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Thank you Susan for posting the pictures and bringing the report I sent you, so appreciated.
I have blue tape in bathroom Kitchen Hallway Bedroom Dining room on all the walls & floors including carpets in dining room bedroom and hallway that have water damage. All ceilings walls floors carpets and baseboards in bathroom had water seeping and in bathroom it was seeping out from the baseboards.
I have 6 large blowers & dehumidifiers blowing 24/7 and they will be running until Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, then there is the assessment and then work will begin, the association told me it could be well into the Fall
before the work gets completely done.
I won’t have Susan post any further pictures as it gives you enough of an idea of what I am dealing with here. Thanks again Susan.
Linda, that’s quite a story about the trout you caught without a fishing rod. I join you, Sandi Barb and Marilyn in heat wave. Yesterday afternoon my temps were 100 degrees outside, if I didn’t have AC and Fans it would be unbearable. Today I checked my forecast and today temps were between 87 degrees starting in morning and temps in the 90’s+ so down from
100+ temps last few days.
Marilyn, sorry about your vertigo you have been dealing with, and your hernia issues, my heart goes out to you, keeping you in prayer!
Thank you everyone for your care and support to me regarding the flood!
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Oh wow. Thank you for the pictures. What a mess. Prayers the insurance can figure it out quickly.
Prayers for Judith’s health too.
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Thank you Barb for your kindness and your prayers!
Hope everyone is having a good day! I came on here earlier as the temps are rising with the sunny ☀️ heat hitting my place, pushing 95 degrees!
Will be back tomorrow!
Tracked my Nutrition and Fitness. My exercise these days is hand watering and tending to the garden!
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Good morning all. I'll be late f I r church if I don’t get ready now. It's Sunday here. Glad to have helped, Judith. ❤️🙏1
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Prayers for you Judith continue and for your plants with heat and the flooding from your apartment/condo, Prayers normal can come soon with your apartment/condo.1
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Our car thermometer said it was 102F today. I did put some laundry out on the line today and it dried beautifully. We went to exercise at the fitness center which was air conditioned and to the store but tried to stay inside most of the time. Humidity is 5% today so in this heat, it is easy to become dehydrated quickly.
I spent most of the day doing laundry. folding it and organizing it into bins for the next time we need it. I have a pretty extensive list of what is needed when we go to the cabin. It certainly does help us not forget something that can not be replaced by just going to the store. There are no stores close by so we just have to do without if we forget something. We do need to replace our ice blocks mid week for the cooler and there is a place we can get this but not a big grocery store.
We have been watching the news off and on most of the afternoon about the attempt to shoot Donald Trump at his campaign stop. It makes me sad of the evil that is in the world. It sounds like the shooter was killed so they may never find out what was the motive and who was involved.
Judith - praying for your strength during your hot temperatures. Also for quick remediation for the flood. Do you rent or own your apartment? I was thinking that if you rent, your landlord should be able to help with some things. Which ever is the case, God will provide for you in all the ways you need Him to do.
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Good morning. We are driving north for an hour to meet family at the Ginger Factory for lunch today so I am getting ready for that. Our 2yo granddaughter will have 4 adults to play with. She should love that.
Linda, glad you are so organised about the cabin. It reminds me of my caravan list. Most of the things we need are now already packed.in the caravan but there are things we don't want two of so I have a list. We had the news about Donald Trump here too. I am sad for the lives that were lost and the injuries inflicted. There is much evil in the world. We fight a spiritual battle against it every day and thd Lord who knows the end from the beginning is on our side. That's what keeps me going!
Good idea for Judith if she rents her apartment, but also insurance will help with contents at any rate.
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Our heat index today was 104*. We have another heat day, and then the heat wave will break as the sun goes down. I told our dh to wait with the heat to mow as the grass will only burn. So Tuesday I hope he mows and we should get rain and cooler temps. Looking forward to that.
Prayers for Judith.
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Barb - if you don't mind me asking, where do you live? It seems the heat wave is covering a huge area of North America. Our temperature is a bit lower today. It is only 100F. The clouds are beginning to gather in our area but I really doubt that there will be any moisture from them. If there is, it will probably dry up before it hits the ground. The wind that is accompanying the darker clouds does make it feel a bit cooler so that is good.
Susan - What kind of restaurant is the Ginger Factory? I love ginger but it is used in a lot of Asan dishes that I am allergic to and can not eat. My dad had ginger candies he would eat that seemed to help his digestion.
Judith - I pray that the fans are doing their job at drying out your house. Having hot weather can help too but I am sure that you do not want to open your doors and let the hot inside! When we had a flood at our facility where I worked, they were really concerned with mold and I remember the huge machines they had to dry out the floors and the walls. That was several years ago but it did take a lot of time to get done. My dad was living in assisted living at my facility and he had to be moved out of his room into another facility. I hope you do not have as much damage as they did. The water was about 2 foot tall surrounding the facility for a short time.
Marilyn - I pray your hernia is acting better.
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Evening Hello,
I am thankful that I have Insurance and have had House Insurance for many years. My husband and I owned 2 Houses and when I lost my husband the houses were sold and I bought a 3 bedroom 3 story townhouse Co-Op and lived there for a few years until I moved West! I rented and had planned to take over my Mothers Condo but then I had my Work accident attacked by one my patients. That plan fell thru as I ended up in a wheelchair so when Mom passed the Condo was sold. I found a lovely condo to Rent and have been here for several years. Due to the Flood being caused by another unit 3 rd floor that owner and my unit and Building association pays the damages, new carpets and floors and whatever else needs replacing.
However I’m responsible for my own personal things and will have to pay for moving costs.
My deductible for my Insurance is $1,000 plus! It covers the move to be relocated and the Insurance pays the rent until this place is ready
for me.
I don’t know the extent of damage yet, they come back Tues-Wednesday and hope I know then.
Hope you all had a Blessed Lords Day!
I read all your posts but I can’t reply now as it’s late and I am heading to bed. God Bless you all!
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Well it is in the upper 9o.s today. Maybe not 100*. Our daughter who lives in Wichita area is over 100*. They are to get to 105* & us 100*. Not sure if we will hit that.
I live in Kansas near KC, KS. I was born in PA & have a Philadelphia accent.
Where are you from Healthyme?
Still praying for you Judith. Prayers not too much of your belongings are not ruined.
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Barb - My name is Linda and I live on the Western slope of Colorado in a college town that is called Grand Junction. We have a small house here that we will eventually retire in and a much larger house in the Denver area that our oldest daughter lives. When her daughter graduates this next Summer, they will move here to be closer to us and for my granddaughter to go to college here. At that time we will sell our house in Denver. We have two other children who live in the Denver area and we will not get to see them as often as we do now when we travel "over the mountain" to do things that are needed for our house and to see the grandkids. We are still involved in the Denver church and are helping a little church here in Grand Junction that Denver started. Our son-in-law was born in Kansas and lived in Hutchinson for many years then graduated from Kansas state so we have some things in common.
We just had a brief shower which did make it a little cooler but only by a few degrees. It was a high of 101F today. When my husband talked to one of his students from our school from Kuwait this morning, he said it was 126F in his country. They do not go outside of their homes until it cools down in the late evening.
Judith - I did not realize that they might have to relocate you for the repair work. I guess I was just not thinking well. It does make sense that they would need you out of the house. That sounds like it is going to be difficult for you and the other people in the condo. I assume that the second floor occupant also had water damage. I pray that your beautiful furnishings will not be ruined and that they will be able to be used by your for a long time.
I am doing some deep cleaning this week to get ready for our guests that come in on Friday. They are the parents of our minister who want to spend time enjoying their first granddaughter. (Clarification for Barb and Sandi - when we are gone to Denver, relatives of the people in the church sometimes stay in our house while they are visiting Grand Junction. It saves them money and we like to have people in our house while we are gone. It does not happen too often but we are glad to help out.)
Stay cool and hydrated everyone who is in the hot areas.
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Linda So nice! We were in the SW Co just last month. We stayed in a town Cortez, CO. Got to see many canyons and such, plus 4 corners.
I thnk we have been to Grand Junction. That is neat that your kids live or will live close to you. We had a ds living in Wyoming, but now lives in Branson, MO, which is 4 hours away. Our dd lives 2.5-3 hours away. The other 2 live closer and I help watch them at times.
We are looking for a new church as our pastor of 30 years retired and the replacement has no seminary and only a BS in Counseling.
My father in law grew up in Hutchinson, KS
Prayers Judith if relocate but that makes sense, God knows and prayerfully it will all turn out well.
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Hello everyone. Sounds like your summers are all hot. Meanwhile parts of Australia are getting snow! Not where I live in SE Queensland though. We wear light sweaters for our mild winters and add a blanket to our
beds at night.
Linda, the Ginger Factory is a Ginger plantation. It caters to tourists with a train ride through the fields and around the factories, it has quirky stores, a plant nursery and a storybook forest walk as well as eateries. They make Ginger gelato, chocolate, scones, tea, gingerbread men, pickled Ginger slices, crystallised Ginger, etc etc. They also have a lovely gift shop with beautiful crockery depicting native birds and plants. It's a place you can spend hours, and it was a favourite place for our kids when they were growing up. Now our grandchildren enjoy it. Our 2yo granddaughter loves the train ride....
Here's our granddaughter meeting the Gruffalo (storybook character) in the Forest Walk.
It's more of a rainforest than a North American forest.
Judith, I am glad your insurance company will move you away while your repairs are being done. Do they pick the place you move to or do you? I hope you find somewhere nice. It's likely to be awhile that you are there. Ouch on the $1000 excess fee.
Barbara, nice to know more about you. The only tie I had to Kansas was that one of my grandmothers came from there.
Have good days, everyone.
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Evening Hello Everyone,
Barb it has been great learning more about you as you share here. I have connections to different parts of the USA with family in Buffalo New York, Toledo Ohio, Miami and Boston. Growing up as a child I visited those States to be with family. I had planned a trip to Boston but with my health I can’t travel now. I often saw my Brother in the Toronto area as he was in town to see Dad where he lived. I lived in Daytona Beach Florida and Lafayette Louisiana many years ago but have not
travelled to Wyoming or Branson!
Linda, I didn’t realize you would be selling your Denver home once your daughter and family move to Grand Junction when your granddaughter attends the University. It does make sense with already having a cabin and your camper trailer in Denver you wouldn’t need that home. Glad you had a shower and hopefully it helped cool things down for you.
Susan, thank you for sharing the pictures and telling us all about the Ginger Plantation. The Gift Shop sounds lovely. I enjoyed you telling us about the Train going through the Forrest. Your Granddaughter looks so sweet as she meets Guffalo, the Forrest Character during her walk. The Train reminds me of the Stanley Park Train we have in Vancouver, every Christmas time the Park has an area the Fire Department decorates in Lights and Festive Buildings for people to being their children to see the lights and meet Santa for picture taking, families also go on the Train for a ride through Forrest area all decorated in Colourful Lights. The Firemen put this show on to help support the Burn Unit at VGH in the work that is being done to help Burn Patients. They accept a Donation at the Gate Entrance to the Park from those who come to the Park over the Christmas and New Years.
Sandi and Marilyn, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
Tomorrow I have the Restoration people coming in to access the damage and what needs to be done. Here’s hoping I won’t have to relocate while it’s being repaired! Blessings on your evening.
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Judith prayers as the Restoration people come today. I’m 2 hours ahead of you. Plus your health Judith. Linda neat hearing about you. Prayers as you can’t travel. My mom lives in Lancaster,PA where signs n sound is. It’s also in Branson, MO. I got to see Esther there my first sign n sound show. Amazing. My ds gave me 4 shows to watch on Tv. I’ve watched 2 so far.
I hope to learn more about Sandi who I have a sister with that name & Marilyn. My dh & I took a the train ride from Durango.CO to Silverton, Co. this summer it was fun. We didn’t make it t, CO as rock slide.
The light show reminded us on the train ride in CO by the royal gorge. They have a train ride for kids in December like the polar express. Neat how several places do that for kids
Prayers for all.
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Good Morning All
Just an update about the flood here to keep you in the loop.
I just got a call from Canstar the restoration company, they just called and the Team are coming at 10:00am this morning to access the unit to see if water has dried up, Hopefully the machines can come out and the other Team can come in and tell me what work needs done! I will keep you up-dated as I know more. Thanks for your prayers! 🙏
I will be back after the Team leave and bring you todays Devotions and Bible Reading with working on our other Threads! God Bless you all!
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Judith - Thanks for the update. We are living vicariously through your notes of how things are going. By now the restoration people have been there and I hope they had good news that the repair work will not take too long and will not require a relocation. How is your nerve pain in your neck down to your hand? I pray that the injections will ease some of the pain for you.
Susan - thanks for the information on the Ginger Factory. I can see how your kids enjoyed comming here for the treats and entertainment. Your little granddaughter is so cute. I love her braids (I think that is what they are.) We used to call them "pig tails" but I don't know if the current generation calls them that.
Barb - We have been on the Durango to Silverton, Co. train ride. It is really beautuiful during the Fall season when the trees are changing colors. They are not nearly as pretty as the colors in the East where I grew up (red, orange, yellow, etc) but the yellow aspen leaves agains the blue sky can be gorgeous.
Marilyn - I was glad to see in the other group that you are improving. I wish it were faster but our bodies respond differently to each virus, disease, etc. I have two families nearby that are just now recovering from Covid. I had hoped we were done with that but it seems this time, people are not as sick as the first time it came around.
Sandi - I hope you are doing well.
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Hello everyone. It's a cold winter day here and parts of Queensland had heavy frost overnight. My hands won't warm up today. I'm thinking of putting on the heater.
Linda, you're welcome for the Ginger Factory info. Our little granddaughter did have pigtails! Her mother and father were pleased they could give her that hairstyle on the day as their daughter is not patient with her hair. I hope you are having a good day.
Judith, that's progress of the assessors are coming out today. I hope they can give you a report right away too. I'll look forward to hearing about the next steps in them handling the flood damage. Glad you enjoyed hearing about the Ginger Factory. The Stanley Park train sounds wonderful and what a good cause.
Barb, thank you for your prayers. My life in the US centred on the West Coast, in California and Washington state, but I also lived in the North West Territory in Canada awhile. I have relatives all over the States - Arkansas, Texas, Ca. Or, and some I haven't met in Moch8gan, Tenessee, Kansas, etc etc. I've been in Australia much longer though, always living in Queensland. My Aussie husband and I enjoy being travellers and recently spent 9
months seeing lots more of Australia by road in a caravan.
Sandi, hope all is well.
Marilyn, good to hear you are feeling better.
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Hello All
Barb, thanks for sharing in the Daily Devotional about your dear granddaughter having a cut and being afraid of seeing blood. I can understand her at 2 years being frightened. The devotional was in good timing in how God cares for every area of our lives even the cut your granddaughter has.
Thanks for your prayers regarding the flood. Should have a report by tomorrow but they did indicate they would have to replace the ceiling in bathroom. Will know more tomorrow.
Susan, thanks for sharing more of your life story in all the places you have lived in. One thing I didn’t know was you living in the NorthWest Territories, Canada. That’s so awesome. When was that and how long did you live there. I know you and Colin love to travel but that far to Canada is Far! 😊
Linda, sorry that I might of mislead you about the injections to my neck due to nerve damage that was causing issues with arm and hand. My neurologist said if the other treatment that is being tried first doesn’t work I would be sent to a neurosurgeon who would do the injections. They are trying every other treatment first as the injections in neck and spine require me to be in a CT Scanner so the correct place is found to guide the surgeon to administer the injections. It can be a dangerous procedure if not done correctly. Will keep you updated on that. I will be able to answer your question and Barb and Susan about flood issues tomorrow when I know more. I shared one thing they indicated to me with post to Barb above.
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Judith, so sorry to hear about your flooding issues, what a mess! All because someone was careless with running a bath!
We are still battling the heat but thankful we haven’t had a hurricane in our area yet but the season goes until the end of November!
Love reading everyone’s posts!
I had my chest X-ray yesterday and everything was okay. Now I’m waiting on an appointment with the pulmonologist to see why I am having shortness of breath. I don’t feel bad so not sure what is going on. It just started a couple of weeks ago.
Have a good Wednesday!
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I have a blood type that is in great demand so I received a message asking me to come in to donate blood. I made an appointment but was rejected because I am slightly anemic. This is the second time this has happened so I am a bit concerned. They told me to get vitamins with iron in it and come back in a week and they will test me again. I have been trying to eat more green vegetables and take extra protein with my cereal in the morning but that is not enough. I will be in Denver next week so maybe I will try to donate when I am there.
I am working on cleaning out my office today. This is a job that I am not looking forward to but it needs to be done! It is amazing how much I can throw away that I thought at one time was very important. I have quite a few things to take to the donation center and lots that I have thrown away because it was worn out.
We had lunch with our friends who just came back from celebrating her 70th birthday. The family had given her a surprise party with video tributes about how much she meant to all of us. She said she used up a whole box of tissues listening to what everyone was saying. She is very special to many of her friends.
Good to hear from all of you. I need to get back to work cleaning. Ugh! I know if will look so much better when I am through and the work will be worth it all.
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Hello Everyone,
Sandi, good seeing you here, we have missed you but glad you are safe. I had forgotten you were in hurricane season, please stay safe in the heat and keep well hydrated. So sorry about your shortness of breath but glad to hear they are staying on top of it. Please let us know what the pulmonologist says at your appointment. I will keep you in much prayer. Thank you for your kindness regarding the flood issues I’ve had this past week. I am waiting on some answers about what all they need to do with repairing the damage. I should know later today.
Linda, so sorry about you testing with low blood levels. I remember you telling us before you couldn’t donate your Blood due to being anemic. Hope your Doctors can figure out why this seems to be an ongoing issue, or it seems that way on my part with remembering I heard this before. I know how much it means to you to give Blood so hoping when you are back in Denver and are tested you will be cleared of anemia! That would bring me joy, I’m sure you also. I hear you about cleaning out your office, I cleaned my computer/office room and file cabinet out few months back, threw out stuff gave away some stuff and today looking at it you’d never know I had done that work! Big Sigh 😔
Susan, thinking of you and as always keep you in my prayers… I am on early as this afternoon has got hotter than it was expected.
Marilyn, thinking of you and praying for you also.
Barb I saw you on some of our threads today. It’s good seeing you participating and sharing with us on many of the threads.
I will come back tonight or when I know what work Canstar (restoration company) tell me what they need to do in the repairs here.
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It's another cool day here but a little warmer than yesterday. I have a card class to run this afternoon so will get set up for that soon. We can have breakfast at our dining room table but not lunch as I need the table set up for card class. We have a little patio table and chairs so will be fine eating out there.
Judith, good to hear you don't need those injections yet and that the flood repair assessment is still happening. It all takes time, hey. Our stay in the NWT was back in the 1960s for 3 1/2 years. There was a lead - zunc mine about 60 miles east of Hay River back then which is where we lived. We were 12 miles south of the Great Slave Lake. Our town is a ghost town today as the mine finished its job there and there was no other industry to keep it going. The mine company just moved the houses out to another town when the mining was done.
Linda, sorry to hear about your anaemia. I hope you can correct it by diet. A friend over here needs iron injections every few months to avoid the fatigue. I hope you don't have to have those. No wonder cleaning out your office is so tiring. Take care.
Sandi, sorry to hear you have shortness of breath. I hope the Drs find out what is wrong soon and can help you. My husband had a similar issue and they did a number of things for him. They discovered he needed a stent in his coronary artery and that he had a rare form of asthma. They also fixed a hiatus hernia he had. All were contributing to the problem. Our bodies can be compicated like that! Three specialists were needed for him, so if the lung specialist can't find anything wrong, maybe ask what else might be causing your breathlessness?
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Hii, I hope all had a good day.
It was cooler today after some rain yesterday. It's to be cooler for a week! Rain this weeknd too.
My dh got our lawn mowed and I washed the 3 rag rugs I made long time ago. I may wash some doilies that I made tomorrow, time will tell.
Judith. We all are praying and hope we hear some good news from you. Prayers.
Susan so you are a traveller with an Aussie dh. Neat.
We just travel in the states. I had a passport but let it expire, Went to Spain when I wsa 5 andmy son was there wit with Cru.
Marilyn hope you are feeling better and had a good day.
Linda the ride Durango to Silverton, was the 2nd time we tried it the first being in 2020 and it got cancelled of course. This time we got to the Canyons due to the rock slide going u further to Silverton. At least we had some of it. It sure is pretty. I'm sure in the fall it's gorgeous.
The fall color is neat in the NE. Being from PA we camped a lot so I've been from ME - FL and now living in KS we've been to midwest states and the canyons of UT and NM. The 4 corners is neat too!
I guess having worked with the Navajo one summer makes it special to me. I was counselor there.
I hoe all had a good day, and if hto and humid it changes soon for you.
Happy Summer all!!
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Today I repotted our prickly pear plant. I had to put it in a new pot last year and got rid of most of the plant. Anyhow I didn't put it in a big enough plant. So I bought a outside/inside pot and some cactus soil and my dh helped me a bit. I hope it does well and if I need to repot it I may just get rid of it.
Have a great day.
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Barb, I repotted a couple of orchids that were climbing out into the air this week. They ate in clear pots now so maybe the roots won't wander so much. Hey, nice to hear about your travels and work.
Marilyn. You got this! Keep your resolve. Hugs.
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Today was a busy day getting last minute details done for our guests. We even had to cut down some memory foam mattresses that were too big for my mattress pads. We used an electric knife to cut them and it did surprisingly well. The edges of the mattress may not be exactly straight but at least the mattress is not curling up on the edges because the pad was too small. I am not sure why we did not cut it down before when we had people stay here but now it is done and I am satisfied with how it looks. Tomorrow I will do the last load of clothes and sheets and hopefully will be done with preparation. If it is not ready to my standards they probably will not notice anyway. They will be just sleeping here and spending most of their time with the new baby during the day. I give myself high standards that are not necessary. If I were running a business that people paid to use our house that would be different but this is just a free place to stay for them. Sometimes people leave a gift for us. The last people left a really nice air plant. So far it is still alive although I do mist it occasionally since our humidity is so dry it can not get enough moisture out of the air.
Our temperature only got up to 98F today so it was a relief to have some cooler weather. It was still hot but we were able to get to the store and back without melting. LOL We had a birthday party for a friend who just turned 70 today. She asked for an ice cream cake. By the time we had it cut and everyone had a piece, it was beginning to melt on the counter. Glenn said maybe we should have given everyone a spoon to eat their cake with since it was more liquid than cake.
I must get to bed so I can get up early and work on the last few things to do. We were not here last week to put our trash out for pick up so we for sure need to have it picked up tomorrow. We will leave for Denver as soon as they come by and pick up two weeks worth of trash.
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