SubC! Tillie! Cm!

SubC glad your grandson is doing so much better. I bet the worry is terrible. How is your daughter? And your mother? (As Tillie noted). You did so much today and I'm so happy to hear from you. I'd love to have your homemade jam! I'll never understand how you get so much done in a day!

Tillie just enough carrots to enjoy with sandwiches and sometimes it's nice to have a few washed in colander for a quick snack.

I'm glad you got so much fruit! And scooter can stop pouting!

I'm just trying to act professional and responsive at work. I have an early AM meeting tmr and I didn't get my garbage out because I fell asleep after work. I'll go finish up collecting the garbage to I have a shot of getting it out in the AM

Our new washer is a top loader. It's so nice. We don't have room for a front loader. It's a tight space, under the stairs.

Hi Subclinical 😀

WAY TO GO!
You did a LOT today!

Jam, pickles or ice cream is too much work for today.

Not cleaning up today after making the covers is perfectly acceptable.

What I remember most vividly about placing a Baby Boy into the warm bath water is how they will pee in your face if you are not careful and even if you are.
;D LOL

How is Great Granny doing, well we hope?

Hi again! Ice water clinks!

Here is what I picked from the menu so far today:

Chores
Changing table covers (didn't clean up after myself)
My class (went well)
Ran the dishwasher
Pulled a couple of weeds in the garden and picked the green beans and three cucumbers Then it started raining.

Also made Dh breakfast and called my mom.

I have the bath basin somewhere, but I can't find it so I am taking her a different, larger basin that she can use for now - he is still getting sponge baths and he can lie on a towel in this just fine.

I want to make ja or pickles or ice cream, but I am just too tired.

Good morning Everyone
Still morning here 😀

Thank you Subclinical for the update
We have all been anxiously waiting to hear from you.
(((HUGS)))

I know you have lots of "have-tos" to do around home.
Could you please make sure to take it easier on yourself with the lesser urgent tasks?

You must be so mentally and emotionally exhausted.

Do you have the bath basin stored somewhere at home or do you need to shop online for one?
WTG! for buying your socks!!!

Wishing you a happy and successful class today 😀

We know you are too busy right now to make any plans or goals to join in an August challenge.
Just make sure to do all the things you need to do to not get too run ragged. ((((HUG))))

Got groceries and have everything put away.
I am exhausted. ;p
Bought the hugest watermelon for Scooter to share with me.
Wished someone could have carried it for me it is so heavy.
Scooter has been pouting about not having watermelon, just stupid cantaloupe.

EVERYONE in the store wore masks and did good with distancing.
Got most everything on my list but did have to make a few substitutions.
Peaches, plums, cucumbers, lemons and tons of grapes.
Ginger root was all picked over and just old little pieces but I still have some nice ones at home.
So with what I already had at home plus what I bought today I should have plenty of food to last me another 3 weeks, longer if I wouldn't miss going without fresh produce so badly.

Tatoulia
I looked at the carrots but didn't know if you needed just a pound or two or the ten pound bag for horse snax.
;D

Hello.

Our little fellow is doing well finally. His Bilirubin was elevated (but not high enough for the lights) And he was sleeping all the time and wouldn't wake up to eat and he got dehydrated. But he is eating well now and doing all the resultant activities reassuringly often and it is much easier to wake him to eat and hopefully soon he will be waking all by himself.

No update from the parents this morning.

I slept at home last night, but am still exhausted because friends came over to pick blackberries and picnic at a distance in the yard. And then just as I was going to bed I got an email from a work friend I miss and I took time to return it.

I am staying home today (Unless they call for help) and trying to get some things done as soon as the coffee kicks in and I am awake. Dgs has a follow up appointment this morning, and I run my summer online group this afternoon. I will go back tomorrow.

I ordered 4 pairs of winter socks because a place I like to buy socks had a Christmas in July sale. They arrived yesterday.

I can't even think about August.

Here we some things on the menu (you select from a menu) today:
Chores
Make changing table covers for Dd
Find baby bath basin for Dd
My class
Dishes
Laundry
Ice cream mix
Make Pickles
Weed garden
Clean up barn
Clean up scullery
Make jam

Hi Subclinical

Hi CriticalMass

Hi Tatoulia
There is a coin shortage because just like toilet paper coins have been hoarded.
Supposedly there are a lot of things people can do with pennies and they also believe when paper money becomes useless coins will still have value.
Or so I was told.
I use the Discover card for groceries and get cash back.

What do we need carrots for?
Cake, soup, stew, bunnies, horses, salad?

It would be strange if you did not like the new washer that you picked out. 😀
Is it a top or side loader?

I want you to be shown appreciation for your hard work.
Stay sharp and on task and you should be a shoe in (((HUG)))
😀

Discovered today that Twinkles likes instant mashed potatoes.

Lately I have been ignoring the thermometer and just saying it's a 100 degrees.
Made the mistake today of looking up at the big outdoor thermometer and it read 107 degrees. 🙁

Not looking forward to going out tomorrow but I'll go early and will be happy to have FRESH FRUIT AND VEGGIES. 😀

I went to Whole Foods tonight and bought two different salads, one quinoa and one couscous, and a sandwich. My food is set til the weekend. I forgot to get kitty food so had to go back out.

Tillie I am excited to further refine my possessions. I'm feeling good about this.

There's a rumor swirling that I may be promoted soon. I don't know if I'll have to interview for it so I'm working on that, too. Someone hinted a week or so ago and then tonight I got a call on my cell phone from someone who was in a higher ups meeting today. She said, I can't tell you much, but stay steady and continue to act very professional and show leadership. This person had no idea that I'd been tipped off by someone else. So this was pretty interesting. I didn't ask any questions, I just said, will do. . I hope so. The first person who hinted to me said that I couldn't breathe a word but that the. VPs were looking to have me replace someone.

Our new washer is lovely, Tillie. And guess what, I forgot to buy the carrots so this is still on your list!!

Before you go shopping be sure to have plenty of change or your debit card. A lot of the stores have stopped giving change due to a nationwide shortage of coins. I haven't figured out why we have fewer coins in circulation right now.

Good Afternoon Everybody

What a little Trooper our Tigger is. 😀

OK those are good goals to strive for.
If you need any help you know where we are. ;D

Remember that empty space is a real thing.
Thinking about what we need and what things we want.
We are allowed to have useless things that serve no function.
But in moderation.
I find my oil painting on the porcelain tile of a barnyard full of chickens makes me happy when I look at it.
But it just hangs on the wall.
So for me it is a want that I feel I need.
And that wall would be completely bare without it.

It takes a lot of thinking and soul searching to find the right balance.
But when you see it you will know. 😀

I think you will enjoy doing laundry again once the weather cools off.

I like hanging laundry out on the clothesline at night in the Summer.
It's cooler out and things don't fade in the sun and at sunup it's all dry before it gets hot out.

Plus I think Miss Kitty appreciates having her favorites back in just two hours rather than in several days.

Tomorrow at the grocery store I want to see if they have any good juice bars.
The store is still having problems getting all stocked up properly.
Some weeks they have something back and the next trip they don't have it again.
So if I see it I buy it even though I don't need it right now because it may not be there next time when I really need it.
Usually I planned and purchased as I needed it for whatever menus I had planned for a few weeks.

Took another nap today. Midafternoon slumps have been frequent lately, maybe it's been the heat.

So I'm up late posting this, which I'd wanted to do so much earlier in the day. On my computer which was behaving okay when I first turned it on, but is now being a little slow. So I'm going to do more than one post, and am keeping my fingers crossed I'll be able to get what I want to say posted before I hit the wall and have to shut 'er down.

I hadn't thought about people being home also affecting computers, Tillie, that's a good point. Although I think for me the most likely culprit is my multitasking. But it's hard to say 100% as I'm only a junior grade geek in that area.

So you have local UFO nutters - I guess that goes with the territory in NV & NM, eh? I've found in doing my UFO research for my satirical novel that it's often difficult to determine what angle a given person is coming at it from. Books from the 80s and 90s are actually my primary source, as that's the timeframe for the UFO related part of the plot.

I'm glad of that. Videos and websites and social media these days on the subject are way more confusing. I look at a little bit of it, but as I say, it gets to the point where Joe Blow is debunking Moe Schmoe's debunking of Bo Crow's debunking of... aaand I'm lost! Can't keep track of who's who and what each one's position is.

Hope Steven was able to get anything that might've had bedbugs off the property and not carry any in on his person or clothing. Let him deal with his own rats, LOL.

The D&D game sounds interesting SubC. My first boyfriend was into D&D in the early 80s, and got me and a girlfriend to try it but we were not in the mood to learn how to play it seriously so we were snarky and annoying. It's amazing how far RPGs have come in the present day. I don't know if I'd be good at keeping track of what's going on, though. Plotting is my bugbear in my own writing.
But I bet your students will be way more familiar with gaming than I was, and enjoy it.

Okay, I am going to have to abruptly end this post, shut everything down and reboot, and make a second post, maybe more. This is beyond annoying.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Subclinical
WTG! you did a lot!

OK yeah, that bar by the little town sounds interesting. ;p

Glad your tomato plants are all in the ground.
Wishing you great luck with all your veggies.

Relieved you safely got your Goat meds, gasoline and rat poison.
With only 10 cases found here so far, many people are going mask-less.
Wish they wouldn't.

I use those really big rat snap traps when a rat starts living under the house, gnawing on the beams and electrical wires.
Steven wants me to get the rats & mice that are out in his hoard.
I refuse, say "let them live, the snakes need to eat too".

Managed to accomplish diddlysquat today.
Been sitting watching stuff on the Roku.
Made and ate a salad and also a whole bunch of pure crap.

Did do the usual everyday cat related tasks.
Had to, the cats are slave drivers.

I need to continue to refine my possessions. I'm need to reduce. I also need to start doing my own laundry.

I have cat's laundry in the new washer. I'm in the middle of changing my sheets. I'm enjoying a juice pop. I went out with BF today to pick up Tigger's medicine.

Good Morning
Just sitting here drinking tea watching the sun come up.
Will get going soon to pay taxes and get some water before it gets too hot.
Looks like it will still be <100F for the next two weeks.
The car is filthy. So much dirt and dust and stuff stuck all over it.
Just been too hot and tired to wash it. Oh well
;p

Good Evening Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
OK got it, pick up carrots ;D

Yes, it's so nice to have a whole year knowing the taxes are already paid.
Plus it would be so silly to make installment payments when the total is so do-able.

Have my grocery list all made up and will definitely get LOTS of produce Thursday.

Looked at what I have in the pantry and am still well stocked up there.
It's the fresh stuff that I keep running out of.
A smoke alarm started beeping today so I put 9V batteries on my shopping list.
I also need to clean the spider web out of the unit because that's probably why it's beeping but the battery said it was good till Dec 2020 so I want a new one.

Almost August
Does anybody have anything they want to work on or challenge?
Doesn't have to be decluttering, organizing or cleaning.
Could be less news watching.
Could be getting more sleep.
Could be eating better or drinking enough water.
Anything at all that we want to try working on.
😀

So Tillie, did you work on doing the nothing you haven't finished?;)

My kids are giving me suggestions all over the map. It's like trying to pick a restaurant with my family!

I planted the last of my tomato plants - they will be happy to be out of the pots! Washed and dried a load of laundry and washed and put away a load of dishes.

Unloaded the car but didn't take the stuff out from the scullery. Dh says the car is ok to drive and is putting off the oil change.

I drove to the little town away from the city (in a county with very few cases) and restocked my goat medicine cabinet and bought rat poison using curb side service. Then I filled my gas tank, sanitized my hands, and drove home. I wore my mask, but I didn't see another single person wearing one. The bar by the highway had a big sheet out front spray painted "no mask, no pants, no problem!"

Still need to do my school receipts/notes/class proposal by 11 tomorrow.

Tillie I could've sworn I responded to your post. Yes get some fruit!! I need carrots while you're there. I'm glad you'll pay the property tax in full. Will give you peace of mind.

Off to bed.

Good Morning Everyone

So sorry Subclinical about the rats & fox

I have seen some good youtube videos on mice that have given me ideas of things to try.
Maybe there are rat videos that have good ideas?
So scary when having to resort to poison and trying to keep other creatures safe (((HUG)))

Best of luck with all your plans for today.

An ongoing game of D&D sounds like fun.
Good luck Dungeon Mistress! 😉

I have no idea what I will do today or if I will do anything.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Subclinical
Big HUGS for all of you.
You have all my hopes and prayers and crossed fingers.
Love, Tillie

Hi Tatoulia
I would want one of those lobster rolls 😀
I used to sing and dance around in the house while doing stuff but since Steven is here all the time I don't do that any more.
It was fun and kept me limber.

I am down to two plums and one green bell pepper.
Looks like I should grocery shop this Thursday during decrepit old people hour.
Tomorrow I plan to go fill some water bottles and pay property taxes.
The county has set up drop boxes outside the county building so we can just drop payments in there and not have to go inside.
My computer is not set up to do online banking so I go the paper route.
Taxes for the year are only 450.27 so I pay it in full for the whole year.

Well, they came out and stood. Everything is relative.

The fox came back. It went badly (not for the fox)

Also, I went back out to the barn for something I forgot late last night. I now have a better understanding of the scope of the rat problem. It, going to have to resort to poison. This makes me more sad and more angry. I have to figure out how to do it safely.

I got an email from my boss. We are going to have a 4 week online summer program starting in mid July. Teachers are invited to submit proposals. By tomorrow. Planning does not seem to be a strong point right now.

I am going to run a D&D game. Dh is not sure this is a good idea, but I told him gaming is different. I will not set the schoolroom back up. I will figure out another place the Internet works and leave the gaming table set up for 4 weeks because I don't have to switch things around. I sent an email out to my kids asking for guidance on what I should offer.

Today I am going to unload all the school pottery stuff from my car into the studio barn - it will make a mess. I am also going to move school pottery stuff out of my scullery where I have parked it. Dh is going to change my oil after work, so I will hang out with him while he does that (car work happens in the studio barn which is also the shop) and sort through some of it.

Finish my school receipts so I can ask how to submit them during my end of year meeting tomorrow, and make other notes for the meeting.

At least one load of laundry and one of dishes.

Plant something.

That may be enough.

Hello Grammie! Thanks for stopping by!

That is very unsettling re the insects, Tillie.

I know I'll be back in shape. I've started dancing again and I am taking yoga. I'll take a dance class this weekend. This is the first I've felt confident so thank you for the boost!

I'll buy you dinner if you'd like to come here and paint!

Well, that was pathetic...

The march consisted of about 30 white people hanging out in front of the old no longer used courthouse.
The old courthouse is just an historical building, around the corner is the actual courthouse.
Across the street were a group of people exercising their right to open carry.
No big deal we ALL carry open and concealed around here.
The Jesus freak who always stands on the street corner with a megaphone telling us we are all sinners and are going to hell.

Yep, just the usual weirdos, nothing new or newsworthy.

Good Evening Everybody

YEA!!! WTG!!! Subclinical! 😀
Very happy the table is back where it lives, the rug is back and the floor cleaned!
Hoping this helps with the PTSD. (((HUG)))

WOOHOO! for all the weeding done!

Been keeping busy all day.
Went out and watered the garden and since he was gone and out of my way, showered & washed my hair.
Then I washed all the linens and my clothing.
Been watering the grass this afternoon.
In between have been doing some of this & that.

Warmed up to 70F in the sunshine.
Tomorrow is supposed to be 44/77.

The den is a den again!

I put the table back where it normally lives, and I swept and scrubbed the floor (Man was that floor dirty!), and I rolled the rug back out. I would like to have washed the rug, but the hose is not hooked up and I need three or four hot dry days in a row to dry it. Maybe in July.

I finished weeding the garden today, but I haven't planted anything else.

Tillie, I'm glad some trash has left your property.

Tatoulia, I know that jangly, out of sorts feeling. I hope you find a way to get centered again.

Hi.

Little time.

Baby is ok, but long week!

Slept 6 hours in a row in my own bed last night.

He has trouble eating. ER Sunday. Doctor yesterday, turned corner we think - we hope! Yesterday afternoon.

Daughter is a trooper, sil amazing. Grammie (me) tired and worried but so glad they are close and I can be there. "Papa" Dh has really stepped up to help too.

Longer story later. Gotta do chores and go back so sil can sleep.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Subclinical "waving"

Hi Tatoulia
When I get too hot it makes it hard to catch my breath and my heart works overtime.
So I am sure that when the weather cools down there you will be feeling more fit, I will.

Figure out how many steps to take up & down at home to get some good exercise. ;D
When I was working in the hospital I never took the elevators, just ran up & down the stairwells.
Sometimes I would get to race with a doctor and beat them.

That lecture sounds very interesting.
A lot of "free" men and even women were able to get their education and earn a very good living back East.
Probably some notable names in Massachusetts.

I would happily paint the bathroom for you.
My father taught me how to do all the prep work and paint when I was still in grade school.
I love painting.

Those tiara postcards must be beautiful!
I have enjoyed viewing them online and in some very interesting BBC programs with all the history.

OK another Autumn sign...
The wasps are acting like it's Fall.
In Fall they abandon the no longer needed nest.
Groups of two or more just try to shelter in crevasses etc. to simply try to survive without working a nest with young any longer.
Most die off but some queens manage to hibernate until next Spring.

And the spiders usually stay outside when it's hot until it begins to get cold overnight.
But they were starting to move in until I sprayed the other day.

It's been a strange insect Summer here anyway.
The usual moths and June bugs were few and far between.
Should be jumping right now with grasshoppers but haven't seen any.
Scooter misses them.
There were very few butterflies and no earthworms coming out when I water, few rolly pollys, saw no caterpillars.
I sprayed for aphids and other rose & chrysanthemum pests a few times but quit because there aren't any even when I don't spray.
All species of ants are well and doing fine.
I am suspicious that we have been crop dusted.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Subclinical
WAY TO GO! on all the garden work!
Happy you spent time with your hands in the soil. 🙂

YEA! that the traumatic video classroom will soon be erased from your sight.

Glad some people are moving away from those disposable baby wipes.
Back in the old days I bought a stack of lightweight cotton wash cloths for that job and used only cloth diapers.
The baby never once had any diaper related rashes and nothing ever went in a landfill.

When I was a kid raising my sisters
it was always a good day when at the end of the day they were still alive and basically fed and healthy.

Angry and sad these days is understandable (((((HUG)))))

Hi Tatoulia
Would taking something at bedtime help calm your inner "offness"?
Are you getting enough good sleep?
Do you think it's the work work load stressing you the most?
Get some healthy fresh easy to assemble food.
That way you have something to eat without having to cook so maybe you will eat regularly.
Try to take some time off, time to move slower without any time limits on you.
Feel better (((HUG)))

Steven put the 3 big trash bags in the truck along with my bags of household trash from the outside can and took it all to the dump.

His truck is always a mobile squalorous hoard. Nobody could sit on the passenger side because it's packed so full of stuff and garbage.
Last few days I have been seeing him out there working on decluttering the passenger side of the truck.
(?)
The truck bed has a cap on it and he always has a massive hoard in there too.
Only a 1 foot area near the gate is clear enough to put the trash in there, if he stacks it high.
He's also been fussing with stuff in the back part of the truck.
(?)
For months now he spends many hours out in the driveway just sitting in the truck playing on his phone.
I believe because it's more comfortable than in the filthy garbage filled garage full of mice and bugs or his bedroom where I do not allow alcohol or smoking.

Todays lows are in the lower 30s and the high should be in the lower 60s.
I might water the garden later if the winds are not too vigorous.
I'm cold and the cats are cold too.

Oh no Tillie. Oh no.

I'm hanging on by a thread again today. I don't know what to do with myself. I'll need to get groceries today. I need to figure out food. I just don't feel like myself and I don't know how else to explain it.

I hear you, SubC. Just trying to go to bed and wake up for the next day. It was cool enough to sleep with windows open last night. And that was terrific.

I just have so much work to do. I'm thinking of taking a few hours off today. Maybe go to grocery store before running errands with BF. I don't know. I hate feeling this way. So unsatisfying.

Tillie, I've always called that the Funny Fall Feeling.

I did get my garbage and recycling out. So hot. And I mailed about 10 postcards. Really sweet: one of my friends sent me a sheet of postcard stamps.

When I was looking for a specific birthday card this weekend I found a bunch of postcards, including the packet from the MFA's tiara exhibit, which must've been nearly 20 years ago. I was glad to find them.

I did my yoga, I got a lot of work done, and now I have to shower for bed. Tmr bight I have a meeting-I've rejoined one of my volunteer board positions now that the meeting is remote. Then at 7 I'll be in a lecture regarding African American History in Massachusetts. So a full day and night.

I'm not leaving the house other than garbage/post box. That's it.

Cm that must be terribly hard to focus. With the exception of growing up with my family, I have never lived with a roommate. I just know myself. I do best alone.

Even though I have the supplies, I haven't tried to figure out the paint colors for my bathroom. Maybe tomorrow I'll paint an area of primer do I can make the decision and order the paint. We have someone who'll will paint the bathroom for me. Then I'll need to get the parts to repair the bathroom chandelier and get that hung. I do hope it will throw enough light to make up for the ceiling fixture we will be removing.

Tillie I can't justify having my laundry done for me past the heat of the summer. Our new machine is very nice. I just need this little break. I've noticed that I'm out of breath taking the stairs. Hopefully just a combination of being terribly out of shape, not walking, and wearing a mask. I do not feel comfortable going to the mall to walk. I'll just have to find a way to walk on the days that aren't too miserable.

I hope our management company sends the reimbursement check for the washer soon. I haven't received the credit card bill yet but I like to get these things paid. Mom gave me a check for her GrandPad and I'll pay the monthly service fee. She received the stimulus check so she has a little spending money. If they send a second round of checks, then both she and my brother will have a little breathing room.

Tatoulia, I hope that you are feeling better today. It's good that you found something to do that helps with your stress.

Thank you for going to the protest. I am not brave enough to go to the protests. I'm not afraid of the police, but I am afraid if the germs.

CM, I confess to not understanding a single thing you say about computers. Mine is a magic video typewriter book. But I hope you figure out whatever you are struggling with.

When my kids were little, there were many days that I declared a success because they all went to bed healthy, happy, and fed. Not always clean, but healthy, happy, and fed. And by "happy" I don't mean "I had a great day" happy, I mean not angry, sad, or scared. My bar for success is currently lower than that for me. I will take healthy, not hungry, and not too upset to sleep. I think angry and sad are going to be with me for a while.

Mr. kitty liked to sleep on wooden chairs when it is hot. Last night he was sleeping in the rocker inside and Flat Cat was lying in the grass outside the windows staring at us.

We have bluebirds. I think they are nesting in the woodpecker holes in the dead ash trees. Nature doesn't waste anything. There are two males that have been having a little territorial spat right outside my window the last week.

Tillie, where did the three bags of garbage go?

I hope you don't get bedbugs! I don't know how you could get rid of them with Steven's room.

Yesterday I pulled weeds. The garden is almost at baseline - two more little beds to weed this morning and then maybe I will plant some more. It is getting late to plant, but I'm an optimist. I made myself a rule to weed before I plant this year so that I don't put in more than I can manage and lose control of it again. The whole garden space completely went to weeds two years ago, and I planted a little last year without really clearing the space and lost control, but this year I have almost 1/3 of what I had when the kids lived here looking good. I am eating lettuce and radishes and my peas are blooming. Working in the garden is a meditation for me. Gardening and working in clay. There is a little Shaker in me.

Also yesterday I cleared the floor in the dining porch and put the chairs back (they were stashed in the little bedroom, which has become a storage room.) Today I will vacuum the carpet where the chairs were (the little bedroom is the only space in my house with carpet) and put the "school table" back in there where it usually lives. Then I will clean the floor in the den and roll the braided rug back out and my house will be classroom free.

I am behind on dishes and laundry again.

And I have taken on a sewing project. Dd asked me to make them baby wipes, so I have to go through my fabric stash and find all the little pieces of flannel.

Good Afternoon

Hi CriticalMass
Yeah, my life is not at all what I'd imagined or planned for myself.
Thought I would have a large loving family, lots of grandchildren then great grandchildren.
But here I am near the end all alone.

It's really hard with the isolating to find resources for job training or any other thing.
But you can still investigate, read up and think about your future plans.

I understand how it is trying to maneuver around someone else's schedule.
I like to clean and vacuum early in the morning but Steven is always sleeping and would get so angry.

Good luck getting sleep on a good schedule for you.
When I don't get enough restful sleep I can never accomplish much of what I'd like to do.

Hope you can figure out a way to get in most of the activities you want to do in a day.
Maybe jot down a little schedule with approximate time for each thing then try to follow your program?

Last two days here there has been a feeling of Fall in the air.
Not the smell in the air yet but the look of the sunlight.
The clouds are definitely Autumn clouds.
Periodically in the wee hours the cool breeze has the feel of Fall to it.
This is all about two months early.
There some other feelings but I can't yet quite put my finger on what it is.

Still a high of 100 every day and for all this next week too.

Good Evening

Hi Tatoulia
Jays are fun birds to watch.
Last time I watered my grass a yellow Jay kept zooming through the water catching a shower. 😀

Happy you felt well enough to join the march.

Scooter is still asleep on the white cotton sheet.

WTG! for all the work work you did!

Reason I decided to focus on sandwiches and salads is because I don't feel like cooking.
It's usually a good time of year for it except today with it being so cold again here.

YEA! for finishing the crosswords!
Pencil puzzles help our brains.

There will be a protest march here by the county buildings tomorrow.
For some reason a group of 2nd amendment rights activists say they will hold their own directly across the street from them.
These are the same yahoos that frequently report to the Sheriff UFO interference, conspiracies and abductions.
We all know who they are. 😛

Steven's dead friend's crazy hypochondriac widow is not allowed to go to the hospital or clinic any more.
She is infested with bedbugs now.
That's the place Steven has been in when all the relatives were there fighting and the Sheriff was called and another time when she had people coming by to remove his dead friend's hoard of expired zombie apocalypse food.
I am now wondering if this is the reason/motivation why he just removed 3 large bags of garbage from his bedroom???