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I was unable to get a good picture of the sun eclipse even with protective dark viewing glasses in front of the camera lens.
In the Los Angeles area, the sun was covered by the moon only one-third.

With sunshine and 74 degrees, the weather is perfect today. I took a walk around our garden to see what's going on.

One of our "bridges" over the little spring-fed creek that runs through our property.
Our pet cemetery is dedicated to our loyal "buddies."
One of our four graded housing pads. We had our house built on one of them.
Our pond is stocked with Mexican mosquito fish. We never had a mosquito problem.

I had our 2 1/2 acre lot divided into four parcels. Because the maintenance work started growing over my head, I wanted to sell off
the land piece by piece. But my wife and children strongly objected. So, I gifted three of the four parcels to my children to take over
the maintenance work. Now they start realizing that to keep everything nice and tidy, as I had done it for some fifty years, it takes
more than wishful thinking to do the work.

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I made an impromptu decision to go to the gym to day because I was starting to fall back into my sedentary ways. I used the treadmill and the Intelli-stride, which is sort of like doing the elliptical, but sitting down. I cut my workout short but the total exercise time counting the walk there and back was a little more than an hour.

I ate lunch and fought to stay awake so I could watch the Disney/Nat Geo special about the eclipse. I kept nodding off, but managed to see most of it, including the GMA/World News Tonight anchors, who were along the path of totality. I didn't notice much of a change outdoors, but my blinds were not completely open. After watching that, I slept for a long time (about 5 hours), plus took intermittent naps. My son stopped at Walmart and Costco to get just a couple of items for me. I put those away and went back to sleep. Just waking up and it is almost midnight. This means I'll be up for several hours and my crazy sleep cycle will continue.
 
hearlady said:
All looks great! I will be making egg salad in avocado!
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Thank you. Let me know how you like it HL. FYI, the ingredients I use besides mayo are pickle relish, dill weed and a little lemon pepper seasoning. I can't tell you measurements because I don't measure...I go by sight and instinct. My son won't eat mayo made with soy/vegetable oil, so now we are using mayo made with avocado oil. To me, it tastes the same as using regular mayo.
 

Crazy day. It started off with poor sleep because I've been worried about doing some financial stuff.

Then the first thing that happens is a worker with the gas company pounds on my door. I got alarmed. He said he was there to change a thing on the meter.

Just as I was getting over that, there was a screeching of tires and a loud bang nearby, clearly a bad car accident. It was silent for a few minutes then sirens.

I decided that the day was so bad that I'd work on the financial stuff that I was worried about. I got it all done. Yahoo!

Just as I was settling in about that, my internet went down. And with my other phone broken, I don't have any backup.

Life has been crazy lately.
 
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Just stopped raining here but it's wet and overcast. I was supposed to be having bloods drawn today, but I just don't feel up to going .. so I've rescheduled until later this week.

I had terrible nightmares last night.. I've finally realised if I eat flavoured crisps ( chips).. less than 3 hours before I go to bed, I'm going to have terrible nightmares. I thought it was just one flavour so I've been avoiding those, but last night about 9pm I had a different flavour.. and boy, that was a horrendous heart palpitating night of horror dreams . Goodness knows what the ingredient is that causes this. I'm going to avoid having crisps completely from now on..
 
This morning around 11, will stroll over to Marcia&Dave's house to dog sit my buddy boy', Tage for a couple of hrs. Whenever I bring my lunch which usually is tuna fish with petite carrots an apple,he 'helps' me eat it LOL!
I hope for more opportunities to do this before I move end of May
 
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A new day and probably time for new decisions. You can't keep doing the same things and expect different results!
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That reminds me of one of the first quotes I ever learned that I actually retained... it's often misattributed to Albert Einstein but I'm thinking someone else first said it. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

Anyhow, good morning, everyone! I've already been to the hardware store and filed local taxes. Federal will be filed tomorrow although I finished them a few days ago. Pay a few bills later today and then I'm free.

Good luck with those new decisions, @dilettante . For me personally, those things are so stressful, but it's a really good feeling when it's done and I can move past it.
 
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I did get to see the eclipse yesterday.....it was amazing!!! Dio tried to get pictures, but we didn't have the right equipment. But I'm so happy that I was able experience this awesome event!

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Today is one year since losing Andy. The wounds are deep and still haven't healed, but that's ok....it's as it should be.

🌧 It was supposed to start raining during the night and continue all day. So far.....not a drop! We even cancelled our plans to go to the gym (etc) because of the rain. What's up with that?!!

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Still raining here. It's not cold but feels that way because it's so damp and gloomy. Doesn't look like I'll be playing in the dirt today👩‍🌾. I have an aversion to mud and stuff. KWIM?

Yesterday's eclipse was a big nothing here! The daylight didn't even dim. Yawn.

Sir didn't do everything he was supposed to do:mad:. I was not a happy camper and said so, did my own stuff and left just after 9 although I was scheduled till 10. Tired of carrying everybody else's water along with my own and not gonna do it anymore. It's annoying to try to anticipate how to make work easier for others when the favor isn't reciprocated. In fact, when they just merrily go along doing or not doing whatever, it makes my job harder.

I'm trying to figure out a way to just work four days a week now that we have Cookie... On our end it looks like she's a keeper; I dunno how she feels about us/the job.
 
Was doing good,, stopped for lunch,,now sitting,,,,,,,,,,,,,, wondering.

Our helper stopped in to tell us his wife is in Erie hospital, with blood clod in her leg.

Not sure what the doctors plan on doing for her.

I had asked him to come & take the dog out for potty walks ,, while we are at hospital for my cardiac procedure .

Who to get to come in,, that likes dogs.??
 
Yesterday and today kind of blend together. Early part of yesterday I was tending a slash & scrap burn pile starting in the morning, but later afternoon activity was totally different. DW & I have a dear friend of many years who is suicidally depressed right now. The bouts of depression go back 30 years, but have become increasingly intractable.

We've been acting as support people and researching special treatment options. Her psychiatrist has accomplished no more than providing a series of symptom-suppressive drugs, none of which are effective anymore. She's dependent on us and a retired-nurse friend right now.

At the moment, it seems we've been able to connect with a potentially effective private-sector treatment program. Our hope is that our friend harbors enough will-to-live that she can emotionally & mentally commit to the program.
 
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It was a beautiful day, real feel reached 82. so I took the train to the Hoboken (N.J.) park. I sat and ate lunch when I got off the train, then I walked the promenade all the way to Water's Soul, a massive sculpture by Juame Plensa, in the Newport section. I decided to go to see if there were any restaurants I could go to when I'm on that side. The one at the other end of the park, Blue Eyes (dedicated to Frank Sinatra) is too expensive ( I do want to try their Spumoni Bomba at some point though).

I found a nice Chinese restaurant and an Italian place, where I can just get a slice of pizza, or maybe a calzone and drink. I walked almost three miles today but stopped to sit a couple of times. I even relaxed in one of these lounge chairs before heading back to the station.

Of course part of the morning was spent making sure I gathered up the items I'd needed to take with me and getting ready. After I got home, I ate "Linner" and took a long nap. Got up around 9:30, had some of my son's bean soup, loaded the dishwasher and here I am...around the same time I get to post about my day almost every night...11:45. Now it's time to catch up with what's going on here on the forum.

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