Where the hell have I been you say?

Hey I wish I had a good excuse but you know what I fricken don't, life has been a bit crazy and I burt myself out for a bit but I think I have my crap back together lol. This summer has been damn hot for me and so full of smoke I can't handle this crap anymore. I am so emotionally drained from all the people that have lost there homes from the fires, I have had to turn off the news and stop reading, it's not that I have decided to end my humanity about it no not at all but this girl is no help to anyone if every day is so overwhelmingly filled with emotion and sadness, so I have taken a break, time to get myself back in order cause summer isn't over yet and I hate to say it but there could be more fires started and closer to home before this season is over. It hasn't all been doom and gloom around here, some very exciting things have happened, and this is the main reason I have been so busy is the co-op just had all our windows and doors replaced and OMG they are fantastic.

Such an amazing job they did, my place is so much brighter and looks way better so much so that I am now ready to paint. was a lot of work though moving everything in every room and removing and replacing all the curtain rods, not to mention moving all my big planters back in there space but I am almost done with that part and on to the next reno. Since we stayed on budget with the windows we are now getting the siding and stucco done, we hope to have part of it done before winter. Then the real fun starts because if we can stay on budget for that job I will be having panic issues and so much stress coming out my yinyang lol, because everyone who still has the old rugs in there place will get new flooring  aaaaccccchhhhhhhh. I am so excited but I am also exhausted just thinking about all the work I will have to do to move all our things upstairs into our spare space, everything will have to be packed and put away and I am having a racing heart just thinking about it so will stop and move on from that hahahahahaha.  So you see I haven't been on a vacation and living it up lol I wish.  I am still letting the rabbit's out of the barn to run the yard and they are loving it and so am I makes me smile every time to see Sam run so fast across the grass,. He has finally gotten used to the feel of the grass. Let's see what else oh I have trapped and caught about a dozen mice in the house, there must have been a pregnant mom that came in cause most of them were very young but I think I have gotten them all so far. I decided to put some bait out in my shed because my yard has been over run by them now that they have chicken feed right next door, I got some bait of Ebay and used that within a week, then I got thinking and looked up a homemade bait and found one that is working like a hot damn and all it is  aspartame and potato flakes, that's all, they eat it and drink and swell, kind of a sad thing to do but when you have literally hundreds running around it is time to get rid of some cause they are all going to want to come in for winter, so far I have found about 20 around the yard and I know there are some under the barn cause I can smell them, so my yard smells a bit oogy right now but that will end as soon as they dry up. I am considering moving the barn for next summer so I can plant a veg garden were they are but that will be such a huge job and I am for sure not going to do it alone I am way to old for doing all that now. Sooooo that has been my life for the last few months, for the next while I have a breather so might be able to write more often again, I miss writing even if it is just for me to read lol. Anyone who reads this good health and my prayers go out to all dealing with the fires and smoke, stay safe.....