May 30- June 6, 2020 Hallway Flooring, Stairs, Red Poppies, Seamless, Garden

 May 30- June 6, 2020 

Hallway Flooring, Stairs, Red Poppies, Seamless, Garden 

Hello Friends!

This is the week the mosquitoes arrived!  Yikes!  They can be fierce in watery Michigan as it seems there is an endless supply of small ponds and water sources.  The highlight of my week is that my lovely red poppies started blooming this week!  We brought them from our last home in Indiana and am so happy to see them arrive each year!  Most days I take Henry for a hike in the woods, or as I like to say, "Hiking with Henry," and that continues even though I don't always post about it here.  This is the highlight of my days throughout each season...even mosquito season!  I had three headache days and one migraine day this week.

Chickens:

The bummer of the week is that one of my two sick chickens died this week, even though they have been spending time in the tractors getting fresh warm air and nutrients.  The hardest part of having chickens is that they do seem to die easily and that is hard on my heart.  With my greens doing so well in my garden, and the wild greens in the woods, I've been able to provide so much healthy food for them this week.

Stairs and Hallway:

Dh and I have been working hard to replace the stairs!  Little by little!  Each step is precisely measured and fitted into place with care.  This week we started on the hallway flooring that the stairs will meet up with.  We had to pull up the old linoleum first, and was surprised to find another layer of older linoleum, and after we pulled that we found a third layer!!!  No one, it seems, ever pulled up the previous layers, they just kept laying on top of the old!

Bible Study:

My summer Bible study started this week and we are doing "Seamless" by Angie Smith.  The only slightly down point is that I have already done this study before, but as I've already seen, it really is fantastic to dig a little deeper this time around.  I really like big picture reviews and this certainly is that!  The biggest bummer, for me, is that I am the only woman in our group that is wearing a mask.  At our first meeting, it was clear at least one woman is very negative about masks and really made me feel extremely uncomfortable.  She is very vocal about her opinions and I can tell this will be a bit taxing for me to be the only person wearing a mask and getting the vibes she is sending out.  I will try my best to rise above and go high.

Discord:

Dd ended up going to her friend, Lexi's house for Sunday and Monday.  There she decided to dye her hair purple.  I never did crazy things with my hair, but she has an endless curiosity about the various things (and colors) she can do to her hair.  We continue to be struggling with the, let's call them the "eighteens."  Friday night she and her boyfriend spent the evening with Dh and me.  We played Oregon Trail and Apples to Apples board games the whole evening.  We had a lot of fun with them!

Dd's Academic Progress:

German: DuoLingo: 2 hours

Biology: Apologia: 2 hours

Physical Exercise: Kayaking Monday & Tuesday: 4 hours and Swimming 1 hour