I just had an entire update typed and my darn computer shut down.
I hate when that happens.
Now I am going to type it again in short form.
June 30.
Wow, that month flew by.
Computer fixed. New router in. All good.
Freedom Rangers due in today. Everything ready.
Garden good. Corn is knee high.
Lot's of green tomatoes. New squash and melon vines taking off in the heat. Turkeys ate the last ones. Ground cherries are almost ready. Well at least the first plants. The others I transplanted are all growing well. I should see fruit on them soon. I planted another round of beans, carrots and lettuces the other day.
Speaking of turkeys. My juveniles are huge. There is definitely one Tom that is standing out. The others will go to freezer camp just before the holidays.
I made a bunch of jam yesterday. Picked the only 20 apricots off my tree, free plums from a friend and some strawberries I bought. I now have 24 pints. Should be enough for the year. Maybe if I have some free fruit come in I will do more.
No sewing this month. I made a mess of my sewing room. Well actually for summer I rotate all my rooms. The dining table goes in the family room area. It is a west facing room so it gets really hot. Then the family room furniture goes in another area on the east side of the house, etc.. My dh hates it because we move the huge tv cabinet and the china hutch but it makes a big difference. Especially for me and the kids.
Anyways so all my sewing is in a huge pile and needs to be sorted and organized.
We are going to the fair this year. Not my idea of fun at all. I know it's going to cost a fortune. Especially if I go to the livestock auction.
So I got a notice the other day that today my water would be shut off for the day. They are repairing the lines. So yesterday I planned to do all the wash clean up my canning mess and then get the garden and chickens set for the day. Well around 9am yesterday I lost all my water pressure.
I got a bit peeved and drove down the hill to see what was up. They broke the 36 inch main while doing whatever it was they were doing. Not on their schedule of work, they were not happy either. So I ran to the grocery and I guess while I was gone they came and offered dh bottled water. He said we had plenty to drink but needed to tend the garden and animals before the scheduled turn off today. The man was very apologetic. I feel kinda bad for griping to them.
But the whole thing made me realize how ill prepared I am in the water category. I have water stored for us but what the heck would I do for the garden and animals??? I really need to get some gutters on this house and put in some tanks. I envy you folks with wells. Not having to rely on someone else for water is a big deal.
Ds made a comment and said something like "at least its not the electricity". I told him that would have been much easier to deal with.
I'm gonna have to do something about the water.
So much for a short update.
Oh Karen, by the way there are no beds in the back of our toy hauler. ou could have ordered it that way but my rhino is very tall and needed the headroom. My son sleeps in the queen loft that is over the garage area and the girls sleep on the fold out sofa. When Tony starts looking for a trailer he needs to check Lakeshore RV in Muskegon Mi, they sell on e bay way under retail. We picked ours up to save 3 grand but they deliver as well.
Well, not much else going on. Sticking close to home for the 4th. No big plans maybe a bbq. We can see our local fireworks from my porch. Such a treat.
Well I'm off.
Have a great day.
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and I can't wait to get ours filled again!
There here, there here!!!! 
I figured I would get a call and have to pick them up. He said they gave them to him to deliver, priority mail. He said he brought them right over because there was only so much peeping he could stand. he didn't want to drive around with them in his truck for 3 hours. 
What a nice mail man. 
