Going to take a moment from my day and post again. No one is reading this, so for now it is a diary of sorts. My grandkids were sick over Thanksgiving week and the week after, now it is my turn.....I did not know that a human body keeps that much liquid in it, wow am I dehydrated. I don't know if it is from throwing up so much, but my throat is raw and sore, hopefully this is not a second part of the death virus!!! Soaping has quieted down, now making lotion bars and working on a plan for the showroom part that will be mine to open a soap shop, hopefully in the new year I will get everything needed to open, money sure would be helpful at this time. Al has not yet started on the new coop, the pallets are sitting in piles by the garden waiting to be assembled into a 10x15 coop for my birds, still contemplating what to do with the 3 roosters that I have, they cannot be together, I have 2 older ones around 2 years old that are mean, 1 to everyone, the other just to children and bare legged people. They are both beautiful creatures and would hate to have them in a pot of soup. The third roo is my newest one that is still in the laundry room, he is just a little over 2 months old and is still a sweet little bird. Well, I just called my daughter to let her know that the death virus going around has not hit Al yet and that I think it is safe for her to bring the kids over today. I will spray one more time with the lysol, just to make sure that the germ is kept at bay. Have a nice day everyone.....

Vacation from Pain

After going to the doctor last week, they gave me Predisone and I have been doing the things that I should have been doing all year long. My feet have been bothering me for almost 2 years, this week has been wonderful. By no means are they pain free, but I am not getting sharp stabbing pains in the heels as if someone was hammering spikes into them. I have made more soaps this week than in all of the last couple of months, I finally got my front garden somewhat how I want it. As I sit here, they are throbbing but no shooting pains. Talk to you later.

Good News

I have been given a slight vacation from my nonstop pain, the meds I was given yesterday is just temporary, but a miracle. Prednisone, I know, I know.....terrible stuff, but at the moment, any little reprieve I will take. I can walk, hell, I can almost dance, I feel terrific. Gotta go and do stuff that I normally can't, don't want to miss life. Talk to you later.

Up Before the Sun

I have often wondered why we get up so early. Me, because my body needs to limber up before I can start to do things, this is why I am doing this blog, something to do while my body is waking up. Getting old sucks, Arthritis, Tarsal Tunnel, Carpal Tunnel, Thyroid problems, High Blood Pressure.......besides my normal problems, these new ones the past couple of years have really brought me down. I have to keep going, I really want to be able to do things with my grandchildren. I really want to make soaps everyday (my body doesn't let me), I love to be around my chickens, and I love to be loved by my cats. Something lovely about being loved unconditionally by a child or an animal, different than your husband or grown children. Can't really put my finger on it, maybe because they are so dependent on you? Maybe or maybe not, I just love it though. I love the fact if you give love freely to something, most of the time, it loves you back, take a garden for instance. If you take the time and care to keep it weed free and watered, it gives you so much back, feeds you, sustains you, multiple more times than the effort that you put into it. Well, time to make the coffee and get tidied up a bit.....talk to you later.

Second Post

No, I won't keep saying which post this is, but being my second post, I just put it as such. Did not get to make any soap yesterday, just relaxed and vegged, spent some time with the chickens inbetween rain storms. I really can't wait till the new coop is made and I can get to the eggs without slipping in muddy chicken poop, yuck!!! The neighbors chickens visited me yesterday, all 3 of them, pretty little hens, a mix between black sexlink and marans, I believe. The neighbor says that they are mind now, but they won't stay overnight yet in the yard, they keep going home, they won't let me touch them yet, we will work on that. I have been thinking on keeping my Americauna's seperate then the rest of the chickens after the new coop is built, just to make more Americauna chicks, something to give thought to. It is Monday, so back to watching some of the grandkids, one of these days, my pains will go away and I will be able to do more with them. But most days, I think that these pains that I have will be a permanant thing and will be with me for the rest of my life. Have a good day, and I will talk to you later.

First Post

Since this is my first post, I won't make it a long one. Just wanted to see how easy it was to start. I may just use this as a diary of sorts, thoughts that I need to get out of my head and out there in oblivion. I hope that some of my future rants won't offend anyone, but then again these are my opinions and I am not going to be walking on eggshells to get stuff off my chest. Talk to you later.