OH HAPPY DANCE!!!!

IT'S BEEN RAINING!!!! And we are expecting some more today. The birds are just singing and singing this morning; I do believe that they are as happy as I am about the rain.

Once I get the housework done I plan to sew as long as there isn't a bunch of thunder and lightening. My new machine has too much electronic on it so I unplug it just like I unplug computers during bad storms. If that happens though I will pick up a crochet project - I'm currently working on a sweater for myself. The pattern is called "Circular Motion" and it's off from the Lion Brand website. It's really quite interesting as it's crocheted in circles instead of straight rows - hence the name. I'll post some pictures when It starts looking like a sweater.

The other day when I cleaned out the gutters I must have rubbed up against some poison oak as my right leg has a patchy itchy spot very reminiscent of my reaction to doing just that. UGH! Oh well at least the garage didn't flood last night.

Better get this day started - Good Morning everyone.

Fall Weeds

Yesterday Scott and I drove up to our 10 acres and walked around the place and fell in love with it all over again and decided to call the Realtor and take it off the market. It had been for sale for over 90 days and we decided that if it had not sold by that point we would do our best to just hold onto it.

Scott was smart and took an allergy pill before we left; I on the other hand did not and the place is overgrown with lots of Goldenrod and Mustard growing and blooming all over; so I'm sneezing my head off this morning. We need a Governor for the Gravely tractor and Scott says it will cost about $80 so I'm going to have to pinch extra hard to squeeze that amount out of our tight budget as we have to get that place mowed but can't afford to pay the neighbor to do it this year. We are thinking about having the pines harvested on our land but worry about the mess that the Loggers always leave behind. It would be nice to make a little money off the place somehow - perhaps make enough to pay that land off a bit faster. It's just a thought though.

The grass seed that we planted last winter has come up and grown in nicely where the Loggers had cut across our property and then cut us a road of sorts through the woods in payment for the damage they had created. We have a couple places that are still washing real bad and we will need to bring in a BUNCH of gravel to create a real driveway back to where we want to build our cottage. Greg is talking about building his own cottage and 3 bay garage up there as well. We will see what the future holds - perhaps his future wife won't like country living.

Well it's cleaning and laundry day and that dog of ours needs a bath BADLY before it turns too cold to give her one. So she will be my first chore so that I can clean that bathroom as soon as I am finished with her.

HAPPY MONDAY!

Longing for the Mountains

I so wish we could take a trip to the Mountains of NC; Eat diner at Iannucci's is Skyland, NC and hike some. Perhaps stay overnight and walk around Asheville the next day. Perhaps in May we will be able to afford to do that for our Anniversary.

I've really been quite the Sloth lately - lots of sitting around not doing much of anything - gotta find some energy and get moving again. I really do have plenty to keep me busy around here - just haven't seen much motivation out of myself. Time to make some lists of tasks that need to get completed before it turns real cold. I'm thinking about doing a real deep clean on this house - washing walls and baseboards and going through more "stuff" and getting rid of it. I took what I had pulled together for a yard sale to "His House" for donation. I got a tax right off slip and no huge headache from having the yard sale. It felt good to get it all out of here - I was tired of walking around it.

I have a bunch I'd like to get done in our yard as well - more lists! As I said there is a BUNCH that needs doing around here.

Deep Cleaning and Yard Sale Prepping

I decided this morning that I would start tackling this house one closet/cabinet/room at a time; bagging stuff up to donate (clothes) and marking stuff for a yard sale that I will have on July 31rst. I want to get rid of about 1/3 of our "stuff"- possibly more. It's just STUFF taking up room that I have to clean around. I'd rather see someone else get use from it. Today I got through the linen closet, the coat closet and the entry... Looks pretty good if I do say so myself. Tesla decided that the linen closet was now "his room"; poor thing doesn't realize that the vacuum has to go in that spot. Tomorrow I will tackle the other closet in the hall-way - Holiday decorations. UGH! I think I will get rid of everything that isn't Halloween or Christmas. I don't really decorate for the others anymore since Greg is a grown man - not that he isn't wild enough to appreciate the decorations. He is such a cut-up and would play along for Mom's sake. But I'm just NOT that into decorating. I would love to have a Halloween party this year but who knows where we will be or what our circumstances will be then either.

Here is what I have ready for the yard sale (CHEST not included)...

I went to walk by the river by myself this morning before it got dreadfully hot. Saw this dead fish and had to stop and wonder how it came to it's end. It was over a foot long... I'm not really sure what kind of fish that it is but I'm sure Scott will let me know. I thought this vine looked interesting on this tree right on the bank of the river... I also saw one of the families of Geese that have made the Congaree their home this year..

Time to get dinner made.... NOTE TO SELF! DO NOT PUT A PAN TO BOIL AND THEN DO A BLOG POST! I sure hope I can get the melted aluminum off that burner when it cools and the stink out of this house before we have to go to sleep tonight.