Gardening with my Grand Daughter

  All 3 of my grown sons and my 3 grandchildren live here in Kingman. So spending time with them takes away from my homesickness. I look forward to spending more time with them after we move up here permanently. 

  Since my grandchildren were born I have been living 150 miles apart from them.  I had only been able to on see them on holidays and sporadic weekends if they stopped by on their way down to Phoenix. I have never been able to attend any Christmas concerts, parades or trick-or-treating with them. Soon they will be too old to want to hang out with grandma. 

   All the money in the world can't buy back that time. 

  Last weekend I had my Granddaughter over for to help me plant my winter garden. I had already started the seeds and the seedlings were past ready to transplant. I love to plan things like this to make memories. I had done it with my kids whenever I could and now I have the opportunity to do this with my Grand kids.

I taught her how to build a trellis out of bamboo for the pole beans..


 

She is such a good helper and eager to learn...

She was proud of her accomplishment.

Afterwards we fed my virmacomposting worms some vegetable scraps



 Then we finished the day with cookies and herbal tea.

    I invited my grandson too but he opted to go to the park to practice stunts with his scooter. He is hoping to get a sponsor.... 
  (As I was saying about getting too old to want to hang out with grandma...)

A new job, a new location, moving into the RV

  My hours were cut back in December of 2013 at my job in Wickenburg. It's bad enough to not make enough for the mortgage let alone coming up short for the utilities as well. So I have been looking for work elsewhere. It wasn't going to get any better there. 

THE PLAN

  To stay at my middle son's house in the 5th wheel in Kingman  while I work up here where there are more jobs.

  I was hired  the 8th of August at Lander Industries. Assembly line work making Renegade Hoof Boots for barefoot horses. I actually bought a pair for my horse about 6 years ago.

 Mr. & Mrs. Lander started the business in their kitchen about 11 years ago. Kurt Lander invented it himself. It outgrew their kitchen into their garage. Then just this summer they expanded to a building in the industrial park near the Kingman airport and ship all over the world.

 So I moved into our 5th wheel parked in my son's back yard. 

My husband is staying at the house. "Holding down the fort".

  My son can't have pets at his rental. Besides if no one was living at the house the bank would assume we abandoned it and take it over. We want to hold onto it till they give us an eviction notice or till my son buys property that we can move onto, whichever comes first, so this is just how it is going to have to be for awhile.

 I drive home every other weekend to visit. I head down after work Friday, get to be home Saturday then about noon Sunday drive back to Kingman.

 Every trip back to Kingman I brought a carload stuff from the house for the RV.  And stuff to sell on craigslist up there as there is a greater population of potential buyers.

To help myself feel a little more at home, I planted a little garden next to my sons house and brought some potted plants from the house.

 My 2 oldest sons sealed up all the seams and installed brand new roof vents to make sure it wouldn't spring any leaks when the rains come.. 

   My boys take good care of their mom :)

   I am looking forward to having a garden and pond again and keeping chickens. It will come, in time. And life will be normal again. Just a new normal.

  

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