Still cold this morning

👀 I don’t think it’s quite as cold as it was yesterday, but it certainly isn’t getting outside working in the yard weather. It is so cold Fleta doesn’t even want to walk. So cold I made a full pot of coffee and I’m probably going to drink it all. And I’m covered up with an electric throw. 

I cooked ham steak last night out of my new pig. It was a little tough, but it was the end piece. Kind of it wasn’t a choice piece, so I’m hoping that the rest will be better. We’ll see.

After taking out a frozen pork, I was able to get the lid closed properly on the deep freeze, but I still left the heavy suitcase on there just in case, at least till I use some more.

I got a new bed topper for my bed yesterday. It’s 4 inch memory foam. The one I had on there I have had I think for about 15 years my kids bought it for me for Christmas or birthday or something and it was a queen size thing, and when I moved here to Arkansas, about 10 years ago, I cut it in half to fit my twin size bed, I got to thinking the other day about all the dead skin and all it must have in it and thought oh when warm weather gets here I’m gonna put it in the bathtub and wash it real good ring it out and hang it on the swing to dry then I decided my goodness maybe I should just look at buying a new one. I was able to get one for $69. It’s 4 inches thick and has a zipper bowl cover on it that I can wash yippee Skippy. It also has the elastic hooks on it that you put down under your mattress to help hold it on the corners . 

I went down to Fleta‘s this morning and up on her heel. She has hundreds of Easter Lillie’s  and I picked a great big bouquet of them. All I could cram in a fruit jar. They are so pretty mama always like the Easter Lilly’s, the tulips, and the lilacs, I’ll always remember that not a spring goes by that I don’t see that lilac bloom that I think of my mama. 

I have several things I wanted to do outside today if it warms it up if it doesn’t I’ll probably just stay here under the electric throw. It is easy to complain isn’t it.

Kelly gave me that new outdoor water. Spicket and I need to dig down in the ground where I can get that out. Somehow he’ll probably have to come help me but he said he wouldn’t mind if I had it already and had all the stuff so I’ll make sure I’ve got it good and Doug down and plenty a room for him when I calling that is one thing I sure wanted to do today. I know it’s still leaking a little, although my water bill has not been very high. 

I told Kelly yesterday that I thought I was the last of the good storytellers of the Powell family. You know Richard was good and Tony is good. I think I can tell a pretty good story but when I’m gone, I figure that’s the end of that. Kelly said oh no Fleta can tell a real good day story, I said Fleta has never told a good tale in all her life. All she does is when someone else tells a story she quips off something at the end, and makes fun of them so don’t depend on stories from her. 

I sometimes wonder if my Bill will be a storyteller when he gets a little older I’m sure he would have lots of tall tales to tell. He’s probably wanting to wait till his kids are grown before he tells them all.

And doing my post lightly I’ve just been talking instead of typing and I don’t proofread them at all anymore. That’s just not worth the trouble they’re there and if things are spelled wrong oh well.

We have still been seeing a lot of deer right here around the place. I just love it they been and then Nortons yard a lot and I mean damn bodies dog pant even and yesterday I noticed there was a great big mineral block put down there, so I think someone is coxing them down.

I made some great hamburger soup about a week or so I froze some of it in quart freezer bags today it sounds good to have some warm soup.

I’m still planning my trip to Arizona toward the end of March I follow through