Thank You For Sending Prayers

Thank you for sending prayers for Baby “O” and her family over at the Hickery Holler Farm.  Baby “O” has returned home with a monitor and will be following up with tests and her doctor.   Please visit Canned Quilter (Baby O’s Mom) over at the Hickery Holler Farm for updates. 

Prayers For A Blogger Friends Daughter

I ask my friends to please keep Baby “O” in your thoughts and prayers. A Blogger friend, the Canned Quilter’s daughter from the Hickery Holler Farm blog was admitted into the hospital’s cardiac ICU.

Thank You For Your Prayers & God Bless The Children

This storm started just outside of where my son works, it was heading directly for the area where we live, when it changed course, and hit the town about 5 minutes from our home.  We didn’t get any damage and we all are okay, thank God.  I ended up in our linen closet on the floor with our dogs while my husband and son were at work.  Thank you all for your prayers, we are safe and we have a home still planted in the ground. 

Please pray for those families who lost loved ones and have no homes. 

My heart goes out to all those little elementary school children who lost their lives inside of the school. 

The city of Moore is just devastated, our family will be going out to help families with their homes destroyed by cutting wood, locating personal property, and cleaning up. 

FIRE!!!!!

I thought it was going to really rain today, dark clouds were over the top of us, temperatures dropped and then it rained……a total of 3 minutes.  Within minutes our temperatures jumped from 98 to 116 degrees and we were greeted with what I call a hot “slap your Momma” breeze.

This afternoon, our Governor issued a burn ban for the entire state of Oklahoma.  Everything is dry outside, grass is burnt, vegetable garden shot, and trees are dying.  This afternoon, fires broke out throughout the state because people don’t have common sense.  Throwing cigarettes out windows, burning brush or trash, cutting dry grass, driving on dry grass where the catalytic converter sparks the grass.

Early this afternoon, a massive grass fire broke out not too far from our home.  The fire was under control at one point, and then the flames hit something, causing explosions, and now the fire is moving rapidly; burning trees, grass, and buildings.  The fire(s) are all around our county and about 5 miles from our home.  We’re prepared to evacuate if need be.  Emergency radios are actively running.  

Please keep the residents of Oklahoma near fires in your prayers.

Prayers and Updates

From Friday through Sunday tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.  6 people lost their lives, and over 29 were injured.  Prayers are being sent to all families affected in these storms.

Thank God, this stormy weekend is over! 

Some Garden Updates:

Tomato plants looking good, some of the pots will need to be thinned out.

Onions and Lettuce growing like crazy.

Potatoes popping out of the straw.

Corn, has a good running start.

Green Chiles and Peppers are not doing too well.

Carrots moving slowly need to thin these babies out.

More garden seeds coming along, I will update on these later.

The rose bushes love the weather and Epsom salt.

I received the new catalog from the Bulk Herb Store, looking forward to making some Oils/Salves in the next several weeks.  When I do, I will make sure to take pictures and post this to my blog.

Thank You, Prayers, Critters and Food

I would first like to start my Monday post by saying thank you to everyone who sent me get well wishes and prayers.  As you know, I had oral surgery on Thursday morning.  Initially, I wasn’t feeling any pain of course because I was heavily sedated.  I was okay, and figured I could go on and complete some of my everyday tasks.  Yes, I’m a knuckle head!!!!  Instructions, from my doctor, no lifting or heavy work for approximately 4 – 5 days.  Did I listen; no………did I listen after, when the pain and bleeding started, yes.   I had no choice but to listen, I ended up over doing it.  Under doctor’s advice and Bulldog man’s persistence, I took several days and absolutely did nothing strenuous.

I’m not totally healed but I sure feel so much better.  So, I’m back and eager to post to my blog.

On a serious note, my family, immediate and blogger would like to extend our deepest sympathies and prayers to all families affected by the extreme weather in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Tennessee.

Our daughter came into town from Dallas yesterday to complete some business up in Oklahoma City on Monday (today).  My adventures today started with babysitting our daughter’s dog, Oscar.  I recorded a little video footage of the cute little rascal.

Here’s footage of Beans and Oscar playing tug of war with one of Bean’s toys.  Gotta love their determination!

I whipped up crock pot chicken and dumplings (the lazy way) with vegetables for dinner tonight.  4 chicken breasts, 1 can cream mushroom soup, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 2 cans of chicken broth, 2 carrots (chopped), 1 celery stock (diced), ½ onion, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, ¼ teaspoon cumin and Best Choice Texas style biscuits. Slow cook all ingredients except biscuits for approximately 4 – 5 hours on high.  Pull meat out of crock pot and cut, place back in crock pot.  Once the meat has totally cooked, take your biscuits and cut them in strips, drop them in crock pot and cook another 60-90 minutes on low (if the broth needs thickening use cornstarch and little water, mix and pour into crock pot).  Once the broth is thick, serve and enjoy (my picture was leftovers, almost all dumplings are gone - can you say we all were hungry).