Tuesday, 6/9/26, Mason’s Birthday, Michael got engaged, Caught 5th chipmunk, rainy day, tornado warnings, went to Costco and got gas in Jeep, Vikki and Isaac came over, went to prayer

Isaac

My pretty Knock out roses

Vikki took this picture of me taking the picture of my roses and Isaac taking a picture of something

Michael and Liberty got engaged

Clouds that were moving fast towards Freeland.  A tornado touched down and did quite a bit of damage in one neighborhood.

Camper blew across the street and flipped over

Camper uprighted

The wind blew our pine tree in the woods by the garage so it’s leaning

We sure needed that rain.  We were getting dry spots in the lawn

I went out when it was almost dark to get the garbage can and bring it in.  This big dark cloud was to the left of our driveway and was much darker than this picture shows.

I took the garbage out last night, so I slept in until 9.  I couldn’t believe I slept so long and didn’t wake up all night.  It rained lightly in the morning.  I’m happy I don’t have to water anything for a few days.  God’s rain is always best!  We read our Bibles and Bill read our prayer devotion.  I went outside when it stopped raining and I caught my 5th chipmunk so far this year.  I didn’t even have any bait in the trap.  It started raining pretty hard outside.  Vikki called me and I was telling her we couldn’t get our Google Nest to work.  Isaac had worked on it yesterday and Bill lost his Google lights that he could turn on and off.  When I talked to Vikki I was working on getting it back.  She said she was close by and her and Isaac would come over.  Isaac told us he thought it was 10 years old and couldn’t be reset.  Vikki called Rody and he said that could be.  We took some pictures, then they left.  After he left, I got everything working on my phone, and my voice worked on the google next again.  The time was displayed on it too which has been gone for two days.  Then Bill worked on his and got his all set up and working.  God helped us we know, because we couldn’t get it on our own.  After that, we ate the rest of Marie’s yummy hamburger veggie soup for lunch with saltine crackers.  

We decided to go drop the chipmunk off in the wilderness and then we went to Costco to get gas in Bill’s Jeep.  Gas was $3.79 but had gone up in town to $4.35 a gallon.   We were happy to get it for that price.  We stopped at Taco Bell and got taco’s and our free senior drink for dinner.  We ate it at home because it was freezing in Taco Bell.  Brrrrrr!

I went to prayer in the evening.  We had a big group there and Tom came for the first time.  Worship was awesome and so was prayer time.  Tom shared a word of prophecy the Lord had given him that was so good.  Sharon gave a testimony of how her brother who was disabled because of Arthritis was healed and cried as she shared it.  Tears of Joy!  He is doing so much work now that he hasn’t been able to do.  We prayed over Marie for a test she is having and prayed for her healing.  We prayed for our congregation and for special request from people in our congregation.  

I picked up my prescription from Walgreens after I left the church.  I was talking to Melissa, then Vikki called and I talked to her.  There were 4 cars ahead of me in line but it moved fast.  Usually it takes a long time.  I came home and walked outside and looked at everything after the rain.  Everything is greener and growing nicely.  I talked to Kimmy for a while.  Bill ordered me a Mantis like they have.  He told me it’s for me taking care of him.  I’m happy to take care of him.  This will make it easy for me to go down the rows and get the weeds out of the garden.  My dad used to have one and we always shared it.  I got it after he passed away.  I was sad when it didn’t work any longer.    It is one of my special memories of my dad and how he looked out for me.  

I went out and brought the garbage can up to the house.  Then I came in and worked on my blog.

Saturday, 6/8/26...Happy 83rd Birthday to Sue! Went to Sue’s, went to Apple Mountain to Kathleens to eat, took Sue home, talked to Jeff Eagle, came home, went to Marie and Roy’s, helped Roy pull weeds, put Preen down for them, visited about 1 1/2 hours afterwards, Marie sent me home with hamburger soup, rolls, and an apple pie, watered my plants and the garden, watered the sod, read my Bible on the deck,

Me and Sue at Kathleen’s at Apple Mountain eating chicken Parmesan and celebrating her 83rd Birthday.  Happy Birthday Sue!  We love you!

Maddy sent me this picture of her mowing their grass

I missed Kenzie’s FaceTime call today.  She sent these pictures of our cute boy 

 I got up at 8 this morning.  I made brownies for Sue and Marie and Roy, then made a glass dish of them for Bill and I.  I made coffee for Bill and I and then I ate granola and Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast.  Bill just drank a protein shake.  I got ready and then Bill and I called Sue to sing Happy Birthday to her and wish her a Happy Birthday.  I asked her if she had plans and she said she did have them, but Vicki Eagle our friend, whose birthday is the same day as Sue, was going to take Sue out to lunch, but ended up in ER last night and then was diagnosed with Shingles.  She had to cancel going to lunch.  I told Sue I would take her to Apple Mountain to Kathleens.  We both had gift cards we wanted to use that Sue and Charlie gave Bill and I and Bill and I had given Sue and Charlie for $50.  Sue and I had gone there before and used them for one meal and we still had a lot of money on them.  She was going to try to find where she put hers.  I left to go to her house and give her the birthday gift we got her.  I went in and she couldn’t find her card.  I told her I would just buy hers for her birthday.  I went outside to hang up the solar designer light we gave her and when I got in, she had found her card and it had $27 on it.  We left and it only took about 5 minutes to get to the restaurant.  We got seated right away and got our rolls and waters right away.  Then it wasn’t long and they brought out our food.  It was really good.  We had a nice visit while we ate.  She has been a great friend who is like family for a long time.   We left and I took Sue home and when we got there Jeff Eagle was sitting on her porch.  I talked to him for a few minutes, then I had to leave to get home and then to Marie and Roys.  Jeff at brought some bags of stuff for Sue and her birthday gift from him and Vicki.

I stopped at home, picked up the brownies to take to Marie and Roy, picked up my old shoes and socks to work in.  I got to their house and we all went outside and Marie showed me where she wanted the preen and how much.  She rode her Amigo outside.  They gave me small shaker Preens that they filled half way full so it would be easier for me.  I saw weeds and pulled them.  Marie didn’t want me to do extra, but I told her I wanted to.  She got me a nice tool from Tractor Supply Co. Roy had gotten that was long handled and it worked great loosening the roots.  Roy started helping pull the weeds even though I told him not to.  He is 9.  I tried going really fast so Roy wouldn’t be out too long.  I sprinkled the Preen on pretty fast too.  I should have taken a picture of them helping me.  Roy is 90 now.  We finished the front yard, then stopped to get a drink, because the front yard was mostly in the hot sun.  We went to the back yard and it was mostly in the shade.  Much nicer to work back there.  There were lots of weeds, but I got them out of one large area.  Then Roy came and helped with the last half of the back yard.  It looked really nice when we were done.  We drank water after that and sat in the house and visited and watched our church worship service from last week.  They were really touched by it and Marie started singing and worshipping along.  Bill called and said Vikki, Peyton, Adam, Isaac, and Isaac’s friend Jordan had stopped at our house and were swimming.  I was sorry I missed them, but wanted to stay and finish visiting with Roy and Marie because I hadn’t seen them in a while.  When I got ready to go, Marie packed up 3 cool whip containers of hamburger soup she had made, rolls, and 4 ears of sweet corn they had picked up from Jacks.  She also sent a Marie Calendar Frozen Apple pie.  That was so sweet of her.  

I came home and warmed up the soup and Bill and I ate it and the rolls.  I put the pie in the oven to bake, then put the topping on and let it bake 10 more minutes.  I watered stuff outside while it baked.   I sat outside and read my Bible.  It had cooled down some outside by then.  It was 85 when I came home.  We started the air conditioner, and I brought the fan up from the basement and put it in the family room to circulate the cool air.  Also got the fan from upstairs and put it on the rolling end table to blow the cool air through the kitchen and into the living room.  It worked well and it wasn’t long before Bill said he was cold.  

It was almost dark when I water the sod with just the hose spraying on where it was needed. I took the garbage and recycling out tonight too, because it could be raining out in the morning.  I can sleep in now too.

I worked on my blog after that.  

Sunday, 6/7/26.....Went to first service at church, went to Cracker Barrel, Drove around the country, took a nap, sat outside for a long time, went to Maddy’s, went to Meijer, went to Melissa's

Bill and I at Cracker Barrel.  He had breakfast and I had lunch.  

Peonies from our yard....I picked them before the rain.  Sometimes if it rains hard they all get knocked down.  This time it was only light rains, so the outside ones did good.

Michael, who I had in Sunday school in Kindergarten and first grade got engaged today.  He was amazing when he was in my class and is still amazing.  He loves the Lord and serves Him.  He is marrying the girl’s friend, Jackie’s daughter.  Rody took the engagement pictures!  He always does a great job!

Evan with his plate of 4 small sized sloppy joes

Hailey and Bailey....Bailey’s Bachelorette Party was last nig

 I got up at 6:30 so I could get ready and have enough time to read my Bible before church.  Worship was awesome and so was the message Pastor Ken preached.  After church, we went to Cracker Barrel to eat.  I shopped while Bill waited at the table for the food to come.  I didn’t buy anything though.  Our food was delicious.  We shopped a little more before we left.   We drove around afterwards and were close to Lydia’s house.  I was going to show Bill where she lived, but I forgot we had to turn on another road past where Jack and Evan had their horse training classes.  

When we got home, I walked around outside and checked on my fish and fed them.  I sat on the deck for a long time and listened to last week’s church message.  It was so good.  I came inside and Bill and I took a nice nap.  After we woke up, I listened to a podcast my friend Michelle does that Vikki sent me.  It was very touching.  God is amazing in how he changes lives.

We ate dinner and had fruit salad for dessert.  Then I sat on the deck a little longer.  Kit Kat sat by me.  Bill was just taking it easy and sitting in the recliner resting his back.  He overdid when he felt better with the meds.  

I ran to Maddy’s for a few minutes.  The kids were all so cute.  I dropped off a big pack of paper bowls and a pack of paper plates I got at Sam’s Club for her.  Her dishwasher wasn’t hooked to any pipes, so doesn’t work.  She is such a busy mom that I thought it would help if she had more paper products until the dishwasher gets fixed.  I went to Meijer and got a birthday gift for Sue.  Her birthday is tomorrow.  I got her a solar globe to hang outside and also some kitchen towels.  Marie called me while I was at Meijer to make sure I was still coming to help them outside tomorrow.  She told me not to eat because she made food to have after we work outside.  I told her she didn’t need to do that but she already made something.  

I went to Melissa’s house after I left Meijer.  I picked her up two kitchen towels that were on sale too.  Her dryer chewed up some of her towels and dish cloths, before Bruce fixed it.  Evan came out and saw me.  We talked for a while, then I came home.  It cooled off nice so Bill had the doors open when I got home.  

I worked on my blog and then got ready for bed.  

Saturday, 6/6/26, Went to watch Jacob and Abi in 3 mile marathon, went to Adam and Eli’s soccer game, went to Woody’s for ice cream with Bill, went to Sam’s Club, talked to Debbie, Sat on the deck, washed out bird baths, refilled,

Kimmy and I were following Jared and He walked down the middle of the sidewalk.  We were together so we walked on the edge.  Kimmy hit a patch of mud and her foot slid a long way and she almost fell.  She made a sound and just then my foot started sliding in the mud across from her.  I almost fell too.  We made Jared point things out to us after that since he missed pointing out the big mud spot.  On our way back to our vehicles, we took a picture.  Jared put his foot in to give the right perspective of how long it was.

Kimmy and Jared gave me this free donut I am eating for Jared’s mom.  Thanks Lela!  I ate it instead of Kimmy

Jared ready to watch Jacob and Abi run

Ready for the countdown take off

Abi and Jacob just going under the arch

Cute that they waved to us

We went to different points during the race to watch them

They are always so cute

Getting close to the finish line....29 minutes

Abi crossing the finish line

Jacob crossing the finish line

Jacob and Abi with their awards

So much fun watching Adam and Eli play in their last soccer game of the season.  They both played great.  Adam has blue socks on and Eli has pink.  

Beautiful Weigela Plant in front of the house

Some of my white peonies...some Iris’s Charlie gave us in the background

Pink Peonies and Clematis plant along the shed wall

I got up at 6:30 so I would have plenty of time to get ready, stop at the ATM and then make it to meet Kimmy and Jared at the Midland Community Center.  As I was driving it was nice and sunny and not a cloud in the sky where I started out, but when I got close to Midland there was like a wall of grayish brown clouds.  I saw puddles of where it had rained, but I got there and we didn’t have any rain, but those clouds sure cooled it off for the runners.  Jacob said the same thing happened to them.  They were in sunny skies and then a wall of clouds on their way.  We talked for a few minutes, then Abi and Jacob had to get in line to run.  We followed and went to different points to take pictures and to cheer them on.  They were always so cute.  They finished after 29 minutes.  Yay!  We took some more pictures, then Kimmy, Jared and I walked back to our vehicles.  I followed them to the soccer game.  

We found our spot, got our chairs set up and then Eli came and gave me a hug.  I had to wait for Adam to get done with his practicing, but got my hug then.  The sun came out, but there was a nice breeze, so it stayed on the cool side until the second half of the game when it warmed up some.  Still nice and comfortable though.  Abi and Jacob came and watched the game too.  It was nice getting to spend time with them.  I gave Jacob his birthday money and was happy to give it to him in person instead of having to mail it.   The boys did great and so did their team.  It was 11 to 0.  Our team sure had great footwork and were so fast.  It was impressive. 

When I got home, I read my Bible out on the deck.  Later on, Bill and I went to Woody’s and got a banana split and a hot fudge sundae.  When we were ordering, Vikki and Peyton pulled in.  We went next door in the vacant parking lot and parked in the shade to eat ours.  Vikki pulled in next to us and said they decided they didn’t want to wait in line.  It sure was good ice cream.  They headed back to a garage sale where Peyton found lots of clothes and Vikki found a nice Apple Watch for $2 and some other stuff.  We went to Sam’s Club.  Bill went in with me but couldn’t walk good through the whole store so told me he would catch up.  I went and found him by the clothes, but he was in pain so he went out to the Jeep and waited while I finished.  I was quick.  

I warmed up round steak, mashed potatoes and corn for our dinner.  I walked around and looked at my plants after that.

We came home and I emptied my bird baths and washed and refilled them.  Then I checked on my fish and fed them and skimmed some stuff off the top of the water.  I sat on the deck longer and Kit Kat joined me.  I went through my pictures for my blog out there.