Days in the Life from Paradise Mountain

or to be more precise… a few days of my life from Paradise Mountain would drive most individuals to the brink of

end of the day

insanity! Seriously. Lets begin with a little hindsight………..

Although there are only 2 humans that occupy Paradise Mountain as permanent residents, there are many factors that come into play when trying to describe Life as it is being, “MountainHigh”

quick summary: I attempt to keep up with and take care of  hubby, Larry, with whom I share a love of  2 adult children,  animals and the great outdoors. Therefore I also share my life and time with 10 horses,  10 cattle, 1 bottle calf that insists on a bottle the moment she hears me come out the door at mealtimes, 4 dogs, a mother who I love that depends on me to take her to the drs, do her heavier household and yard work while we try to understand each other since we missed it the first 50 years of my life.

I also own and operate MyFountainDesigns.com and an ebay store www Sadies Treasure Trunk [which is named after our 13 year old dog Sadie]
all from the comfort of my home…..  which is also my storeroom, office, headquarters and sanctuary.

exhale

A few days in the life from Paradise Mountain

Monday, July 20 started out like most Monday morns, except this quarterly state tax day, and as usual I had waited ’till the last day. I had my desk cleared off and ready to get started on my dreaded taxes when  mom called about 9:30 and said she needed me. So everything is put aside and I’m gone, after all, its mom. Mom is 77,  lost her 60 year companion last September, had surgery in May, fell & hurt her shoulder/neck/back 4 weeks ago,  lives alone, but has dads sisters and brother living to the right, in back and across the road from her.  I live  5 miles on down the road.

I stop by and get Damian, my great-nephew & recently reformed buckeye gone country, so he can help me get moms yard work done. Damian cuts the huge front yard on the riding mower while I do all the push mowing, weedeating, and brush cleaning off the hill out back so copperheads don’t crawl down the hill on her. Then we take her truck to the gas station and fill it and 2 gas cans up. Back to moms for a sandwich, back to work, and come home at 4:00 so tired, too tired for it just to be Monday.
I sit in the living room with Larry for 45 minutes before he leaves to go to Lee City Sale barn. I want to get to work filling orders from my website, but I am so tired and made the mistake of sitting down before I got in the shower. At 6, I force myself up and start on orders. I stock all my items in my website here, so I print each order, then gather the items, get an order boxed up while another ones shipping label is printing- as I tape the label on box, another order prints out. This goes on till 9 pm and I finally get into a blessed flow of water.

TUESDAY JULY 21 started out as a usual july day, helping  Larry in the hayfield. Then mom calls my cell phone and I have to go get her, take her to Paul B Hall hospital to pick up a copy of her MRI. I get mom back home, and return to the hay field as I watch the black clouds come rolling in, threatening rain AGAIN! We say a prayer, thank God for allowing us to get this hay rolled before it rains, and proceed to roll on! get home, finally, eat a bite, and fill some orders. It is again past midnight

WEDNESDAY JULY 22 is moms next appointment date in Ashland Ky for a checkup from her last surgery.  So we leave her house about 10 a.m. and don’t get home until 6 THAT NIGHT! Tired, worn out, stretched to my limit, I call Larry to come and pick me up [I have not had a vehicle of my own since I totaled my 4Runner 3 years ago] walk in the back door at home and take a look around at the dishes I haven’t had time to wash all week, and settle for leftovers for supper which is a good thing since the leftovers are this years White Half Runner beans from the garden, cornbread, and potatoes that were cooked with a white sauce made over them – mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm. But I did have to wash 2 forks first!