Mom (my mother-in-law) and her sister arrived last evening. We had dinner at Jole's nephews house and then brought them here. They are watching the two Popes. Such a good movie. I have called all the people I have sewing ready for. I also have to take Rosco to the vet this afternoon to clip his toenails. also get a Rattle snake vaccine.
I was weeding the rock path in the new garden and came upon my first rattlesnake. It was not a large one, and I am wondering where it brothers and sisters are... Anyway, it crossed the rainbow bridge and now I am on the lookout every day when I got out. It is cold and rainy so less likely to see them but none the less, I need to see them and not step on them.
There are 5 wedding dresses in the shop. Two are left for June, but they came in, in the last two weeks. I have three mother of the bride dresses, and one zipper to replace. So, I am feeling pretty happy about the shop.
I spring cleaned the front room (well Sissie) and also the spare room and the spare bath. All that is left in the house is the laundry room. I skipped the kitchen and the dining room, as the dining room gets redecorated for every holiday, so it is really cleaned on a regular basis and the kitchen is more than I can handle. I will have to engage help for that. But it is clean to your site.
So, what are my goals for the week?
1. at least 3 no spend days
2. no eating out
3. cook from pantry and scratch.
4. make a rhubarb/ strawberry pie
5. try and get the yard sprayed again
6. spray ammonia around the flower beds to detract the marmots! Thanks Cheryl hope this works.
7. save at least 800 toward taxes, the total is 1500.00 and I have 400 saved so far.
8 keep up on sewing that is coming in.
I think that is a good list. Now I am going to get a dress ready to hand hem and get a zipper ready to replace.
Have a great and productive day.
God is good
Kim
You have more energy than I could muster for hosting...or people in general. I need to be a recluse after a full day or two with people outside my immediate family, and even with them we all need to recharge in separate spaces. Rattlesnakes would sure scare me but admittedly, all snakes scare me a bit.
ReplyDeleteI don't like any snake, thank goodness they actually avoid us.
DeleteThe first rattlesnake of the season is one rattlesnake too many. We don't have them, but we do have copperheads that visit us on occasion. We had one last summer who decided to take a dip in the pool, which turned out to be his last adventure.
ReplyDeleteYes he needed to go bye bye
DeleteNope, nope, nope on rattlesnakes!!!! I hate snakes - good or bad ones - just can't deal.
ReplyDeleteHope the ammonia works!
Me too, I am tired of every flower I buy getting mowed down.
DeleteWhile snakes do not really bother me that much, I think seeing a rattlesnake just might. We only get garter snakes, milk snakes and I forget the other one, around here. Nothing that could cause a person harm.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
You are blessed
DeleteYou have done so well both with your sewing & with your cleaning Kim - well done! Give yourself a pat on the back - you deserve it! We don't have snakes here in New Zealand & I am not sure how I would feel about it but I think I would be pretty darn scared weeding my garden if there was the chance of a snake lurking in there. xx
ReplyDeleteThey are usually in the rocks as they like to absorb the heat. I was weeding in the rock
DeleteI occasionally see a timber rattlesnake in the country road, when I am driving to and from work, along with skunks, fox, coyotes, rabbits, deer, turkey, etc. I am just a tad too far north, but not by much, for Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes, or coral snakes. Pygmy rattlesnakes are here in south central Alabama,
ReplyDeletebut they are small and secretive and I have not seen one here. They do populate near the beach areas. I do see water moccasins here , but have not seen many copperheads here,
although supposedly this is also their range, but have seen many copperheads in north Alabama, near Anne’s city. Cindy in the South
Yikes, I am just glad we only have one politeness snake here
DeleteMy next-door neighbor went out the front door to get the mail from the box at the road. When she returned to the house, a snake was caught by his head by the storm door. She had stepped right over him and he started inside. The house on the other side of me has grass a foot high and weeks five feet high. I suspect the snake came from that yard. Be careful.
ReplyDeleteOh my, That happens to people here also. We just don't look down.
DeleteI used to live in the same town where Kim lives and we did occasionally see rattlesnakes. We had a little one outside a below-grade basement door and a big one underneath our wood pile. The same day I spotted that one (my husband said I was imagining things) I heard him rattling. He had wrapped himself around one of the back tires of the car. Before my son eventually killed him (a story in itself) all of the neighbors had gathered to watch. (Kim: I lived on Valley Vista Blvd.)
ReplyDeleteGreat to know! Where are you now?
DeleteGod is definitely good! That is a good list of goals, and I hope you meet every one of them be careful with the snakes out! 🐍
ReplyDeleteI will I hope!
DeleteIs there nothing you can't do? Sewing, cooking, baking, hosting, blogging, financial planning, and now we add Rattle Snake Hunter to the list??? Kim, you are my hero!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, I did not plan on all of those things but as my grandmother used to say, "Needs must."
DeleteI'm with Billie Jo...is there anything you can't do?? Snakes would have me running for the house.
ReplyDeleteOh, I run for the house and then remember that I know where it is right now and I will not know where it is later. So, I go get my tools and get to killin!!!!!
DeleteWe have rattle snakes here, but they are typically not around much - they hide and mostly live in the nature preserve near our house. I have seen them there, which always gives me a scare!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals. - Hawaii Planner
No matter where they are they scare me.
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