Today, MyCia (as she calls herself) was trying to be a baby with a laundry hamper, a pillow, and the fireplace hearth. Somehow she managed to fall and hurt herself pretty badly. There was a lot of blood, a lot, but I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. My first check is usually the mouth, as she bleeds easily when she is hit in the mouth.  After a bit of washing up I finally found the spot on the back of her head where she had done a good job of scraping her scalp.  (yes, I was on the phone freaking out to my husband, who was on his way home from work) .

The bleeding stopped before I could even locate where it was coming from, and after doing a quick check for a concussion, I made a spot for her on the couch. She sat and talked and sang some while waiting for Joshua to get home.  She seemed fine, so I decided that we would just keep an eye on her and take her to urgent care if she threw up or indicated a head trauma.

Shortly after dinner, she was wrestling with her Papa, when he noticed she was bleeding again. We decided then, that she would probably need to go to the ER to get checked out. Joshua called a friend of ours, also the local doctor, to find out which hospital would be best to take her to. The doctor asked Joshua what symptoms Cia had told him that he didn’t think she had any major problems. Then he offered to stop by to check her out.

No really, that happened.

He said heads are bleeders and after looking at her head, said that the extra bleeding came from a hematoma breaking loose and that she is fine. (She is acting like the same MyCia that we love. She is sleeping next to me right now and I may sleep on the couch to be next to her.)

So, we paid him with two dozen chicken eggs (fresh from the back yard, of course!) and he laughed. A true country doctor now.

‎”When the government tampers with a freedom so fundamental, one shudders to think what lies ahead” – Timothy Cardinal Dolan

“We are deeply moved, and our hearts profoundly shaken, when we listen attentively to that cry of St Paul:
‘This is God’s will for you, your sanctification.’ Today, once again, I set myself this goal and I also remind you and all mankind:
this is God’s Will for us, that we be saints.”

St. Josemaría Escrivá

(taken by our dear friend, Nan.) 

If this is summer in South Georgia, I’ll take it. I don’t die when I go outside. I can breathe when I go outside, I can pick tomatoes without worrying about heatstroke, my kids can play outside at the heat of the day and not be back in three seconds later!

Yes, everyone keeps telling me to wait until July and August and I get that, BUT it was much hotter last year at this time not to mention muggy. Plus each day that is “cool” means one day closer to September, when the weather really does cool back down, not to mention a lower electric bill. Our biggest one here  was last summer and it was $370. Yeah, ouch.

Other things on the home front:

* I ordered Margaret’s school work as well as Karol’s and we have dived into it. Margaret was like a kid waiting for her birthday, asking if her things had arrived yet, everyday for nearly a week. She was so proud when it finally did come. We started school again on Monday, Margaret doing first grade work and Karol doing second grade. It is different schooling two kids now. We don’t finish much before 1130, and I have to learn to focus on one of them at a time (which means teaching them how to interrupt appropriately, especially Karol).

* Joshua and our friend Day put up netting over the chicken coop so that we are able to let our chickens roam around all the time. We had a problem with an animal getting in the coop and would have to put the chickens in their hutch overnight, but now, they are set to roam around during the day and night!

From the file of things I want to try:

Fermented Lemons

Sourdough Starter

Well, now the kids are up and fighting 🙂 Talk to you later!

This one comes from the Pioneer Woman: The Marlboro Man Sandwich .

The only thing I did that was different, I left out the hot sauce and used homemade rolls. We also topped ours with sauteed onions and peppers. It was delicious and simple. Perfect for a summer day.

Karol just finished his last math test for first grade. 🙂 Now to just do the assesment tests on spelling and religion and we can officially close out the school year.

I already ordered the materials for “next year” for both Karol and Margaret. Margaret is so excited about starting first grade that she keeps asking, every day, if her things are here yet.