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Sounds good Tina.

I am all "circus'd" out GG had a good time and I got on the roller coaster with her. I have never been on one before. Other than that, my groceries are done and today is a day of cleaning and running. GG is going home for a couple of days.

I am hoping that Junie sends me some strawberry shortcake

Have fun shopping Tina.

So tell me, Sunny--how do you like Roller Coasters??
I myself do not care for them now--When I was younger, I would go on them, but I never really liked them then either.

I will not be around much in the next few days. This afternoon I will have to put away the computer, so my family can eat supper (my laptop lives on my dining room table) Then tomorrow & tomorrow night my grandsons will be here for the day/night, so I will be on Grandma duty. Catch you all at some point on Saturday, after they and their parents have gone home.

We are on a heat advisory up to and including all day Sunday. Heat indexes to be around 110. Sad as I will not be able to take the boys out to play tractors in the dirt.

I wish you all a great few days in the mean time.

Good morning. I turned on my cooler already today. It's warmish.
We are under a heat advisory as well.
The kids are going out about 10am and headed for the mall.
The only time I am going out today is to take my trash to the dumpster and check my mail. And I'll do that early. I'm staying close to my cooler.
I'd also like to hear about your coaster ride, Sunny.

Morning,

Our cooler is on too... already hot here, glad we did our grocery running yesterday... do have to finish my laundry up today.. and vacuum the downstairs and the bedrooms upstairs.. maybe... was up early today.. so made breakfast for us... was good but now I don't feel like doing much .LOL!
My dd and her hubby had to have vet put their German Shepard down over the weekend, it was time... she had the dog version of dementia, she ruined every door in the house, and most of the carpet too, she was about 15 yrs old... sad but she wasn't living a good life any more... so they are down to just 3 dogs now... hope they leave it at that for awhile now... They are doing a lot of fixing now and painting the house... she wants to get as much done before school starts again, middle of August here.. online school has shipped books and materials for Nicoli already... 5th grade here we come... hopefully this is last yr of home school for him, they moved 6th grade to the middle school and he wants to go back then, they did so well making it as easy as possible with Derek to succeed and Carrie has talked to them about Nicoli's needs too and they are willing to do what he will need to help him adjust..so we are all hoping it will work...he hasn't been on meds for this whole summer... even in the heat in Texas and no attacks.. so praying he has outgrown it... he has grown a lot and gained weight... that in itself is wonderful.

Well laundry isn't doing itself so better go get it moving...have a good day all and stay cool...

Nanan

It is nice to hear from you, Nana. And I am glad Nicoli is doing so well.
The kids have put off travel plans until tomorrow. Which is ok with me. And why I don't mention these things to Teddy beforehand.
I'm gonna take a nap now.

I love riding roller coasters!!! And love a circus too. Such fun. Colt may be coming this weekend and I'll feel like I'm in a circus. :)

Johnny has gone next door to check the leak at the gangs house. They love him.

Colby has pneumonia.

Have fun with Colt, Sheri.
And have fun with your grands too, Carol.

Sweet dreams all. I'm headed to bed now.

Good morning. Happy Friday. It's gonna be a hot one. I will stay in and stay cool. I hope everyone stays cool.

It has been hot here as well.

Nice to see Nana and Sheri again. My roller coaster ride was fun....not sure if I'd go again though

Yesterday was the burial of ashes for my grandson's father...why they hold them for one year before burial stumps me. It makes the whole process of grieving begin once more. I am glad that he is finally in a resting place for visitation now.

My Sunday School class is studying Genesis, well as much preK children can study Genesis. We're going to be doing day 6 so we're going to make a person out of a paper bag. I've got a lot of drawing and cutting out to do because I'm drawing the outline of the clothes for them to color and cutting out decorations to stick on them. Should be interesting looking people.

How many kids in the class, Sheri?

Good night everyone. I hope it cools off a little for you all tomorrow.
Sweet dreams.

Good morning.

How is your grandson, Sheri?

Today I have to go to town to pick up GG and her brother...they will stay the night and in the morning he is getting baptized. DD has to work at a fundraiser this evening so she'll just get a drive in the morning. I also have to make food for the church brunch after the baptism...it will be a busy evening.

Good morning. It's hot still. I could complain but there are so many who don't have cooler alternatives. I try to think of them. And am thankful for my cooler.
It is supposed to hit 107* again today so I will stay in and cool. Tomorrow is supposed to be ten degrees cooler. It's a cold snap at 97*
I hope you have fun cooking for your event, Sunny. How fun!
I hope everyone has a good day.

HI, everyone !!!

My DD and her family is on their way home. now I am going back to being Carol once again. It is tiring but much more fun being Gram or Grandma.

Tina...YAY for coolers..and for a drop in temperatures...Isn't it crazy to think that 97 is a cold snap ??/ but then I guess we should be all happy with what we get---as I have said in the past...this heat---it is Not ice & it is not snow--so we should be grateful. Did the kids ever go out on their outing??? Did Mom ever get a nap ???

Nana: Sorry for your DD's family's loss. My oldest DD lost her Siberian Husky 2 weeks ago. she was just going to clal the vet to make a house call to put him down but he passed away. He passed during a heat wave, but they have their kennels in a garage that is cooled with a/c, and they had him in there during the heat wave, (all but to go potty)..but he still passed...he was 11 and it was hard for him to move at the last.....When we lose an animal it is like losing family.
.....I am glad to hear that Nicoli is doing better...I hope this year with his school continues to help him grow. YAY for the enxt year..I hope that all goes well.

Sheri...YAY for Colt coming---tired from grandchildren is a great sort of tired...So sorry for Colby's illness. Is he in the hospital ?? I will poray for a speedy recovery......Sunday School..I taught it for 18 years...first 5 thru 8, then 3 to 5, and finally for preschool. it was work but great fun. Sounds like you enjoy it also.
It is nice of Johnny to help.

Sunny: They wait a year to bury...WOW.....That is a bit different..but then I suppose his family wonders why others bury their loved ones so fast....I hope this grieving time goes quicker...
...The baptism sounds like a lot of work, but the good kind. Plus it should help everyone remember the good thing in life once again.

I went out & watered tonight. Tomorrow night I will go out & cut back some herbs & the dead head some flowers. It is back to real life for this grandma..

I did as little as possible today. But I'm still tired out. Sweet dreams all.

I should be tired, but I am not...once again---when I do go I should sleep well though, as I did not last night.

Sweet Dreams Tina...Sweet Dreams everyone.

Rise and Shine everyone. Good Morning !

I wish you all a fantastic day...may it be sunny and not so terribly hot one for you all.

Good morning. I wish I could un-sign-up for political phone calls. They are awful these days. Now that my gripe is out of the way....
I am ready for another hot one. Although 97* will be a cool snap in comparison. And I'm getting a grocery list together for the week. I am liking the shopping once a week thing. But I definitely need a list.
I hope everyone has a great day.

I wish my Husband would eat Soup---I would live on it in the summer...(& winter too) but now I could heat up the house once, make it, & then we could microwave some when we wanted to eat. but oh well.

I spent almost $200.00 at the grocery last week. I am hoping I can stay away for awhile...

Good evening.

It has been hot here as well...too hot.

Baptism is over and my grass has been cut...it has been a busy but productive day

Congrats on your lawn mowing, Sunny. And good going on your grandson's baptism.
I'd call that a good day.

WOW !! A lawn mowing AND a baptism !! I would also say that you accomplished a LOT in one day. Good for you!!!

Going to bed now--night-night.
See you all tomorrow.

Sweet dreams all. I've got my list and I'm going shopping tomorrow.

Good morning.

Have a good shopping day Tina.

I am tackling laundry at the moment...it is going to be another hot day so other than that is a quick errand to pay the monthly utility bills.

Later I also need to wash the gable ends on the house....apparently vinyl siding can be painted now so I bought a gallon of brown siding paint last week to match the shutter colors. Good bye 'grey on everything'

Good morning. I am not going shopping after all. I will go tomorrow. Today I will concentrate on laundry as well.
My electricity went out sometime during the night. I slept through it but woke to a couple of clocks not correct and things. A little otherworldly feeling.
I hope everyone has a great day.

Good afternoon: I have had a busy morning. I still need to put the beds back together, but then I am done with todays list of "to do" items.

It is a rainy day here...and we are having our own "cold snap," Tina, or so the weather people say. This week it is to be in the mid to high 80's. If that is a cold or even a cool snap I need to work harder on meanings of words, huh ???

I wish everyone a lovely rest of the day.

That would be a cool snap here, Carol. A welcome one. But it would be unseasonable for sure.
I also finished my to-do list. As much as I am able at least. As little I can do. I tried to nap but it didn't happen. I think I'll make mac n cheese for Teddy.

WE thought it was going to rain, again this evening--so I went out at 6 & worked on my back yard for 1-1/2 hours. I cleared most of the weeds from between the pavers in the back. (what is left can be done away with, with round-up) Then I trimmed back my herbs & re-weeded around them.
Then I dead-headed my mini-butterfly bush, and some of my flowers...I was afraid to do too much as it
A bath was next. & now, guess what ???? Tomorrow I get to go to CERAMICS !!!! YAY for painting !!!!

Tina, I am sorry you did not get a nap..perhaps tomorrow..I sure hope so for you.........

I am headed to sleep. sweet dreams all

Good night, Carol. Now I am glad I didn't nap. I'm tired and ready for sleep. Sweet dreams all.

Good morning.

It was too hot here yesterday..so my chore list didn't get touched, that means today it is a 'must-do' list.

Have fun at ceramics Junie.

Tina, I have been watching the news and they are talking of more fires in your area. Are they close to you?

Good morning. No, the fire burning now is north of LA. I am about 60 miles east of LA. I am watching it. But I am not in danger from this one.
I am going to go out shopping today. I really don't want to but it's better than going hungry.
I hope you all have a great day.

I am glad you are spared from the danger Tina.

I ran my errands and came home to no power once again. These thunderstorms are wreaking havoc everywhere.

We are already under a heat warning for tomorrow. Yuck.

Hi !!!

I had a wonderful day at ceramics today..I so missed my friends.

I am so glad that you are not near the fires, Tina. I am glad that Sunny asked.

Sunny---I hate the heat too. Sorry for the advisory you are getting for tomorrow.

I am very glad you had a good time at ceramics today!

Thanks, Tina !

I just came back inside from sweeping off the pavers in the back yard, and it started to rain. It is raining "cats & dogs" as the saying used to go. So glad I got the pavers swept off first.

See, Rod let my weeds grow on them while I was gone--he did however "mow them" so, I had to rip up the weeds, (they came out by the roots) and then I had to let the cut weeds dry on the pavers. So, tonight, I was able to sweep the cut weeds off of them. Yay for rain & yay for getting the work done first. why, I even have buckets out to catch rain for my inside plants, and I have all outside pots out in the rain to be self watered....yay for rain & yay for timing.

oops there is thunder...bye for now

Keep safe in the storms.

Thanks, Tina. The storm only lasted like 10 minutes.

I'm glad it was short, Carol.
I'm toddling off to bed now. Sweet dreams all.

Good morning.
I will be going out today. I know I've talked about it all week but have not. But the bread situation is critical and I don't want to fire up an oven. So out I go.
I hope everyone has a good day.

Yes, I also need to go out...I am short of items for Rod's lunch.

.I looked at my rain gauge today & in that short time, we got 1 inch of rain...so glad that it did not rain longer....

But now all of my outside plants (potted ones too) are watered, and I have a lot of water for my inside pots....YAY for me.

Still drinking coffee here..and washing clothes....

Good afternoon.

Today I am hiding from the heat...the chores can wait. I have more painting to do in the next two days outdoors.

The good news is that my garden is starting to grow a bit...I have green tomatoes starting on the cherry tomato plants.

I should throw a load in the washer...
I am home after $240 worth of shopping. To be honest the last $40 was some booze for future gifting. I collect a little all year long and have a blow out Christmas. Or at least that's the plan. I have quite a stockpile because I haven't done Christmas beyond my immediate family for a few years.
Off to find something else to get into.

Have a cool day indoors, Sunny. The work can wait until the temps agree.

Tina...I too have begun Christmas shopping. I like to, I find it fun and it is easier on the pocket book that way.

I so need to go to do some shopping myself. I wish I had of known I needed these items yesterday when I was out shopping....but oh well, I will get to doing it soon.

Our power went out a couple hours ago. It got mighty hot quickly in here. I'm glad it came back on. I guess about 1500 people were affected.I'm glad it came back.

Sweet dreams all. I'm dead tired now.

So g;ad that your power came back on quickly, Tina. This is the wrong time of year to lose power for sure.

I too am headed to bed. I am very tired and welcome the rest.

Good morning.

I hate when the power goes out...and it seems to be a recurring thing here. I hope you have no future troubles anytime soon Tina.

We had some nasty storms through the night and more planned for later today.

I have to take my daughter to check out a house that she might be moving to in a bit, the kids are going to love having a yard if she does take it. There is no place to play at her present apartment building.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning. Hope the house works out for your DD. A yard and kids is a lovely thing. Keep safe in your storms.
I have no plans for this day. I am still recovering from my shopping yesterday. Or the power outage or something. I will stay in and keep my cool.
I hope everyone has a great day.

Take care, Tina...and do not over-heat...you know, sometimes we just need to do nothing & take care of ourselves..

Sunny. I too hope that the house works for your DD. I agree with Tina, a yard is wonderful for kids, so they can play.
Stay safe in the storms. I am hoping that the forecast is greatly exaggerated.

I too wish everyone a great day.

back from getting my hair cut--well trimmed up really, but at east all the dead ends are gone.

First, the weather forecaster said it was going to rain this afternoon. Then this evening the same forecaster said it was going to rain later in the evening. Well, it is 9:38 pm here & no rain yet---not that I mind the no rain thing.

Very tired here---I think I will make Rod's lunch & then go to sleep.

Sweet Dreams.

May you sleep to a gentle rain tonight, Carol. Sweet dreams all.

Not too long after my last post the electricity went down again. It was off for two hours.
I'm off to bed for real this time. Sweet dreams all.

Well I awoke to see that a few keYs oN my keyboard won't work all the time...but they do if I use caps. It seems it is a hit or miss to get the Y or N to work.

Health Canada has issued an advisory to us...it seems that Borax will soon be of the market here. It has been a controversial cleaner for years.

I took my DD to view the house, it is in o.k. shape but I am not impressed how we have to do the housecleaning(it is extremely dirty) and then paint ourselves if we want with our own paint. Of course they said the budget was busted as it was. I told my DD to tell them she wouldn't take it but she got scared that her bluff wouldn't work. So another full week of hard work will Be added to the list somewhere this August. She can buy the paint..I'm not.

I hope a good day is ahead...mine is child free, I'll be out on a ladder painting away.

Good morning. Musical electricity around here. Sometimes I have it, sometimes not. I hope that gets that fixed soon.
I will do nothing today. Sleeping through stuff was tricky. And Teddy was sick. So a restful day is called for.
The house sounds good to me. I hope she can keep it along time at very reasonable rates and her little family can grow in it.

Hi..I had company & so did not come in earlier.

Sunny..I hope the house works out for your DD & Grands. Sorry for the extra work. You are a good Grandma.

So sorry Teddy is sick, Tina. My DH is too..and I am hoping he did not share. resting sounds like a very good idea.

I wish everyone a great rest of the day.

Well, I am tired now. I kind of expected the electricity to go out today. But all is well.
Sweet dreams all.

Glad that your electricity did not do a repeat performance today, Tina.

I just finished sending Valarie addresses so she could finish her Thank You post cards for the girls. The internet is a wonderful thing, I must say.

I too am headed to bed. Sweet Dreams everyone.

Good morning. I slept well so today will be a good day. The humidity is up and that means my swamp cooler doesn't work as well. These are the days I consider popping a window unit a/c in and never do. I just stay still and try not to melt. So that is my plan.
I hope everyone has a great day.

keyboard Broke...had to copy/paste this.

I hope you can get a new keyboard soon, Sunny. We will miss you horribly

Yes, I echo what Tina said.

Rod just finished installing a new switch to our icemaker. IT is working now, but I am waiting for it to cool down so I can add some ice to use until ours is back up to full capacity. It is summer after all.

Looks like it might rain---I hope it does, as Rod thinks he is going to cut grass this evening...you know the man who ran 100.6 last night and had chills.....

Did Rod mow before the rain, Carol?
Sweet dreams all. I am going to zone until it cools off enough to sleep.

DH did not cut the grass...he had a 101.5.

Val sent me photos of Henry running in the water at the edge of the beach..and a 20 second video--I cried for happy.
Today is her anniversary...I think the 5th one...Henry is 2-1/2, the girls are 5 months. Brian's whole family goes on vacation together---they are all lucky people....

I got to see a few fireworks tonight. The neighbors to the south of our yard, (or the neighbors across the street from them) were shooting off fireworks tonight...I saw a few from my back deck. It was grand...but I came in as there were too many mosquitoes.

I received a book today that I got with an Amazon gift card, for my birthday, from my Brother & his family. It will be fun to read myself to sleep tonight. Goodnight, sleep tight. Sweet Dreams everyone.

Good morning. Happy Sunday. Another hot one ahead. We're supposed to get back to our normal dry heat this week for a few days. It can not be soon enough.
Enjoy your videos of your Grands, Carol.

Good Morning--plenty of work done already.....


I must soon get in the tub & finish getting ready to go visit my MIL. Supposed to be a hot one here as well.

Keep cool, Tina, & I wish everyone a great day..

No church today, Carol? Is Rod still not well?
I spent the morning getting the budget set up for August. And paid August bills. I am good to go for the month.

hi all. i set up an 'on screen' keyboard for now. bare with me for a bit.

No, no church..Rod tried to guilt me into going but I did not.

Yes, he is still sick. I am hoping to get him to go to the Drs. tomorrow (if I can get him an appt.)

I actually cooked him a nice breakfast yesterday & today...I did it because he is not well & needs the protein.

I try not to cook breakfast too often for him because when he retires, he will think I can just hang around & cook 3 hot & new meals 3 times a day, & I am only 9 months younger than he is...I cook once a day now, & I will cook once a day then...I do not wish to begin cooking MORE in my old age...

I should do that (budget) if nothing else, to set aside money for big bills & then just make do with what I have left.

I am proud that you do that.

Sunny...not to worry about the onscreen keyboard...we will all happily be patient with you. We have all "been there". Good luck.

Yes, Sunny. We will take you any way you come to us.

DH is going to go to work tomorrow...

Sweet Dreams everyone. "see" you all in the morning.

Good morning. I was up in the night so I slept in a bit. I need to go out today to do some banking. But that is about all.
I hope everyone has a good day.

I was up until 1:30 last night, trying to figure out Webkinz these days. I finally went to bed.

As a result I slept until 10:30 this morning. I just got done cleaning the bathrooms, figuring out supper, getting the mail & starting laundry.

Ya wanna hear this??? You all have heard about PCH and winning $5,000 a week forever ?? well, They sent me a $10.00 check...not $5,000 but hey, it'll buy me lunch.....

it is overcast & I hope it will rain. I should have watered my flowers & tomatoes last night & I just could not make myself do that.

Off to read my mail now

Good going on your win, Carol.
I didn't even go out today. I got slugged in the gut today by something. I think it's over now.

Thanks, Tina. I was in the bathroom frequently this morning, but I am fine now....

Tonight, Rod cut grass..and he said would you sweep the porch & garage apron for me..
Well, I am who always does the sweeping, so of course I said yes.
Then I watered everything and weeded my big flower bed and then began to weed the mulched area close to the back of the house.
My surprise lilies are coming up & I could see they were being chocked out by the weeds. So now that area is weeded. I will do more next time. My back yard area may look like I care for it yet..LOL

Off to take a bath now--gotta get ready for ceramics tomorrow.

$10.00 is way better than no dollars which is what I got.

We finally got rain. We've been dry and blazing hot for a while.