End of August. May be slow loading.

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Praise God for watching over us once again!
Thank God for all you have. Be safe and God bless.

Our home to be

You remembered I mentioned a manufactured home.
We need more yard cleanup done before they will be able to hook into the septic tank.
Hubby decided he wants gas instead of propane, so we need to get that done.
We will salvage the 80 gallon propane water heater we bought a year or so ago, though, and figure a way to hook it into the new place somehow. The most they come with is a 40 gallon water heater.

The dealer seems to think maybe September, but with all the covid stuff, I don't know. I thought maybe October. I know lumber costs have gone up about $6000.

All in God's hands.  :)

So if you are curious, here is a rough outline.

We opted for a different bathroom. That's why the masking tape.

Small compared to the old farmhouse; but it will seem a lot bigger after this apartment.  :-)

Going to V/Watts this weekend. See some friends we haven't seen in months and get some eggs.

You all be safe and God bless.

Pecan season

Is almost here.

We lost a bit over half of the trees old enough to produce.
But at least one is giving it a go. :)

Thank God for all your blessings. Be safe and God bless.

Hard to believe it's already August.

Progress is slow, but getting there.

We've gotten more stuff moved out of the house. The washer works. Only three cycles; but it's enough to not have to pay extra to do laundry now. And I already told you about the dryer, so praise God! :)

Some people who do demolition came by. They have offered to tear the house down and remove everything for the barter of keeping (or probably selling) what they can use. They have burn pits to handle the rest. I thank God for them. Years ago - seems weird to say that; but it's been 12 years since we started driving back and forth to the farm -- Hubby and I and the two boys could have given it a good go ourselves. But with health issues (not to mention lack of real training); it just isn't happening quite so much now.

The word we got today was our manufactured home might be ready by October. That would be nice.

We had some feathered visitors the other day. Coming to see what they might kick up in the mowed part of the yard.

You all be safe. Praise God for all you have. God bless.

Happy Birthday America. Warning, picture intensive.

I hope I can say that next year.

And Happy Birthday to me.

Then

gf.me/u/xyvij7

Now

We're getting there. Things are slow when your home is too old to insure.
But I praise God that I can celebrate this birthday with my family.

You all be safe. Thank God for your blessings.

Moving along.

Very slowly.
We found it hard to have 4 people in a 26 foot RV 24 hours a day, so we rented a hotel room.
As you know, FEMA has been no help because there was no disaster declaration.
Even the VA has been no help. Not only do they not loan if you own your own land; but because we planned for retirement and have income, they were no help finding a place to live. They gave us a list of rental places that was 3 years old.
They did replace our medications that we lost.
And they gave hubby another set of glasses.

Still, I have to thank God because we are all here. Better to spend on the apartment we finally found, thank a hotel room.
Won't be cheap. $840 a month, but cheaper than the hotel room. They do their best security wise. They background check everyone over 18. They do let us have a 6 month lease.

Minimum 15 weeks to construct the manufactured home.

So a few pictures.

The nasturtiums did / are doing really well in the cast iron tub planter. As you can tell from the first picture, clean up is going really slow. Everyone wants money, but we will eventually get there.
I know some people eat nasturtiums, but I do not. I just like to look at them.

Figs are doing well. And they taste good, too!  :)

Elderberry.

The last of this series shows work still to be done. Another $5000 to come from somewhere.
But I praise God that there is work to do and things that are not funerals to be paid for.

I hope you are all doing well. Be safe and God bless you all.

Word to Veterans

Don't try to get a VA loan if you own your own property.
They won't.  ☹️

Hello from June

Hard to believe that June is almost half over.

Hard to believe it's been almost two months.

I still praise God every day, but things are so slow that I get.. not depressed; but sad a lot.

Thank you all for all your support. Without you all, it would have been a lot harder.

I have been trying to keep up with your blogs. Sometimes I even manage to reply; but the internet has not been helpful in that regard, so my apologies for that.

That's all I feel like sharing today.

You all be safe and God bless. ❤️