Somewhere Over The Rainbow

ON OUR WAY TO GUYMON, OKLAHOMA we saw alpaca, real reindeers, lots of cows, feedlots, some roosters and chickens roaming freely next to the highway.  Trains.  Elevators.  Cotton gleanings in the fields.  Blue skies.  Open fields.  Trucks.  The radio stations were few and far between.

Modern windmills.  Cowboys in Dodge City.  Buffalos.

 

The drive was long, but decent.  Auto travelled well with no issues.  This is the closest thing to being on a vacation as to being on a vacation.  I took my chances to see the sights around us as we drove.  It wasn't a HOLIDAY, but I was trying to make the most of it as we seldom drive long distances.

Returning to my stomping grounds in southwest Kansas with the wide open fields full of memories still in tact.  We didn't make it to my HOME TOWN of LIBERAL, Kansas, but did drive around HUGOTON to see the little rental we lived in for three years and the first house we bought when we had two young children.  

Both houses were in terrible shape.  Time hadn't been so good to these places.  Made me sigh a tad.  In my mind they are still in great shape.  I can visit the interiors of these places in a blink.  Just like being there.

We were young married couple with a month old baby when we went to live in Hugoton.  My Husband was hired on as a sanitation worker and we lived in a small rental house on a corner lot.  Huge yard.  Wild roses.  Nice enough place with two bedrooms.  Dinky Kitchen where the fridge was kept in the utility room.  We'd change that and place it just outside the Kitchen door in the Dining room. 

We bought the fridge for $400.  Had to borrow the money from the bank.  grins.  Also bought a dishwasher on wheels to roll up to the sink to run, a new stove, a Kirby vacuum.  In debt over our heads.  We had monthly medical bills for baby delivery and hospital expenses as well.

This was in the day where there were no large garage sales to help stretch the budget.  I lived a long distance from family so no hand me downs.  Besides, I was of the mind set to have brand new and call it my own.  

With time we paid everything off.  Time marched on and so did we. 

This beautiful Sunday I hope to freshen up.  Still coughing and not up to spiff.  Praying this week be better and no longer have a cough.  With asthma it seems that when I get sick it takes longer to stop coughing.  Vitamin C time and fluids.  Cover the cough and puff on an inhaler.


I am stronger in my body today.  I can stand and walk now.  Not as weak.  Hot chicken noodle soup sounds good just about now.  Would I have been better off if I had sipped soup all week long, drank orange water and taken NyQuil?  Wonder.....




This week, if I can pull it off, think I'll try to make HOMEMADE Chicken Noodle Soup in the 'ole crockpot.  

WIND ADVISORY today in my corner of the world somewhere over the rainbow,
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