I pray all of you are well, that you have the strength to handle anything that comes your way.
Hubby had hand surgery. Can on lift 5 lbs instead of the 10 lbs he thought he would be able to. He's at a stand still of doing much at all as even a gallon of milk is 8 lbs so he's putting his hand in his pants pocket when he gets in the frig for the milk . I am making sure we eat foods that he doesn't need to hands (AKA sandwiches that are messy). He was able to cut his own meat since he holds the fork with that hand.He didn't want to put a knife on that palm until the stitches come out on the 26th.
We got our 1 ton of nugget coal in, the company put it on our trailer for us so one of the Amish sent their son over to unload it off the trailer. So Hubby can still use the trailer to haul odds and ends.
One offered to unload the wagon full of sawmill blocks when he gets out of the hay fields at end of month. Ones needing cut to size will be put to the side on a pallet for cutting later (Something for Hubby to do in the winter).
Our "meat order" will be in Sept/Oct. I need to make sure I have room for storage as I am looking at canning at least half of it. I have the jars etc. I might want some for the freezer so will need to make sure I have that room also.
Winter squash is up, hoping for a decent growth even though we are getting hit with high temps of feel like over 100 ℉.
We had the AC on for the day when we had bad storms go through (tornado north of us). Turned it back off when the weather got better. Only put it at 78 ℉ instead of Hubby's preferred 72 ℉.I have curtains pulled to keep heat out, windows opened in AM, as long as there is a breeze, the windows will be open. We put an umbrella at the French doors to keep the sun out of the dining rm/kitchen.
We did our mid year budget. Couple things won't get done this year since we got a different truck. We decreased our retirement withdraw bracing for Social Security to drop in payment.
Our biggest outlay now is the meat order coming in this fall . repair for pump house due to water line break, needs new insulation and wall covering that is water proof, and the propane order for summer fill ($1.699/ gal) and winter fill ($1.999/gal) I just put on my credit card to get points and give us a month to finish getting that amt out of savings. We have 2 months emergency fund that I DO NOT want to touch and would like back up to 3 months.
We can tighten the belts and get it done with planning and staying with it.
Nephew is doing okay. Said he thought he was going to die and was okay if that was GOD's plan.
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