Monday! Monday!

 I love a good Monday and this one marks one week that we have been at the ranch.

As Louis Dean and I sat with our coffee in front of a wimpy little electric heater this morning - since we totally out of propane - we decided to go back to Waco and find a place to fill the tanks.

We have two big 100 gallon or pounds or however they measure the gas and two small regular  ones we use for the grill.

I called the U-Haul place we were at on Saturday and they said, "Yes! We have propane. We're at Waco Dr and Valley Mills." 

It was cold but not so windy and the sky was beautiful!

On Saturday I could not get any WiFi at all......and I discovered I had inadvertenly turned it off.

I made sure I could use the navigation apps on my phone and we headed to town.

As it should happen - since it usually does - I had put in the wrong U-Haul address!

But we arrived there with no problem. And we were only 5 miles from the one we needed.

We went there only to find out that, YES!! They have propane - but the guy who does the filling didn;t come to work this morning.

Let me just say that Louis Dean was fit to be tied!!

Things were not going well.

I suggested we stop and eat lunch then decide where to go and what to do.

The Catch was his choice and he felt much better after he ate.

In the meantime, I called Star-Tex Propane - the same one I called on Saturday but all the refilling and exchange places were closed. Today they were open and I confirmed they were up and operating.

Praise God!

He had all four tanks filled and it cost half of what he was expecting to pay!

Win! WIN!!

We decided to quit while we were ahead and go back to the ranch where I promptly got back in the girl bunk and took a nice long nap while Louis Dean got the tanks in place and hooked one up to the bathroom heater from the outside.

When we were at the Dollar store the other day, I picked up another scripture decal to go on the fridge.

I think on and read these verses on LOVE often.

I added four calendar pages from 2021 to the fridge holding them with magnets.

Then finally, at long last, I sat down to the art table to paint!

I finished this one except for his face.

I wiped it off a number of times and started over and was still not able to get it right.

Maybe next time.

I started some sunflowers back in August and I cannot believe how long it has taken me to do this small painting. I did have to start over more than once.

It is nearly done!!

Can you see the tiny honeybee??

The one I had in mind was too big so I painted in a smaller bee.

I meant to have this one done for Christmas but now it will surely be finished by Christmas of this year!

Louis Dean is already in bed sound asleep and I am enjoying some alone time.

We all need a little 'Me' time.

I have been reading and and sitting and 'Bee-ing' instead of doing.

Ahhhhh......I needed this.

Tomorrow is our last day here and tomorrow night is our bee meeting in HIllsboro.

They always have a speaker and a program and we look forward to that every month.

The bees Dean and Sherry rescued are doing fine. We meant to suit up and inspect the hives but it's been too cold. It feels good to look over there at the apiary and see all the colorful bee boxes!

They have more than replaced the hives we lost die to the Artctic freeze last year.

Everyday I purposely remind myself to live in the moment!