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Good morning! I am leaning into a very lazy day here in Kansas. I did get out early this morning with my camera. We have cloudy skies today and light rain off and on. We'll finish August about 4.5 inches of rain below normal. Lee, I know that selling your boat is difficult, and I hope that the house sale gets resolved. I…

Good morning! I'm finding myself very stiff and sore from yard work yesterday. I hope it loosens up as I move around a little. I'll be doing more inside the house today, as I have dusting, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, and fun stuff like that. We have a new Ollie's open near us. I had never been to one before. I like…

Good morning! I agree that email is a pain. I get dozens a day, and most are deleted without even looking to see who they are from. I have no idea how many actually hit my spam filter, and I know that once in a while, I miss an important email, because it hit spam. Connie asked that I do a lot of outdoor work today. I have…

Good morning! Lee, I'm happy you are thinking about a timeline now. Good for you! Although, it would be good to be out there for Christmas. I plan to spend a chunk of today outside. Connie bought three plants for me to dig holes for, and I bought another rose bush for myself. The ground is so hard from this summer. We'll…

Good morning! Lee, it is good to hear from you again. Congrats on the 4th place! I hope in all of your busy-ness that you are finding some "me" time too. I have a chiropractor appointment this afternoon. I'm hoping to get some house work done this morning. Right after breakfast, I'm heading out in my old truck with my…

Good morning! Bill, that looks so beautiful where you live now. I'm so happy for you and for Heather. That was a very nice picture that you posted. Frankie needs to go to the DVM this afternoon to get a couple of shots. She is just over 11 years old now. She is looking old, and although she still runs and walks every day,…

Good morning! Yep! Frankie woke me at 5:00 this morning. Today will be working outside day, at least in the morning. I am feeling my age too much to work outside all day. I need to do it in chunks. Lovin' this cooler weather! I know it is going to get hot again, and that's OK if it is not that real high humidity for weeks…

Good morning! Ah, I beat Mike this morning. Frankie started to try to wake me at 5:30 this morning. Silly old girl. Today is Sunday rest day. I'll be taking a 60 minute walk early on this morning. It was 56 degrees this morning when I took Frankie out. I don't remember the last time we saw 50 something in the the morning.…

Good morning! Mike, you beat me by seconds. I'm hoping that today will be a work outside day. The cold front has not arrived yet, but it is much cooler outside. Cool enough that I can start getting some work done. I have not seen Woody II again, but if I do, I will get out the live trap. Not much else planned that I am…

Good morning! We are finally starting to see a little bit of cooler weather. The cold front is not supposed to get here until tomorrow night, but already there is a change in the air. This is a huge sigh of relief. I was going to try to get some work done outside today, and I still might, but I woke up feeling tired with a…

Good morning! I still have not decided if I want to trap Woody II, or try and run him off with moth balls, cat urine, etc. We are slowly starting to get some cooler weather. Next week is supposed to be awesome. I did get the yard mowed. The feels like yesterday was down to 105. I might try to start on the weed whacking and…

Good morning! Mike, I am envious of your camping. It sounds just wonderful. You really do a great job on the preparation too. I have walked three days in a row of 45 minutes. I am headed eventually towards up to 90 minutes of walking per day. We'll see. I finally get to mow today. It will be long and slow because the grass…

Good morning! I have walked, either outside, or on the treadmill 45 minutes each of the last three days. It is a start. I have an early morning dental appointment (permanent crown), so I will be doing the treadmill this evening, or outside if it is cooler. We are supposed to be getting a little cooler weather for a bit.…

Good morning! Mike, I hope it works out with the old school mechanic. Sam, I'm glad that Joanne has turned a corner for the better. I pray that the docs can stay on top of it. Bill, that's awesome that you can walk on the beach again. I saw your pic on FB. Sweet! Today is going to be hot, hot, hotter than Atlanta, but at…

Good morning! Today is going to be a better day. Even though it is very humid and icky already this morning, I am going to go out for a walk in a little bit. We are under a heat advisory through Monday. When the dew point gets above 70, they call it oppressive. We've been getting very close to 80 with our humidity. Not…

Thank you guys for the kind support. A lot of it is the continuing heat, part of it is the whole cooking/menu thing, but the trigger is a piece of mail received addressed to Jacob. It was an ad. 15 years later, and it can still be a trigger. Tomorrow is a new day. I will head out early before it starts getting hot. I'll…

Good morning! Whether you are with anyone or not, that camping trip sounds awesome, Mike. That was a beautiful picture that you took. I can easily imagine a moose back there in the foggy mist. Bob, prayers that it is nothing serious with the spot you found. I have felt like carp the last couple of days with sinus issues…

Good morning! Sam, it is good to hear from you. Still praying for you, Joanne, and DMIL. As for me, we are keeping the mid 90's temp and oppressive high humidity here in KC. I'm about done with the high temps and humidity. Our garden is over run with high grass, and I don't have the energy to get it back under control. I…

Good morning! Lee, you have a great deal going on right now, but it all sounds good. Congratulations on your job in Colorado! We have shed the rain, and now it is just going to be very hot and humid for the next several days. Ugh! I'm ready for a change in weather. The Farmer's Almanac says we are going to have a lot of…

Good morning! Heavy storms are expected today with possible flash flooding. Where our house is, we have two "dry creeks" that run through our yard. They might fill up with water, but we won't otherwise have any problems. I do have one spot in my basement that I need to seal better. Frankie the dog is lying tight up against…

Good morning! A small thunderstorm is rolling through. Frankie is so scared of storms. It is supposed to get over 95 again today with very high humidity. The Kansas City Chiefs have their first preseason game tonight. I know it is preseason, but I still want to watch. They are in Arizona tonight. Several small things on…

Good morning! I somehow didn't post here yesterday. It sounds like all of you guys are keeping busy. Bob, that is awesome news with your PSA test. I worked yesterday on getting the bathroom door installed. I have a little touch up painting to do on the door, and then I need to install the baseboard trim. It seems like this…

Good morning! Heat starts moving back in today. I'm ready for Fall. I'm still working on the bathroom door and trim. I have two coats of polyurethane on the baseboard trim left to do, and then I can start assembly. I see the chiropractor again today. My right shoulder is still really bothering me. My shoulder is very…

Good morning! It is election day here in Kansas. We have several different local issues on the ballot, including thinning out the crowd for some offices before the general election in November. It is sad and unfortunate that not very many people participate in this one. Only a few will decide who the main candidates are…

Good morning! We still have one more nice weather day. Today, I plan to be very busy. For major tasks, I need to spend at least an hour weed whacking. That is hard work, so about an hour is all that I can do at a stretch. Then after lunch, I need to put up the new bathroom door. If I get those two things done today, that…

Good morning! Today will be our last cooler day for a week or more, so I plan to spend a lot of time outside today with my camera. The forest fire smoke from Canada should be better today too. The bathroom door now has two coats of paint on it, and will be hung tomorrow. I'm finally moving on this project again. Today is…

Good morning! Mike, that's impressive with the walking. I have been very inconsistent with my exercise. When I have days like yesterday, where I painted and then mowed, I don't exercise very much if any. I tend to beat myself up a little in part, because I'm still measuring exercise on a spreadsheet that goes back to 2005.…

Good morning! Dave, that is very sad about the fires. We are expecting poor air quality today from fires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada. I remember being in Oregon as a kid and seeing destruction from fires. They also had devastation from clear cutting back then. It seems like now, the fires are bigger, more often,…