Lily Ponds Cottage

05/06/2024

SCORPION ALERTS!

Last night. I was doing a puzzle on my iPad when I saw the moving shadow, tail curled, walking to outer side of bed.
A scorpion walled across my chest. I flung it off, shook my sheet, not to realize that I had flung it into my loose nightshirt. A few minutes later, I felt a sting at top of my breast. I flung off my shirt, put on another, mixed some scorpion spray, sprayed all around my bed. I’m spraying both inside and out of all houses tomorrow.

05/03/2024

I made the greatest spaghetti sauce!! Whole garlic head, whole onion, pkg Italian sausage, two big cans of diced tomatoes, water to clean cans, salt, sugar, pepper, Italian seasoning, oregano, fennel, oregano, basil, bay leaves—to taste. I think that’s it. Freeze in small containers to make with pasta and Parmesan cheese.

05/01/2024

I don’t know what we can do to avoid situations like this. Once again, I have been violated. I’m still broken from the horrible scam several years ago and not this.

I got a credit karma debit card to use to save 5% at Walmart, the only store I go to. A debit card with $100. I have accidentally overlooked two emails from credit karma on 3/23 saying my email and PIN had been changed. Then 4/30 there was a $950 withdrawal by credit karma from my bank account!!!!

The dispute will take a minimum of 10 days to get my money back in my account. Credit karma is frozen and cancelled, directive to return my $100. Now I gave to get a new account/debit card number and change all my auto pays.

Please pray for my fragile state. I know you will.

04/23/2024

I am so thankful for each of you. YOU are my precious gifts. I love you all❤️

04/22/2024

Happy EARTH day!!!! May we all do our parts to keep the earth cleaner!

04/14/2024

The big galoot. No truer statement applicable to CID (Crazy Incorrigible Dog): “Let sleeping dogs lie.” About 50 lbs, legs about 1 1/2’ but my shadow baby. 2 years, five months.

04/09/2024

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04/06/2024

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03/23/2024

EUREKA!! I can attest to the fact that baking soda—not sugar—cuts the acidity of tomato based sauces!!!!

03/23/2024

Dough doubling, sauce simmering, pepperoni and mozzarella thawing
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03/08/2024

I really needed Gaye Gammon Farr’s post just now:

Asking for prayers. We are getting an online prayer circle going. My love to everyone who reads this. Let's pray for each other today because prayers are needed right now. If I don't see your name, I'll understand. I ask my family and friends wherever you might be, to kindly post this status for one hour, to whisper a prayer for all of those who have family problems, health struggles, job issues, or worries of any kind and just need to know that someone cares. Do it for all of us, for nobody is immune. I hope to see this on the walls of my family and friends just for moral support. I did it for someone else, and you can, too ! ♥️I copied & posted to my wall.

03/08/2024

Please my angel family and friends. Prayers so needed. David was hallucinating and walking wobbly.

03/08/2024

03/07/2024

Ode to King Robert

Beautiful rooster
I saved you from the stew pot,
Thanks to Dustin Wyatt Laake,
Several years ago.
You survived the teeth of dogs,
The pecks of ducks,
Over, over, over.
Rooster of nine lives.
Your last life ended in the koi pond.
So sad to lose you, my darling.

03/04/2024

First Indian Paintbrush I’ve seen: New Ulm TX, 3/4/24

03/03/2024

Wow. The accidental open gate turned out to be a blessing. With the weeds (grasses growing where unwanted) in the yard, I invited the six goaties, two piggies (donkey boy Silver is recalcitrant, middle name of a donkey😼.) (Miniature pony Sugar is staying in the yard.) into the yard to be my yard boys and girls. Of course, smartest-goat-on-the-block Benjy has gone around to each house door to see if it’s unlocked. NO LUCK, BENJY BOY!! I LOVE my animal life❤️❤️😝

03/02/2024

My first and most important country lesson: gates.

Accidental open gate to kid/pig pasture.

All kids (goats) but Inkie plus one piggie Miss Nici in yard.

Yard boy longhorn Butchie in yard with open gate to open pasture (coyotes).

Corn feed lured some kids back (out, then back in, out, in)

Benjy goat opened side door. Everyone piled in house. Lured out again with feed.

Running to pasture gate, I lured longhorn Butch out before he impaled me.

Goats who had gone through the big pasture gate, I lured back in.

I lured a few, with feed of course, into their side pasture (some out, a couple back in).

Big Boer Gilbert has hurt his back leg, limping.

Status quo. Benjy still trying to open locked house door. One pig, 3 kids still in yard.

I'm exhausted with longhorn horn threat, goats, a couple with long horns, jumping up on me.

Higgley piggledy.
I love it😜

Below: the usual suspects😼Benjy licking the block is the door opener!

02/28/2024

Prayers have had a wonderful effect already. THANK YOU!!!!!