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Carl (carma48) posted an update Wednesday, Jun 15, 2022, 6:33am EDT, 1 year, 10 months ago
Mahnin'All: Thought I would stop by & catch up. Been keeping busy.
Both Marley & Emma were home for a few days last week, so we were able to get together with them for a family picnic. So good to see them. First time we've seen the two of them together since last Christmas.
Had a stinker of a time trying to get an electrician in here. Took 3 weeks but finally got someone over here. Lost all of our lighting in the main bathroom. We've been using a LED camping lantern for light in there. Turns out the double wall switch had gone bad & also shorted out a wire when it did. All fixed now, thankfully, but cost $125.00 and it only took him less than 1/2 an hour to fix it.
So far our garden is doing well. We went all out this year. We planted Early Girl Tomatoes, Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes, Bush Beans, Italian Pole Beans, Cucumbers, Rutabagas, Green Onions, Lettuce and several herbs. All are up, doing well & some of the tomatoes are blossoming already. On the downside, we took our Blueberry Bushes out last fall, as they were no longer producing much. They hit the 25 year limit. We also had to cut down one of our two Plum trees last week, as it too had reached it's limit (30 years old) and died over the winter. Still have one left, but without it's "mate" there won't be anymore Plums.
Gas has reached $5.02 a gallon here & heating oil is even worse at $5.49 a gallon! Our monthly budget heating oil payment doubled overnight! So, we're not doing very much driving at all & have postponed any trips & even day trips for now. We can live without taking joyrides & trips, We can't live without heat in the winter, so that takes priority.