Well my first month here did not turn out quite like I hoped. The house we rented was not ready when we got here like it was supposed to be. It was a filthy mess but I have to give the owner credit. When he found out that the guys he hired to clean it didn't do it he gave us our first month's rent free plus knocked off a $100 a month on our rent there after. Thanks to hubby's family I got plenty of help the clean the house before any of our stuff was moved in.
The second week I came down with a bad cold. I have not had one that bad since last winter. By the middle of the third week I was finally getting over my cold only to step into a fire ant hill and received about 40 bites from the ants. With in two days my legs were covered in little pus filled blisters and my cold was back with a vengeance. I was sicker this time then the week before. For 3 days straight I spent more time in bed then out of bed. My family was lucky if they got one cooked meal out of me a day and that I did the dishes.
It seems my cold must have finally broke some time during the night because this morning I woke up with a little bit of energy and got the boys up and made them work outside with me most of the day. Of course they wish I was still sick because I worked them hard. LOL
The people who lived here before us left 3 big junk piles and we have been slowly clearing them out. Today we tackled the worst one. It was piled high with rotted wood, broken glass, rusted tools, bits and pieces of metal and bricks. Bricks on top of bricks. We pulled out all the rotted wood and burned it. The broken glass and metal went into the trash, the tools were set aside to see if they can be cleaned up and used and the bricks were sorted out whole bricks from bits and pieces of bricks. After we got the pile all cleaned out and every thing sorted we found that we had enough bricks to make a second rocket stove so we did that.
It was a beautiful day out, not too hot and not to chilly so I decided to cook outside on the two rocket stoves. Hubby and son did not believe I could get fires going in them hot enough to deep fry chicken and home made french fries but Eric, my son's friend was game to give it a try and after we got the fires burning good he cooked the chicken while I did the french fries. Hubby and son marveled at the fact that we actually deep fried on the rocket stoves and they dug in with gusto and enjoyed the food. Those silly men when are they ever going to learn to tell me that I can't do something? They should know by now when I set my mind to something I do it come hell or high water. LOL
Oh and I almost forgot to tell you. Even though I was sick yesterday hubby and his cousin decided I needed to get my first shooting lesson. First lesson was how to load and unload a 22 handgun. Then they had me shoot at a tree that was as big around as a normal size man. I did pretty good on that. I made 5 out of 6 shots with the one about dead center of a person's head, two were and inch apart in the heart area and the other two were about an inch apart on the arm area. Then they had me shoot at a pop can.on a stick. I missed 9 out of 10 shots. Pete decided then to have me try his 45. I was worried about the kick back but there was very little, as for the bullet who knows where it went. LOL After that they tried me with the 22 rifle. Sorry to say that is not going to work. I could not see through the scope so I could not hit a thing.
Oh well at least I now know how to load and unload the handgun and I know I can hit something the size of a normal size man so I could defend myself it I have to. In the mean time I will keep practicing until I can hit that dang can every time. :) I want to make Annie Okaley proud of me. :)
Prepping Granny