August 16-22, 2020 Green Beans, Canning and all things Garden, Painting the House,

 

August 16-22, 2020

 Canning and all things Garden, Painting the House

 

Hello Friends!

This was a garden week!  I had three small migraines, but my medicine, Nurtec, helped me to be able to continue getting things done and stop it from getting really bad. 

Garden/Harvest:

Twice this week, I picked and canned green beans.  I also canned tomatoes, kale, Swiss Chard, and basil.  Dh and I have been looking to buy more canning lids and they are out of stock at so many stores.  Because of the pandemic, many people have canned more than they normally do and we have a serious shortage.  I was happy with all the canning I accomplished this week!

 

Fried Green Tomatoes:

Dh made fried green tomatoes this week!!! A real highlight of my summer!!! 

 

House:

I’ve been scrapping the old paint off the outbuilding for hours, day after day!  What a big job!  The front of the outbuilding gets so much sun that this front wall was really in bad shape.  I’ve continued to caulk all the bad spots – which is tube after tube!  But, hopefully that will help our house to age gracefully.  By the end of the week I had started painting the outbuilding.

Dh worked on the deck—replacing old wood with new wood and supports.  He thought there would just be a few pieces to upgrade and quickly realized he opened a can of worms!!!

 

Health:

This week I had an echo and ultrasound on my heart as well as completing a stress test.  The results were all very good…thankfully!  I think the doctors have confirmed that the pains in my chest are due to diet and not a mechanical problem within my heart. 

 

Bible Study: Thrive:

This week the new Bible study leaders met at Rachel Norton’s house for a meeting.  It was kind of awkward with some people (cough, cough, me!) wearing a mask and the rest of the group not wearing their masks.  The mask decision has become such an awkward problem for me.  I just feel so uncomfortable with everyone not wearing their masks and commenting that they don’t agree with mask mandates when I obviously do want to avoid getting Covid.  Every Bible study group I go to I am usually the only person in a mask…but, it was exciting going to the first meeting for the new leaders and looking forward to the fall and starting a new Bible study with new friends.

 

Dd:

She was very depressed about her job at the pizza shop.  Things had been going so good for so long and now things are quickly unraveling.  But, she did get back to doing her lessons after a few weeks off for summer break.

 

Dd’s progress:

German: DuoLingo: 7 sessions = 1:50 hours

Biology: Apologia: 5 sessions = 2:10 hours

Physical Exercise: 7 sessions = 8:30 hours

Work: 4 shifts

Readers:

Go Set a Watchman: 5 sessions = 3:15 hours

Dread Nation: Completed (2:00 hours this week)