Allie is mad at me
After church on Sunday May 10th we headed up to Debi's. Her and Michael fixed a fabulous lunch!!! Missed seeing Austin though because he had to work. But we still had a wonderful family day. On Monday the 11th we got our first tomato out of the garden. Can't beat home grown veggies!! A cactus is in bloom also. Beautiful flower, but doesn't last long enough. Lee spent the afternoon putting the finishing touches on the roadrunner yard art. On Saturday the 16th we went to Texas State to see our nephew (Chad) graduate. So proud of him. Several friends met us all for dinner, then came to our house. Definitely a full day, but lots of fun.
Over 5000 graduated
Not your typical Roadrunner, He has class
On Sunday the 17th we woke up to a MASSIVE rain storm!!!! Or side, front yard and street were flooded. By 8:00 am it had rained 3"...... predicted another plus 4".....no end in sight. As of Monday the 18th we still have excessive run off in a couple areas of our yard. It's awful!!!! No end in sight. They have predicted at least 7 more days of rain. We may have problems into June. We ran a couple errands between showers. Actually had some sunshine for about 1 hour. It was still a proud day for us. Michael started his new job at Dell.
Tuesday the 19th was a very busy busy day for us playing in the mud and water. Several areas are STILL draining from the 7" of rain we got Sunday and Monday. We see this is going to be a problem going forward. Trying to get a plan of attack.
I had a doctor's appointment on the Thursday the 21st. Still improving!!! She made more changes to the meds which always seems to help. She also gave me the ok to check out a orthopedic surgeon in our area/network to remove this plate/screws in the leg I broke last year.
I've got to share some advice with ya'll. If you see something that looks like lint.....don't assume. I was going to soak in the tub -- makes the leg feel better. There was something brown in the stopper. It looked like a big piece of lint. I just pick up the stopper and tossed "the lint" in the garbage can. OMG -- it moved!!! Yelled for Lee -- of course -- to come to my rescue. It was a scorpion!!!!!!! YUCK!!! Obviously they're trying to find some dry areas also.
Rain continues. After church on Sunday the 24th, we rode up to the dam to check out the lake. Rising a lot!! Debi came down that afternoon for the weekend. My chef put a Boston Butt on the grill for dinner. WOW - delicious!! Debi and I were going to make our usual trip to Bealls on the 25th, but changed plans immediately. A LOT more rain headed our way so she decided to go home. Best decision for sure because later that afternoon the back road to her house through Wimberley were closed because of flooding. The other way to her house is I-35which was closed because of flooding in San Marcos. She made it home safely - thank goodness!!! We now have some serious flooding issues in our area.
On Tuesday the 26th we did meal deliveries for our church for some of the shut-ins. We still have excessive water run off from the hills behind us. Our yard is horrible. Lee walked the property behind us. The problem is worse than we thought. Lee has contacted the County Commissioner to see if they can help with this problem, since most of the problem is the area/roads behind our property. We are now up to 9 days of constant run off. Guess what - more rain on Wednesday the 27th. Canyon Lake it now over its banks and road. There is debris and down trees are everywhere. Prediction on the news this morning -- "just small isolated showers". Well - that shower started at 7:00 am and as of 10:30 am it hasn't stopped. I guess the weatherman's definition of small isolated shower is different than mine.
Lee and I had our yearly physical on Thursday the 28th. Lee checked out fairly well. He has to have some keratosis cells taken off his face and chest. That will be done next month. Most of my time was spent going over the events of the last 6 months with my pemphigus/immune disease. They did blood work of both of us and we were on our way.
A rep from the county came by in reference to our water drainage problem in our yard and how it runs under the house. Long story short -- nothing can be done on their part. Now - does that really surprise us.....of course not. When selling a house ---- be HONEST with the buyer regardless of the issue!! We have a guy that is going to help us with a solution. But we need a day with NO rain and we haven't had that --- and we don't see a break until next Tuesday. Lee will get in his "thinking mode" and fix these problems. In the meantime - I'm sure most of you have seen the news. I must say our problems are nothing like some surrounding areas. Flooding -- more flooding --- loss of property -- and lives. So so sad!!!
On Friday the 29th water was going to be released from the lake through the spillway, so we headed that way with the camera. The video Lee took did not do it justice. It was unbelievable the amount of water rushing through. Saturday the 30th -- What a day!!! We worked in the yard until we couldn't trying to divert water in our yard toward the driveway and street. WHAT A MESS!!! Water is up to my ankle in most areas. Once we got different areas to drain in the right direction we called it a day, cleaned up and had lunch. Couldn't have timed that better, because we got hit with another major storm. Hopefully we'll see the water drain better after all the work we did. All this standing water is starting to stink. It even smells like dead fish. We will continue to tackle this problem. But - this is something we should have been told about before we bought the house. This is NOT something new.
After church on Sunday the 31st we road to Camping World. Needed some tape for an awning at the house. Stopped at one my favorite places for lunch -- Whataburger!!! Hadn't been there in 6 months because of my eating issues with this disease. On Monday June 1st we had SUNSHINE and WARM weather!!! This has been predicted all week. The water drainage issue is still a big issue (16 days and counting). New find -- the drainage is now coming from underground springs. We tried different things this morning to reroute as much as we could. I noticed one of the problems was coming from the neighbors yard next door across our fence line. So -- I got my handy dandy tool and dug a trench along the fence until I got it running down his yard.
Another problem -- Miss Allie likes to play in the water and mud. She a itty bitty diva.....so this is a big surprise to us. Can't get on to her....it ain't her fault. We just keep towels handy....and try to laugh about it. Lee was able to come up with a great idea for one side of the yard. Every little bit helps!!
"As The Streams Flow" We are on our 17th day of water run off on Tuesday June 2nd. The flow is getting slower, but we want it to go away!!!! We're having another WARM/SUNNY day which should help. We went to church to pick up the meals we delivery. On the way home we stopped by ACE in hopes of getting 3 more screens we had ordered 4 weeks ago. OMG - the screen we took in (for an example) plus the order is missing. We had some issues the first time we ordered from them, but we were patient --- and the screens looked great the first time. But -- we will not go back there. Missing couch, missing screens?????? UMMMM - interesting uh? Good news of the day though - I'm getting my voice back. We were really concerned that I had done a lot of damage to my throat.....but maybe not!!! I don't sound like Minnie Mouse sucking on a helium balloon anymore. That's what Lee would tell everyone.
On Wednesday June 3rd we were back outside. Lee finished up re-routing some of the water coming from the neighbors yard. I got busy with the lawn mower. We are trying to mow when we can because that is a great help in drying up the yard. OH HAPPY DAY on June 4th. After 19 days of water drainage all of it has stopped running. A lot of the wet areas are drying up. The hole where the bush was removed needed some more drying out. Should be a lot better tomorrow, so we headed to Home Depot for dirt and sod for that area.
As of the 5th -- NO water runoff - no puddles!!!!! It took 20 days to get to this point. Still got some muddy areas, but so much better. We were able to fill in that hole and got the sod down. Looking so much better. That month of rain did a number on our garden. We lost all the zucchini. The radishes and onions are struggling. The tomatoes and green beans are doing great!!! The peaches are also doing great. A lot of them have specks on them. We are told that is also because of the excessive rain, but it only effects the skin. HOPE they're right since our tree is loaded -- and that's only on one tree.....we have 5 trees.
Peaches are starting to come in
As for our health update - except for some joint issues Lee is doing pretty good. As for me -- I am better. BEST NEWS EVER ---- I WILL be getting my infusion treatments!!!!!!! I should have a time schedule by the end of the week. Definitely an answer to prayers.
Take care ---- until next time
