update...

work has been strenous....I will be very happy in 2 weeks....Super Sat will be over, I will be on vacation. In the mean time I have so much stuff to do.

Garden up date:

I have lost 2 zuchini plants, this is very disheartening. Also several of my tomatoes plants are turning brown at the bases, I will have to investigate and take care of this problem. I've lost over half my kale to some stupid catiplillars.....their eviction orders will be signed tomorrow...I have to get rid of them. I will fertilze and replant the zuch....

Mon and Tue I will be in service all day, working on the garden and getting a packing list together.

I have to go to bed now, it's late and I'm very tired.

new reading....

11217-11158 = 59 kwh or 2107 in the past 28 hrs.

Today was a rough day for me, I really don't know why. More than likely because I had to go back after having 3 days off. I'm also moody today obviously. Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day, but hopefully a better day!

daily reading

11158

BEEN A LONG WHILE...

Okay, so Facebook is really cool! I need to remove myself from the games though, there is a time and place for everything and they are consuming my life. I've put posts on there that I'll have to transfer to here to blog spot. Today we planted all the corn, we found a new system in doing it and it worked so incredibly well...none the fact that teamwork played a huge role in it. The only thing that I have left is to plant the onions, peas (which is too late, will have to wait for fall planting), asparagus (this is so very detailed it's not even funny), more strawberries, cucumbers, more tomatoes and more peppers. The squash and zuch is thriving leaps and bounds. I gave my first to SC but found out that she didn't like it so next time I'll give it to someone else. I'm sure that tere are plenty who do like it. I also need to replentish my supply. We mistakenly planted pumpkin in the garden instead of the wood yard, it got pulled today. The black beans are coming up so well it's great, the kidney beans are in too! I also found cherry tomatoes this afternoon. I'll see if Duck can down load my pics. I'm pretty sure that I sprained my right wrist today, and I'm really not sure I know where my brace is. It is hurting something fierce. But work must go on.

Let's see..oh yea my mother died on May 27th, while we knew it could any time, it was expected that she was maintained healthwise and was going to outlive my grandmother. She died of a heartattack in her sleep. I look forward to the resurrection where I'll be able to have a meaningful realtionship with her. Until then and forever I have a wonderful family and a fabulous group of friends.

Duck missed his summer semester signups so he will be home this summer looking for work. Okay well a lot has happened and there isn't enough time to say it all, I'll transfer over my posts as I can, until then this is my journal and I need to do a better job of keeping it up. Below will be a list of stuff we want to get done in the next 10 weeks.

Reroute the dryer (even though we don't use it a lot, it still gets used on rainy days and when put in shower surround clothes need to be unwrinkled)
Get all the wood cut
Get a LOT more wood.
Get funace installed and ready
Get windows sealed
Insulate the basement
Clear out our rooms and get the carpets cleaned
clear off front porch
plant cucu
plant aspar
plant toms
plant peas
plant lettuce
plant onions
start tom's for fall planting
Get boys room set up
Start fall gardening in Aug
Set up hyroponics.
Get lettuce beds started.
Possibly get green house set up.
Get water system set up.
Paint livingrom
work on deck
put up pool
put together solar panels
put up another windmill
purge toys
purge boy clothes
purge mommy clothes
purge daddy clothes
purge dishes
purge backroom
purge basement
purge book shelf

Okay so I think that's enough for now...not sure what is on my other list..but here is a 9 week list. Some impossible due to money, everything else we already have.

So much to do....so little time.

I can't believe how much I have to do and how little time I have to do it in. Tomorrow is the first day back to work for me an I hardly have half of what I wanted to get done, done.

Of this....
Field Service
put all laundry away
move our room around
go through the boys clothes and pull out winter
go through our clothes and do the same.
Take all stuff to goodwill
can veggies, veggie soup, bean soup, chili and possibly beef stew.
wash all the canning jars the are left over
weedeat the yard if possible
plant more veggies if possible
take care of the eggs

Wow, that's all that I got done. (in red) That's not a lot! But I've been so busy.....

Time to try to get more done. I have laundry in right now, I need to do a load of dishes and clean the livingroom first. Then I think that I want to work on my room.

Okay, going to start. Need to get into bed early and get ready for work tomorrow. I'll be so glad when finals week is over.

Toodles

Productive day....

9577 - 9477 = 1840 wph. WAHOOOOO....that's really good considering all the cooking I've been doing, the laundry and dishes getting done. Oh and the yesterday morning I came home really sick, Duck covered me with 2 blankets and I couldn't get warm, he ended up bringing down the space heater to help me. Still high, but seriously not as high as I thought it would be. We really need to get back to shutting off the water heater at night.

The past 3 or so day I've been suffering from moderate to sever headaches, Sunday's was a migrane. It made me so sick that there was times I kept a trashcan handy. Nothing has been able to knock them out besides trying to sleep. The worst part is the light sensitivity to light(I'm sure I didn't spell that right).

We went to the store this morning bright and early, got some stew meat, sausage and beef. I have already canned all the stew beef for veggie/beef soup, next and only waiting on the dishwasher to finish sanatizing the jars is the chili, I think I'll have to do the second batch tomorrow. I will make potatoe soup tomorrow and I'm going to make green bean/potatoe soup also. Poor Kale plant is going ot be naked again. The plants in the garden are doing well, mostly that is. Some of the tomato have fallen over, not sure if it is too wet or they are going to die, we'll see in the next couple of days. I have enough water from the past rain to more than likely fill one of the rain barrels. Duck is going to hook up a hose spigot to it before we dump it all in. Hopefully before Thursday since we are going to have more rain at the end of this week. Time to get the corn, rest of the tomatoes, beans, cucu and peppers into the ground. I'm really happy with the thought that we are going to have too much food, on the other hand I'm nervous that we are not. I can't believe how much beans and tomatoes have gone up at Save-a-lot, it's crazy. When I first started shopping they were 29 or 39 cents per can...now they are 59...R U KIDDING ME? That's high. Yet another reason to plant a big garden.
Okay, it's Tue, guess I forgot to post this....

a great few days...

While not much has gotten done around my house in terms of cleaning perse, we did get a lot done...well Duck more than me.

9477 - 9327 = 1288 - wow that's exceptional. That's even with a new dishwasher and running a ton of laundry and dishes. GREAT!!!!

Duck got the dishwasher put in the stove put in and both wired, the shelves put up in the window seat and the shelving unit upstairs assembled. That's great! I got 30 tomato plants planted, 15 or so beans, 3 zuch, 3 squash, 4 cabbage.

Got a lot of plans this weekend.

Field Service
put all laundry away
move our room around
go through the boys clothes and pull out winter
go through our clothes and do the same.
Take all stuff to goodwill
can veggies, veggie soup, bean soup, chili and possibly beef stew.
wash all the canning jars the are left over
weedeat the yard if possible
plant more veggies if possible
take care of the eggs

Okay
I need to go to bed, I have to get up early.

Toodles.

Today.

What a mostly productive day. Took a 15 min nap that changed my day. I got over 1/2 the garden planted. The only things left are the onions, pleas, cucus, corn, asparagas and peppers. I'm going to plant more beans and tomatoes also when they grow a bit. I didn't make it to the meeting unfortunately. I'm finally getting ahold of this schedule that I'm working. Duck got the wood cut for the shelving unit in the window seat, got the dishwasher unloaded and is working on the wiring and getting it installed, getting the wiring done for the stove, got the screen window put up and helped me a lot in the garden. Have I ever told everyone that I have a wonderful husband. Tomorrow we are going to finish the massive cleaning, we have all the laundry done, it just needs put away and then the det ailed cleaning like the windows, dusting, cracks/creveces...yah know the annoying stuff. We are also looking at purging a lot. Since we have company coming this is as good of time as any. Well 2am comes really really early.Good night all.

YIKES>>>

9327 - 9235 = 7077 wph. YIKES...This has been from the dryer, washer, water heater and dishwasher. I've washed 8 loads of laundry, only 5 made it out to the line, 2 loads of dishes and I'm going to take my shower so I can shut off the water heater.

Well it's time to head to bed, this has been a long and mostly productive day. I want to get all the laundry done tomorrow and get the house finished, we have a guest coming and I want it to look nice.

Toodles.

quick reading and then off to clean some more.

That bad boy is spinning so fast!

9235 - 9175 = 1000 wph. WOW>>>>>>>> THAT'S FABULOUS!!!!!!

Okay, so the water heater thing is really paying off. Okay, now it's time to blow all that good nonusage and clean the entire house, I have about 20 loads of laundry to catch up on. Thankfully it is going to be sunny out, while not that warm the sun will still dry the clothes.

Hopefully I can remember to get a reading later tonight.

Morelater....

tata

been 3 days..

We've spent so much time outside that the inside is so neglected. I did get most of the boys room clean, I need to rent a carpet cleaner and I'll be done. Work has been good. I have so much to get done around here. Some of the garden is planted, most isn't. We bought more stakes and fecning for the garden, I'll get it in this weekend.

i have to get to bed but here is a reading for the past 3 days:

9175 - 9088 = 1130 per hour in the past 77 hrs. that is excellent!

non productive day...

I got to talk to my favorite Amy today, I love that girl she's awsome!. We talked about my fav...gardening, she told me that she was putting one in and I offered her some stuff to start. I really need to work out in the garden, but I really need Duck's help. It stinks having two days off that he has to go to school on. Wed is blown b/c he had BS and I have to go to the store. Thursday is meeting will probably get some things done before and Friday is the end of the week already. These plants cannot wait that long...peroid. We sectioned off the garden today which is what I wanted to do a long time ago and it is off....very off. So I think that I'll fix it somehow, but I'm not going to have as much zuch, squash or egg plant, I'll have to replant when the cabbage, cauli and brocc are done. Hopefully this will give them enough time. I am thinking of building a thing to hold my lettuce plants, that way when you water one they all can be watered a little more by the overflow.

Sunshine came to me today an told me his penis was red, I made him let me look at it, he had a hair warpped, possibly either a hair or fiber. It was white so I'm thinking it could have come from his pullups. not sure, but I'll keep a close eye on it. I may be taking him into the doc if it doesn't get any better by Thurs.

Going to be doing some crash cleaning today, I have a lot of laundry to get done and a lot of laundry to put away, I think that it is time to put all the winter stuff away and start weeding through our clothes. we simply have tooooooo many.

I need to run...got too much to do!

9088-9005=1203 in the past 3 days...that is really really good. We found that turning up the thermostat on the hot water heater is paying a great deal. Yes it uses more electricity to heat up the water initally, but it gets hotter faster and stays hotter longer.

great day...

today I had a great day with all 3 boys. I planted the broccoli and cauliflower that I had, I have to plant a bunch more to get it germinated, this is part of my plan for the stage gardening. I also planted some flowers and over 200 corn plants yesterday. I am sooo happy to report that I have spinach already, it is still small but looks delicious. Can't wait to pick bunches of it and can some and fresh for the rest. Okay, I need to go to bed, no reading today, it's going to be bad anyway, I did laundry and dishes today and have to do it again tomorrow. I want to finish the kitchen and work on the launryroom and the boys bedroom.

Night!
Me.

reading....

9005-8893=1436 wph. That is high for as much time as we have spent outside, but the past few nights have been cold and we have had the heater.

The garden is tilled, the cover is on it, the bricks are laid now we need to set the plants.

I reconfigured the garden to a more accurate amount of land, then we found out that Duck tilled about a foot more. So we are going to line the potatoes and lettuce buckets along the side with the extras.

Okay, well it's time to go to bed, I have a lot to do tomorrow and I have to get up early to go to work...last day of the week...YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reading...

I'm gonna doa reading and then make a new sketch for the garden as mine has disappeared and then I'm going to clean the house.

8893-8820=1460 wph. not very very good, but okay....

Not all is lost...

I helped Duck finish up his paper today, he had to get to 4 pages and I have a nack for extending the words a bit. We paid the water bill, pulled out money for all the other bills and pay them tomorrow, I also paid the insurance for the next three months. We looked for lawn mowers today becuase ours would not start, neither the rider nor the push. Now my yard is taller than my neighbors and I still don't have a mower to take care of it. I hung 4 loads of laundry out, and maked out the garden. We are extending it to be a true 24x40 Gonna look over the final lay out tonight to make sure that it is going to work and fit. The green beans are starting to wilt a bit, now it is going to be nice on Wed and rain on Thur. I didn't make it out today in FS with the intentions of getting the yard cut and more house work done. I need to run and put the dishes on the wash cycle, I'm going to run all the clothes upstairs and start folding. I will also have the boys clean up the livingroom...just as soon as we are done with dinner. I'm having grapefruit (which is making Sunshine gag and nearly throw up by just eating it, thanks hon) and chili cheese dogs, Smiley will have CCD and pineapples or apples and Sunshine will have nuggets and an apple. Duck has already left for school so this is a good time to get more house work done.

I'll do a reading later probably after we all take showers.

TTFN

reading.....

8820-8786=883 wph in the past 38 hours...ROCK ON! We are going to see a huge jump in this today, going to clean out the frige and get the rest of the laundry done. I think that I want to till the garden but may have to wait until tomorrow. Gotta send of my jury duty thing...I hate the idea. I want to get going so I can weed eat, Dad sent me the new loofah seeds from his harvest.

Later everyone!

WOW......Hoooorah....

Today was a long day at work. I hated it, but it wasn't as bad as the week before.
Today afterwork I went to the store, most of my coupons came in and I used almost all of them. I check out the deals and then I go onto ebay and see if I can find some coupons. All in all today for example, I spent 75 cents for a bag of cheese that normally cost 3.29. WOW! I spent in total 69.21 on over 255 dollars worth of groceries. I got 144 items which made them about 48 cents each. UNREAL! T...hat's awsome.

energy...

8786-8752 = 1478 wph.

Night!

Yet another long day.

Today's reading

8752-8704 = 980 wph in the past two days. It is amazing what shutting the water heater off, not running the dryer and spending most of the time outside does for ones energy usage. Incase anyone hasn't done so, change your fans around. On hot days they should be set to clockwise. This will force the air down and away from your body.

I thought I posted yesterday but obviously I hadn't. I'm so very very very disappointed that it is going to rain tomorrow, mon and tue. Those are my day off.

Starting Wed, I start working 5 days a week. I'm very excited about this. This will give me more time in the afternoon and possibly allow me to go out in FSM another time durning the week. It will also give my family a more stable set structure.

Well going to go, I have stuff to do.
Katy

long long long day..

I'm simply going to give a reading, clean for 30 min, wash my uniform and go to bed.

Reading:

8704-8661 = 1792 wph..wow that's a lot higher! We haven't even been home nor running anything. time to investigate.

On a terrible note...I found out that my deep freezer had been unplugged for some time. everything on top was thawed...thankfully it still had a layer of ice, although squishy...I can now still use it. We went to the goodwill in Ill today, I got some beautiful summer skirts, gonna steal the pattern and make me some more. Then we went to RK and bought strawberries, potatoe starts, blueberries, grapes, pulley for the windmill, I think that's all but not sure. Then we went to Kroger, AutoZone, Walmart and home. What a run for our money. I really miss my SUV.

Okay, gonna go clean for 30 and go to bed.

Night,
Me.