A Temperature Check

  What a crazy summer I have had! I was stating to think that feeling crazy was my new normal. But as I am hanging around my totally inadequate kitchen preserving food, I realize that I have a great life. I was priviledged to have two of my daughters stay with me for a while this summer. I loved the bonding time with 4 of my adorable grandsons. I welcomed grandbaby number nine while Marinda and her family were camping out with us during a house switching. I am totally in love with baby Dallix. Even though my house is not the style I would like for my dream house- I love this house. It has been very good to me. This past week, I have been blessed to can and freeze peaches, thanks to my good neighbors, the Barkers. I spent yesterday making salsa and canning tomatoes for the winter. Today was the first day of school. I am feeling more comfortable in my new job. I made library cards for the younger grades and finished up my last bulletin board. It turned out so cute! I found out that it was my board to create last Thursday. (Side note...I hate making bulletin boards, infact I left up the former librarians boards last year!) I hurried and hung some cute fabric from my collection, framed it and hoped that KG, an exceptionally talented artist I know, would have pity on me..He did. My theme is pirates and KG  drew me a protrait of Captain Jack Mustang. It is gorgeous.
  Tonight I am making Marinara sauce for the coming year. It smells so yummy and I love that some of the herbs are fresh from my own yard. Speaking of yards, I am finally getting ideas of how to re design the  backyard after the oil company destroyed it. We are fianlly getting eggs from the new chickens. They are gorgeous. We have a newly discovered rooster. He is a silver laced wyndotte.
I have named him Chester and we want to keep him. He is just starting to beome a man and I heard him this morning practicing his scales.
I am going to start teaching piano lessons again to supplement our income. I am blessed to have this talent to fall back on. Spread the word.
Life is pretty doggone good.