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The Bunch Wait For Rain 🌧️

 

So close, but of course it went around us.

It seems that our house is in some weird bubble that rain just goes around. I can see dark clouds forming. I can smell rain. I can even see it pouring not more than a quarter of a mile from our house, but it NEVER actually rains at our house! It just goes right around us. We are in dire need of rain. The last 3 years I have watered my yard all day long pretty much everyday. As a result, we were FINALLY getting the beginnings of a lush front lawn. However, since my water is run from a well the problem with watering all day long everyday is that it was burning through my well pump. We have replaced our pump TWICE since we moved in 6 years ago and it costs a few thousand dollars each time. Therefore, this year I decided I would stop trying to have a city front yard. I would admit I live in the country and have a country yard. So of course, this is the year of insanely hot and dry weather. I have been watering my trees and the area around the house (no dry foundation for us!), but for the most part, the yard has NOT been watered and it shows. The grass is beyond repair, but so is almost everyone's yard. I have huge cracks that might break my dog's leg if she tries running in the backyard. Every time I have to watch our shot at rain go around us, it hurts. The lack of rain is also causing hay to be hard to find and what you can get is not very good. I am not sure what we will do for winter for the horses, but hopefully we will figure it out soon. Unless it rains a few times soon, winter hay will be VERY hard to come by.

This week I took L out to celebrate making AB honor roll last year. We went shopping at Bath and Body Works and out to eat at the new cafe that D, A, and I ate at a couple of weeks ago. It was really good and L loved it.

She really liked our local cafe.

She got a few things at Ross too.

L made a chocolate zucchini cake to take to my parents to go with lunch.

She does so good with making things look pretty. I just slap frosting on and call it good 😂

D and I's project this summer was to dismantle the play set that was built into our deck. It took about 40 hours to do it and we still have a couple left, but it is almost completely down. The rabbits that live under the deck are not at all sure what to think. I am sure it is a lot brighter under there. The also do not like the loud sounds we made while taking it down. We worked about 2 hours a day before it would get too hot. It felt neverending. Now, we plan to repurpose the wood to build a retaining wall and fences around my trees so the horses stop eating them.

It took FOREVER to dismantle!

A gets her stitches out on Tuesday afternoon and she cannot wait. It has healed nicely, but I still can't get over how much they had to take out. She has not heard back from the vet clinic yet about whether they will hire her, but hopefully she will hear something soon.

She is really bored. She hasn't been allowed to exercise or sweat since she started her shoulder stuff last month. She can only pretty much sit inside so she is really ready for Tuesday when her stitches come out.

T is loving playing basketball again and is adjusting to playing with more sturdy players. He had to hold back a little with his other team. He still doesn't lose the tip off! The boy has a crazy high vertical jump and crazy long ape arms. 

First Time Flippers had a house from our town on it!

So of course, we drove around town until we found it and took pictures. Yep, we're stalkers. Or it least it felt like it.


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