Today is July 13.  Happy Thursday to ya!

Had a follow up appointment at the doctor this morning...seems out of ALL the stuff my family could have blessed me with, I ended up with their high blood pressure lol.  Anyway, apparently my medication is working well, my BP was 127/82, woohoo!  (Did you know that untreated high blood pressure can be causing irreparable damage to a number of organs, not just your heart?  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/hbp/effect/effect.htm for more info ;) ) 

Which brings me to another issue; my mama was overweight, my daddy, thin.  How come none of us inherited Daddy's thin-ness?  Hmmm?  I know why, it's because fat genes are dominant! LOL 

OK so tomorrow's plan is picking tomatoes for canning, wish me luck!  Then Saturday, we have a family fishing trip planned; wanna get some of those yummy finned friends in my freezer!  (How do y'all freeze fish, like catfish?  I don't want to fillet them and I tried gallon ziploc bags, but the fins poke holes in the bag.)  Sunday is puttering around the house here (our church only meets twice a month) and then Monday, be still my beating heart...I have a field trip for moms only!  Isn't that great?  The moms of our homeschool group are getting together for a homeschool curriculum shopping trip.  We're going to head down to Jacksonville, FL together, shop til we drop and eat someplace that "doesn't offer happy meals", I'm so excited!  We'll be back in time for supper and my husband has the day off from work to watch the younguns.  And between all of this, I'll be doing those tomatoes, whew.

Hope everyone's weekend is relaxed and happy...enjoy! and remember...everything's better with butter! :D