It has been a busy week here at Little Moon Farm. The young hens are giving us between 6-9 eggs a day, as long as we collect them several times during the day, so they don't eat them. The babies will start laying in about 6 weeks, and then we should get 45+ eggs a day. We have yet to see a duck egg, though they should be ready to lay, too.
Husband Mike mowed the front pasture and I've been working on the fence around the arena, as well as along the driveway. All the posts are set for the arena, and reset and insulators placed on most of the driveway fence posts. We need another solar charger, 2 gates, and 2 more ground rods before we can finish the driveway fence, but it needs to be done so that the horses don't run out of grass in the side pastures.
Today I mowed the back/side pasture, the side yard, and more of the pasture outside the yard fence. Driving the tractor is easier than fence work. I need to encourage Mike to switch with me, him on fence, ME on tractor.;-D
School is back in session. Grandson is in first grade this year, and so far, he loves it.
I'm feeling good, and keeping busy, but working in short bursts, with rests in between. My next treatment is on Wednesday, but I will be going in for tests on Tuesday, including a CT and a chest x-ray, to check the status of my tumors. I feel good, though I should have worn one of my masks today while mowing, as it kicks up lots of dust, and I'm coughing tonight.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
It's been a week...
...since I've written anything here. I guess anyone reading this would like an update.
Wednesday last was a treatment day. We arrived around 7:45, I had my blood drawn, and we retired to the hospitality room for some quiet reading time, since there was a 1 1/2 hour wait till I needed to report for my Exam before treatment. We reported on time, the dr thought everything looked good, but he didn't have the final blood results, just the preliminary... went up to the infusion center, at 11:10, planning on requesting an earlier slot if possible. They didn't open till 11:30. Wrote my request on my slip, since I wasn't scheduled till 1:00, I was hoping to get through early. Haaa! She said she would see what she could do, but didn't promise anything. We didn't go and eat first, since they provide lunch from 12:00-2:00 for patients, and we wouldn't have to pay for mine that way...They didn't call me in till 1:45...I sent Mike to get himself some lunch, and told him to bring it back up and eat with me. They didn't come for my lunch order till after 2:00, and I was afraid I wouldn't get any...
THEN they came in and told me that one of my blood test results was a little low, and they needed to call my DR, for his OK to treat me...GREAT!!! They went ahead and started my pre-treatment Meds... The diphenhydramine always gives me restless leg syndrome, I cannot hold my legs still, it is like ants are crawling around under my skin...that, with a good dose of steroids, helps prevent nausea, and other nasty side effects.
They finally got the OK to treat me, so the real stuff was started at 3:30...
I seem to tolerate the stuff pretty well, except that it makes my urine so caustic for the next 2 days, that I'm scalded, like I have a bad diaper rash. It takes days to clear it up, no matter how I treat it.
Thursday and Friday I stayed pretty much in my room, just walking out to check on the eggs, but not much else, trying to conserve energy. Felt well enough to go to the Elks Lodge Friday evening, to eat, and play cards. We got home about 11:30. Saturday, I sat around again, except I helped feed the stock in the evening. Sunday, we had an SCA practice scheduled, so I stayed indoors till it was time, to save my strength for saddling horses, ETC. We had a really good turn out for practice, and
finished one authorization, as well as re-authorizing a rider who hadn't played in about 6 years.
Monday is always feed store day. Picked up feed for all the animals...didn't unload it this time, but waited for hubby to get home. His hernias are healed, and it was trying to rain...
Today, we checked for eggs early, but there weren't any. I put all the trash into the bed of my truck, to drop off by the front gate, and had a nice shower, then headed out for my weekly massage. That, and a trip to Wal-mart, pretty much covers the week. I'm going to bake blueberry scones for tomorrow's breakfast. Wal-Mart had berries for $1.98 a pint, YUM! When I returned to the farm, grandson and I checked for eggs again, and this time we found 6, which he proudly placed into his new egg basket, and carried to the house. I found a nice, vinyl covered, wire basket at the Dollar Tree store, just big enough to carry a dozen eggs max, and perfect for 6 year old hands to carry. He had an accident last week trying to carry 6 eggs in his Tee shirt. Only 1 made it to the kitchen. He was very proud of his new basket, and placed it near the front door for next time...
Wednesday last was a treatment day. We arrived around 7:45, I had my blood drawn, and we retired to the hospitality room for some quiet reading time, since there was a 1 1/2 hour wait till I needed to report for my Exam before treatment. We reported on time, the dr thought everything looked good, but he didn't have the final blood results, just the preliminary... went up to the infusion center, at 11:10, planning on requesting an earlier slot if possible. They didn't open till 11:30. Wrote my request on my slip, since I wasn't scheduled till 1:00, I was hoping to get through early. Haaa! She said she would see what she could do, but didn't promise anything. We didn't go and eat first, since they provide lunch from 12:00-2:00 for patients, and we wouldn't have to pay for mine that way...They didn't call me in till 1:45...I sent Mike to get himself some lunch, and told him to bring it back up and eat with me. They didn't come for my lunch order till after 2:00, and I was afraid I wouldn't get any...
THEN they came in and told me that one of my blood test results was a little low, and they needed to call my DR, for his OK to treat me...GREAT!!! They went ahead and started my pre-treatment Meds... The diphenhydramine always gives me restless leg syndrome, I cannot hold my legs still, it is like ants are crawling around under my skin...that, with a good dose of steroids, helps prevent nausea, and other nasty side effects.
They finally got the OK to treat me, so the real stuff was started at 3:30...
I seem to tolerate the stuff pretty well, except that it makes my urine so caustic for the next 2 days, that I'm scalded, like I have a bad diaper rash. It takes days to clear it up, no matter how I treat it.
Thursday and Friday I stayed pretty much in my room, just walking out to check on the eggs, but not much else, trying to conserve energy. Felt well enough to go to the Elks Lodge Friday evening, to eat, and play cards. We got home about 11:30. Saturday, I sat around again, except I helped feed the stock in the evening. Sunday, we had an SCA practice scheduled, so I stayed indoors till it was time, to save my strength for saddling horses, ETC. We had a really good turn out for practice, and
finished one authorization, as well as re-authorizing a rider who hadn't played in about 6 years.
Monday is always feed store day. Picked up feed for all the animals...didn't unload it this time, but waited for hubby to get home. His hernias are healed, and it was trying to rain...
Today, we checked for eggs early, but there weren't any. I put all the trash into the bed of my truck, to drop off by the front gate, and had a nice shower, then headed out for my weekly massage. That, and a trip to Wal-mart, pretty much covers the week. I'm going to bake blueberry scones for tomorrow's breakfast. Wal-Mart had berries for $1.98 a pint, YUM! When I returned to the farm, grandson and I checked for eggs again, and this time we found 6, which he proudly placed into his new egg basket, and carried to the house. I found a nice, vinyl covered, wire basket at the Dollar Tree store, just big enough to carry a dozen eggs max, and perfect for 6 year old hands to carry. He had an accident last week trying to carry 6 eggs in his Tee shirt. Only 1 made it to the kitchen. He was very proud of his new basket, and placed it near the front door for next time...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tuesday...
Had a massage this morning, and met 2 friends for lunch. Very nice. This evening, after helping feed the stock, I'm going to bake blueberry scones for tomorrow's breakfast. We are having a meteor shower viewing party tonight.
Tomorrow, is treatment day for me. We will be at MDACC before 8:00AM, and will be home when we get through, whenever that is.
We sat outside tonight to see meteors, but I only saw a few. I need to sleep for tomorrow will be a busy day.
Tomorrow, is treatment day for me. We will be at MDACC before 8:00AM, and will be home when we get through, whenever that is.
We sat outside tonight to see meteors, but I only saw a few. I need to sleep for tomorrow will be a busy day.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Monday update...
Well, we didn't get much done on the arena fence over the weekend. The tractor had a flat tire, and the auger bit's replaceable teeth were worn down too far to dig in. I tried to buy replacements, but the store I went to didn't have the right ones. We ended up working on killing scrub bushes, called rattle box, or chinese whisteria, that is all over our pastures, and yard. The stuff is hard to kill, and it is toxic to eat any part of it. Luckly we have enough grass that the animals don't try to eat it.
Today, I went to the feed store, the tractor store where I bought the auger bit, to get the correct replacement teeth, a tire repair shop, where they patched the tube in the tractor tire, and to the grocery store.
I went to the feed store first, cause the other stops were on a circle route from there, and I wouldn't have to cross my path, or double back to get home. It was raining this morning, and drizzled off and on all day, (except at the farm), so I asked the people at the feed store to cover the feed in the bed of my truck, since I had several stops before I went home. The tractor tire was back there too. I told the guy who loads the feed that he could set the wheel up on end and pile the feed beside it, to make room. He got a big black plastic bag, and put the feed in it, but it didn't cover the top, so he got a second bag, covered the feed, and tucked it all in nice and neat. I was sitting in the truck, watching through the back window. It looked OK from where I was sitting, but we hadn't gone more than a couple of miles before the top bag blew off, and it started to drizzle. I pulled into a service station, and tried to cover the feed. That was when I discovered that he had piled the feed on top of the tire and wheel. I went on to my next stop, the tractor dealer, to get the teeth for the auger, and asked them if they fixed tires. They didn't but gave me directions to a place that did. Before I left there, I re-stacked the feed, covered it up as best I could, and went on my way. Next stop, the tire store, where I found out that I didn't need a valve stem, but I needed an inner tube patched, which they did. I tried to cover the feed again, but the stack had slid over, so I couldn't cover it all up, but I did the best I could.
Last stop, HEB, where grandson was waiting to cash in his 39 buddy bucks, in their machine, but the machine was out of order. Oh well, it was that kind of day. We got our groceries, and drove home, where I unloaded the feed, then the groceries, and sat in the AC, cooling off, until husband Mike got home. We put the tire and wheel back in the tractor, the teeth on the auger, and dug some holes. I'm tired!!!
Today, I went to the feed store, the tractor store where I bought the auger bit, to get the correct replacement teeth, a tire repair shop, where they patched the tube in the tractor tire, and to the grocery store.
I went to the feed store first, cause the other stops were on a circle route from there, and I wouldn't have to cross my path, or double back to get home. It was raining this morning, and drizzled off and on all day, (except at the farm), so I asked the people at the feed store to cover the feed in the bed of my truck, since I had several stops before I went home. The tractor tire was back there too. I told the guy who loads the feed that he could set the wheel up on end and pile the feed beside it, to make room. He got a big black plastic bag, and put the feed in it, but it didn't cover the top, so he got a second bag, covered the feed, and tucked it all in nice and neat. I was sitting in the truck, watching through the back window. It looked OK from where I was sitting, but we hadn't gone more than a couple of miles before the top bag blew off, and it started to drizzle. I pulled into a service station, and tried to cover the feed. That was when I discovered that he had piled the feed on top of the tire and wheel. I went on to my next stop, the tractor dealer, to get the teeth for the auger, and asked them if they fixed tires. They didn't but gave me directions to a place that did. Before I left there, I re-stacked the feed, covered it up as best I could, and went on my way. Next stop, the tire store, where I found out that I didn't need a valve stem, but I needed an inner tube patched, which they did. I tried to cover the feed again, but the stack had slid over, so I couldn't cover it all up, but I did the best I could.
Last stop, HEB, where grandson was waiting to cash in his 39 buddy bucks, in their machine, but the machine was out of order. Oh well, it was that kind of day. We got our groceries, and drove home, where I unloaded the feed, then the groceries, and sat in the AC, cooling off, until husband Mike got home. We put the tire and wheel back in the tractor, the teeth on the auger, and dug some holes. I'm tired!!!
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Monday 8/3/09...
We had a very busy weekend. Saturday, as I was getting up and around, I got a call from a friend, who was going thru town, on her way home to Rockdale, and wanted to meet for lunch. Meanwhile, my oldest son arrived to help build fence. I left my husband and son with the fence building, and I went to lunch. I got home as they were finishing up, and getting ready to cool off and relax. I helped feed the stock, and we moved the chicks, and guineas, to the bigger chicken coop. They were getting crowded in the small cage. After everyone was fed, I cooked hot dogs for everyone, and the men built a bon-fire, using lots of empty feed sacks, and some scrap wood. We sat around the fire catching up with our son's activities, and watching the moon rise, till about 10:00.
Sunday, we took care of the animals in the morning, planted grandson's bean plants, that he started indoors on the kitchen window sill, and collected some eggs, then retired to the AC for most of the day, till about 5:30, then went out and worked on the fence some more. We are building an arena for lessons and jousting, where we don't have to worry about loose horses tagging along while we are riding.
When it was time, I went and fed the stock, after locking up the ducks and geese.
Today, grandson helped feed the skinny old horses, collected eggs,turned out the ducks, and watered his beans. Today, we got a total of 6 eggs, and at least one of our older hens was out of the coop, so I'm sure the dogs got her egg. Our pullets are coming into production now, and we will soon get enough everyday, not to have to buy any. That will be great!
I received a gift from my sister-in-law today. It is a necklace. A silver oval, with an inspirational saying on it.: What Cancer Cannot Do...it cannot...invade the soul...suppress memories...kill friendships...destroy peace...conquer the spirit...shatter hope...cripple love...corrode faith...steal eternal life...silence courage...
I wrote her an email to thank-her, and tell her that I need to be reminded of those truths, and that this would help.
Sunday, we took care of the animals in the morning, planted grandson's bean plants, that he started indoors on the kitchen window sill, and collected some eggs, then retired to the AC for most of the day, till about 5:30, then went out and worked on the fence some more. We are building an arena for lessons and jousting, where we don't have to worry about loose horses tagging along while we are riding.
When it was time, I went and fed the stock, after locking up the ducks and geese.
Today, grandson helped feed the skinny old horses, collected eggs,turned out the ducks, and watered his beans. Today, we got a total of 6 eggs, and at least one of our older hens was out of the coop, so I'm sure the dogs got her egg. Our pullets are coming into production now, and we will soon get enough everyday, not to have to buy any. That will be great!
I received a gift from my sister-in-law today. It is a necklace. A silver oval, with an inspirational saying on it.: What Cancer Cannot Do...it cannot...invade the soul...suppress memories...kill friendships...destroy peace...conquer the spirit...shatter hope...cripple love...corrode faith...steal eternal life...silence courage...
I wrote her an email to thank-her, and tell her that I need to be reminded of those truths, and that this would help.
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