Date Night

Sometimes you need a break.  Today was one of those days.  When I got home from work, the hubs was waiting in the driveway to whisk me away.  It was fabulous.  We had a yummy meal (barbeque, mmm), we window shopped, and we went for a walk.  ::: contented sigh :::

Loving the purple pepper Fiesta Ware!

Isn't this desk dreamy?

This handle ... drool!

Love this man!

The Buzz on the Bee Sting

So, it turns out that being stung in the forehead isn't pleasant.  There's nowhere for the swelling to go, so if you're prone to swelling, your face takes the brunt of it.  This is from the next day (2018-05-06):

If it "may" cause drowsiness, I'm done.

Thanks, babe!

After a six-hour over-the-counter drug-induced nap, a second dose of the stuff, and several more hours in my recliner with a cold rag on my face, I woke up looking like this:

I told the hubs that, though I felt fine and was having no issues with breathing or anything else, if I didn't look better in the morning, I wanted him to take me to the hospital.  The next morning (2018-05-07), I looked like this:

For what it's worth, I am using every bit of eyelid strength available to me in that photo.  That is as far as they would open.  So, I knew driving was out of the question.  The hospital beckoned.  The siren call of its effective medication and amazingly soothing ice packs was too strong to resist.

 

Later that day, after being released to go home, I could open my eyes again.  In fact, that ability increased throughout the day.  The hubs even took me to dinner to celebrate.

 

I was so much better that I went back to work the next day (2018-05-08), even though that morning I looked like I could be tapped to make a remake of "Mask."

By Wednesday (2018-05-09), I almost looked normal again, though you can still clearly see where I was stung.

But here we are a couple of days later, and the swelling is all but gone.  Whew!

In answer of the question I know you're all asking (or most of you anyway), yes, we're still going to keep bees.  However, the hubs is going to be a more active participant in the process, and he's bought me a netted hat. (;

Swelling's all gone!  Back to buzz-iness! (=

Bee Boxes

For as long as I can remember, until the day he passed away, my grandfather kept bees.  When I went for visits, he let me help him with honey collection.  It was fascinating.  Now that I have a large enough piece of property, we've decided we're going to do the same.  The plan is to put the boxes along the property line at the back part of the yard.  Since the back portion of the property is surrounded by farmland, there's no one to bother, and the bees will help with pollination.  So, today, we went and got bee boxes, enough for two hives.

We then went to the home of a master beekeeper to ask him questions and to find out about procuring some bees.  It was marvelous.  He showed us around, letting us peek into some of his boxes, and even letting us sample some fresh honey right from the comb.  Mmmmmm ...

We then walked over to a section of the property away from the bee boxes to get out of the sun and talk some more about what we would need to get started.  That's when it happened.  A lone bee on a mission flew right into my forehead - BAM! - and then either thought she got tangled in a few strands of my hair or actually did, so she stung me.  Owwie!  We don't even have our own bees yet!

It smarted like the dickens for a few minutes, but it subsided.  Once we got home, I took this picture and then splashed some cold water on my face.  Glad that's out of the way!

Unpacking & Decorating

I took today off from work to spend some time getting things a little more settled.  I put some magnets on the refrigerator.

 I had a friend over to visit and crochet in the TV room for a while.

 

And I unpacked some of my books and put them in the bookcase from my daddy's house.  And no, your eyes aren't deceiving you; the Death Star is floating.

We Got a Grill!

Okay, lots of people have grills.  So what's the big deal?  Well, we were going to wait until next week and settle for a cheapy grill ... but then I saw someone selling this baby on Facebook for just $100!  It's only been used for 2 seasons, was covered when not in use, comes with: the cover, a rotisserie, a searing plate, and a FULL propane tank!  So geeked!

I can't wait to grill out at our house!

Day One

Just typing that got the Matthew West song going in my head.  Not a bad way to start out. Especially when this is the first thing you see in the morning. (=

This is in the flower bed in the front yard.  Blue hyacinths are one of my favorite flowers.

 

This is in the flower bed on the south side of the house in the back yard.  I have no idea what it is.  So, we've decided to wait and see.  Maybe it will be beautiful.

All of that beauty ... but there's more going on than that.  We went back for another trailer load this morning.  This is the state of the back room (just off the back entryway) and the laundry room right now.  Not great, but it's all inside.

Eek!  Can I go back to looking at the flowers?

Moving Day!

Yes!  It finally came!  It's time to move into our house!  Full disclosure, we brought our mattress up last weekend and stayed overnight Saturday night, but that was like camping.  This is for REAL.

The stud finder works! <3

We went to the store and got curtain rods and sheers for the two upstairs windows.  Since these two windows afford us the only natural light upstairs, we didn't want to block it out, but we did want to have the feeling of privacy.

 

 

The dog seems to have acclimated nicely. (=  What's that she's chewing, you may ask?  It's a treat made from yak's milk.  I found them on Amazon, and she loves them.  Bonus: they last for a ridiculously long time.  I bought a 3-pack for her for Christmas.  This is the third one.  I thought it would make a nice housewarming gift for her, something familiar to break in the new place.  I think it worked. (=