Friday August 29,2025
Good morning God.
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for indoor plumbing.
- Thank you for tea.
- Thank you for summer.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I awoke at 1:30 AM. I wrote my blog and went to sleep again at 3:30 AM. At 7 AM, I awoke again and did my morning routine. Angel woke up and ate breakfast. Then we went to a clients house to pick fruit. We picked grapes and plums and pears and we got there early enough that the wasps weren’t very active.
Next, I cleaned the Assembly of God church and went to New Meadows to do another cleaning opportunity. Angel did her schoolwork while I cleaned and when I finished, we decided to skip going to Zim’s Hot Springs and came straight home.
Angel went to a friends house and I went to the thrift store where I found a pop-up tent. I look forward to trying it out. Then I went to another cleaning opportunity. It was a beautiful drive to Goodrich to do some work for Mrs. H. First she had me water her outside plants which I love doing. I shared lots of love with the plants and then I did some cleaning in the house. Mrs. H and I talked and laughed. We have a lot of fun together.
I picked up Angel from her friends when I got into town. We stopped by my older sisters and I cleaned the bank. Then we went home and got ready for bed. I read a couple of chapters from The National Park Mystery Series book 5. We went to sleep at around 9 PM.
Saturday August 30, 2025
Morning prayer:
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for mornings.
- Thank you for energy.
- Thank you for thrift stores.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I awoke at 4 AM. I wrote my blog and went to sleep again at 6 AM. At 7:30 AM, I got up and rearranged the front room to make space for my hammock stand. I enjoy having my hammock available to lay in at all times. While I was in the middle of rearranging, my landlady came by and I paid her the rent through October. I like being a month or two ahead.
I finished rearranging and went next door to help my neighbor pick peaches off of her peach tree. The tree is finally starting to look as if some of the peaches have been picked off of it. I was feeling tired when I got home and I rested for a while.
I roused myself from my rest and got started making plum juice in the steam juicer. I had an abundance of plums to use up before they went bad. While waiting for the juicer to warm up, I dropped off some grapes and plums to a couple of people who wanted them and came right back. A couple of Angels friends came over and they ran around the house playing while I juiced plums. I got a couple of gallons of juice canned before I called it good and cleaned up the kitchen.
Next, the kids and I went out to Mrs. H’s place and picked her up. I took her to Midvale to get her truck that had been at the repair shop. Then the kids and I continued on to Weiser to look at a dog that was needing a new home. He is a chihuahua/dachshund mix and looks similar to Little Bit. His name is Tiny and once the dogs got used to each other, they played and played. Tiny’s owners said that they had other people that were coming to meet him and they would let us know next week if they decide to re-home him with us.
I took the kids to eat at a pizza place and I had a yummy salad. Then we went to Bi-mart where I bought more canning jars and we went back to Council. I juiced more plums and then started on the grapes. I canned juice the rest of the evening. Angels friends stayed the night and I got them settled down and in bed at around 10 PM. Then I got into bed and fell asleep right away.
Sunday August 31, 2025
Morning prayer:
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for children.
- Thank you for beautiful scenery.
- Thank you for electricity.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I awoke at 6 AM. I wrote my blog and started making plum juice in the steam juicer and canning it. Later in the morning, Angel and her friends woke up. They all played in her room while I continued making juice. My landlady came over and showed me how to get to the basement and gave me a small storage space down there. I thanked her for doing that for me.
I got 3 gallons of plum juice canned before I ran out of plums. I finished just in time to leave for church and the house smelled delicious. Angels friends went home and we went to church. Angel rode her bicycle and I walked. It was a beautiful day and the walk was lovely.
The singing was fantastic at church and the message I got from the sermon was to fully shine my light. It was exactly what I needed to hear. My nephew Christopher was there and we talked after church about what’s been going on in our lives. I’ve been experiencing new ways to look at things and really understanding that I have a choice to view things from many different perspectives. I love inner spiritual expansion and growth.
The rest of the day, Angel spent cleaning her room. It literally took her all day long. I helped her off and on while I spent the rest of the day canning grape juice, puréed tomatoes and puréed peaches. I also posted a weeks worth of blog posts which felt good to get done. When Angel finished her room, we put clean sheets on the bunk bed to get ready for guests arriving tomorrow. A friend from Texas is coming to visit with her 2 boys.
At 8 PM, I finished canning. I cleaned up the kitchen and got ready for bed. I read to Angel from The National Park Mystery Series book 5 and we went to sleep at 10 PM.