Ora's Odd Oddessey - part 2

Well I have returned to the land of "journaling"...this is the first step...and hopefully I can stick with it...after my "deleting" of earlier journal I was stymied as to what to say or how to start again....sometimes you just have to push that first step out...and hope that the other foot follows!!!   I am back...one way or the other LOL...

School is out....we have lots going on with the two grands...volleyball camps for Chancey....All Star baseball for Cam...and many youngster here in late afternoon for swimming...the pool has paid for itself in pleasures, laughter, and good times.

We have finished the bathroom renovations...that is another story to tell....hubby has himself a nice garden going...tomatoes, squash, zucchini, green beans, onions, lettuce...(onions and lettuce we are already eating....lovely salads they do enhance)...and our topsy turvy tomatoes are blooming....and doing well...a fun thing to have....

The heat has arrived...burning brightly...temps high nineties...some breeze....but to be truthful we stay in during the afternoon...mornings and evenings are nice tho.  Seems the price of gas is rising as fast as the temps?????  $3.99 plus another 9 makes $4.00 a gallon...but to be honest...the price of gas has not altered our way of living...oh sure we cut out the "just to get out" drives...make others count...but we don't let it manage us...we still manage it.  I think the thing that bothers me most is the prices of food, veggies, etc...outrageous is all I can say...$4.69 for a bag of small apples...you can be sure...they are all used....LOL...I even boiled the peelings...used it to add to apple cobbler!!!

Well I have rambled enough for the time being...gonna add a couple pics of the "sunsetting" in our back yard last night...was really very very pretty...actually the pictures do NOT do it justice...but I tried!!!

hugs all around....Ora

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• #5 Comment from ally123130585918 
  6/10/08 6:01 AM | Permalink

  Ora lovely to see you back ~and I think your pictures are beautiful ~ glad you are enjoying your pool ~ it has been to cold to go in ours yet ~ but I am ever hopeful the weather will get better ~ we are growing a lot of our veggies ~ there is nothing like fresh veg from the garden ~ the price of gas has really got out of hand I heard someone say ours cost $10 a gallon ~ I am glad I own a small car which is much more economical than Lyn's Land Rover ~ Ally x
• #4 Comment from plieck30 
  6/9/08 11:51 PM | Permalink

  The pictures are very beautiful. Paula
• #3 Comment from bhbner2him 
  6/9/08 10:40 PM | Permalink

  I'm glad you are back.  The pictures look like glory shining down!!  -  Barbara
  
• #2 Comment from myannmar 
  6/9/08 8:25 PM | Permalink

  Yayy...she's baaack!
  Those vegetables sound so good.
  Pats on the back to Mixon.
  Stay cool.
  >ee
• #1 Comment from madcobug 
  6/9/08 6:28 PM | Permalink

  I think those pictures are beautiful. Have fun this summer in the pool with your grandchildren and friends. Hugs, Helen