Not an encouraging start.

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Posting a live rufous from last night, because we came out and found a dead female broad-tail. Also a single painted lady butterfly's wing.

It's not an encouraging start to the weekend.

Neither are the bills. Another $140 out the door this morning; after two weeks in the shop, Wings finally picked up the ATV (had it for years; we use it for hauling and plowing and back-country work where regular vehicles can't go). It took them until last night, apparently waiting for a part. Not nearly as expensive as it could've been obviously, and a necessary repair, because you literally cannot do everything that needs doing here without it, but still another hit.

And I got to sleep somewhere around 4 AM again, and was up around 7, so the rest is cut-and-paste. I'm never going to catch up, on any of it.

Some things never ease off. August first, and we've gotten to do exactly nothing with the summer that we'd planned, thanks to one medical issue after another, plus the plumbing mess. So tired, and so tired of having to spend every damn day of my life living in fear, over money, over health issues, over survival. Between us we have five medical appointments next week. At least four of them will be cash on the barrelhead, maybe number five, too. And then there are my upcoming labs, scrip, equipment . . . it's endless, and so are the costs. Above all else, I have to bring in a lot more scratch — a LOT more — to cover everything, and that means sales, so you know what comes next.

Sales here; testimonials here; wishlist (such as it is still — I've added some candles of the nontoxic variety to deal with the lingering mildew odor in the utility room while it's drying out from the plumbing disaster, the kind that are not supposed to impair my breathing, the kind we can't get locally; I've also added a couple of supplements I have to take and our one real vice, the coffee we prefer [cheaper by the case]) here. 

Speaking of testimonials, new ones are posted at long last; if you haven't submitted yours, please do, because this helps us make sales (and we keep you as anonymous as you want to be; you can see the kinds of options people choose in the various entries). We need more folks to send them in, too. 

Wings dropped his new bead pieces last week; you can find the summary post here. The new butterfly concha belt dropped a few days ago, and it is absolutely incredible. We really need to sell it; that would take care of looming medical stuff, at least in part. Possibly two need bead necklaces later today, the pair the result of needing to use up smallish lengths of chain from an earlier repair. And while I spend every spare moment chasing those sales, there aren't many spare moments for me these days, especially with my ongoing breathing issues and whatever else is going on that they haven't identified yet; new labs and meds and equipment to that end having to be paid for next week. So please, help us get the word out. I've got to bring in more sales somehow.



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