Good evening. I have had my nose in a library book mot of today except when I was doing cardio or laundry. We didn’t have much rain today and it wasn’t pier hot. We had. Nice breeze.

Sandy, enjoy dinner out with your son tomorrow.

Jackie, I had a broadcast of today’s pomp and pageantry. I do love horses so that was lovely to watch. And seeing Katherine and the children was nice. Gosh, they are growing up! Do you hear anything from Anne?

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Good morning. We had storm watches for this area overnight. Luckily, nothing ever popped up here. Just a title bit of rain. It is a bit odd to go to bed in a bedroom on the second level of a house with watches in effect until 2 or 3 in the morning. But this has been an odd weather year.

A sunny day with a forecast high of 97 degrees F. I turned my air conditioner up a bit. Yes, not down up. I just got my power bill yesterday and got quite a jump in electric.

I will attend church online today and get some cardio later on.

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Good afternoon. It is in the 90’s now. I am surprised it has heated up that much as we had some cloudy hours this morning. I messed about getting my Amazon devices working. They both went offline and I had to reset them. Kind of odd, they have always automatically reconnected to my WiFi network if they lose their connections for any reason. Bizarre. Just testing my patience I guess. 😎 I did have a reminder set for later this week on the device in my kitchen, it got wiped out. Anyway, moving on, I did crush boxes as it is trash day tomorrow. And I got my cardio minutes in for the day.

I need to do a couple of errands tomorrow if I can get going before it gets hot again. I was going to do the on Wednesday but I hear that is an official holiday now so lots of things will be closed. And I got a reminder, dental appointment first thing Wednesday morning. 🙃 I need to make sure I have my new insurance card with me.

Jackie, it sounds as if you are fighting too many pests and beasties this year in order to have fresh veggies. Best wishes. The lady teaching the cardio dance class this morning was quite sad as her previously doing well garden was attacked by deer. She was hoping that they hadn’t comeback for seconds while she was at work. So your electrician finally got back to you. Hot, cold, hot, cold. Hard to keep up! Wow, you may have a gang descending on you in August ! Finding a place to book sounds nearly impossible. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Sandy, did your son show up to join you at the pool? I hope so, thy would be nice. That looks like a nice restaurant by the way.

Wishing everyone well.

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Hi, Sandy, banks and the post office will be closed tomorrow. UPS, FedEx, retail stores, etc. will be operating as usual.

I sent Anne a card today and she replied that she was off for an appointment for a hearing aid test.

I did my errands this morning. Wow, it was windy. Storm potential late tonight, again.

The online check in system for the dentist wasn’t working well today. I did my best and then called the office to discuss the problems and to see if they could update my email address which was wrong.

Hope everyone has a good night’s sleep! Time to go to my regular Tuesday night live.

See ya soon.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Wow!!

Hello! I’m sorry I didn’t check in yesterday. I had a wonderful walk across the top moors then took George and Betty to visit Maddy, sip coffee and talk about her experiences of WWII. Debbie Woof Woof had gone to a wolf sanctuary with her husband but returned home before I left. Both had scratches on noses and faces from playing with puppies but I didn’t get a reason for wolves being in England other than it is for educational purposes! I found a large van parked across my garage when I got home and a cement mixer churning away, so had to persuade the men working there to move the vehicle enough to allow me to put my car away. Whatever job they were carrying out was on my neighbours’ property and when I sat outside to enjoy a cheese and crackers late lunch an extremely loud pneumatic drill started up and quickly drove me back inside! I tried one more time to go outside to carry out weeding but couldn’t concentrate so gave up and instead called my friend Pat to check if she was ok after her first cataract removal. The drilling finally stopped around 4pm but by then I was ready to prepare chicken coq au vin so did no more than water outdoor pots.
I had typed a long email to Anne but again, must have hit a wrong key so off it whooshed into the ether. It’s never the same to repeat news but I did manage a late message before bed.

Today I have spent the morning with friend Linda. She drove us to a garden centre that has a very nice cafe so we sat in the sunshine and enjoyed avocado and egg on toast with lots of coffee. We hadn’t met up for about 3 weeks so there was lots of news back and forth. I bought more bags of potting compost and a couple of reduced price plants that are already sitting up after I watered them.
Next doors’ builders seem to have finished whatever they were doing and left a pile of rubble in their parking space! At least it’s peaceful again!

Oh no, I don’t want to turn back the page and risk losing everything but do remember Sandy has plans for another busy few days but hopefully no storm arrived Lin? Anne and I generally chat politics as we have an election next month and she does appear to be well looked after by Michael and his friend Sandy. Promise I will check if she is receiving copies of our Sneakers posts later today!

I must feed the hens some corn then myself!

Stay safe.
Jackie 🥰

I’m sorry to be heading into Saturday and only just getting to bed! Yes, a very busy day outside because the forecast was for rain by 5pm so I just kept going until I dropped! What happened next? Yes, I fell asleep watching my favourite gardening programme and now awake I’m wondering if I’ll sleep when I get to bed!

I’ve heard from Anne to tell me she has been unwell again. I’ll copy and paste here. Poor love keeps getting these setbacks which I think she feels might be something to do with meds she has been subscribed.

Hi Jackie, I’m just sending this to let you know I was horribly ill yesterday. Much better today but as weak as a kitten before it grows into Brady! Yes I’m getting Sandys emails and much appreciate them. Hope I’ll be sending a communal email soon will you tell her! Meanwhile, back to join Bean on the couch for an afternoon nap. Sorry to be such a bore, but this thing I’ve got really knocks the stuffing out of me. Lots of love to you, the pet girls, and of course our Sneaker friends, Anne.

Sandy, I’m sure once Anne is feeling more like her old self she will find her way back to our Sneakers forum. Good news, your injection worked!

Lin, I do empathise with trying to find tradespeople to even turn up to look at a job. Happens too often in my experience. Gorgeous teapots. I recently watched a programme about a senior lady living in a house similar to the pretty green 2 storey home one. She is an artist so surrounded by materials to create her eye catching paintings, all in strangely shaped rooms! All a bit too claustrophobic for me. 🫨

Off to bed!
Jackie 🥰

Hi Everyone. Missing in Action again. I had a cortisone injection in my right hamstring on Thursday. Still recovering. Hope it works.

Soccer tournaments. I was too sore to go to Lukas’s morning game but went out for the 3 pm one. I love going because he loves soccer and really likes it when we go out.

Tomorrow Lukas has a gold medal game at 10:30 am and the Blairs have soccer at noon. Hope I can make the games.

Before my cortisone shot I got in a couple nice walks.


Sleep overs with our little granddaughters on Monday and Tuesday. That will be fun.

Have fun everyone

Jeri

Hello Sneakers. Suddenly we have muggy, steamy weather so I’ve not been overdoing things! A local walk round the block had my thick hair flopping uncontrollably because I needed to use the hood of my jacket to stay dry. Once George and Betty were settled back home I drove into town for some pet items and moisturiser for my poor hands that require constant washing when gardening. The country has a heatwave warning for a few days but I don’t think it will affect me because there is a lot of cloud hanging overhead.

Hello Jeri. Always great to hear from you, especially when your photos are included. We have a few Canada geese that spend summer months at our local reservoir. I love to hear them flying over my roof, calling out as they go!

Enjoy your visit Sandy and any pool time.

Christmas cards Lin? That is forward planning! 🎅🏼. Are you looking at perennial shrubs to plant in front of your house? Still waiting for landscapers? No news from Anne over the weekend but I’ll continue to send her little messages.

Betty just asked to go out into the garden and blow me, it’s raining. So much for a heatwave coming anywhere near Cornwall!

Feet up time. Stay safe everyone.
Jackie 🥰

It has been a strange day weather wise. All the talk of a dangerous heatwave seems to cover everywhere but here. I went out early to get some groceries and it did feel slightly muggy in town but once home and off to the moors, I had to put an extra layer of clothing on because it remained cloudy and breezy. I took George and Betty on a short, level route but did stop to talk to the owner of a huge Malamute I only see occasionally. I really must get a photo of my two standing next to him!

Not much going on after that. Brady’s cat flap in the door between the dining room and conservatory has been playing up, usually in the middle of the night when I’m woken up by the sound of him desperately trying to force the flap open because the magnet on his collar isn’t working the mechanism. It could have been nothing more than a speck of dirt fallen in a tiny gap so I removed it from the door and washed it thoroughly. It does seem to be working again when I operate it with a spare magnet but time will tell tonight when I’m sleeping! I also washed the shower room from top to bottom before relaxing with my usual cup of tea. I like the latest teapot with its naive art picture of a magpie Lin. It would sit perfectly in my yellow kitchen.

Time for bed. The dogs have already been out for their last visit in the garden and are snoozing. I must remember to rub the new cream into my over washed hands!
Nite, nite
Jackie 🥰

Happy birthday Diane!