can see improvement. It will probably take two or three more days before it is a lot better. I hate when you have to take a medication to counter the medication you took before that. Hopefully this will end this cycle. I am done with doctor’s for a bit.
This day has gone by quickly. I don’t like taking two trips into town in one day but that is the way it worked out today. I’ll be glad when Friday comes and I can stay home for another long stretch of time. I have gotten used to being home and don’t like the days I have to go to town and people.
Grateful the raccoons went away, grateful my annual physical is completed, and grateful for a quiet weekend ahead.