Recovery Progress: Wednesday nights-exciting news!

After Parma the Wednesday Rupert meeting will be here. I'm beyond amazed and excited. I've never dreamed of that possibility but my Father works in wondrous ways!! One thing that I really want to get done is the front weeded out and some gravel put in. Right now the weeds are pretty bad along the road and it's just compacted sand. I got started today but this is going to take a bit. Ideally it'll be done before meetings start. The rains from yesterday's thunderstorms helped make it easy for today but I know the weeds will get tougher to pull later on. Speaking of thunderstorms, I've already seen more here then I see in a year in Portland! And I'm loving it! :) I've always loved thunderstorms. They fascinate me. Apparently July/August ones can be amazing. Having night ones tonight!

And then there's the riding lawn mower. The first use went okay, but there was a small issue of trying to fit a mow in around the rain. There's a strip of lawn in the middle that grows quite well. I'm guessing that this is where the drain field is! And the lawn HAD to be mowed since that area was getting almost too high and rain was called for the next 5 days after that day! I made it but had to stop in the middle because of a thunderstorm and high winds. It didn't rain that time but started raining right at the end of finishing so the last few minutes were done in the rain. Got a nice picture of a rainbow! (see below) Second mow Saturday went very nicely. I just got to figure out a way to mow it that makes sense. I've mowed it two different ways so far. Probably a third way next week. :) I think I'm going to plant some bean seeds and a squash hill and a cucumber hill this week. It's been about 2 weeks since we had a freeze and I was told Mother's Day tends to be a good cut off time for freezes. Very few happen after that. And this weekend is supposed to be nice and warm.

And a funny thing happened Saturday. The neighbor from across the street came over and introduced herself. She does awesome weldings and is starting her own business. She mentioned that the only thing she needs is a bookkeeper. Soooo..... I officially have a new client in Rupert! 😁 And here I thought my business was pretty much closed down. It's a small one though so I don't anticipate to much time being needed! It'll help cover that gravel and the water softener system that I need to get. The water is here is quite hard and leaves deposits if stuff isn't dried off right away. And I want my washer to last!!