Good Morning, I hope the day finds everyone well and happy! We are finally getting s little bit of rain here in Illinois today, we really need it, it has been so dry my husband actually took a tank of water out and wet the gravel road in front of the house down to help keep the dust from being so bad. Whenever a car came down the road it looked like a dust storm coming.

I haven't had much time to get here the past couple of days, as my grandson has decided to be quite the night owl and has been keeping his mama up most of the night, so I have been trying to take turns with her staying up with him. I know some say babies this young can't be spoiled already but I think he is; after he is nursed he just wants someone to sit up with him and talk to him and rock him. Babies are not babies for long, and this will be the only one she will be able to have so I am just trying to go along with her and give her a break now and then.

I have still been canning tomatoes and putting zucchini into the freezer, I think we are about at the end of the broccoli season but I am still getting some small side shoot on the plants so I will continue to harvest them until they are done. Next up will be carrots, apples and the peaches will be ready soon too; by the time everything is canned I am ready for a break but I sure do love seeing those shelves filling up!

Have a great Thursday!

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. -- Spencer W. Kimball, 1976