Having Fun in Georgia

Mary Kate and I went to Atlanta to the CNN building and two the Coke factory. We saw the vault where the secret of Coke is kept and went to a 4D movie. I bought Trudy a Coke napkin dispenser and a very small Coke bottle salt shaker. We then went to Newnan, GA and went to a mall and bought some school clothes and I bought the kids some books at the book store. It's my tradition with Sophia and Nate to buy them a book when I see them.

Today we are going to Callaway Gardens in Pine City. I have a bird statue I want to buy. I saw it last time I was there but talked myself out of it. I'll get it this time. When  you're on vacation, you should buy things to take home    I will gllleave to go home Thursday morning. sIt's really been a fun trip.

Saturday

It rained part of the day but quit and Lance came over and cut down the trees that he has said he would. I didn't think he would be able to do it all in one day but he did. He said when they come over Thursday to mow the grass they would talk about burning the pile. I wonder how much that will cost. We do need some or I should say a lot of help burning the pile. Steve will cut down one tree and it will fall on the burn pile and so the burning won't endanger the woods.

I began packing for my trip to Mary Kate's Monday. I need to make a list of things to bring so I don't forget what I need. I have a large container of veggie soup in the freezer I need to take. Mary Kate said she would have some veggies for me. I have to have the veggies so I don't starve on this diet. I'm trying to faithfully stay on the program but I get so hungry that I eat more squash and okra and Kale than I'm suppossed to. 1,000 calories is not a lot of food to eat. I have dipped into the ice cream 3-4 teaspoons on occasion. I need to put it in the freezer in the basement where I won't be tempted to go get it.

I got Jenn to stay for 6 hours Monday so if Trudy isn't here by lunch time, Jenn can feed Frank and be with him until Trudy comes. I'll probably leave around 8tish. Looking forward to it.

Ruth will come Friday to pick blueberries. I like to eat them but hate to pick them. We give the pears to the Wright's.

H'ville

We had a Pain Clinic visit at 11 AM. Didn't have to wait long. Came home and went to the pharmacy.

Steve and Lance mowed the grass and cut the shrubs this afternoon. Lance gave me a price on cleaning up the trees the loggers left. He gave me a good price of $350.00 and that's a lot of work to be done. He's young and able to do it.

Trudy will be going to Kentucky Thursday through Sunday. She's to come over here Monday so I can go to Mary Kate's house. I'm afraid she won't be feeling too well after doing all that driving but she assured me she would be able to come over here by 12 PM and I could leave then. I'll have to take all my diet food with me. I think I will not get the second month of food for I am so tired of eating it I could choke. It has taught me that I was eating way too much food and drinking too many calories in milk and Coke. I won't go back to drinking Coke again. At this point, I don't care if I loose any weight. I'm tired of eating their food and always being a little hungry. Oh, well. Got to finish what I started.

Time To Fill

I really enjoyed exercise to day since I had missed the last two times because Mary Kate was here. After exercise, I went to Walmart. None of the stores in town open until 10:00 AM but Walmart is open all the time. I bought a few groceries and then drove out to Isom's Orchard to buy some veggies. I got some okra and yellow and green squash and cucumbers. I have enough veggies now to last all week. I hope I don't get tired of fresh veggies because I have to eat them because of the diet I'm on.

I had a 40% coupon off two items at Goody's if I used my charge card and I found a aqua colored skirt and blouse to match for $20.00. I have many skirts but since I wear them on Sundays, I like to have more. Some of the skirts are too long to be comfortable just lounging around in and the new skirt would be short on someone tall but it's just right for me.

The loggers finished today. It's been 4 days of them harvesting logs from the woods. There were still more to get but it's too wet to get them. They did push some debris back into the woods and make the place look a little better. We still have the tops of the trees of deal with but they can wait.

The Scouts came and mulched around the house and emptied some flower pots for me today. I got 2 yards of mulch and it wasn't too much. I paid them extra since it was a fund raiser for the Scouts. I told them the shed needed cleaning out, too, if they were interested. It also needs scraping and painted. They would have to have adult supervision to do that. Brother Toone was here with them today. He had to leave early but the boys finished things up. I know all of them by site but don't know all of their names. There were about 7 boys today.

George and Trudy took Sadie and her cousin to the air port today to fly to Utah. I told Trudy I had gotten Sadie a lap top and that it had come in today. Amazon Prime is the best! I have some clocks coming in tomorrow. Frank wanted a new clock and a small clock, too.

I'm reading a new book, The Mockingbird Next Door, or some such name. It's on my Kindle and it's about Harper Lee the author of To Kill A Mockingbird. I already like it and I've just read about 7% of the book. I also received two books from Deseret Books that will have to wait until I finish the ebook.

Mr Rooter

The toilet in the master bathroom stopped up again last night. I had a cheaper plumber but I called Mr Rooter because this toilet has been overflowing a lot lately and they were the ones who put the new pipe under the road. Hopefully the log truck driving over the road won't crush the pipe like last time. The toilet is working. The man said we may need another toilet for the one we have is 34 years old. Frank says toilets don't go bad but if it overflows one more time, we are getting a new one. It'll cost about $445.00 to get a new one installed. I may can find a plumber who will do it cheaper. I like going with a big name company.

The loggers have been working all day and they worked all yesterday. Soon they will be through. Steve said he could bring his tractor over and push the tree tops back into the woods but there's a lot of work to be done after the loggers get through. Bobby said he knew a man with a bull dozer that he might contact after the loggers get through and he could push the tree tops back into the woods.

Trudy was to come over today but she said she was hurting too much. I hope she'll be able to come over and stay with Dad while I go visit Mary Kate next Monday-Thrusday. It will be a fun trip. It's a four hour drive but it isn't that bad. Trudy's pain pump removal is July 29th. Then she'll get her back fused. Everyone's hoping that will end the awful pain she is in all the time.

Bank Business Done

Mary Kate, Nate and I left home after Jenn got here. We had found a Compass bank in H'ville where we knew where it was. Called Trudy and arraigned to meet at the bank at 9 AM. We got there early and waited until the bank opened and then went in. We had the procedure going when Trudy got there. Their names are on both accounts at Compass now. If anything happens to us, they can get the money.

We stopped at Sam's but we were too early for my card so we upgraded to where we can go at 7 AM instead of having to wait until 10:00 AM. Nate will be home schooled next year and he needed a computer so Mary Kate got him one at Sam's. We came home and MK looked the same computer up on Amazon and I bought one for Sadie. She'll be needing one for school and her family wouldn't be able to get her one, or it would be hard for them to save the money. I might have it when she gets back from Utah. She'll spend two weeks there with family. She's had a very fun summer and getting the lap top will top it off and maybe help her get ahead in school.

MK and Nate left after lunch. It was a fun visit. I will drive to their house next week, Monday-Thursday. Trudy will come over and stay with Dad.

While Nate was here, he made 10-12 para chord bracelets. Mine it neon green and royal blue. I told him I wanted a red and white one. I ordered a patriotic bracelet from the internet but it is for a man's wrist and is too big for mine. It looks really nice but is too big.

The men were here today picking up the logs with a big back hoe and loading then onto a logging truck. The back hoe is still in the woods so they will be back tomorrow to get more logs.

The blue berries are getting ripe. Ruth called about them but there's not too many yet for her to make a trip up. Maybe we can pick after I get back from Mary Kate's.

Trudy's

Jenn came at 9:50 AM and MK, Nate and I left to go to Khol's in Madison and then to Hobby Lobby in H'ville and then on to Trudy's house. She said she didn't have anything to eat at the house so we stopped at Publix on the way there and got some food. We got there and she wasn't home so Mary Kate fixed the ground beef and I picked some veggies from the garden. I ate a bar for my lunch and had fresh yellow squash and cukes raw to go with it. This diet is driving me hungry.

MK and I went to the farmer's market this morning before we left and got some squash, zucchini and cukes and I fixed them for supper tonight.

While we were at Trudy's, Mary Kate and I and George cleaned out the pantry. Some mice had gotten in and had made a mess. We got the pantry spick and span. We came home in time for Jennifer to clock out at 4 PM.

Mary Kate and Nate have gone to Walmart for some groceries. I told them to get 2 gallons of milk but there is no room in the refrigerator for it. I'll let her rearrange things so they will fit.

I'll get to go to church tomorrow and stay for the 3 hour session. I may come home after sacrament meeting.