Family is Here

Kristy and the girls arrived on Sunday afternoon.  After resting up one day we took them out on the boat on Tuesday.  It was a hot day but cloudy so not as hot as it usually would be.  They all had fun swimming and then we took a ride.  This lake is hugh! Goes all the way up into KY.  They wanted to go out again today but we are having thunderstorms and rain.  Maybe tomorrow will be a better day for the lake. 

I had my appt with the orthopedic Dr. yesterday and he released me.  Now I wait until the other hip starts hurting and he will take care of it.  I was still doing my exercises but now I think I will just do the treadmill and start taking walks.  I am glad to be almost back to normal and will be when everything heals.  We took the two grandaughters with us yesterday and shopped at Penneys before my appt.  They found markdown clothing like 50-60% off plus I had a coupon for an extra 20% off.  They are learning how to get more for their money at a young age.  Jynna is 15 and Kaylee will be 13 on August 8th she will celebrate her birthday here again this year with an ice cream cake and a gift card to her favorite store Rue 21 which they will shop at next week. 

Neighbor left us a bucket of corn yesterday and a few tomatoes today.  I hope to make some spagetti sauce to can for the kids to take home.  Also some salsa.  I did make them 6 jars of dill pickles as well.  Well thats all for now.

Blackberry picking and gardening

Well the blackberries are ripe for the picking.  We have alot of bushes along our fence line and in the neighbors pasture which abuts ours.  Chuck picked a quart the other day and last night he went with out neighbor and picked another quart.  I would like to make some blackberry jelly. 

I put up 6 quarts of dill pickles last week and 3 jars of salsa.  The garden has been planted just waiting for it to start producing.  Everything seems to be up but the carrots.  Chuck thinks he planted the seed to deep.  I still have to get some of my herbs and get them planted.  Today we are going to KY to get our SC peaches we usually buy a bushel and can and also freeze some.  Its alot of work but worth it to eat them all winter.  I hope we get alot of tomatoes so I can can my spagetti sauce.  The neighbor usually gives us tomatoes and cucumbers and last week we got some vadila onions.  Waiting for ours to be ready.  We planted armenian cucumbers from seed again this year they are really good gave some to the neighbor to plant.  His wife just retired and I'm sure will be busy canning all summer.  I had never canned before until we moved to TN.  Everyone seems to have a garden here and cans.  Will have to make a trip in Sunday to Walmart and get more big jars.  I have given stuff away but never seem to get the jars back! 

Waiting to hear if daughter and girls will be coming up for a couple of weeks this month.  Kristy applied for a couple of jobs and hopes to hear something.  There are so many people out of work figure the odds!  If she does get work we will go down and get the girls and bring them up here. 

Haven't been out on the boat since before the holiday we had rain predicted all week but it mostly bypassed us or we got like a 5 minute shower!  We hate going out on weekends because there are so many boats out on the lake especially the fast boats!  We need to get down to the mariner an clean up the boat and vacumn the carpet.  Since we uncovered the boat in April it has gotten so dirty especially the seats.

Doing well since the surgery plan to start the treadmill workouts this weekend.  If I can do the treadmill 3 days a week and my exercises 4 days a week I will strenghthen the muscles.  I see the Dr on the 20th.  I still haven't driven the truck want to be able to get in and out of the truck myself before I drive alone.  I have to be carefull of twisting and bending.  The Dr. says it takes at least 3 months for everything to heal.

Welll thats all for now.  Willl update later this month.