Isaiah went for a walk yesterday to the local park and came home with the cutest girl terrier ever. Her markings are beautiful and her color is tawny and white. What a cute dog. We have taken to calling her "Sadie". Going to try to find her owner. Everyone is hoping we have no success.

Last week was busy as usual. Lots to accomplish and so little time.

Jack needed to be rechecked for a kidney infection. Took in his urine but then went away Saturday afternoon so don't know his results yet. I do hope he is doing better.

Lots of paperwork and banking to do. Thought I would never get that done. Got the bills all up to date and had money to spare. Wow, the Lord is so good to provide for us.

Never got the guys hair cut. Hoping to get to that this week. They are looking a little hairy...maybe I should say a lot hairy!!

Granddaughter came over Friday to spend the day. She and Rachel brought my Mom down to the house because of the heat. So, Great Gram and Great Granddaughter took their nap together. It was really sweet to see. Great Granddaughter slept with her head on Great Gram's shoulder. They

were both out like a light. Even Jack slept with them. Too cute!

Saturday morning was crazy. So much to do before our travels. Also, had work on the fence done on Friday evening and Saturday morning. The question for this week is how much work can you do before you travel. My husband even added cutting the grass of at least five yards before leaving.

Very hot here in the South. But, that is the South. Imagine what it was like before air conditioning was so accessible to regular people. Imagine what it was like in the 1800's. Hot, hot, hot!!

Well, things may have been quiet last week, but this week is another story.

Monday night a storm went through our area. Boy, did it go through! Our neighbors tree blew down into our yard! What a mess that made. We are still trying to recover from the mess of the church coming down so quickly when now we have an added attraction of the crown of a tree taking over our yard and my garden.

Yep, the wind did blow and down it came. Crashing 2/3 of our fence between our properties with it. Fence posts twisted and bent and fence bent and broken. Lilac bush didn't survive, nor did my blooming butterfly bush. Roses also got smashed and broken. The garden was really coming into it's own and now will have to be worked on again.

Still waiting to put up the fence around the rest of the property where the church was. Finally to the point of having that done, and then the Storm.

Well, I guess I'll look at the bright side. With the church down I now have a bigger yard and it actually has grass in it. My, how the kids would have loved that when they were younger. A large football field to play in and not a small side yard. The grandkids will get to enjoy it now. You know, a few years from now and I guess I can watch the grandkids play against their parents instead. Now that will be a sight to see and enjoy!!

Okay, so time flies when you're having fun. Can't believe so much time has gone past since my last post.

Things are relatively quiet on the home front. My mom had surgery to remove two lymph nodes that had melanoma in them. Went to the surgeon today and he said he not only removed the two infected nodes but five other and that they were free of melanoma. He also said he sees no reason why she should have to go through radiation or any other treatment with her record. Two years free, remove a lymph node, two years free, remove two plus five lymph nodes. Of course she was glad to hear he felt she did not have to go through radiation. So was I! Sometimes the radiation causes more problems than it can take care of.

Our July 4th celebration included going to church since it fell on a Sunday. Afterwards we had hamburgers and hot dogs cooked on the grill. We also had pasta salad (gluten-free, of course), chips, peanutbutter fudge and gluten-free chocolate cake with peanutbutter icing. M-mm good! Went to Harrisburg to see the fireworks that night.

On Monday July 5th, even though it was hot Rick, Rachel, and I went to play a game of miniature golf. That evening we went to my Aunt's house and played board games. There were six of us around the diningroom table having a lot of fun and enjoying the company of each other.