Share Your Day
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It's 10:30 pm here and still 29C degrees, and I'm sitting in a puddle of sweat having just finished a 35km group ride on the trainer. Oh for air conditioning....2
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The good thing is that after those days where it was 96 degrees and 80% humidity, 81 and 50% feels very nice and tolerable without turning on the a/c. (Except when I napped, because I have hot flashes when I sleep and I need a really cold room to help cope.)
I've not felt great today, but that's the ongoing flare. I did get some maintenance house cleaning done so now the sitting room doesn't smell like DOG and the dishes are caught up. There's still laundry to fold, but that's for later tonight, perhaps. I've done a lot of sitting and reading to get through the day.
And now it's time to get me and the Sergeant in the car and go pick up Boyfriend at work.3 -
Today there’s the usual post trip laundry, grocery shopping and routines. Tomorrow it’s back to the gym because I slacked off all last week.
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It's lovely to go on a trip, but also very soul-satisfying to return home to one's normal routines...2
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Huh? Boy oh boy... GIRLS!
At least a hotel is cleaner than my place--and I don't even have to clean once a year or two!
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You're funny... which is why you're loved! How do you spell that s-word again: and if it was in place how would I be able to fit a tub or two of B+J's?!?!?!?!?! 
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You're funny... which is why you're loved! How do you spell that s-word again: and if it was in place how would I be able to fit a tub or two of B+J's?!?!?!?!?!
Okay then just do one small chore a day between the Ben and Jerry’s?
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I found a solution! I eliminated the Ben and Jerry's from the freezer!
Currently the only available ones are 90 and 100 Cal Skyr based bars! I guess threatening house chores had the desired effect! Thank you Yooly! 
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I’m saving my pint of B&J Chunky Monkey as a reward for floor mopping and heavy duty bathroom cleaning (we have 3!). Really need to downsize cuz I’m old already.
But if the threat of chores moved along PAVs stash of B&J then my work is done. You are welcome PAV 😉.1 -
It's a team effort 🤣 maybe we can apply it on Laurie and Connie too?1
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Lol...up tomorrow morning at 2:30 to drive the family to the airport - then at least a few days of major cleaning - because it seems some of the last minute "emptying" of their house ended up in my house and it is still here? It was just too expensive to move a lot to their new home province.
It all feels so very sad. It carries that sense of a lost as in passed family member because they were more clearing out a household than "moving" - and they had stuff from both of my passed mom's that is coming back through my space and time continuum - and I have to say "no" - again. Almost through it though.
Question is - tomorrow will I truly pack up all those goodies in my kitchen and take them to an out in the world garbage can like I plan?2 -
So today.
Work at home day for Boyfriend, so I didn't have to drive him to work, and I was grateful. However, at 9:15, I had to leave and take Girlfriend to the other side of the city for a doctor's appointment. She really likes that doctor, and since it's hard to find a doctor you click with, okay, once every three to six months I can drive way the heck over there. Still, today was not the day I wanted to do it, as her appointment was at ten and at noon my mother and both sons were coming to visit (mom) and do a couple home repair jobs (sons).
So now the upstairs shower has a diverter installed and one can use either the new handheld sprayer or the main showerhead. Which means we can wash the dog upstairs in the shower which gives us more room. This will help, though he loves getting washed. He stands there with his feet planted firmly, eyes half closed, lazily licking the air.
The other job was to run a line, like a clothesline, from a screw eye planted in the shed at the back of the property, to a eyebolt sunk in the brickwork of the house. This has a pulley on it to which a dog tether can be clipped, giving him tons more room to roam in the back yard.
Mom and the guys adored Sergeant, and he adored them right back.
Of course, he ended the day by going for a pull with me and yanking the leash right out of my hands, which gave me rope burn on one hand. He got caught by a neighbor, so that helped. Then when I was coming in and trying to see how bad the rope burns were he bumped the screen door and ZOOM! he was off again. And in about 30 minutes one of the neighbors called and said she had him. (sigh) Fortunately she wasn't upset with me or anything. Apparently she has a dog that's the same way. It's just tiring to deal with.
Needless to say he's asleep and snoring angelically now. And the window locks came, so I'll put them in tomorrow and be able to open up my sunroom to the breeze a little bit. (Can't do it fully til I get dog-proof screens in.) And we also have a new latch and handle for the screen door. So I know what I'll be doing tomorrow/Friday. I just keep feeling like I'm constantly playing catch-up.2 -
Drop me a line with any info re: pet proof screens....1
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Today is catch-up-on-housework day. Vacuuming and sweeping mostly. And some food prepping.
We’re into our 65th day of triple digit temperatures and it’s only mid August. Everything outside is brown and very crunchy. But after a two month dry spell, there’s actually RAIN in the area. There might even be temps only in the mid 90s. I’m stoked!1 -
RAIN RAIN RAIN! After two very hot months finally it’s raining.2
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Looks like it has been raining every day! 0
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would love to locate the mythical no maintenance good looking lawn! Even the rocks require cleaning!!! And have you tried cleaning rocks?!?!?!?!
Or maybe I am missing the magical no maintenance option?!?!?!?!? Help?!?!?!? : 0 -
Rock lawns are fairly common in the southwest and require no cleaning. The trick is to put down a solid underlay barrier to prevent weeds from coming through.would love to locate the mythical no maintenance good looking lawn! Even the rocks require cleaning!!! And have you tried cleaning rocks?!?!?!?! Or maybe I am missing the magical no maintenance option?!?!?!?!? Help?!?!?!? :
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I really liked the first one actually, the 88.7K D638 picture. But: cigarette butts, "roaches", garbage, jerks spilling slurpee, pee, poo?0
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That sounds beautiful, Yooly!
I replaced my back lawn with mulch, half-buried tires and climbing equipment a few years ago. It is pretty shady and cool (paradise) back there and the lawn barely survived when there was no child in the picture. When The Boy arrived it didn't have a chance - so I changed it to a child/dog playland. I still have gardens around the edges to keep it looking not too trashy.
Don't know how I'm going to explain those half-buried tires with The Boy a few thousand miles away???2 -
Well PAV those rock lawns tend to be in suburban residential areas. We also have home owners associations (HOAs) for enforcing common spaces and littering. I know- sounds like snootyville.
Roaches prefer shade/trees to hot rocks, don’t have trash problem outside a stray dog or deer. No roving slurpee drinkers. Not much foot traffic in our neighborhood outside of joggers and mamas with strollers. I guess in a more urban area rock lawns would be harder to keep up?
Laurie, can you plant flowers or shrubs inside the tires? My uncle in Germany used tires as planters. He painted the tires in pastel colors! Quite whimsical.1 -
roaches = left over marijuana "cigarette" butts
I'm dealing, unfortunately, with people who litter. To the list we can add broken beer bottles, sandwich wrappers, used napkins and other wet paper, chewing gum, used sandwiches... So I would love to figure out how to "wash" a rock garden!
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Ah those roaches! As a child of the sixties I should have known but that was sooooo very long ago. At my age and in Texas I mostly see the crawling 2-3 inch critters. Sounds like unless you get an electric fence around your property, rock lawns aren’t for you. 🥺1
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Drop me a line with any info re: pet proof screens....
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CSGFAY/?coliid=IMMGIQJ7BWIL9&colid=7EWP12T1QJZ0&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
Now, I haven't tried it out yet, but the reviews are good.1 -
I had a six-hour fibro flare last night/early this morning which has pretty much messed with my day. I got the window locks on, and made two pans of enchiladas with a hot chicken filling, one for tonight and one for later.2
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Thank you Alexandra! Will check out! And it ships to Canada too--which is not always the case!0
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Laurie, can you plant flowers or shrubs inside the tires? My uncle in Germany used tires as planters. He painted the tires in pastel colors! Quite whimsical.
I've seen that! But these tires are set in the ground the other way - they sort of look like a sea monster with humps raised above the water. Something to climb on - and stand atop and jump from one to the other.
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