Good morning world!  So happy it is Friday!  What about you?  It's funny to me that when I was in the working world, way way back when, I got excited about Fridays because it meant the weekends.  Sleeping in on Saturdays, unless the kids had events such as a swim meet.  Then cleaning that didn't get done during the week and grocery shopping for the next week.  

Now, I'm not out in the workforce.  I have worked at home on and off.  And for the most part, Fridays weren't as exciting as they once were.  Except for the weekends that we go camping!  Since Patrick has been driving a big rig, Fridays are exciting again.  He comes home!  I really miss him during the week.  We talked almost daily.  Text pretty often as well.  It's not the same.  I'll admit the day he leaves and sometimes the next day is my sad day.  That is what I call it.  After a year and a half, it's gotten a little better.  

Today, I'm leaving in about an hour or so to go to Branson, Missouri.  It's only about a 2-hour drive.  We spent our honeymoon there.  And over the 26 years of marriage, we have spent a lot of anniversary weekends enjoying shows, attractions, and the countryside.  We have been there for about 3 or 4 years, definitely pre-Covid.  

This is it for now.  I need to get finished gathering things and get to the car wash before I start out.  

Just a few of my thoughts and actions,

Elizabeth

A brand new day!

 Good morning world!  Already been busy this morning.  I rarely to never go to bed with dishes in the sink.  I did last night.  I wasn't feeling all that great last night.  I normally would ask a son to wash dishes.  But last night, I didn't.  So I woke up to an extra mess to clean up.  UGH!  

This is not my sink, but you get the idea!  And mine was worse than this.

On the first of this year, I decided to detox my home.  Over the past few years, even earlier, when I was writing this blog, I was making my own personal care items, making meals from scratch instead of boxes, gardening and canning, along with other healthier choices.  However, I was still using some plastic storage containers.  Under my sick was a toxic wasteland.  

I have since cleaned out under the kitchen sink.  Got rid of most of the plastic.  Still using a plastic pitcher for sweet tea. Either a gallon jar or 2 half-gallon mason jars. I still have to think about this.

Also, I made my first tincture of mulleins.  It helped us through some flu A that was going through my house.  My yard and field are a smorgasbord of medicinal plants.  As soon as I can, I'll be harvesting and preserving as much as I can.

I have strayed somewhat from the old-fashioned lifestyle that I still crave.  However, I'm going to work on returning to it.  

The other thing I am returning to is going back to my routines.  Some I use are from Flylady.  Some from what was done in the '50s.  

Just a few of my thoughts and actions.

Elizabeth

It's been quite a while!

 Oh my!  How long has it been?  A few years since I've written here.  It use to be an almost daily thing for me.  Well, here goes.  I'm going to try it again.  

I've read through several of my old posts and I'm amazed at all I use to get done in a day.  So much has changed over the years.  I'm older.  My boys have grown up.  Tommy and David are back home for a bit for different reasons.  PJ is married!  I have a wonderful daughter-in-love, Lexi!  They are so suited for each other.  AND, they are expecting in June!!!  I can't wait!  Even though she is not my first grandchild, it feels like it in some ways.  There is a story to that for another time.  I do have a grandson, David's son Dre.  I claim his baby brother Saint as well.  

They are so cute!  Usually, they are at my house every weekend.  And I'm ok with that.  

Patrick got sick pretty badly a couple of years ago, right before Covid hit.  They found that he had mold toxicity.  If we hadn't found the right doctor when we did, he could have died.  Mold is not anything to mess around with.  So now he drives for TMC Transportation, a flatbed trucking company.  He loves it!  I get to go with him when I have someone here to take care of the critters, chickens, ducks, horses, dogs, cats.  I absolutely love going with him on his truck for the week!  Being an Air Force Brat, I still love traveling and seeing everything.

This is about it for now.  I'll keep this up daily again as I can.  Not sure about this coming weekend as Patrick and I are going to Branson for our anniversary.  Did I forget to mention that today we have been married for 26 years?  We have and I love him more today than ever.

Just a few of my thoughts,

Elizabeth