Company Coming

My sisters are coming tomorrow! I’m pumped up. I rigged up a ramp. We’ll be careful getting her up it🤞

Harvest Past

Astrid picked her tomatoes.  I think her harvest is past.  She grew a lot of vegetables in her raised beds,  it’s still raining.  We sure need the reservoirs filled.

Sigrid is taking advantage of her sisters being married and living away from the homestead.  Her parents’ house is not large.  The downstairs is only 1200 square feet.  The bedrooms are about 12 by 12 feet.  When Sig moved home she fixed her old bedroom up nicely again. Logan put her tv on the wall.  

But her biggest change was making the second bedroom into a closet and makeup area.  The closet is her room is average sized but now she has a lighted makeup area and her clothes where she can see them.

Luckily, there’s a guest room upstairs.  Siggie has a suite.

 

Finally Rain

I have walked in rain for the last two mornings.  Finally, the earth has a drink.  Galla Lake and pond are collecting water 💦.

Astrid teaches HIIT at Focus Fitness on top of her nursing duties! She said, “Gigi, we’re going to work on your muscle strength”!  We are three generations working to be strong women—mind, body and soul♥️

I made it through the workout with 6 pound weights.  I satin a chair for the core exercises that were done on the floor.  I have trouble getting up and down.  Astrid worked the routine especially for me—no jumping!  HIIT stands for high intensity interval training.  Astrid just teaches one Saturday a month so I may get to try it again in December ❤️

 

Redo

Astrid tired of her blue end table in her spare bedroom and painted it white.  The picked up the lamp at a resell shop for 10$ I think she said.  The lamp reminds me of Momma.  She liked the globe lamps.

She bought this corner hutch without class.  She had chicken wire in it but she decided she wanted glass. She got glass at hobby lobby.  It gave the hutch a sharper look.

Can’t Sleep

It rained yesterday.  We really needed it.  I put on my green rain gear and walked in the drizzle.  A hawk came and killed two of my chickens so I have what I have left locked up and they’ll have to stay in the pen. I cleaned the coop and hen nests today.  I worked on the outside.  I covered holes so it will be warmer this winter.

I can tell there is less daylight.i can’t sleep. I woke today at 3:30 and the day before that 4.  If you can sleep all night you are blessed.

Went to eye Dr. No cataract surgery for another year.  

Laura puts food in my mailbox and when I walk I pick it up.  Today was egg roll in a  bowl.  It was very good.  I’ll have to bring plants in soon.  I think I need a plant light.
 

Anxiety

Laura went to school dressed as anxiety!   Halloween produces anxiety in many teachers as the children are very excited!   

Laura had to fill me in on who anxiety is.  It’s from the  Pixar's new movie, Inside Out 2 .  A sequel to the 2015 movie Inside Out.  The main character is 11-year-old Riley. In the first movie, audiences meet Riley's core emotions – Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger. They live in Headquarters, the place in Riley's mind from which they operate her emotions.  In Inside Out 2, Riley is 13 and thriving in her new city. She has friends and is a star on her hockey team. But when puberty hits one night, four new emotions shake up Riley's core emotions: Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment and, most of all, Anxiety.

 

Most Valuable

 Another World’s Series is history and Freddie Freeman was named MVP.  I hope you tuned in.  Baseball is great entertainment.  I rooted for the Dodgers so it was really fun to watch for me.  The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the advertisements.  But I lived over them.  There’s the mute button!

Freddie Freeman is an interesting man.  His parents were both born in Canada, but he was born in California.  He has both US and Canadian citizenship and been a Dodger fan all his life.  His mother passed when he was 10 of melanoma.  He wears a long sleeve shirt in every game to honor her.  His Dad is his biggest supporter raising him on his own. Freddie’s son was ill this season.  He was diagnosed with Guillen-Barre syndrome, a rare condition causing nerve damage with symptoms including muscle weakness, tingling and some paralysis, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Freddie was out for five days over the summer in order to be with his son during his battle with the disease.  He has a thankful heart and a strong faith.  Freddie is a fourth generation Salvationist. His grandfather (Ed Freeman) is a highly respected band master (for the Tustin Ranch band). His father is one of the finest trombone players in the entire Salvation Army world and his uncle Bruce is easily one of the finest cornet players. Several of his cousins are currently officers throughout The Salvation Army world.  Congrats to Freddie for being valuable to more than just the baseball world❤️

Ballerina

Ada is a ballerina! No scary costume for her.  She said “Momma I want to be something pretty!” Most little girls love dressing up.  Astrid and Ingrid did.  Sisters make the best friends💜The word "ballerina" comes from the Italian word ballerino, which means "dancing master". It originated in the late 1700s.

 

Charlie

One of Astrid’s clients had a feral cat.  The manager said the house rule was no wild animals.  Astrid told the man she’d take Charlie.  They caught him and Astrid brought him home.  She had him neutered.  He is an outside cat and a big hunter.  When she came to get her gifts of blankets, her dogs came along.  Charlie followed too.  He came on the porch where we were sitting.  He sniffed me and then jumped on my lap.  I’m glad Astrid saved Charlie.  The other feral cats were trapped and put down.

I have leaves to mulch but I’m waiting on rain. It’s really dry.  No rain in two months.  My neighbor’s maple still is pretty but most of the trees are bare.  The oaks have leaves.  They are the last to fall.

 

Another Blanket

Baby blankets finished.  These two are for Astrid to gift to two of her friends.  One for girl and the other a boy.

 

Back when I was teaching I brought Laura to school for a school picture. She was two!  Forty eight years later, she still has a school days picture each year! 💗 Laura’s turned out nicely this year. Everyone is in a line.  The children are called to the picture location by class.  They have a short bench like stool for everyone to sit on.  You sit, they snap.  It is done in a few seconds.  Many don’t turn out great, but they’re a memory nevertheless.  Clayton won’t go get in line.  No pictures come home in an envelope of him.  We had to “collect” for the pictures.  I hated that.  Some poor kids did not bring their pictures or the money.  I think it’s done differently now.  I felt it wasn’t my job to harass children about money.

Greta is 14

Happy Birthday 14 to my green eyed girl—October 26!

Green-eyed lady, lovely lady. Strolling slowly towards the sun. Green-eyed lady, lovely lady💚💚💚

When Ada stayed two nights with me recently. I had her reading on a much higher level!  I’m amazing😂

 

Sally O’Malley

 Every Halloween 🎃 Logan and Astrid throw a dress up party!  Sally O’Malley showed up.

I’m 50 and I can kick, stretch, and kick!