24.6 lbs gone!!!!

You would think my body would take pitty on me and give me those few extra ounces to make it an even 25 lbs, but no, I have to wait until next week, lol. Oh well.

This past week has been rather cool and dreary. A lot of clouds but not a lot of rain, just brief showers. I wish it would rain, just a nice steady rain for a few days. Some of my neighbors who have well water are having problems with them because of the lack of rain. There is a waterfall I pass by on my way into town. Normally, it's running nicely, but lately there's hardly any water to go over the waterfall. Weatherman says Friday at the earliest we should get some significant rain. I want the rain, but that's the day we are coming back from seeing my parents, so I hope the rain holds off until we are close to home or comes a day or two earlier. It's still early for a Friday prediction though.

With the cooler air the back pains have come back. Big time! I don't think there's one spot on my back that isn't hurting. I've been begging hubby for a back rub because there's no way I can drive for seven hours with this pain. I'm only good for a bout 30 minutes. I know it's not the car seat. Speaking of cars, we went and bought a new car, well new to us, on Friday. It's a 2009 Hyundai Accent. I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. At first hubby didn't want it because it's small and only has 2 doors. It's rare that we all 4 go anyplace together anymore and if we really need a 4 door car we have the other one. Then he tells me he wants 4 wheel or all wheel, so this past week we have spent looking at different places at different cars. I don't know why but he changed his mind, after we went back to look at it 3 times and then finally decided to buy it. I get to pick it up on Monday. This means we leave on Tuesday and we are taking the new car. That part I don't mind because the other one I still haven't gotten to the mechanic to see why every now and again it doesn't want to start. That will be hubby's car since I just don't have time to sit sometimes and wait for it to decide to start.

This week has been a mad rush to get all the veggies out of the garden and frozen. Tomorrow is the last day and now that we have an extra day, hubby's going out in the garden tomorrow and getting what he can get for me to freeze before we leave.

I took today to dig out some cool weather clothes, ended up reorganizing my whole closet. I also got all my shoes organized and started the packing and did all the dirty laundry. The oldest also did all his. Tomorrow we have to do the sheets and Monday towels as well as cleaning the house. And I wonder why my back hurts, lol.

busy day

Today was another "hit the ground running" day. Spent most of yesterday out shopping and looking for a new car. My car doesn't want to start some days, but it's becoming weekly now. I was out on Friday shopping with the youngest and we sat in the parking lot for an hour and a half before the car decided to start. I had called hubby and he was actually on the way to get me by the time it finally started. Usually, when it won't start, I have to let it sit for about 10 minutes and then it starts right up. Not that day. When we were out on Sunday, for any short trips we left a kid in the car instead of turning it off. My thinking is I just don't want to sit for who knows how long. After the Friday ordeal I took it to a mechanic who checked it with his computer and he told me nothing is showing up as being wrong. His best guess was about four different things it could be, but not really sure. He told me my options are to slowly replace those things, wait until a check engine light or service light comes on, or wait until the car finally won't start anymore. Not options I wanted to hear, but at least he was being honest. Maybe, or maybe he just didn't know. Either way, it didn't cost me anything. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get it in to a GMC dealer this week and see what they have to say about it. I know it's a long shot, but maybe I can get it fixed, really fixed, this week. I'm tired of sitting.

Since we are going away soon, I've finally looked at the calendar and the date is registering. This week we have to work on getting everything out of the garden and my job is to do something with all the produce. Hubby reminded me today not to shop for food this week and to make sure all the produce is gone by the time we are ready to go.

We have to take the cat with us so we bought her a new pet taxi. Fun, fun. She hates the thing, crys and claws at it like crazy. We put her in it a few times yesterday and finally by the end of the day she just went in and laid down. But that pitiful meow she has just breaks my heart. Now that she seems to be adjusting, I have to start taking her on short rides in the car. And I wonder why I'm not looking forward to this trip??

Got up earlier than I needed to today but glad I did, got a lot accompolished. Had a headache for most of the day, and my eyes have been burning all day. All I want to do is close them, but just to much on today's list, so I'm going to bed early tonight.

The boys got two buckets of tomatoes from the garden along with tons and tons of green beans. Quite a lot of hot peppers to, gave some to my friend who stopped by this morning as well as some zucchini, corn, and tomatoes. We don't have corn in the garden but hubby doesn't eat it and neither do I anymore. I just learned that corn creates acid in your stomach, that's the last thing I need, so no more for me. I froze some of the hot peppers and also put some in vinegar and salt for hubby to use to. Tomorrow I have to freeze the green beans and tomatoes. Wednesday or Thursday I'll make zucchini bread. Promised I would take the youngest shoe shopping on Wednesday. He has other stops to make to, but I don't think that's happening. Just to much to do in the few hours until hubby has to go to work.

Pics

These are the tomatoes in the veggie garden. Lots of green ones, but not many red ones, yet.
Everything else but tomatoes, lol. Broccoli, cauliflower, which we haven't gotten any of yet, hot peppers, onions, and zucchini. There is also spinach hiding under the leaves of the broccoli.
Hubby's okra.
My dragon wings plant. It's an annual but I brought it inside last winter and it survived, lol!
This is the plant that has literly taken over the garden. It's similar to our zucchini we have here, but it grows super long and is thin like a cucumber. Hubby doesn't know the name in English for it.


That's some of the pics. The rest I'll do later. It's just me and the cat home and we are enjoying our time away from the males in the house, lol. I'm just enjoying the empty house myself, lol.