Adorable Video!

Well, I've either been studying for my CNA test or putting off studying for my CNA test.

I really want to live "off grid", as I stated previously. The purchasing of chickens and goats hopefully will occur in my five year plan. I must have something to fuel my methane digester, doncha know? Honestly, living "off grid" is more of a function of not being so great at making a buck than living green, but both are important. I've always been sort of a simple living kind of gal and agree that the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil, as the good book says (I Timothy 6:10).

Anyhoo, I came across this video from a sweet feller in Vietnam that I just had to share.

P.S.  Rest in Peace, MJ!

Oh, P.S.S  The Sun Shower is working great.  I've only taken one conventional shower since my last post.  My favorite part is pouring the remaining water from the bag over my head at shower's end.   I also use water from our underground sprinkler well, to have free water.  I want to see if I can live on way low conventional energy.

(Ok, I guess I have more to add - so much for the P. S. biz)

Continue prayers for Sid, MattyB, Joy, Mike and fam PLEASE!

Li'l Natalie girl is flying out first thing (5 am - yikes) in the A.M. for Tampa for 2 weeks to be with her beau and fam.  I'll try and post another pic of them soon.  Godspeed Nat!  I'll miss my cleaning buddy.  She's been joining me at the BBCJ (Backbreaking cleaning job) and we make quite the team!

Havin' a heatwave...a tropical heatwave...

It's dang hot here in the Florida panhandle. I think we got to 101 degrees today. As the ever positive cousin Joan says, "It hugs you." We did get some thunderstorms thoughwhich is always mahvelous.

I have been studying up on ways to live "off the grid". Really I just LOVE to camp and we are working toward making one of our family lots at Lake Eufaula a primo camping spot. I actually got to go camping some last summer and am gearing up to camp a lot this Fall (that is if I can land myself one of them there jobs).

Often I also dream of living a completely sustainable lifestyle. So, to feel like I'm doing SOMETHING to conserve, I purchased a sunshower from Walmart for $5.88. It holds 5 gallons. At least I can use the sun for heating my shower water. I'll let you know how it turns out. Pic is from photobucket and is similar to the model I bought:

Still having really hard times re. family in Wyoming. Please keep us in your prayers!

Mama Gladys

Mama Gladys (AKA Mom) is here in Navarre this weekend for niece Natalie's dance recital. I can't go because I have to work my BBCJ (backbreaking cleaning job). I am taking antibiotics for my sinus infection but they don't seem to be doing the trick, as I still feel AWFUL.

Anyhoo, Mom, as usual, "set us up" with something special. She bought Cheryl a pink hat for her walks and a bag of fresh cherries (Cheryl has a major thing for fresh cherries). For Natalie Mom made Nat's favorite coconut cookies and bought her some fresh asparagus. Mom took me out for lunch and got me some fertilizer for my container garden. She's purdy, aint she! This is a picture from when we went to Tampa last week.

For mom, we got pay per view "New in Town" which we all thoroughly enjoyed. We've had a nice day and are celebrating Mama Gladys! Pic below of "New in Town" is from IMDB.



Please continue prayers for folks in Wyoming: Sid (still hospitalized), nephew Matt, sis Joy, Joy's husband Mike and his family and all others involved...

Comic Relief

I have yet another sinus infection. This video makes me laugh. It's a guy using a Neilmed sinus rinse bottle. I own one of these and apparently need to use it daily. This just cracks me up.

Sufferin' Succotash!

Things are shaky at the moment for my family and me. Sorry I've neglected my blog. My nephew had a bad car accident Friday, May 29. All 4 kids are expected to be ok and I am so thankful for that. One is still undergoing major surgeries, however. The pic is from the Star Valley Independent in Wyoming.

My patron saint is St Catherine of Siena. Here's a prayer for the gifts of St. Catherine of Siena from http://www.st-catherine-medal.com/:

God of wisdom you made our sister Catherine burn with divine love in contemplating the Lord's passion and in serving your church. With the help of her prayers may your people, united in the mystery of Christ, rejoice forever in the revelation of his glory, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

And, as always, "Jesus I trust in you".

Hi!

I can't believe I have another cold! It's only been a month since I had my last one. I was closed up in the truck, handing my dad water bottles while working, etc, last Thursday and caught his cold. Bummer!

Mom and I had a nice time "down state" and I took the one day CNA class in Tampa on Saturday (fasttrackcna.com). Now I will call for a date to take the test and study, study, study. I've been mostly sleeping since we got back Sunday and returned to Navarre today. Here's a short video taken last Thursday on Lake Eufaula.