Yesterday afternoon about 4:00, Paul
and Adam took off for western Massachusetts to take the Jetta to a mechanic.
Paul thought it would be about a three-hour round trip and it was. They got
home just after 7:00. The Jetta ought to be done by Wednesday but we won’t be
able to go pick it up until Saturday or Sunday. It will be nice to have it
fully operational again. It’s definitely nice having the truck fully
operational as well although it does have some kind of issue with the oil (as
in it seems to be leaking out and Paul isn’t sure where). Anyway, they took the
Jetta, of course, and Adam’s car. Adam didn’t have much gas and when they got
home, he didn’t want to chance running out getting home (he won’t go shopping
or buy gas on Sunday, we don’t either, for that matter) so he and Ryan stayed
here last night. They’ll go home sometime today; it really matters little when.
Yesterday the goats had to come in
due to the rain. I had the kids put in with the does and let them stay all
night. One reason for this is that no one ever put the tray under the crate
that the kids have been spending the night in. It is on the front porch which
means they’ve been peeing and pooping on the mats on the floor out there which
is not a good thing. Today I’m going to have the children take the crate and
mats out and clean it out. Then I want the crate moved, the tray under, fresh
hay in, and have it covered with a tarp because I don’t want it on the front
porch any longer.
This morning I decided that the
thing I don’t like about taking the canine girls for a walk in the morning is
that I can’t walk through the garden because they will follow me and they have
no idea about not stepping on plants and other such garden protocol. At least
with Debby gone they no longer go out and eat all the tomatoes. However, it is
nice to take a little detour down the hill and visit Daniel’s grave. We have
done that each of the last three mornings.
Paul and Laura just left. Since
Laura’s been going with him, he’s been leaving consistently earlier which is a
good thing. Leaving at 9:00 is a good time to leave. During the summer I don’t
think it makes much difference but during the school year, it does. If they
left at 8:00 during the school year, they’d arrive at the same time as if they
left at 9:00 Seth and Ryan are upstairs most likely playing. Seth just rejoined
them after using the bathroom. Joanna is in her room; according to her, she’s
going to begin the painting of the bedroom today. Amena is counting pages in
each chapter of a Harry Potter book. It appears that she doesn’t want to
subtract page numbers so she’s counting. Silly child. Cedric is doing his best
to confuse her counting. Adam is sitting here being amused by their antics. I
am thinking about the things I need to do today.
I think I will begin by strolling
through the garden and pulling some weeds. Actually, let me back up. I will
begin by looking online to see when eggplants are ripe for picking. We have
several that are looking good. Then I’ll go out to the garden. Sometime I will
take a shower. I want to make more ice-cream today. I want to make banana and
try steeping (do you call it that when using milk?) mint leaves in milk to make
mint. Then we need all the usual flavors—coffee, chocolate, peanut butter and
ginger. And probably more vanilla. Other things will depend on the temperature.
If it isn’t too hot, I’d like to make muffins with the rest of the currants we
have as they need to be used. Other than that, some school work for Seth and
Joseph and whatever happens to happen.
Have a delightful day!
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