A bit of this, that and the other

Things have been a bit hectic since my last post. I had a birthday, my husband has had two surgeries and we are still trying to get things done on the property. Not quite in that order!  

We spent five days clearing up then power washing the screen porch. That seems like a long time but it has been so hot we can only work outside a couple of hours first thing in the morning.  Our screen porch is quite large, 35’ x 15’. It is a delightful space. We have our grill, a table and chairs and some chairs to relax in out there. We had recently replaced a couple of the screen panels and patched a couple of holes and put a new screen door on it. It had got quite dusty out there as we hadn’t power washed it for a couple of years. Now it is nice and clean and a joy to sit out and relax with a cup of coffee and watch the wild life. We have a family of turkeys who nest nearby and we see them most days pecking away. We have a young buck whose antlers are coming in very nicely and he is usually with four or five does and fawns. They usually show up most days. The birds are always very active.

I had a birthday and got some card making supplies. I have not been doing anything as I am trying to keep my craft room neat and tidy but as there has been no buyers so far, I decided that I was going to carry on with my hobbies. I got a new paper cutter, one of those with the sliding blade. I have been using our old fashioned one with a large pull-down blade, but it doesn’t cut very well when just cutting one sheet. This new one is much nicer for card making and doesn’t take up a lot of space on the desk. Also got one of those little gizmos that makes nice rounded corners and a set of greetings die cuts.  I also got some summer clothes on close out. It will remain hot here for a couple of months yet so they will come in handy. 

My husband has a neuro stimulator implanted in his back. That involved two surgeries.  The surgeries were straight forward but when he was on the operating table for the first one they left a lead with a round terminal attached to his chest. He had to lie on his stomach and the lead and terminal dug into him and dislodged a rib which was extremely painful. He has been in a lot of pain but thankfully it has started to subside a bit now.

Today has been the first day I have been able to chill in nearly three weeks.  I watched some YouTube videos on card making and tried an outlet of new techniques. It was fun.

Still struggling with the streaming tv process. They keep moving sports around to different channels. Very frustrating when you expect to be able to watch a game and it’s somewhere different!

Still having problems with blogger on my PC.  It might be the browser I am using.  I will try it on another browser.

Started this post yesterday, Saturday.  This morning, we sat on the screen porch at 7am and had a cup of tea and shared a cinnamon bun. The temperature was a cool 69F (21C).  It is already 81F (27C) and it's just past 11am!

Hope all is good in your worlds. XXXXX