Its been a pretty busy summer for me. First recovering from left knee replacement surgery. Then finding out that I have osteoporis and rhematoid arthritis. Well I am recovering nicely and the knee pain before the surgery is gone. I have a Dr appt on August 9th and I think he will release me then.
Our garden didn't do to well this year. We had 105 degree temps in June and part of July. Then alot of rain. The garden has become very overgrown. Alot of the seeds Chuck planted didn't come up this year. But thanks to the neighbors we were given lotz of tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumbers and mississippi peas to put up. I got myself a canner pressure cookie which makes my life easier. I would like to get another one, only bigger. The one I have is only a 10qt and holds 4 qts or 7 pints. I have done with hubbys help, peaches, tomatoes, spagetti sauce, marinara sauce, pickles, green tomatoe relish, potatoes and salsa. I am planning on canning chilli, soupos and beef stew next. I am getting quite good at this and more knowledgable.
We had company here the end of June thru July 4th our old navy friends we have known for many years and were stationed with a couple of times. They live in Dallas, TX but would love to move to TN specifically our neighborhood. Bob's wife wants to retire in a couple of years. Bob is already retired. They visited us 2 years ago and fell in love with this area. We hope to visit them in TX mid October. They figure the weather will be much cooler by then. Hopefully they will come back for another visit soon.
Kristy and the girls usually come up for 3 weeks in the summer but because of Jynna getting a summer job at McDonald's they couldn't come. I am still hoping that Kristy will come up with the 2 younger girls before they head back to school August 22nd.
We went out on the boat Sunday for about 4 hours. We thought that the lake would be very crowded with boaters but since we didn't get out till 3 pm most boaters had headed home. We haven't been able to get out during the week. Hopefully will get out more before summer is over. I drove the boat while Chuck navagated and we almost made it to the dam. It was getting late and we wanted to get back to our mariner before dark. Next time we will do some fishing.
Summer 2017
About Us
- Kitcat
- I'm Cathy, a 67 year old retired Navy wife. Spent 24 years as a Navy wife until my husband retired after 27 years of service. We traveled all over from Washington D.C., to Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Maartin, Martinique, Japan and Korea. We re-located to this beautiful state of TN from Central FL. We live in the mountains on 5 acres with our 10 cats (5 indoor). I'm Chuck, the Other Half of the equation. I'm a 68 y/o sailor at heart. While in the Navy I was a Cryptologic Tech (Intel type). My most memorable tours of duty were in Submarines (Scorpion, Skipjack, Triton & Ray), as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Deputy Director National Security Agency (RADM C.F. Clark), and my last tour as Operations Chief at NSGA Homestead, Fl during Hurricane Andrew. It was a good time to retire. We have been looking for this home since 1965 and thank the good Lord that we're finally here.
