Tuesday, I need calm

 

Went out last night just before dusk to water all the flowerpots and came upon a rattlesnake right by my back deck steps.  Scared me to death!  I screamed threw the hose in the air and ran in the house.  I still had watering to do, so ran to neighbors and got him to come over with a shovel and kill it.  Not very large about 1 inch in diameter and 18 inch long.  This picture is not a picture of my snake.  Anyway, it is dead and thrown out into the pasture.  I was so keyed up I did not sleep until after 3 p.m. 

I always do a perimeter search before I let my grandkids off the porch, and they are not allowed in the bottom of the lot where the tall grass is.  I will have Nate do a snake fence walk and see where the hole is that this rascal got through and fix it before the kids are allowed back in the yard.

Any way I slept very late and the missionaries woke me with sewing to do,  ( shirts to shorten the sleeves as the 103 temps here are just too hot for long sleeves.) Finally got them and a bride taken care of but was needed at an elderly woman's house to help her with her phone problems. My best buddy was already there when I arrived late and what a mess.

I had taken rubber gloves and an apron with me and then did not put on gloves and got bit by some spider.  Dumb me.  My buddy found the phone and low and behold it worked so that crisis was averted.  Then we proceeded to try and clean a little.  This poor sister is somewhat of a hoarder.  I don't think she always was; it is just as she has aged, and her memory is slipping she thinks she needs everything. We stayed for about 1.5 hours and cleaned just around her chair.  Two large bags of trash and magazines, old phone books etc.  Made sure to take it home so she could not go through it and put everything back.  I had an asthma attack while there due to dust. Next time will take inhaler. 

So we made a plan to return once a week for a couple of hours and try to clean small sections at a time.  It is all we can do.  But in the meantime, I had a bridal pick up at noon that I was late for that as I got stuck in some construction hold up.  Luckily daughter had stopped by house and told people to wait for me.

I now have a terrible headache.  I have taken something for it.  I have the wedding dress from hell to get ready for a fitting tomorrow.  Sissie is due in at noon tomorrow.  The house is a wreck, and she is going to kill me.  But I don't care as I am so excited, she is coming.

Sissie sent Lil sis and I a package and said we could not open it until she gets here.  But Lil sis is so horrible at waiting.  I have had to fight her off for a few weeks now.  Yesterday she was here and wanted some scissors and I told her no as I knew she would go open the package, This is what I found.

Trying to use her teeth. 

 A close up of her obnoxious self.

Then I see this... Trying to sneak out the door.  She is impossible.

Anyway, I need to go sew or rest my head. Between, snakes, sisters, spiders, missionaries, I just need calm.

Kim