DavidKuhnsSr Member

Good morning gentlemen. Yeah, I'm sure everything will go great, Sam. Glad things are looking up for you, too, Lee. I need to go drop Sassy off at the pet hotel. I feel kind of guilty when I do that. I miss her already. All the reservations are confirmed for our Alaska cruise the first week in September. I need to buy a…

Good morning BBB crew. Rita is better. Good thing: we're packing today, and driving down to the Oregon Coast tomorrow, with the grandkids. One night in Astoria, then two nights in Newport, before racing back up on Saturday to pick Sassy up at the Pet Lodge by noon, so we don't incur and extra day's charge. DDIL has made…

Good morning gentlemen. You're cooling off and we're getting hot. The forecast is for 97 today. We take BP every morning. Mine is typically about 120/70, but will randomly go to something like 135/85, then, just as randomly, go to 110/60. None of the numbers are worrying, but the randomness is puzzling. Lots to get done…

Good morning BBB friends. It's been a long time since I last visited the Tomb of the Unknowns. Always a moving experience for me. Rita and I took Sassy for a long walk, yesterday, and let her off leash for at least half the time. She just trotted along with us, without a problem, at all. She has really turned into a proper…

Good morning gentlemen. Taking Sassy to a new vet this morning. We'll make a follow-on appointment to get her spayed. Going to be hot, today (for Tumwater), with a high in the low 90s. We have some errands to run to get ready for our trip down the Oregon Coast with the grandkids. We're leaving on Wednesday and getting back…

Good morning BBB friends, Rita had a quiet birthday. We did go out for supper and walked around downtown Olympia for a bit. DS brought over a sampling from a new local pastry shop. Authentically French, according to DS' friend from France. That place will be a real temptation in the future. Should be mid 80s, here, today,…

Good morning gentlemen. Rita is getting better, slowly. We plan to drive down the Oregon Coast with the grandkids Wednesday, staying until Saturday. I hope she feels 100 percent by then. I have managed to drop 5 lbs. the last week, by watching my portion sizes and not snacking. 10 more to go.

Good morning BBB friends. The old sergeant major salutes Chief Dinwiddie. Today is Rita's birthday. Too bad she is still suffering the lingering effects of the crud she has had for the last week. We will defer any special celebration until later.

Good morning gentlemen. Congrats to DS1 on leaving "wobbly one" behind. Today is DW's birthday. Sadly, she is still suffering the lingering effects of her cold, so we will have no special activities. Our DS is coming over with some special breakfast treats in a little while. Glad we don't have any bear issues. The deer are…

Good morning BBB friends. Spent 8 of my 24 Army years stationed in Texas. You made me laugh, Lou. It was much the same, back in the day. Bigger hair in the 80s. I'm with Sam on the pedicure thing. I also use a bit of 120 grit sandpaper to scrape a rough spot on my big toe. LOL

Good morning gentlemen. Electrical stuff always frustrates me. The RPM gauge on my lathe isn't working, but I procrastinate on fixing it because I fear causing greater problems. Cooler, today: 73, with some clouds. Supposed to get hot next week. I used to enjoy bowling. Back in my active-duty days I bowled in several…

Good morning BBB friends. Nice, Lou. You don't look very happy about it. Big decision, Skip. Good to have plenty of time to adjust. Feeling better, today - not 100 percent, but better. That's good, because I really need to mow the lawn.

Good morning gentlemen. Surprised to kick us off. I am later getting here than usual. I feel a lot better - no worse than I would with seasonal allergies. Rita is getting better too, though slower. Starting to heat up, here. We're in the 80s this week, 90s next. Better than most of the country. The lawn is looking…

Good morning BBB friends. Still have the summer crud, but I cope. I need to get the lawn mown, today. Have a small project on the lathe, too.

Good morning gentlemen. Still feeling the symptoms of my summer cold. I am OK when medicated - Tylenol and a decongestant. I took a two-hour nap, yesterday, which helped, too. DW is far more miserable. Hope she is better today.

Good morning BBB friends. DW and I are feeling lousy together, this morning. Definitely not allergies (and tested negative for Covid). Just a rotten cold. At least being sick together, we shorten the time frame, rather than doing it in sequence. I watched the Homerun Derby for the first time in a long while, just to watch…

Good morning gentlemen. Rita and I are suffering through a miserable summer cold together. Our first colds since 2019. She is worse than I. Too bad we're under the weather, because it's beautiful outside: 84 and sunny, today. My favorite staycations were all about projects. I took a week off and built a 12 X 12 deck on the…

Good morning BBB friends. Suffering through either allergies or a summer cold. I haven't had a cold in three years. Rita feels worse than I do, I think. We tested negative for Covid. Let's spare a word for the hottest team in baseball. The Mariners won their 14th straight last night. Could this be the year when the longest…

Good morning gentlemen. Rita and I are both suffering through either bad allergies or head colds. Covid test was negative. I guess I was snoring pretty loud, so Rita retreated to the couch downstairs. She'll be cranky when she wakes up. Rita gets a bit fed up with my hikes, too Lee. We are all different on weight. I used…

Good morning BBB friends. Breaking up bonfire parties sounds more like law enforcement than HOA, to me, Skip. Glad it rained. I am suffering all the classic allergy symptoms of the season: itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing. DW has the same but fears Covid. Out of an abundance of caution, I guess we will stay home from…

Good morning gentlemen. My parents both grew up in St. Louis. Imagine living in the Midwest in the days before AC. Ugh! Cloudy and cool here, today. High of 69. Then we're back to low 80s for the next two weeks. Our weather is nice, but the pollen is bugging me. I think it's weeds, now, with some grass pollens, too. Itchy…

Good morning BBB friends. It will be 72 and sunny, today. It doesn't get much better than that. Only downside, for me, is that my allergies are really acting up. I think it's weed pollen, now. I enjoyed my hike, yesterday, up an abandoned road into Olympic National Park. I walked 14 miles, with 1,700 feet of climbing, and…

Good morning gentlemen. We almost never see skunks around here. I don't know why. They were everywhere, when I was growing up in Oregon. Had a pleasant and fast hike, yesterday. I walked up an abandoned road into Olympic National Park. Other than short stretches crossing slides, you don't have to watch where you put your…

Good morning BBB friends. We're classic old folks in our house. We watch TV every night and always work our way through our favorites. Rather than lament the lame ends of streaming series, we often wish they ended earlier. The writers run out of ideas, and they get repetitive. We drop them when we get bored: Orange is the…

Good morning gentlemen. It's funny, we have never had a rabbit in our garden. The deer used to be a problem, until we fenced the backyard. We have had issues with racoons and squirrels, and gophers, too. Slugs are a constant threat. I leave all that to Rita, anyway. She's the gardener. I decided to go for a hike, today.…

OK, Bill, your prison ministries comment made me laugh. Hang in there.

Good morning BBB friends. Alone has been one of my shows for years. It airs on Thursday nights on the History Channel. Successful morning sitting by the lake, yesterday. I read half of an escapist paperback (a western) and caught my limit of trout. Skip, I feel for you. I went through a stressful period my last two years…

Good morning gentlemen. Had fun fishing, yesterday: I sat by the lake for a couple hours, doing nothing but read and enjoy the scenery, then caught my limit of big, fat trout over the next couple hours. Really pretty day, too. Hope the dust reduction helps, Steve. That's why we have long lamented putting carpet in our…

We take our Sasquatch rights very seriously.

Good morning BBB crew. It's going to be 75, here, today and I am going to spend it outside, sitting next to a lake, watching my fishing line. I remember Texas heat well. No thank you. No minnows for me. Use of them is illegal up here, anyway.