I am so sorry to hear of your damage, drafter; but very glad that you and your family came through the storm safely!
Praying for you for relief from your pain, ioujc...
The formula shortage is ridiculous! I have been keeping my eyes open for my cousin's grandson - I'm usually at the Evil Empire in my work town at least once a week at 7:45 am, and the shelves are bare; same story but different times of day in daughter's town.
So far it's been a pretty great weekend; middle grandson had a JFL (Junior Football League) out of town game yesterday afternoon and made a great play: 3rd quarter, 4th down for the home team, 40 yd line - guy with the ball broke through and had what looked like an open field at 20 yards but grandson put on an amazing burst of speed and got him down. We ended up winning 14/0 - grandson was on cloud nine from all the helmet slaps/pats on the back. His Mama and I were so happy for him that we let him pick where to eat on the way home; he chose Texas Roadhouse and I was happy to foot the bill. I'm looking forward to next week's game; just wish we had the times on it so I'll know if I will have time to nap beforehand. Oh well, I can always sleep in the van on the way to the game!
My plans for today are to clear the kitchen island counter and do some general housecleaning while I wait for the garden to dry a bit; then I need to pick beans again, wash those ones and the ones in the fridge, then plop the dishpan of beans down in Hubby's lap for him to snap while he watches yet another motorcycle race. While he does that, I need to pick tomatoes, then check the corn patch - something is knocking down stalks but the ears are still small. I need to till (not allowed to do it if I'm home alone
) but I doubt it dries up enough to till between the rows - we got 3/4" of rain overnight. Not that I'm complaining about the rain - no sir!! I've got plenty of weeds that need pulling in the flower beds and elsewhere and they will come out a lot easier since it rained. Then I will start canning up the beans once Hubby gets enough of them snapped - I'll be happy to be in the air conditioning by then!
I noticed that the elderberries are starting to ripen, so I need to harvest some of them. I don't know if I'll have enough to make it worthwhile to drag out the steam juicer, so I may just dry them. I've often wondered if my Great Grandfather's elderberry wine wasn't what kept the family safe during the flu epidemics. Of course, the fact that they lived way back in the hills probably didn't hurt either
I found a patch of Jewelweed in the draw at the end of the road - I want to dig some up and try to transplant it. I'm hoping that the farmer doesn't mow that area so that I can harvest some seed from it later this fall. I'll need to find a damp, shaded area to grow it, but think I have one in a draw north of our machine shed. I'd like to wait for a rainy to transplant it, but there is none in the current forecast for this week, so I may have to wait.
Well, I'm not getting any work done sitting here, so I reckon I'd better get some laundry started and a bit of housework done while I'm waiting for things to dry up.
Take care, all; wishing you all a safe and happy week!