Pioneer Woman at Heart

One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!

One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Adopted Motto

"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

Friday, October 22, 2021

Dirty Dishes and Tragic News

 

I think I did about 5 rounds of dirty dishes, but then turned around and made homemade lemonade and a pot of homemade ginger-ale syrup for Daughter K.  She is sick.  Her throat was very sore, thus the extra dirty dishes.

Lemon juice can help break up the mucus and help a sore throat, plus it's packed with vitamin C.  Homemade ginger-ale has a lot of healing properties too, and helps with nausea as well.  

She was dealing with a very bad headache as well.  I surely hope she feels better this morning.


Tragic news.  My husband's first day back to work was not good.  He was told that a co-worker, 41 years old passed away.  A semi trailer crossed over the center line and landed his semi on top of my husband's co-worker's car.  I was told that it took 75 minutes to get the semi off of the car.  Mike (his co-worker) died at the hospital.  He leaves behind his high school sweet heart (wife) and two kids (7 and 9).

8 comments:

Lady Locust said...

Praying your daughter begins feeling better and for loving peace for Mike's family. I have to drive a 1 ton pulling a 20' trailer regularly and can't tell you how many times I've seen semi's come over the line at me or nearly go off the road ahead of me. I wish there was a way to deactivate phones in cars.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Lady Locust, thank you. My husband and I both were talking about cell phones and distractions. It's horrible these days.

Sandi said...

What horrible news! My God. Prayers for the whole family.

Lisa K Thomasson Jung said...

What sad news . Hope your daughter gets better. Dishes is just a product of a busy day.

Jackie said...

I do hope your daughter feels better very soon. What a tragedy. I will keep Mike and his family in my prayers.

God bless.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Thank you all for prayers for Mike's family. It was devastating news.

Debi said...

I hope your daughter starts to feel better soon. So sorry for the loss of your husband's co-worker.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Debi, thank you. She is back to work and feeling much better. There are many other viruses going around right now.