WEATHER ALERT

Because I have two people that I am responsible for, I thought it was necessary to be aware of weather conditions since we live in tornado alley so to speak.

Recently I purchased a weather alert radio and it keeps us well informed about storms and severe weather conditions that might occur.

This provides more sleep usually and puts lots of trust in electronics!  So far the wake up siren is quite effective and I listen to the information provided about the weather.    There are three levels of warning: warning, watch, and advisory. 

I slept happily through two really noisy, electrical displays and rain last night without the least worry!  For a native that has watched storms for years, giving someone else the job really works for me!

Peace in Marigold Country Home on the Oklahoma Prairie!

One of the mama kitties had 7 babies......we only saved three.  They have accommodated themselves in a nice blanket furnished box for a couple of weeks. 

 Other cats have not bothered the kittens and mama has been rather content to let me tickle their fat little tummies.

  I went out yesterday to find all three gone! I could not find their new suite so cleaned their habitat, shook, swept, refolded and rearranged their blankets and box to make an interesting play pen.  No kitties! 

 This morning there was one back, at noon another one, and later the last back from their trip out into the world! They were still rather unsteady on their feet so she must have carried them. 

She actually slipped the last one in while I was getting the lawnmower out to do a little trimming.  I turned around and she was there with the little black one.

She guarded them and comforted them while the lawnmower was making beastly noises.  When I put that big mean thing away she abandoned them to their ranging persuits and went to munch much needed nourishment.

Ooohhh the life of an innocent little kitten!

Peace!

Earth Day and I almost missed it!

Earth Day.........no trees to plant but I will plant flowers!  And wear my Earth Day t-shirt!  Wow, how could I have missed that!  Out here on the Oklahoma Prairie we have a lot of earth!

The long long list.............

You have heard of the long long line......the movie, well, I have a long long list and it isn't moving very fast! 

Yesterday was fairly successful! Called prescription insurance and it did not pay on the antibiotic because we have reached the limit of pay out for this year unless we reach the catastrophic level of 4000 or more for prescriptions.  With less than a quarter of the year past and 2500 already used, we may make that level yet! However, we haven't put 2500 out of pocket. That was insurance.

A friend in Tipton brought me back from taking my car, she will also make Ensure purchase when at the base today,

Picked up 300 dollars in supplies at the Home Health Products store in Frederick, as well as groceries and sundries from the Dollar General Store and Market.

The air conditioner installer from the first few months we were here after the move, came as per our call to check out air conditoner he installed and a wall unit in our area that has been here for 7 or 8 years and we don't know when it had been serviced.  We believe in preventive maintenance and starting the long hot summer without knowing the conditions of the cooling equipment seems silly.

Left message for the doctor as  per the emergency room visit.  Calling that a follow up visit! LOL

Called in a prescription for pain medication to be picked up later this week.

Another friend took me to get the car when finished, replacing the key switch in the steering mechanism was the job and he only charge me 20 dollars.  He was pleased that I had already purchased the part and he didn't have to bother with that time and effort.  The part cost more than the labor.

Another friend brought bags of cat food from Snyder when they went to pick up their son from ball practice...........so everything was pretty much covered.  And yes I paid generously for gas on these trips since it is already  $3.42 here.

I  didn't get any flowers transplanted, my helping neighborhood boy is on restrictions for a bad attitiude! I did not get supplies from the hardware store, and I didn't get garage doors washed!  Oh well that can start the list for another day.

Because she slept the clock around for 12 hours, Mom was in a wonderful mood yesterday and was strong and did really well.  Her appetite was good and she laughed a lot and made all of us feel really good.

Our weather site gives an arthritis indext for the day. Yesterday was very high because of the humidity and Jack had a very uncomfortable day.  He looks to me to give answers as to why he feels so badly, some times I just have to give a gut level answer.  My medical degree isn't finished yet! LOL

Our youngest abandoned furry feline has made a habit of letting me know he is hungry and hurry up!  It isn't time to feed the kitties but he is giving the screen door fits, this is to wake me up and hurry me along!  He is in for a surprise, I am not  easily hurried.

We are scheduled for interesting weather today so I will check the safe room for arrangement and supplies just in case and then Peace will reign at Marigold Country Home for at least a brief period of time!

 

 

HEY i TRIED!

Why  when I have a day of rest, I don't get much! LOL

I did do some puttering in the flower beds.  And always the many loads of laundry.  Just keeping this place with a semblance of tidy makes a bit of busy work.

The list of to do is long today: Call about the insurance on the $300+ drug bill on Saturday, have someone pick me up and bring me home when I take car to be fixed, call doctor and report the emergency room visit and what is being done, do the weekly shopping, and hit the hardware store for yellow warning paint, a wire brush, and a caulking gun.

Mother's daily one hour aide might arrive today but time is always variable.  Have a list for my neighborhood boy is he wants to work.  Need to mow a small section of the yard to keep it tidy since the regular yard boy will not mow till the weekend.  Want to wash the garage doors and see if I can get the dullness off.  Need to water the flowers since it will be hot today and of course the general house cleaning and maintenance for the kitties.

Does that sound like enough to keep me busy......Mom went to bed last night at 7........it is after 7 am and she still is in bed... wow was she really tired from the two all nighters she had.

Peaceful at Marigold Country Home right now! Keeping my fingers crossed!

The day in beautiful flowers........

There is nothing like taking a walk around the yard and looking at the flowers coming up and the ones already in bloom.  I am always amazed at the growing and the reoccurring of flowers from last year.  

Marigolds are coming up everywhere almost.  I just pull up the plants and drop them in the flower beds, cover them with mulch of all kinds and hope for the next year.  I have used horse manure, pecan shells, egg shells, coffee grounds, commercial mulch and the leaves from the trees.

A neighbor boy (5th grader) is raking my yard and I am going to use that as mulch this summer since it promises to be hot and water is at a premium out here on the dry Oklahoma Prairie.  Last year was a very wet summer but this ones promises to be less so.   He is interested in science and I want him to try some things to keep the bugs and animals from wandering through the flower beds.  I don't think we can do too much to keep the four legged, furry, felines from ferocious fun among the flowers but I will try some things.  Maybe he will have some ideas, too.  Sounds like a Science Fair Project to me.

Mom had an all nighter again last night.  I can't seem to get her in bed.   So I finally gave up last night. She was exhausted this morning, weak, hardly able to wobble to the table.  She didn't want her biscuits and gravy, one of her favorite foods.  So we will stay home from Church this morning and get some rest.

Jack is doing ok,  getting lots of "cat" naps in, the cats are fed and out in the cool, cloudy, morning playing all over the yard.  Time for me to shut down and take a rest.

Peace from Marigold Country Home.

 

 

 

U will not believe this!

Well, Mom's aide really get here this morning but almost an hour late!  So goes it!

But after lunch we got a call from Jack's primary care doctor about the tissue samples the wound therapist took from Jack's leg.  She said the wound had a suspicious odor and she had sent samples to be checked.  He was concerned about the results and wanted Jack to see a wound surgeon this afternoon or go to the emergency room.  He said he had not been able to find a wound doctor available today so Jack had to go to the emergency room.  Hee hee, we rushed off to the nearest er about 35 miles away.  He said he would call ahead because I was not sure just what to tell them when he is using all the technical names for bacteria,etc.   Well, we got there just after 3 and got home at almost 6.  A kind and gracious friend sat with Mom and that took a great deal of pressure off of me.

Gone 4 hours and what did we discover?  That the doctors (2) looked at the wound and pronounced it doing well, that it did not smell that they could tell, but they would prescribe an antibiotic that would handle the bacteria AND NOT CONFLICT WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF JACK TAKES! And that is always the catch not conflict.

Well, I wrote a check to the friend for her kindness and assured her that I appreciated her help.  Fed Mom and Jack and myself..... and we have all gone to bed!  Thank goodness!