There is a guy who mows yards. He used to push his lawnmower around the neighborhood asking to mow people’s lawns. He did ours a few times. Well, one day, several months ago, he knocked on our door. He said his lawnmower was broken and he had some customers that needed their lawn mowed and could he borrow our lawnmower. I didn’t know him that well, but I said yes anyway.

He said he’d be a few hours. Those few hours turned into 6 hours. I was freaking out because I hadn’t told Donny that I let him borrow it. I walked down to the end of our street where I knew he’d talked to those neighbors. They didn’t know where he lived and hadn’t seen him.

I then posted on nextdoor and the Longview Facebook group. No one knew him. I did know his name was Jimmy, but that’s it. He FINALLY showed back up and asked if I could drive him and drop him off in Spring Hill. I did and, thank goodness, I lived. I don’t know why I do these things.

He’s been borrowing our lawnmower on a regular basis now. He does change the oil and takes care of it, but yesterday when he brought it back he told Donny he could mow our lawn for $30. Um, don’t we kinda have partial ownership in his lawn business. Especially because without us he wouldn’t have said business. We always have such strange things happen to us.

We have finally named the tuxedo cat that adopted us. Meet Milo.

He will come in and chill but is so afraid of the ceiling fan, off or on. He is super sweet and gets along with the other cats except Bailey because she’s just mean and a little psycho.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

Sometimes I just don’t feel like cooking so I want to make something easy that everyone likes. Plus Hannah asked me to make these for her. So I make easy pork chops.

Put some oil in a skillet and heat it up. Make an egg wash. Dip thinly sliced pork chops in the egg wash and then in Italian bread crumbs then fry on both sides. It’s really good. Not really healthy, but sometimes that’s ok.

I made mashed potatoes and threw a quick salad together. Super easy.

We have Morris the new stray that adopted us and we have Bodhi who lives between a few houses. Well, Bodhi is jealous of Morris and Morris is jealous of Bodhi so they stalk around each other growling and making horrible cat noises. It’s so loud. Bodhi, who doesn’t like cat beds, had taken over Morris’s so I had to create another bed. It’s like West Side Story over here.

Monkey prefers to watch from a distance

Donny and I always buy something from school fund raisers when the neighbor kids knock on our door. Well today one came in. The BEST one I’ve ever chosen.

I’ve been looking for a spatula just like this one forever. It was worth every penny.

It seems like all the past two days have been is doctor appointments. I had made an appointment because I was having stomach pains that now I’m thinking it’s just gas bubbles. I do not like my doctor. I tried to explain that I wasn’t even sure if I was still having the pains because I face planted at work and my whole body is sore. His response was “I don’t understand what face planting is”. He was very dismissive, as always, and just wants me to get an abdominal CT. He’s always pushing me off on different specialists. I really need to switch doctors. But, he did do blood work and my thyroid is in the normal range for once. So yay!

The office was 79° and I was sweating like crazy.

It’s hard to tell, but I was glistening.

Hannah’s appointment was the next day and because she had basically taken herself off the meds and was doing so well, her doctor decided it was time to take her off of them. She only needs to take her folate and magnesium. This is huge and she is where we have been trying to get to for 3 years.

The daylight savings has been kicking my butt. It gets dark so early that I think it’s hours later than it is. It takes me about a month to get used to it. My body just feels wonky.

i have given myself a leave of absence from work. Luckily we are heading into the slow season, but I still feel guilty because I know my boss needs help. It’s hard to put myself first and just say, right now I need to do what’s best for my body. Plus I need to take care of things around the house that I’ve been putting on the back burner due to just being so worn out.

One of the things was to go through all the condiments and clean out the fridge. I mean toothbrush scrub it down.

The house came with this fridge, so it’s not the greatest, but it works, so there’s that.

I’m also loving these Popsicle makers. I’m trying the mango nectar this time. I sure could’ve used one of these at my sweaty appointment.

if you ever have chicken and you don’t know what to make with it, dip it in an egg wash, then in crushed Doritos. It’s actually really good.

Jackson made this art that we had printed. I have always wanted it. It’s been on his floor so today when I went to put his clean laundry up I took it. I don’t even know if he’s noticed.

It just makes me happy and isn’t that what art is so about anyway?

This weekend has been hard. Ever since I did that face plant at work I’ve had to take it easy. I realize I must have tried to put my arm down when I fell because now from my shoulder to my knee is very achy.

My daughter’s medication was changed at her last med check appointment. Her dad took her and he’s never been before. Had I been with them I would have definitely vetoed what the doctor had suggested. Like my thyroid meds, her meds are also hard to find that sweet spot where the meds work with no side effects. So back to the drawing board. She is refusing to take them because they make her feel so awful, but trying to convince a 17 year old that going cold turkey is NOT the way to go is difficult. Calling for an appointment first thing in the morning. Hopefully we will find a solution.

Last night I finally was able to move around a little bit better. My kitchen was a wreck! When my house is a disaster I feel like a disaster. Here’s the before and after.

The taco stuff stayed out until Donny got home and ate.

And then because Hannah was having a rough day and was getting off work, I made cupcakes because she loves them.

I took down the Halloween decorations on the first of November and they’d been sitting on our table.

Finally got those boxed up today.

This time change is throwing me off so hard. It gets dark so early.

In other news, a new cat adopted us. We named him Morris. He just showed up and hasn’t left. He eats A LOT. He’s nice to the other cats and doesn’t bother the chickens. He’s also the only cat that appreciates the car bed I bought last year. I have tried to find out if he has owners. No luck so far.

We had big rainstorms over last weekend so that meant, when I went to work, the inflatables were wet. Like so wet my sweat pants were soaked. It was also in the 40’s so it was quite cold.

I was wiping down the slide on this one when, all of a sudden, my feet just slipped out from underneath me and I face planted on the slide.

i didn’t really think much about it until I was on the next one that has about 10 pylons inside. Because we don’t inflate then all the way out was mushy and it made the pylons hard to maneuver around.

Needless to say, I wrenched my back. Bad. I can barely walk. I made a doctor’s appointment for Monday, just to check everything out, but now I’m going to have to do some soul searching to figure out if I should keep working this job. I know I use it as a workout, but when it’s doing more harm than good, it’s s problem.

i have been able to watch the Harry Potter movies. I had really only seen the first one. I like them, so there’s that. And laying in my bed a lot.