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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! The work out in front is still going on, but I'm OK with that. I'd rather they take their time and do it right than have to come back and tear it all up yet again.
I have walked, and I have given Lilo her shot. Breakfast for the cats shortly.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
Now Emmy is making French Toast with her ice cream bread. Yum!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9y2r8nY_g
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful wet Wednesday! I did walk, about 4 miles, and was hoping to beat the rain but some sprinkles and then light rain caught me at about the midpoint, so I got a little damp. It didn't last long, but I was still damp when I got home.
The weather channel page had said 10% chance at my start time of 6:45 and projected 15% at 8:00 when I expected to (and did) get home. It also said "Rain possible at 10:45am."
I hate to bust their bubble but rain was definitely possible before that time and it is wet out there now, as rain has occurred in the interval since I got home too. And it's only about 9:00. LOL.
The construction continues. Over half the ditch is now filled in and I expect we will have a mud strip in a few days, where the ditch is/was. I hope they put sod down. The sidewalk project just put straw down and the seeds from that do NOT grow the same as grass.
Not a lot on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqbcrlwMNUI
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday!! A bit too wet out there to take a walk, so I will have a day off. I could probably use one.
I guess we'll hear the sounds of construction all day again.
Lunch will be chicken fried rice, heavy on the chicken, somewhat light on the rice. Leftover from last night.Fried by a real chicken?
Not a lot on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OMBH8_x9Zw
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There is a bit more work to finish where the creek enters the drain, and there is definitely some clean up to do, but for the most part we have our lawn back.
As Elton John might sing:
DITCH, DITCH. THE DITCH IS GONE.
Or perhaps munchkins singing:
DING DONG, THE DITCH IS GONE!
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Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! I have done my walk, and came home to find that my little devils...er I mean my beloved cats had pulled down the window shelf in the kitchen, scattering plants and dirt.
Since J maintains that, and is the only one who could be sure of getting it put back together in the desired manner, I just passed word on (waking J up for it) and waited to do the final cleanup of dirt and leaf debris, off the counters, in the sinks, and on the floor, after it was all put back in place.
So I have walked AND done some houswork already today. They are busy working outside on whatever is left to do on the drainage. I am not sure how much longer they wll be working, but they will have to repair the road and repair/replace some sidewalks before it's all over.
Not a lot on the agenda for the rest of the day. I think I hear breakfast calling.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg5uHHWjeXs
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! I had my walk, and a light breakfast. It's about time to feed the cats. A little light housework and laundry today on the agenda. And a nap if I can manage that.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNfGvwqfrBY
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! It's a lovely morning. I walked about 4 miles, and included the lake in my walk because it's serene and quiet on Sunday mornings. The other days, the construction on a building near the path takes away from some of the serenity.
Not a lot on the agenda today but I really should sweep a few floors at least.
Cupcakes are small, sometimes...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEoiuXwdYJA
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Howdy all y'all. I wanted to walk this morning, as it is a beautiful day, but I may decide that my $200+ trip to Kroger, and the susequent traipsing back and forth to bring in the groceries and put them away, is enough exercise for today. Some of the groceries were reasonably heavy.
I got everything I needed for at least a couple of weeks, and a month or more on some items, so I guess I earned my "hazardous pay" today. Everyone I saw at the store was wearing a mask. Maybe people are starting to be more responsible about the health of those around them.
Not a lot else on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOxLa5x9GY
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Warm out there, and supposed to be pretty nice today. I have given Lilo her Tuesday shot and I have walked. I will do some house and/or yard work later. And have a nap if it isn't too noisy outside.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWabTkzmfPo
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! It's supposed to get to 88 or so today, so I did my walk early, as usual, and did a little bit of yardwork too in a shady corner, before it could get too hot. As I was leaving for my walk, the lawn service arrived (at about quarter after seven!) to mow, weed, and blow. They like to come early too. Very sensible of them.
By then, it was time to feed the cats so I had another mug of tea and then fed them. I am on the last mug now, and will be starting with the PowerAde Zero shortly.
Not a lot else on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVIcUAmBQio
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Well, in honor of National Donut Day, June 3, I blew the eating. I made fancy, chocolate donuts and, while they ARE small, still ate too many...It's all Eduardo's fault!
In other breaking news, it is the 3d of June, the day Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Talahachee Bridge.
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! I have done my walk and will feed the cats shortly. I need to stay home and available as I think a package coming today will require a signature. Not a lot on the agenda otherwise.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL18i_3UZlY
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Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday! I got my package yesterday. Today I expect a crate of wine, and that is coming UPS, so I am bypassing the walk even though it is a beautiful day. I slept a little late and there would have been a slim chance of delivery before I got back home if I had walked. J is, of course home, but has taken the day off wanting to have a rest day, and is still asleep.
I hope the construction noises aren't so bad as to prevent that. They have had one really loud BANG earler, but for just one loud noise, J can usually just roll over and go back to sleep...depending on just HOW loud it is.
At any rate, I am home until the crate of wine is either delivered or re-routed.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPCzBbL8GW8
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! It's warm and sunny out there and will be rather hot later this afternoon. Maybe I can get a nap today. I missed the last two days because of needing to stay available for deliveries.
I do need to get some laundry done today. I sent my primary ballot in a couple of days ago, and J's is going out in today's mail.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKSdHAeNIHI
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Dinner for Saturday night, with another plate left over for tomorrow.
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! I have done my walk, and Fitbit claims 4.5 miles so far, including incidental walking about in the house. I will be feeding the cats shortly. My Sunday dinner is ready to heat and eat, as it's left over from last night.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKR0vS9bpZQ
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! No walk today, as I made an early run to Kroger to beat the hordes. Funny how my short (very short) list turned into a buggy full at $160 and change. But I got some things that weren't on the list YET but would certainly have been on the next one, and one or two indulgences, as well as stocking up on things to make quick lunches for J as many days seem to be conference call after conference call, with only a short time for lunch. J has never really learned the art of eating while on the phone, even if the others can't see. I learned that art myself many years ago, as I had days with NO time at all for lunch and barely time to grab something I could eat while on the calls.
I need to still get out to PetSmart for cat supplies for the month and then we are all set except for getting Lilo's next bag of fluid from the vet, which I will call about today and request.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPSvxcjVznY
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NOTE ON THE VIDEOS - I included the fried rice video because the recipe sounded good. I just ignored the religious "patriotism" she so kindly shared...
Two bags of different prescription kibble were about $100, nearly half the amount I spent at PetSmart today. I also got canned food for the month, and 3 containers of kitty litter. My total was a bit over $200. I will need to mail order the kibble for the young females, as, again, there was none to be found on the shelves at PetSmart.
At any rate, NOW, there is little I should need to buy for the rest of the month...though we do need to take Lilo in sometime for bloodwork to check on her kidney function.
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday!
The nights haven't been getting all that cool, so I guess Summer is really upon us. I got my walk in this morning, made and ate breakfast, and am having my tea now. Powerade is still to come, after the tea. I might do laundry today, despite the heat and humidity.
Hopefully the work crew out there can finish whatever noisiness they are up to this morning in time for me to try to get a nap in. We are expecting rain this evening.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLa8whbdvjo
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful wet Wednesday! I didn't walk this morning, though it's possible I could have without being rained on. I might have ended up about as wet even without the rain, as the humidity was 100% with fog, and not all that cool, so I am sure that the moisture would have worked its way into my clothes one way or another. Yesterday was not quite as oppressive, and I had a good long walk then, so taking the day off from walking.
Our road, which had been beautifully repaved shortly before the drainage work, has a large patched area now at the creek. And some of the sidewalk is not exactly the same shade of concrete as the rest. I understand things like that have to be done, but I was really enjoying the pristine new road and, though I didn't actually WANT a sidewalk. nice pristine looking sidewalk that had been installed.
If they had designed the sidewalk project properly at the start, the drainage would have been done before the sidewalk, and before the road was re-paved. But government inefficiency seems to mean we can't have nice things, or at least not for long. Truthfully, it will still look much better than it did a year ago, and I know I have to take what I can get in this life.
The last thing the construction crew did yesterday was place several pallets of sod on the sidewalk, presumably to re-sod our yard and other areas they tore up with the construction. Sodden sod at the moment, with last night's rain, and there is more rain in the forecast for today.
I don't know if they will be laying sod today or not. When they have done it, I will be glad to see a real lawn there again, at last!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpaBeS7bTIU
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We have our lawn back! Just in time for this afternoon's rain.
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! The weather was much more pleasant this morning, with cooler temperatures, a nice, light breeze, and lower humidity. I was out the door shortly after getting up, and after a walk of about 4 1/2 miles, came home to the coffee maker just finishing my pot of tea, as I had programmed it to be ready about when I thought I would be home from the walk.
I poured a cup of tea and decided I had earned a rare treat for breakfast, and made sausage gravy and baked a couple of biscuits. It was a delicious treat. I remember the short lived NS sausage gravy and biscuit (both dry mixes, and vegetarian) that quickly became one of my favorite breakfasts, and my major disappointment when it was discontinued after a short run.
It seemed sometimes like they were deliberately picking my favorites to discontinue. I almost cried when they stopped selling the freeze dried beef burger patty for lunch. It was so easy, and so tasty. Ready after soaking in boiling water for just two minutes.
Ah well, I've long since gone on my own as the program got a little too expensive for me after retirement, and they kept taking away my favorites.
I remember the little packets of pancake mix too, and how diverse they could be made. I used to make snickerdoodle cookies out of them. Oh well, enough reminiscing about discontinued foods from the past...
Maybe some laundry and housework to get started on in a bit.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWDTq7HrdJ0
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The orange barrels are gone. The last weird things sticking up from the lawn are gone. The pallets of sod and piles of rock are gone.
I think the construction noise is over and I believe the project is completed!
We and the next door neighbor have our yards back and, presumably properly sodded.
From the north.
From the south.
Across the north strip and the nearest neighbor's lawn.
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Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! Another very pleasant morning for a walk, which has been accomplished. I crossed paths with a woman I have seen walking before, right near the walkway past the lake, and was able to enlighten her to the existence of the lake. She planned to take that path then on her way back.
To be fair, there are no signs pointing out that there is a lake there, and it is a small lake, but the concrete path and wooden footbridge over one arm of it make a lovely walk. I lived here for over 9 years before I knew there was a lake there, and I only discovered it this Spring when I finally wondered where that path went and decided to go and see.
Not a lot on the agenda today. I am just pleased as punch that the construction work seems to be all done and won't be keeping me from naps or waking J up early.
I did email the county people in charge, with a CC to the city mayor, thanking them for taking care of that dangerous ditch.
And my blueberry harvest for this year has started. Last year I froze several gallons of them! Some of these are the Pink Lemonade variety, that I guess technnically are not BLUEberries.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
A DIY spice mix, and a recipe.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO3bEPZuiDE
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying sunny Saturday! Another lovely morning far a walk, which did happen earlier. And I got a nice nap in yesterday. It's wonderful having all the construction finally finished, after over a year of work. I don't remember how many times they had to re-mark the electric, cable, telephone, and water, and even with them mapped they still, over the course of the year, cut our cable 4 times. But at least it's all done now.
I do have some laundry to fold, and a nap to take today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AbOS_v6_T4
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! It was another beautiful morning for a walk, and I enjoyed the scenery and fresh air. The exercise part, not so much. These old knees and hips get achey but so far it hasn't stopped me.
Never did fold that laundry yesterday. Maybe today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJXdKarwXZ8
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Howdy all y'all. It's magnificent Monday! It was a little on the humid side this morning but there was a nice breeze for my walk. We are supposed to have a good chance of rain this afternoon. We got a little yesterday, and I wouldn't mind a little more. It would be good for the new lawn.
Oh, and the port-a-potty for the construction workers was still there yesterday when I walked, but was gone this morning. I think that is probably the most definitive indication that they are finished.
Maybe today I will actually fold those towels and such. LOL.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFJgBfmTqZg
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Another pleasant, cool morning for my walk. We got some rain again, yesterday. Not a lot on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrR2BtCro7k
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