Pokey Peas Challenge for June 2022

hi all - I'll try and come back later and reply but for now - could I get good thoughts for my kitty, Little Friend? She was unresponsive this morning - we took her straight to the vet expecting to be saying goodbye (and we still might have to) but they have her in a heating kennel and on fluids for now. They're kerbside still and sent us home to await updates via phone. She's 12.5 - hyperthyroid, chronically constipated, and seriously underweight (due to the other two conditions) - but a scrappy little thing.

Thanks grammadee - unfortunately she didn't make it. She will be missed

Good Friday evening, Pokeys! What does your weekend look like? Dd & family plan to drive here late tonight in two vehicles. Mom & dgs have to leave on Sunday and dsil will leave Monday morning to a function at a base near here. They plan to help with the garden and garage on Saturday, and then Sunday we will do something for Fathers' Day. Not sure what, yet. If the weather is nice, we may go to a local lake, but a diner serving huge burgers and a wiener roast on our yard are still options.

How are you doing with all the family visiting, nylene. I hope you have a marvelous time and don't get too exhausted. Will they still be there on Sunday?

Has everyone signed up for a 3rd Quarter team? The sign up thread has been posted. Don't remember seeing you there yet, kellyr21, justjac, nylene, msliz. Not a good advertisement for teams, but I have been busy adding up my points for Q2. Left it way too late, so now it is a bigger job.

Is it still cool enough to camp in NM, MARIBETHR? Dd & family will be heading out to a local lake next weekend I think and will be there a week, through Canada Day.

Glad your A/C issues are solved, joyfulnana. The only electronic woes I have had this week is that my printer jammed. It took awhile for me to figure out how to unjam it, but that is because it has been the most jam-free printer I have had in my life, I think, and this was only the second time I needed to do this. Turns out it is really easy, too. Can be done from the top. My last one--that jammed all the time--had to be cleared from the back, so I had my whole desk cleaned off ready to turn this baby around when I realized that none of that was necessary. Oh well... clean desk LOL!

So nice that Rudy is so excited about his soon-to-be-born sibling! He will make a wonderful big brother!

Okay. Gotta go. Have a wonderful weekend!

My weekend is starting with a few hours at the hospital helping with moving my unit/patients to a new location due to renovations. They needed "volunteers" (we do get paid) and it's hopefully only 4 hours and I don't have to be the physio and be responsible for anything - I'm just Joe-mover and patient porter. I'm really relaxed!

The heat broke here yesterday. We were up to 107 last week so we're glad to be back to 70! Kayaking later.

Linda- oh no, I'm so sorry about LF. HUGS! With a couple of chronically ill kitties myself, I feel very responsible for them and almost more bonded because they have their issues but remain plucky. Really really sorry I LOVE the ikea Alex units and would totally replace my table with your set up!

joyfulnana - I'm not sure if this is accurate, but it feels like Rudy having a brother could be an easier adjustment than if it were a sister? Rudy will have a frame of reference, even if they aren't "friends" early because of the age gap, he probably will "understand" the kid better Glad he's excited!

grammadee - hope you have a wonderful time with the family and they get all your garden sorted!

Hello all - heat broke this morning with thunderstorms but is back to 91 feels like 101 now - yuck - and next week is looking really hot as well with actual temp around 100 and feels like even higher. I'll be hanging out INside.

Thank you kitbop - I'm grateful that we had the time we did with Little Friend and that we really did all we could for her. I would have liked to have been with her at the end but she hadn't regained consciousness so I don't think it mattered to her.

Enjoy kayaking!

kellyr21 - thank you - hope all is well for you

new Kallax is set up - I've done some sorting of stuff in preparation for DH assembling the Alex drawers and I'm hopeful he might get to one of them this evening (and the other tomorrow). I'm ready to have the room back together and get crafty again. In the meantime, I've downloaded photos from DVDs of my mum's trip to Berlin in 2005 and am (slowly) deciphering her notes in order to label the photos. She didn't have the best handwriting and this one is especially tricky as she mixed English and Germa. I'm on 134/300ish

OH justjac, I'm so sorry. Sending hugs to you.

Linda, I'm sorry about LF and sending hug to you too. I would love to have that set up! Have fun getting everything organized in new homes.

kitbop I hope you only had 4 hours and got to enjoy the rest the day!

grammadee YAY for a clean desk lol. Your weekend sounds very fun - especially the burgers in the yard part!- and also like a very full weekend. Now is the family that has the camper? Would you be camping if you went to the local lake?

Ugh still in the middle of a heat wave here. With no end in sight through at least next weekend. I spent most of the day visiting with mom. She is leaving Monday to stay with my niece for a few months and will be a couple hours further away. No practice tomorrow for DS1, so I won't have Rudy all afternoon, which means bonus hours for me lol.

{{{Hugs}}} Just Jac. I'm so sorry for your loss and for the lengthy illness she endured. May she be at peace, and I hope you all can find comfort and peace soon too.

Hey Nylene, I wanted to show you a couple of things I made using paper from our warehouse sale shopping. The pink paper is from my stash. I haven't scrapped our trip yet. Almost there. 😁

we've had a rather unusual 'bird' at our feeders lately - we've nicknamed him the north american bushy tailed bird Isn't he fun! The kittens are absolutely mesmerised.

Happy Wednesday, Pokeys!

So glad you got to have Cousin Camp in person this year, nylene, that Alex got to play, and that the older cousins dropped in to play along. memories of Cousin Camp will always be in their happy memories of growing up. Can't wait to see pic's and pages!

Glad you dropped in, refugeepea and shared your pocket pages. Looks like your albums would be fun to read with all the little details like weather, the relevant cartoon, and your commentary. They are pretty, too. Love that little elephant. And again, I am jealous that you two got to meet AND shop at that giant sale!

I DON'T envy you the transition of your mom's living situation, joyfulnana. But it is good that her granddaughter can have her stay with her family while it is happening. Is this the niece that scrapbooks?

Bet you will enjoy playing in your redone craftroom, Linda. Those units and the desk look really convenient. Your bushy tailed friend probably feels like he won the lottery. Our dogs have been entertained all spring by a squirrel in the trees around the edge of the yard. Sometimes I think that little guy chirps just to tease them! They both go running out there and bark excitedly, but as far as I know the cheeky guy wins all the games.

Must be fun to watch the eagles, kellyr21. I have been wishing we had a camera inside the little birdhouse we have suspended from our deck roof. Every year a pair of wrens get busy flying in with bits of grass and twigs. All flights in and out are stealthy, flitting from bush to treebranch to edge of the railing. Then there will be a time of very little activity as Mama sits on their eggs. When the eggs hatch, Daddy sits up on top of the roof of the house and sings out how proud he is every day. And the parents start flying in with bugs and other delicious treats for their brood, again with great stealth manouvers. I have never seen the youngsters leave their safe little home. Charlie is quite interested in them, especially when proud papa sings, but there is no way she can get to them.

After 3 inches of rain in the past couple of weeks, I was finally able to get out into the garden this week to combat weeds by hand, and dh got the tractor and rototiller out there yesterday evening, so it looks alot better now. Still needs alot of work, but better than it was.

Today another inspector showed up to approve our septic system. When we get his report we will be able to pay all the remaining fees and finalize the subdivision of this quarter section (1/2 mile square) of land. We will have 130 acres of farm land, plus two acreages--one for the existing house & yard and one for the "old yard" where dh's parents lived and he grew up.

Okay. Gotta figure out something for supper. TTYL.

kellyr21 glad you found some good walking shoes. I hate it when my feet hurt, it's the worst. I did grow up here in the heat and humidity. But it feels over the top this year lol!

nylene I'm so glad cousin camp was a success and that Alex was able to be there. I'll bet they all had a blast!

Linda I love your new furniture! It looks wonderful!

grammadee yep, mom is staying with the niece that scrapbooks. I packed her up a crop bag to take, so hopefully we'll have a crafty video day soon. That should be fun and a little interesting lol.