We spent the past several days at the rental property. We still need to have our roof fixed and the rains keep coming. One word keeps coming to mind to me is the word Control, I like things to be under control. My tolerance for chaos is very low.
The gardens and our young flock of 9 chickens is doing well. The older birds are doing well in the adult hen house. Our poor dog has been dropping weight like crazy and was not eating. The neighbor had put out rodent poison all over the empty lots and she got into it. We took her to the vet and he was able to treat her.
I meet the strangest people on road trips. I was wearing that Romania pendant a woman gave me. I wear a lot of crystals as jewelry, I enjoy homemade things. So, I always get comments on the jewelry I wear. I was in the restroom fixing my hair and face. A woman came behind me and said "That necklace has a vibe, you should take it off, it messing with your aura." I smiled and thanked her. She smiled and she wouldn't let it go. "I think you should take that off. I bet you have had a lot of bad luck lately." Of course our daughter feeds into it. "Well, mom, a lot of rotten things of going on lately." I roll my eyes. The woman tells us she is a medium. She starts telling me I should bury my necklace at home during a full moon. I can be a bit sardonic, "Well, if you a medium, where did I get this necklace." She says, "Well,(name my husband calls me), it was given to you shopping." I smile and leave. My daughter was rattled. "Mom, don't you ever get rattled?" I explained to her that people read cues from facial expressions and body language. They hear bits of conversation." "Mom, she whispered, she used dad's nickname for you. She never has never seen us before."
We returned home late last night. We had a lasgna from the freezer and a salad from the garden. I was able to get a healthy dinner on the tabel in the time it took to unpack the van, load the dirty dishes in dishwasher, and throw in a load of laundry.
Today, we needed to muck out the chicken because of the rains. I put out new bedding, and ground cover. They enjoyed berry ice treats, it was 93 today. They are still learning to eat things besides chick feed. At the end of the month, we will begin the food we need to get them to lay eggs.
I sent out the meat chickens to be processed. I will get them back on Monday. It will fill the chicken freezer. Meat prices are up 35 % in my area. I prefer to grow our meats. We will have 1/2 cow and pork in September. Our meat ran low this year because of the family eating more meat and lots of company this year. I plan out the basics to last a year. We came up 2 months short in the meat department.
I weeded 4 garden beds. I gathered 4 dozen eggs from the big hen house. I milked 2 gallons of goat milk. I made goat cheese.
I baked several loaves of bread, English muffins, and crackers. We used a lot of those things. We dind't eat any meals out. We stayed at the hotel. Breakfast was provided there. I still needed to do 2 dinners and 3 lunches. I packed pasta salad and chicken burritos for dinner. I did a potato salad and ham slices for the second dinner. Lunches were sliced veggies and fruit. Our rental is in a very rural area and there aren't many shopping areas. I can't stand the rental and refuse to sleep there. So, we really need to make sure that we are stocked with all the food and drinks we need.
My work was interesting. The trip takes 10 hours, so I completed 8 days of work using my hotspot. So, this little trip saved me work hours which was a plus. I find it hard to sit in the car and to be idle. I managed to get my workouts in at the hotel gym. This is the first week this month I am migraine free. I needed to tweak my diet a bit and my stress levels.
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