July, 2023

 

This month:  

• July 4--Rausch family here for watermelon, cookies, ice cream and fireworks
• Irma took second place in float contest with her sports-themed float
• July 6--faulty washer delivered from Best Buy, had to be returned. 
• July 7--Jon and girls here for supper after he spent a day working on his new privacy fence. 
• July 8--attended Logan's two baseball games, his team took 2nd place in tourney--we shivered in 68 degree temps with wind!  
• Jon and Nic and girls to supper--Mel had a bad cold.  Roast and loaded potato casserole.  
• July 12--John sprayed 150 acres at Jim Rogers and moved to the McGraff place
• July 13--new washer delivered, it works!  I made cookies for John's watershed meeting.  
• July 14 Jon came to lunch; John Edgar was in Emporia for a grocery pickup.  We had an inch of rain!  
• July 15--birthday supper for Poppy and Lo.  The men worked on the fence for awhile after.
• July 16--listened to church service, put up some sweet corn.  
• July 17--Put up 6 pints of zucchini and several more packages of corn.  Mel and boys came for supper; Brian is in Iowa.
• July 18-19--Daniel picked plumbs from the tree in our yard and I made a batch of plum jelly.  
• July 20--went to Burlington to see kids' fair exhibits.  They did amazing.  
• July 21--I brought lunch to Melinda's and we watched Bekah and Kathryn while John, Daniel, and Jon worked on the fence.  
• July 22--repeat of yesterday, wore myself out.  
• Daniel worked for me lots this summer--mowed and ran the weed eater, pulled weeds, etc.!  
• July 26--Jon and Nic signed on their new house in Lebo!  All your children are coming home!  
• July 27--ordered a new range from B'ton appliance and a replacement ceramic top for the old one from eBay.  
• July 28--took chicken casserole and fruit to Mel's for lunch.  Kathy V. stopped by for tea.  
• July 30--all 11 of us here for supper!  
• July 31--took lunch to Mel's for a Bekah and Baby K. day while boys worked at new house.