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)
