How is your day Today? Chat about your plans and achievements 2025....

We did a lot of work today in the yard. It is looking very nice. I put my "power of ask " chairs out. They are Adirondack.
I have to admit the bench goes better in the spot. Luckily, DH said he's still going to fix it. If so, the new chairs will go out front.
Our patio is totally cleaned and weed free.
I've burned all the brush trash.
@Georgiagranny , I cleaned out an Iris bed last fall. It is a lot of work. We gave a big box to DH'S physical therapist to put along her fence line. They originally came from my sister in NH. A couple of white ones came from MIL. I don't have a great place for them but keep a patch way in the back of the yard. We enjoy them. No one else can see them. I did give two neighbors some so maybe I'll see theirs.
 
I've done a lot today, I've surprised myself..

I got the Ivy all cut back which means I have to stand on a 6 foot ladder.. and then sweep up loads of it afterwards .....

I got the roses at the front of the house all trimmed back..

I emptied the boot of my car of all the tools and toolbag and found other homes for the contents..

I put out new solar lights in the garden planters

I deep cleaned the bathrooms..

I cooked dinner...

..and just now in the last hour I assembled a new Monitor Riser stand for my Mac Desktop....

All while I have a really sore bicep in my leading arm....



It's 10-15pm , I'm not doing any more today !
 

Jessica Fletcher LOL. When the writers ran out of murders in Cabot Cove, she went here, there and everywhere to visit old friends or nieces and nephews, and no matter where she went, murder followed. I wouldn't have invited her to cross my street!🚧🚶‍♀️

I wonder if anybody else ever noticed that she had nieces and nephews by the number, but nobody ever mentioned sisters and brothers except for the sister in London, an actress with no children.

@hollydolly You've done more than enough for a day. How come you can do all that, but @hawkdon gets scolded by you for taking so much as a deep breath?:ROFLMAO:
 
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Georgiagranny said:
Jessica Fletcher LOL. When the writer's ran out of murders in Cabot Cove, she went here, there and everywhere to visit old friends or nieces and nephews, and no matter where she went, murder followed. I wouldn't have invited her to cross my street!🚧🚶‍♀️

I wonder if anybody else ever noticed that she had nieces and nephews by the number, but nobody ever mentioned sisters and brothers except for the sister in London, an actress with no children.

@hollydolly You've done more than enough for a day. How come you can do all that, but @hawkdon gets scolded by you for taking so much as a deep breath?:ROFLMAO:
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No he doesn't get scolded by me... at all.. he said he's going to be in Pain if he moves that rug, so I asked him why he doesn't wait for help... that's all.. Plus I'm at east 15 years younger than him... I don't have his maladies
 
What the...?

I just found an email in my spam folder from the garden center wanting to schedule an interview. It was dated Friday but wasn't in my folder yesterday or this morning.

Anyway, all the dates that were available are full until 2pm, Friday, the 30th. I scheduled an appointment but not holding out much hope.

So what's with the email I got this morning saying fuggedabouddit? Apparently, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
 
Boy…finger slip. Well. Ahem…as I was saying…helped side one side of the old house. Much water damage…and the whole thing needs done. Especially now one side has new siding. House has 6 sides and 6 windows that really really need replaced. I tried to buy a couple of windows at home depot the other day…130 miles away…couldnt get them in my car!! So now we have to do the windows seperate so there isn’t a couple huge holes in the walls. Then I drove 260 miles back south. I brought back a load of stuff to sort thru and put god knows where. Anyway…survived…
 
Today was rather chill, after the last two busy, and sometimes crummy days. Two days ago, the computer gods decided it was time to have my once a year $300 donation to the computer rescue tech world. Just after I'd deposited $500 in the bank. that was supposed to get rebuild and performance parts for my 6.0 LS engine.

So then yesterday, I did laundry, cleaned up around here and kept an eye on my daughter, who got her wisdom teeth extracted. She wasn't in the cheeriest of spirits, obviously. So after I got done in the afternoon, I decided to self medicate with some legal mj gummies LOL... just web surfing, listening to music and playing Spider Solitaire til 4am.

So when I got up late today I've just been chilling. In a clean bed, with a much better performing computer, and a cat that enjoys running up and slamming my laptop shut, then running off. She thinks she's real cute haha. I mean yeah she is...
 
Morning all folks!! Slept in a little later again today, good thing
I think.....Not sore YET from my escapades of furniture moving
around yesterday, the soreness will come later, thats okay....
May order a bit of groceries for the fridge today...course it is
a holiday so they may be short of a lot of goods...we shall see...
Supposed to rain later...it was durn cold in this house when I got
up, it is 51deg F outside, only going to 65 or so...Catch u later.... ;) :coffee::cool:
 
My morning walk at 7:15 temp was 50, sun was out took my neighbor, Cathie's dog' Rudy' with me as we went around the building twice. I heard a couple robins, no traffic to speak of because of Memorial Day holiday.,though it feels like Sat
IN our cafe today for lunch there will be a buffet with all the fixings from 11:30-2:30. If we want to order dinner,we chose certain items from the menu ,pick it up between 3-4 pm. The dining room is closed today
I hope to take a couple more walks and enjoy the sunshine,we haven't; had much of that lately
 
Muskrat said:
Well today I am determined to make a dent in “stuff”. While I am in the mood. It will be over 100 degrees here…so good day to wrestle some order. Why do we keep all this junk anyway??
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..because you had a use for it when we bought it.. and we keep it in case we have a use for it in the future...

My thing is that I buy vases.. I get tired of seeing the same ones very quickly, so I buy different styles.. then I get tired of them, and put them away and bring the older ones out, then put them away.. and I end up with more than I can cope with.. but they're all nice... I was just thinking yesterday I need to donate some of these vases..
 
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I've just been speaking to my daughter.. she's on her way back from a weekend with her friend.. in Wales.. where they went ziplining .. after they'd been to a Kylie MInogue concert on friday night in Sheffield .

Of course it's bank holiday so the traffic on the motorways are horrendous, at one point she was stuck in a 22 mile traffic jam... she's still only in the mdilands with another hour driving ahead of her at least

Madness to be driving anywhere on a Bank holiday weekend...

My neighbours are also on their way back from spending the w/e down in the west country... that route is probably the very worst and busiest route on a holiday weekend...it's a 6 hour trip on the best traffic day.. absolutely crazy to drive on a Bank Holiday with a car load of children as well.. and not even a 4x4 just an ordinary saloon
 
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I wanna go ziplining again! My favorite place was a very big park that was family-owned for a zillion years. The founders died, and it was sold. It's much more expensive now and not nearly as nice so scratch ziplining there.

And I wanna go to the west country again. When I visit, @hollydolly, let's go there.

I'm done digging up iris for the day. It's overcast with humidity at 5000%. Much too uncomfortable to be out there working hard.
 
Might reach 70F today, only 65 right now. But after a chilly (almost) week even when a light breeze kicks up it feels good.

Filled every bucket on hand with solar power by 9:30, I've noted before that the early morning sun seems to be the most powerful. Part of that might be my sky visibility considering how hemmed-in I am by tall trees. Next few days promise overcast and some rain, so at least I'm set for a few days.

Dew is starting to dry off so I'll get to mowing soon. Good day to just sit outside, but keeping up with the grass is hard enough with the rain we've been getting lately.
 
Had a lovely time with DD and family yesterday afternoon/evening.

Watched some of my DD's parenting skills in action: The GKs (10 & 13) were playing Monopoly in one of the bedrooms, and soon there was a squabble. They came to us, 13 year old GS complaining he was sure his sister was cheating by having favorable numbers on the dice when he didn't see her roll them. GD claimed she hadn't cheated.

DD told GD, "if you cheat, people won't play with you," then turned to GS and said, "people who falsely accuse others of cheating will also soon find themselves with no one to play with."

She recommended they make sure to watch each other roll and ended it with, "This is why I don't play Monopoly."

I agreed - that game takes way too long and can only end in a prolonged, unpleasant loss as one player eventually monopolizes everything, sending the others to the poor house (and out of the game).

Other than that minor dust-up, all was well. The kids moved to Electronic Battleship, then Twister, with no arguments.

p.s. When we were kids, my brother cheated at Monopoly (stealing from the bank) so I stopped playing it with him - and eventually stopped playing it altogether.
 
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I was freezing yesterday. Last night wore my winter fleece pants, long sleeve t shirt; and winter vest to bed. Was not warm, I was freezing! Today is better, sun is finally out. What a miserable month May is for me, except for my Grandson's BD. Grandma BD, Mother BD and dead husband all close together. I'd hate May completely if not for my grandson.
 
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..because you had a use for it when we bought it.. and we keep it in case we have a use for it in the future...

My thing is that I buy vases.. I get tired of seeing the same ones very quickly, so I buy different styles.. then I get tired of them, and put then away and bring the older ones out, then put them away.. and I end up with more than I can cope with.. but they're all nice... I was just thinking yesterday I need to donate some of these vases..
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I got an idea for you Doll. Take slide pictures of all your vases, some in groups, then show the slides on a screen. You can put away all the Vases now and show the slides. ... :ROFLMAO: ... Thas just a fun thought! We tend to collect too much stuff too.
 
StarSong said:
Had a lovely time with DD and family yesterday afternoon/evening.

Watched some of my DD's parenting skills in action: The GKs (10 & 13) were playing Monopoly in one of the bedrooms, and soon there was a squabble. They came to us, 13 year old GS complaining he was sure his sister was cheating by having favorable numbers on the dice when he didn't see her roll them. GD claimed she hadn't cheated.

DD told GD, "if you cheat, people won't play with you," then turned to GS and said, "people who falsely accuse others of cheating will also soon find themselves with no one to play with."

She recommended they make sure to watch each other roll and ended it with, "This is why I don't play Monopoly." (I agreed - that game takes way too long and can only end in a prolonged, unpleasant loss as one player eventually monopolizes everything, sending the others to the poor house (and out of the game).

Other than that minor dust-up, all was well. The kids moved to Electronic Battleship, then Twister, with no arguments.

p.s. When we were kids, my brother cheated at Monopoly (stealing from the bank) so I stopped playing it with him - and eventually stopped playing it altogether.
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I didn't like Monopoly either. Preferred coloring and drawing stuff. Everything sort of ended up a guess?
After reading White Fang, Call of the Wild, and Gone with the Wind I was hooked.
 

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