Hallo, Cafe! I bring chrysanthemum tea, sweetened with sugar in the form of crystals the size of small marbles~ Tasty stuff. I made some this past weekend. I had some hot and the rest I chilled in one of the Italian-made glass bottles from Ikea that have an air-tight stopper. I like those bottles, but I will still be on the look out for pitchers when we have our house.
The house hunting didn't stop while Bert was away on business last week, I saw three houses then. Yesterday, I saw two of those three again, but this time with Bert there, and we were also shown two more that had not been on the market until two days ago. We have a top three again, and because of the lessons we learned in the past several weeks about this whole house buying dilemma, we are mentally ready to make an offer tomorrow, after our second viewings are done. Good thoughts! ♫
Sandy, you're so lovely for thinking of me. I am going riding again today, so I will think of how you will be praying for me and visualizing that I will have an angelic companion near me this evening.
My bruises are fading little by little, but the scraped up skin was my biggest concern and the affected areas have been healing wonderfully fast. I am thankful for my body to be able to do this and for God for giving my body the ability to do this.
Sadly, over the weekend, in the morning on Saturday as I was getting ready for the day trip, I noticed that my left leg, the one more injured, was swollen and I had a decision to make: miss out on the trip and possibly go to the ER because of the swelling, or go on the trip and risk having to be brought to the ER if it got worse? I didn't want to be a burden so I decided to cancel with my friend, just in case things did get worse. I called up another friend living down the road, just to let her know that I might have to go to the hospital, and I called Bert, who told me to keep him up-to-date. As per procedures usually done by the base folks, I called up the nurse hotline just to let them know the situation and ask about it. The nurse told me to keep my leg elevated, day and night, and in open air, all covered with Neosporin. I did that and as a result, the swelling went down more and more until it was back to normal on Monday morning. The scrapes were healing faster than I thought, and in a way, I was kind of miffed that I covered my leg up often on Thursday and Friday just so I could go out and not get the affected area dirty, but I did reason with myself and that no one wants to see all the crud on my leg.
Friends got a preview yesterday while we were at their house, because my wrap was all loose, and I think it's good I keep it covered when I'm outside then...no one has to see that.
Sandy, reading your beach trip description made me have a tinge of regret for not going this past Saturday, though. However, the friend who went got back to me about the evening, and said that they walked around a lot and went dancing after the party. If I went, I'm sure my leg would have been more aggravated and it tends to ache for now when I'm walking or standing around for too long. I think being around the energy of the ocean is such a cleansing and flowing experience, I feel that the fresh and renewed feeling would be due to the very nature of the setting. The desert has its own flowing energy, but it's a very grounded type. Nothing like being around water, definitely.
Sandy,the Willy Wagtail time you had sounds like it was a wonderful time to be had~ I loved reading the snippet about it. What a visual to have where a bird is helping you clear the garden of bugs by eating as you cleaned the yard!
Kim, I don't think it's because you're a gardening freak. I think more and more people are becoming in tuned with the nurturing aspect of themselves in these times, especially since there seems to be movements everywhere to be more aware of what you consume, food and materials-wise. I wouldn't think it's far off to connect it as being part of the Correcting Time, but that is my opinion on that matter, too.
Thank you for thinking my old school project sounded interesting. But, your Dan's Spiral Gardening sounds like it's worth emulating on small scales, too. Please keep us posted if and when you can!
I wish everyone a happy and wonderful day or evening, whenever you read this.
Love,
Theunim