Thought I
would give
us all a
cooling
moment
with the
heat we
having.

LOL. This is a picture of sometime in January of this year. Made me cooler looking at it tonight with being so warm still and having a tough time with trying to sleep.
Decided would go write a bit on the blog. Now imagine yourself sinking into that lovely snow and cooling right on down. Ahhhhhhhh.............

One of the events my dh and I do in August when we are getting down with the heat is watch Christmas movies. Ususally the last part of July and a couple of weeks in August. Funny how watching them can cool you off, give you good memories and a few good laughs while you are at it. We have done it off and on for a few years. We have to laugh when we have the ac on and I am under a light blanket because I get chilly. This year when watching them I will have to get out the shawl Bonnie made me and wear it. Now that will be fun.

Cooling off right now is the name of the game and watering the plants so they do well. We have only had a trace of rain the first part of the month and none anytime soon is expected. I like when we get a rain and it clears out the dusty air, but no compliants here either because my tomato plants are adoring the hot weather.
I just tend to get a little cranky when I am too hot. Drinking ice tea is the past time, and doing chores in the morning and later evening are part of the routine as well. Fans on our chickens to keep them cool is what they are enjoying the most I think. We have 2 of them working right now. The hens will take turns and come up to the fan that is outside of their pen and strech out their feathers and fluff their backsides. Then that hen wanders off and the next one takes it's turn.
Funny creatures they are but they do know what is good for them. Too bad this silly woman hasn't always done what is good for her. Yep, over do and you go opppss and owwwiieeeeee but it was for the chickens sake that I was doing it. Hmmmmmm, that sounds like trying to justify my overdoing. Yep, it sure was. DD and I went and finished taking apart the rest of the old decking and driving it home here to our place. So now finally everything is ready for the building of the chicken house. First was collecting it all in the backyard so we could build it. So the building part finally begins tomorrow. Prep work always takes the longest but if that is done right then the rest is sure to follow. Sometimes it can be the tedious part but the most important. There are no shortcuts when it comes to good working habits and prep work. So now that my part is done, I am back to resting and giving this body a chance to recoup. Hope each of you do the same, take some time to rest and enjoy your quiet moments.
cs