Staying busy!

We have certainly done our share of yard work lately. My mom's yard is quite beautiful now with all the fall stuff. But...there is a never-ending supply of mowing, weed-eating, chainsawing, etc. Also, I have been trying to finish some old embroidering that I started years ago in Houston. I like doing some hand work but my hand seems to go numb after a little while.

Today is a very nice fall day; there is a really wonderful breeze blowing. We haven't run the A/C in quite a few days. Thank God for that, as our electric bill was astronomical when it was hotter outside. Now our refrigerator is going out...again, so the landlady has to give us another one...again! The only thing that works now is the freezer and I don't know how much longer it will last. It is an old Montgomery Ward brand (brown, from '60s or '70s, I'll bet). This is a very old apartment building, but the rent is fairly reasonable. I suppose that is enough useless information for one blog! Good day all.

Yard Work Abounds!

My mom and I have worked our hind ends off for the past 4 days so far, on her yard! It is a very large place and she is really too old to handle all that work by herself. It is shaping up, but there is still a lot of work to do. The fall flowers are all blooming and, since the rain recently, everything just took off. Her nice neighbor mowed with his riding mower not too long ago (1st time it has needed this whole season!) and we are just trying to maintain and do the fine work (i.e., weed eating, trimming, grass digging in the ornamental garden). We are going to buy another weed eater so we can both get the areas that can't be mowed (and there are a lot of those). Then we will work on the county fair; she does "Ag in the classroom" for 3rd and 4th graders of all the elementary schools. Mom is so good with these kids and she thinks the world of them.

Trip to Hobby Lobby

Today was a travel day! Since our Walmart does no longer carry fabric, my mom and I were forced to go 47 miles just to get some material she needed to back a quilt. Isn't that a shame that we have nowhere here to buy fabric! I really think that I would like to open a small shop but it would be a big investment and I am still waiting for my house. Anyway, it was a nice trip and my car gets really good gas mileage. Gas has gone down but not near enough. I remember the days of 19 cents a gallon gas; however, we had a gas hog car. Oh, well, those days are gone but not forgotten. There I go, waxing nostalgic! I feel old now, but that goes with the territory. My baby is over 30 now, so...anyway, I will close on that note!