Friday, 6/12/26, Bill had an MRI at 6:30. a.m., Kimmy, Eli, Vikki and Isaac came over, The boys rode their bikes to Vikki’s, We girls went to an estate sale, the girls transplanted my Crown of Thorns plant and also my Christmas cactus, Bill put the Mantis together and also put the wheels on, Kimmy and I used it in the garden, Kimmy and Vikki put my cord hider on the fan cord, Kimmy clipped the broken branch off the tree and moved some of my bird feeders, Rody brought the boys here,

Branch broken and hanging down.  It was my bird feeder hanging branch.  

The flowers looked so beautiful this morning.

Bill working putting the Mantis we got today together 

Kimmy and I tilled the garden with the Mantis.  It works great and we got it done so fast.  I am going to love having this to keep up with the weeds in the garden

The girl moved this into this new pot for me today.  Thanks so much girls!

They also moved my Crown of Thorns into this pot, and put in a trellis pole to wind the plant around, plus a have round one to hold the bottom branches in place.  It is so nice!

I took the tines off the Mantis and washed them good and washed the wheels too.  Left them in the sun to dry.

This is a picture of all of my plants in the family room.  The Crown of Thorns stands up perfectly in the pot now.  Big job!  Thank you girls.  It looks so amazing now.

My new Roomba sure vacuums the floors good.  It did this bathroom and even fluffed the rugs when it vacuumed it

The Roomba vacuuming.  It fluffed this floor too which I’ve never seen with this berber before

 This is the only video I got of Isaac and Eli today. At least I have their voices in it.  They came here while Kimmy went to Vikki’s to pick them up.  Wires got crossed.  They picked up the garden stakes and put them in the tub they go in and put them away.  They also moved a chair for me in the basement and picked up some things for me and put them away.  Thanks Isaac and Eli.

Bill got up and went to his MRI at Covenant this morning.  Then he went to his appointment at the VA and then ate breakfast there.  He didn’t want me to go with him.  Vikki and Isaac got here.  Peyton was at Kenzie’s because she spent the night.   Kimmy and Eli came and of course Arnie.  Vikki brought her new pet.  A spider named Itsy Bitsy Sally.  She is getting over her fear of spiders by getting a cute nice spider.  Eli caught a spider and fed it to her and she got it right away.  I am not a spider person.  

The boys rode their bikes to Vikki’s on the rail trail, then we girls went to an Estate Sale.  It was a really nice one.  They even came down on prices when we asked.   We got lots of stuff.  Vikki got a nice stretchable hose for $3, a Nest Thermostat new in the box for $2. and other stuff.  I got a Roomba vacuum.  It was marked $80 and they let me have it for $70 thanks to Vikki asking.  It sells for $719.98 on Amazon.  I also got a nice plant pot for $12 and cord cover for 4. Got an almost full box a plastic silverware that was from Costco for $3.  Great finds.  Kimmy didn’t get anything, but once we loaded the van, she looked up the bike carrier they hand and went back and got it.  They gave it to her for $30 instead of 40.  We were all happy campers.  We went to Menards after that to get something to hold my Crown of thorns plant up.  We found just what we needed.  We also looked for a suet feeder that feeds from the bottom.  They were all out of them.  I got some Cactus potting soil too.

The girls worked hard on transplanting my two plants, especially the Crown of thorns because it was so picky with all those thorns.  They did an amazing job.  Bill worked on assembling the Mantis in the other room.  He did a great job too.  Thanks so much Bill.  He said he got it for me for taking care of him, but I’m always happy to care for him and help when he needs me.  Kimmy and I tried it in the garden and it worked great.  We did have to change the tines around.  Kimmy did most of the garden and she could start it up.  I have to learn to pull harder so I can start it.  

We had a mix up and the boys had Rody bring them here and Kimmy had just left to go to Vikki’s to pick them up.  She did get their bikes from Vikki’s and put them on her new bike rack, which she loves.  The boys helped me while they were here with a couple of jobs.  They were really sweet while they were here.  Kimmy came back and took them both to her house.  Isaac is spending two nights there.  

I read my Bible, Bill read our prayer/devotion and then I went out and put the Mantis tines back on and put it away.  I washed my muck boots too.  Had pot pie for dinner.  Yum!

Worked on my blog and now going to bed.