A Few Days in the Country.....

We pulled out of the driveway on Wednesday afternoon at 12:30!

 

Heading for the country!

It's a much easier trip driving my car than it is with the big white truck.

Our only stops were for fuel and at HEB.

The mops were there to greet me!

I need to do a photo shoot with them so I can paint their pictures!

Dean was up there, too, having turned the water on for us and checked things out before we arrived.

He and Sherry are so good to us.

We brought food from home plus the milk and eggs we picked up at HEB.

Louis Dean did a good job cleaning the fridge for me.

Stocked up with plenty of food.

The first night we had rotisserie lemon chicken and the second night I made a big pot of potato soup with some smoked ham from Dean and Sherry along with onions, carrots, rosemary, corn and green peas. It was delicious and we had it again today for lunch.

I bagged the remainder up in zip lock bags and put them in the deep freezer we have done here to take home with us.

I fed our wilted veggies to the goats and they gobbled it all up.

Next best thing to feeding my possums is treating the goats to scraps and leftovers.

I have a set of devotional books and scripture memory cards that I leave here at the ranch.

I bought this Bible word search book at HEB and I haven't decided if I will take it home with me or leave it here.

I play Wordle, Connections and Strands with my son, Jesse, every day.

Plus I do Words With Friends - just in case one of you wants to play!

And I have added Word Search to my agenda of keeping my brain active.

Do any of y'all do these or maybe other things?

Plus I read every day.

Sherry gave us a bunch of books and we are enjoying them.

I've just started this one ....

and I'm reading this aloud to Louis Dean.

It's hilarious!

I haven't been out and about much on this trip to the ranch.

I walked across from our place to take piccs of the goats.

There's just something special about being in the country.

Time seems to slow down and I can sleep, read, rest....whatever I need.

It's like I stopped the world and got off for a few days.

The icing on the cake is that LouisDean found his missing wallet!

It was NOT in the truck like I thought but in his shop room in a drawer under some things.

He is now a very happy camper!

The weather is changing and it will be 33 degrees here tonight and 23 degrees on Saturday night.

So....we will be going home tomorrow afternoon.

Louis Dean does not do well with the cold and we should get home in time to have a nice fire in the den Saturday night and then be there to watch football games on Sunday.

That's what I'm going to do.

We have a Dearborn heater in the bathroom and I will enjoy a hot shower before climbing into the comfy girl bunk with jersey sheets and a warm comforter....and a good book!