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Cloudy, +8, forecast for rain, today and the weekend.
That's why i mowed front and back yard yesterday.
Always use the grass bag in the back.....but the grass was so filled with moisture, could use it.
So.....extra work today cleaning grass off of 12 little feet every time they go out for their jobs.
A few things i could get downtown, i may do that.
Pouting......may do that too.....i need sunshine !!!!!!!!!!!!
 

So far today I've not done too much... spoke to my DD first thing before 8am this morning.. before she started work..

Then stripped the bed, and washed the sheets.. ..

...then took out the cooker hood filters and scrubbed them up and replaced them..

..spent some time online searching for some information, and found more than I was expecting.. ... so that was interesting..

Now having a cuppa tea.. ..little bit overcast here with the sun occasionally peeping through...
 
I'm hosting a couple of teenaged house guests so life has been fun and interesting. Went to the beach yesterday to walk around, have lunch and visit ports-of-call shops. They're making good use of our pool, too. Great kids - it's very cool to have them here.

Today a friend in his thirties is coming by to pick up our Shopsmith. Hubby no longer uses it so we'll get some space back in our garage. This friend has a young family and they just bought a house so it'll be put it to good use.

We love passing along good tools and other quality items to people we care about.
 
p.s. I should add that DH & my attitudes are that over the years many have been generous with us, so we continue the tradition whenever we get the chance. Gifting things is so much more satisfying than trying to wring a few bucks from them.

The SS would easily go for $500-$800 on Craigslist, but the joy of helping our friend and knowing he'll have many bonding moments with his young sons while using the SS to build and fix things is worth so much more than that.
 
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p.s. I should add that DH & my attitudes are that over the years many have been generous with us, so we continue the tradition whenever we get the chance. Gifting things is so much more satisfying than trying to wring a few bucks from them.

The SS would easily go for $500-$800 on Craigslist, but the joy of helping our friend and knowing he'll have many bonding moments with his young sons while using the SS to build and fix things is worth so much more than that.
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I'm moving into your neighbourhood.... :sneaky::D
 
Tonight is reserved to watch the last two episodes of The Wire. I’m not expecting any fairy tale endings.

Today I have to manually wash some hand woven blankets that I ordered many years ago. It should be warm enough and there’s a slight breeze to help them dry. Maybe I’ll consider doing them in the washing machine. I’d hate to wreck them.
 
5 a.m. I took a load of laundry down to the community laundry room. I clean and disinfect the machine I'm going to use and the cart I'm going to use when I take the clothes out, even though I put them in those big plaid plastic bags with handles, which I also had to disinfect this morning because I didn't get it done yesterday. I was able to get the clothes out in time to make my morning prayer (before sunrise). I walked over to the bank to access my safety deposit box, cleared out the unnecessary papers, put in a copy of my new will, got out another pack of checks and reorganized the box. The supermarket is right in the same area so I picked up a few groceries. After having my breakfast I started drying my clothes and have put most of them away. I also handled some financial stuff and continued helping my granddaughter with college business. I had some posts to catch up with on Facebook, so spent a little time there. Now I have to catch up here. :)
 
Tried calling someone in Utah this morning to help me make sense of my retirement ppwk she emailed me. But, she wasn't available.
Spoke w/my cousin, whom I haven't seen in over a year. She lives about 40 mins away. She's 6mos older so we kinda grew up together.

We're laughing because now that we want to get together we have to chk the calendar to make sure we don't have any dr's appts...lol.
We'll be having lunch at my house in a couple of weeks, and I told her I'd buy a box of wine. Pictures to follow. :D
 
Baked sweet potatoes and cubed butternut squash this AM.

Trying to learn a new line dance. A nice feature of youtube is you can set the speed of the video.... so while I'm trying to figure out new steps, I set it at 0.75 or 0.5 and it's easier to follow. Then when I get the hang of it, it put it back a tempo.

Also watched some fave dance scenes from movies... The final Paso Doble from "Strictly Ballroom" and the Salsa Club scene from "Dance with Me."

Now I'm cooling down....
 
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Baked sweet potatoes and cubed butternut squash this AM.

Trying to learn a new line dance. A nice feature of youtube is you can set the speed of the video.... so while I'm trying to figure out new steps, I set it at 0.75 or 0.5 and it's easier to follow. Then when I get the hang of it, it put it back a tempo.

Also watched some fave dance scenes from movies... The final Paso Doble from "Strictly Ballroom" and the Salsa Club scene from "Dance with Me."

Now I'm cooling down....
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That is so cool Cinnamon...I'm impressed!

@Jules...
It's def time for slippers. I've had to wear mine a couple of times already.
 
Gorgeous sunny Holiday weekend here, the last Bank holiday weekend until Christmas.. and just days before the kids go back to school...

I went out to lunch in the courtyard of a French restaurant in a town a couple of hours from here with DD and a couple of friends . ..we didn't eat French food but we did a have an excellent lunch of a fish platter ( mackerel, Whitebait, Smoked Salmon, Prawns, red cabbage slaw.. lots of other bits , and crostini s... and alongside that we had Steak, medium- rare on toasted Ciabatta bread...with a Mustard and red onion chutney dressing.. and the lightest , most delicious home made Chips( fries).. ever ..

..and we all pushed the boat a little further and had dessert , I had a slice of choc cake and cream.. DD had treacle toffee pudding, with cream ..:p

Then having left the friends we did a little shopping in a sweet little town I've never been too, and I bought some Boho tops in shades of green, a colour I wouldn't usually wear..and they look really pretty... ..then headed back to DD's house nearby..to try them all on...

Last but never least I got to spend the rest of the afternoon and early evening with my beloved Grandfurkids, who were ecstatic to see me.... so it was a glorious day for everyone...
 
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What i did today........missed posting GOOD MORNING....Sorry......did anybody miss me. ;);):D😁😌
Reason....
Had a very important call at 6:45 am.
The LOVE of my life.
Sadly, for the last 7 weeks we've had almost no contact due to 0 mobile service....because of the place he's been trucking back and forth to.
On his stop this morning, got lucky with service.
Talked for a couple hours......did my morning chores late.....talked again for an hour.....he had to move on then.....will have another great talk before bedtime when he gets to another good signal.....and hopefully in the early morning again.
In the world today, with all the tech opportunities, signals in some places are lacking.....hard to believe.
After our morning talk, that's it for a while again, hopefully not as long.

Has sold his house in PEI, turns over the keys middle of October, and hoping to start his travels here.....is about 3500 kilometers.

There.....i told it all.
 
A very good day for you, @MickaC.

Took DH slipper shopping. First two stores had nothing. When he went to the library, I found a leather belt for him. He bought it. Decided to go into a third shoe store even though we don’t care for the grumpy owner. She was pleasant today and he came home with slippers. He will go shopping again about this time next year, maybe.
 
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What i did today........missed posting GOOD MORNING....Sorry......did anybody miss me. ;);):D😁😌
Reason....
Had a very important call at 6:45 am.
The LOVE of my life.
Sadly, for the last 7 weeks we've had almost no contact due to 0 mobile service....because of the place he's been trucking back and forth to.
On his stop this morning, got lucky with service.
Talked for a couple hours......did my morning chores late.....talked again for an hour.....he had to move on then.....will have another great talk before bedtime when he gets to another good signal.....and hopefully in the early morning again.
In the world today, with all the tech opportunities, signals in some places are lacking.....hard to believe.
After our morning talk, that's it for a while again, hopefully not as long.

Has sold his house in PEI, turns over the keys middle of October, and hoping to start his travels here.....is about 3500 kilometers.

There.....i told it all.
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Wow 7 weeks! That's a long time! Starting his travels means what? That he is on his way to you or that he will be there and driving from that location from then on?
 
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