My ankle is healin'...slowly.

A week after I fell and tweaked my ankle, it's still very bruised, swelled and painful. I have never hurt either ankles this bad and I just hope that nothin' serious was done.

I did go to the ER that evenin' but basically since I didn't have insurance, an *MRI would be really expensive* (the doc stated as he glanced at my ankle from the door and declared it not broke:O( and I was screwed. Thanks for the bill!!

But I have been keepin' ice on it twice a day and takin' anti-inflammatories (yuck!). It is hard to stay off it and I find that by the end of the day, it is swelled outta my ankle brace.

I do want my damned 4 wheeler and wagon fixed so I don't have to walk and carry everything outside all over the yard...talk about makin' my trips count:O)

So, my plan is to take the 2 batteries from my truck back for the core money and then buy a new battery for the big 4 wheeler. Get it changed out and ride it like a stole it!!! I miss my ride...

Anyhoo, I hope it's a great day where you are! It's a beautiful one here with clouds and some rain...love it:O)

Goin' campin'! And a few recipes and pics

 Here are a bunch of pics of the house and property. My computer is overheatin' and just turnin' off so I can't post all I wanted. But I hope it gives ya'll a better idea of how it's laid out and what it looks like. O-and the weird pic taken from inside the car is the pond. Sorry they are just thrown in there...it took me 3 times of lettin' my 'puter cool off just to get this post off:O) I'm gettin' a tablet of some kind...hopefully it's frickin' soon!!!

YEEEEHAWWWW...we're goin' campin' next week and I can't wait!. Spring break starts and I told Brandon we had to get us all outta the house for a while or mama would probably hurt someone;O) At least the weather has been better and the kids have had a little time outside after they come home from school. Imagine...the boys wake up better for school now then before the time change...lol...but I'll take it!!

Not sure where wee will go campin'. The woods around here have gotten bad with loggers/big companies. You have to have a permit to even GO into the woods, even to pick berries! But even with a permit (rec permit is like 30 bucks!) you still can't use 4 wheelers and we really want to take'em.

We have family with property in the mountains but there really isn't much to do up there. We like to explore old settlements and homesteads and it's pretty much just pines and ponds. There's plenty of fishin' though. Hopefully we can get the 4 wheelers goin' and they only need the batteries charged. We haven't used them all winter but I need them now to get some outside chores done...I need to fence and get Spirit a buddy!!

We also have family with land along the Kiamichi, where we usually go, but we wanted some place different. I guess I'll get to askin' around and online search the area and see what I get:O)

   

Okay...here are a few recipes. I will try to put something useful in every post...but I won't make promises (I never do:O)...just try like hell!

Quick and Easy Handmade Soap

*42 ozs. crisco (1 can)
*5 ozs. canola oil
*5 ozs coconut oil
*17 ozs. water
*7 ozs water
This will make 3-4lbs of soap. Use basic soap making techniques (email or comment if you need more instruction).

Sweet Honey Lip Balm

*5-6 tbsp. sweet almond, jojoba, veggie, etc (liquid)
*1-2 tbsp. beeswax
*2 tsp. honey
*2 drops essential oil-tea tree, peppermint, etc.
Heat over low heat until wax is melted. Stir well. Let cool a bit and then add essential oil. Pour into container-recycled lip tubes, etc.

And as with all my recipes, I change them around to suit my needs or tastes. So have fun with these. O-and don't worry about the crisco in the soap recipe...the chemical reaction you get doesn't leave you with a greasy bar of soap:O) It's a very nourishing oil for your body. I've even make lotion with it:O)

I didn't forget ya'll!!

Crap!! It's taken me two days to write this post...how redonkulous is that???

Mercy!! How long has it been? At least a good 2 months...where has the time flown? I will try to update what's been goin' on here...it may not be pretty but it'll give you an idea:O)

Let's see...O-I changed the batteries in my diesel truck and now she runs!! After havin' dead batteries for almost a year and used as a feed bin and dump truck, I finally got it done. But talk about a job!! Each battery had to weigh about 50lbs...which is almost half my weight. Yeah, needless to say I wasn't feelin' too well muscle wise the next couple days. But I did get it done and Brandon didn't have to help me:O) And the fact that she started after not runnin' for almost a year...I'm in love with her all over again!! I think I may try to get into mudd boggin' with her but we'll see...lol. Brandon is gettin' tranny fluid and a filter for it and we'll change it today maybe. It's shiftin' rough right now, so I hope that will get things flushed out and lubed up again...I pray:O) This truck is a love of mine and she needs a lot of tlc...lol.

I started 7 eggs yesterday in the incubator. Hopefully they'll hatch out and we'll get a few more eggs. Our flock has dwindled and now the suckers aren't layin' (or where I can find'em;O) too many eggs. Though Midnight did bring an egg to me this mornin'...naughty girl!! I wonder where she found the damned thing!

Still waitin' on Brandon to fix the 4 wheelers. And hopefully the batteries don't need replaced. He got the filters and spark plugs...now he just needs to do it;O) I have really missed them! I also need to look for a rifle/gun rack or holder to put on the big one. We really need to get some traps set up in our neighbors pasture bottom and collect some hogs!! And there's even someone here who will take the live hogs from us and pay too. So we get free meat, clear up the area of nasty, mean hogs and get paid for it. That is a true win-win!

I've also been really busy with dentist appointments for the kids (Colton had his visit today and is still gettin' over the numb/big face:O) and eye doctors. And I tell ya, remembering every one's birthdays and all the other numbers, I'm lucky I get them straight! But I couldn't ask for better children and they have done really well. Even Baylar who can really have a strong mind of his own and doesn't mind lettin' us know what that is...little bugger anyhow!

What else has been goin' on?? DUHHHHH...I joined  Scentsy as a consultant and if you haven't heard of the wonderful flameless candles yet, take a gander on over to my website. And normally I don't like fragrances because they stuff my nose up and just smelled funky. But with Scentsy , there are so many fabulous smellin' scents, that are never too much for my nose and you can control the amount of fragrance released as well! Even Brandon is a fan! I know I'm in love with the stuff and I hope I can find time (and get organized) to have a few home parties and basket parties. It should be a lot of fun.

O-I also got a job cleanin' the church the kids go to. How sweet is that?? Get paid to strap on my walkman and jam out to my favorite tunes while doin' somethin' I enjoy and the best part...I don't have to deal with a bunch of people and their crap;O) Sweet job!

I guess that's all that's goin' on around here. Waitin' on Spring...even though we had a pasture all winter long and it just recently started gettin' colder. I hadn't worn my coat all winter until the other night when I went out...it was frosty cold:O)

Anyhow, I hope all is well in ya'lls world and things are warmin' up outside. Got any garden plans this year??