The rest of us hung around the house all weekend.
Sort of.
I ran a ton of errands. I delivered things to adult children, and then took Quincy to pick up her new(ish) car. She is happy about having something that the tranny isn’t going out of. Anyone want a slightly used. Buick? A friend of ours had this car that their daughter had used as a high school car. She got a new car for college and they were selling this one cheap. Quincy named her Helen (the a/c is out so it is hotter than Helen there)! I’m just hopeful it will get Quincy through for a while so she can save for something a little better. 
On a whim, I called and got in for a haircut. That was a mistake, as following most of my whims tends to be. Oh well - the only difference between a good haircut and a bad hair cut is 2 weeks right? Right......? I also ran to Lawrence and got groceries and picked up some elderberry bushes. As I was running around, I had a call from Preston. He and Sunny were in Springfield. Sunny's boss had paid to get them box seats at a minor league game, and they had fun but had decided to come home and spend the rest of the weekend with us. I was happy about it - I know they will be moving back to KSU and starting classes, and their time will get limited. It was good to have them home and get to spend a little time with them. I am also glad he called when he did, as Checkers had some good stuff on sale, and I was able to pick up a few groceries to send with them to their new apartment. Nothing makes me happier than feeding people.
I also had to spend some time fixing fences, as these little beggars kept getting out. I swear I love having goats, but that old saying about "if you can throw water through the fence, a goat can get out" is absolutely 100W% accurate. They can squeeze their butts through places you would never think they could fit!
I was in town alone. Lawrence recently got a Whataburger (don't tell Jim), and I love their jalapeno burger. I decided I was going to eat before I went to get groceries. As I was eating, in the car by myself in the glorious silence, I looked up and saw this store. It cracked me up. Am I easily amused? Yes. But this is funny! I decided I was going to run home and get all the stuff my kids/husband have broken this summer and take it all in there.
Sunny was sweet and sent me some pics from the game they attended.
She is a sweet girl. My boy is pretty sweet as well, and I appreciate the work he has done the last week that he has been here.
While I was in town, I also got a text from Colin telling me how they had ordered jerseys for the KSU game they are attending in Ireland - and that he had to chase the mailman down to get them! Worth it! Super cute jerseys!
As you may recall, I have been on a mission this summer to establish a few fruiting plants that will come back. I have planted fruit trees (apple and peach), blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries in raised beds, and have the start of an herb garden with perineal herbs. I have been wanting to add elderberries to my little project. On a mission, I had permission from the neighbor to take some cuttings from the ones that grow wild in his field behind our house. Problem - I can only identify them when they have leaves on them, and when you take the cuttings to propagate them, is the early spring - I cannot identify them from sticks amongst the other brushy plant sticks out there. By the time they leaf out, it is too late. But I found a woman online who was selling some that she had potted up. I asked her opinion on if it is the wrong time to plant them in the ground and she told me they are impossible to kill, as long as I keep them watered. So I drug them home. Last week, I drug home more raspberry bushes, so I am watering daily anyway. So far, they seem unaffected by being transplanted. I am hopeful that they will be ok, even being planted in the heat! I know that they are poisonous, and that they can make you sick if you don't cook the berries, and I intend to learn more, but I know some people. I intend to make my own cough syrup and maybe some wine or jelly. The possibilities are just endless. IF I can keep them alive!
My tiny little sticks when I brought them home are now taller than the cages we built to keep the goats out. I am proud of how these little, tiny peach trees have taken off! I think I have a guy who is going to put a beehive on our property, so hopefully they will help me pollinate all this stuff! The apple trees are growing, but not nearly as quickly as the peaches. My mom pointed out that it will be years before I get fruit off of any of them. That is fine, I have time, and I am enjoying watching them grow. Besides, isn't there some old saying about how planting trees is for the future generation?
We enjoyed seeing the girls for a while, and having Sunday lunch together. We has some time in the pool, and thanks to Jim's amazing wasp spraying skills, we didn't even get stung!
I had to stop and get some more stuff for the new fish tank, and Maude got a Frankenstein toy. She loves it so much, she had to take a nap with it. Of course, tearing the squeaker out and the feet off took a lot of her energy! The new tank looks amazing. I was able to get some water plants on clearance. I hope that they will spread and take off! I am now ready to start on the next project - the free tank I got when I purchased the living room tank. I have some exciting plans for it!
It was a great weekend. The last weekend of summer break. We have a lot to be thankful for, but summer ending is not 'it'!
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