it has been so long since I have written! Wow, what a week! After the fire alarm incident then the next day or so, our furnace decided to quit working, like at 11:30 pm.

Why is it always at night?

We were cold that night, but I got up early and got a furnace man to come and replace a part that had burned itself out.

On the same day my sister's pipes broke in their basement bathroom. It was a bad thing because come to find out the worker when they had framed in the window they didn't want there, they had just put the pipes there wihtout any insulation. I do not know why, except that builder was in a big hurry in other areas too!

Saturday, I got phone call from a friend who wanted to take me to this special ladies tea and a tour of a local mansion.

It was alot of fun! We got to see this huge house…it had 23 rooms, I think, 13,000 square feet and had all these neat old things in it!

It was neat to learn so more history of Kalispell too! The thing I liked the most was their clothes drying system! It was these set of drying racks on a system that pushed into a box on the wall. There was a wood stove that had fans that blew heat in there and dried your clothes! It was neat!

The tea was nice too, I had like 4 cups of Vanilla Bean tea and they had little egg salad sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, petit fours, and these wonderful cherry crumb scones!

If anyone has a recipe they love for cherry scones they have to share with me as they were so good!

Later that day after I got home, I realized I was not feeling so good. I started the start of mastitis, I think. I was hit with soreness, a fever, dizziness, and I could not move! It was so awful! I needed heat on it, but I couldn't take a shower or bath as I was alone with the boys. Finally Fred came home and I was able to get into the tub. (By that time I could not stand to take a shower) and took some pain reliever and was able to sleep. I have not been quite myself since then and am still sore, but no more fever.

So, this was the saga of my missing days! Hopefully you enjoyed catching up!

martyomenko@yahoo.com

Martha Artyomenko is an unpublished fiction author who has published some nonfiction magazine articles and reviews over the years. An avid reader and mother of four sons, she brings her many years of expertise to play when writing realistic fiction about topics of mothering, domestic violence, and childbirth. In her free time, if she is not reading, you will find her walking while musing about her next story to write or traveling to learn history for another story. Martha Artyomenko supports authors by running an active social media group (Avid Readers of Christian Fiction) and newsletter promoting niche fiction authors that would otherwise be unknown. Join me by leaving a comment or signing up for the newsletter.

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