Oct. 6-12, 2019 Dh and Dd in Indiana, Canning, Trip to Gene Porter-Stratton Home with Heather

Oct. 6-12, 2019 

Dh and Dd in Indiana, Canning, Trip to Gene Porter-Stratton Home with Heather

Dd hugging Dickens

Hello Friends,

That Emgality shot, to prevent migraines, sure did give me fits this week.  I took the shot on Friday and had a headache Saturday and Sunday, migraine on Monday and Tuesday, and then back to a headache on Wednesday...yikes.  It didn't help that it rained and rained all week long.  I had to turn on the heat lamp for the chickens starting on Friday night.

Farm:

Dh and Dd spent the weekend at the family farm in southern Indiana having a wonderful time. 

Dh built these walls and painted them, camo-style, to add on to one his hunting stand.

Dh bought the wood and built two ladders to get up to his improved tree stand.

 I honestly have way too much canning and chores to do before winter to go.  Dh wanted to paint our walls this fall and I am still not nearly done.  There is so much to do when you paint--move all the furniture, take off all the fixtures and outlet covers.  I've slowly been moving the furniture back into the living room, bedroom, etc. while all the tools and wood flooring is still stacked up in the corners!  Dh want to figure out how to do the hardwood flooring in the hallway that wouldn't interfere with him redoing the treads on the stairs going into the basement.  He hasn't been able to figure it out and so our flooring project has been on hold for weeks and has no signs of being resolved any time soon.  I am getting the walls all painted and done while he keeps figuring.

Garden: Canning

Sunday I picked green beans while the chickens free-ranged.  I also dug up all the volunteer potatoes and the beets I'd planted.

Monday: 8 quarts of green beans.

Wednesday: 8 quarts of green beans and I let the chickens free-range while I picked more green beans.

10 pints of mix of green beans and potatoes
Saturday: I picked green beans while the chickens free-ranged again.

Cut Sage and hung upside down around our house to dry.

Chickens:

On Sunday Brenda was healthy enough to return to the flock!!!   Then on Monday, Chesapeake was sick and had to go into my little infirmary.  Chickens are so difficult to keep healthy! 

I'm still picking green beans and while I'm out there I let the chickens free-range, to their pleasure! 

After spending the summer painting all the wood around the house I can finally see it as a job accomplished.  I've just had little areas to touch up this fall.  It looks really good.

Home Improvements:

I've been working on painting and re-painting the hallway downstairs in the basement.  Dd had put a coat of paint on top of spackle she had put down to cover flaws and didn't sand down the spackle before painting, so it looks pretty bad.  With each coat, I put down the flaws was less and less obvious.  I was surprised she did that chore without discussing it first.  I painted that hallway over a few days to get the layers built up.

I cleaned garage---trying to think about getting it opened up for getting our cars back in. 

Carpal Tunnel:

I've been really struggling with carpal tunnel problems in both my hands this summer.  Besides bothering me off and on during the day; it is even worse at night!  It wakes me up repeatedly throughout the night.  My hands are all tingly and numb and having little fits of aggravation all night long!  I'd complained to my doctor twice and finally asked her to refer me on.  This week I went and had EMG tests done on both hands.  I have mild to moderate nerve damage in my hands and they recommend I have surgery.  I am scheduled to have my right hand done on Nov. 6th and my left hand on Dec. 4th.  

Gene Stratton-Porter's House:

I met my dear friend, Heather, at the home of GSP.  She is the author of many fine books.  Heather had told me to read:

A Girl of the Limberlost

for years.  I finally read it a year or two ago and fell in love with the book; especially the first half of the book before she fell in love with a fella and jumped the shark a little bit.  Since Heather and I both were such fans of GSP and one of her homes (national park) is almost exactly between our homes we decided to meet there.  We both drove a little over two hours and met up for a few hours together.  We took a wonderful tour of her home and had a lovely picnic on the grounds before heading back home.

Hike with Lori:

I was blessed by having two different women take me hiking this week.  



Lori took me to the Wittenbach AgriScience Center for a hike in the woods that lasted a bit over an hour. 



I was a bit nervous when I saw the high schoolers and school buses in the parking lot, but they were leaving as we arrived.  We didn't really see anyone on the trail and had a nice tranquil hike; enjoying the birds.

Bible Study:

My first impressions of really liking my Thrive Bible study group were spot-on!  I am *really* glad to have this opportunity of getting to know these really nice ladies.  They are so open, kind, loving, and inclusive.  I am still really struggling to find a connection with my BSF group.  Both studies are academically and intellectually challenging and rewarding, but it is an added bonus to have fellowship with the Thrive ladies.  I would be so glad to find a friend in Michigan!  So many acquaintances and so little 'friends.'



Our book from Ada is:
An Unexplainable Life: Recovering the Wonder and Devotion of the Early Church ( Acts 1-12) by Erica Wiggenhorn

Dd's Academic Week:

Dd arrived home with Dh Sunday night at 10:45!  She had a great time seeing some family and spending time with Dh.

Date:

On Thursday she went on her first date with Seth.  

Grace Co-Op:

Science: Anatomy/Physiology (Apologia)

Art: Painting Studio

History: The American Civil War

Writing/English: Analytical Writing for Essays and Research Papers (IEW)

Math: 

Algebra II with a math tutor

Physical Therapy: 

Last session this week

Next Week:

Winter clothes down from the attic, and we turn on the heat!  Winter is getting ever so much closer!  Lots of peeling wallpaper from the basement stairwell.

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