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Got my lottery tickets for the week and had a tire fixed.
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Speaking of lottery tickets, we went for a 3o minute drive to Grave Diggerz where I like to pick them up when I have a hunch.

Grave Diggerz is now closed on Monday.....bummer

And yes there is such a place called Grave Diggerz.....google it if you don't believe me.

But I did go to a store on the way back where perennials were 60% off. Guess what I bought.
 

I'm having a moment. A long, long moment. For as long as I can remember, most people just refuse to learn to pronounce my name. Europeans, Canadians and people from the Caribbean have no problem whatsoever, but Americans? Pffft. And yanno what? I'm darned tired of it. I make an effort to learn to pronounce and spell the names of others, why can't they do the same for me?

You wouldn't believe the variations. Audrey. Ann-dree-a. Ann-dray-a. Unn-dree-a. Unn-dray-a. Ann-dree. ANN-dree-a.

My name is a very common man's name, especially in the South. It's French. The feminine version simply has another "e" added to it with the accent aigu the same as in a man's name, over the first e. The pronunciation is exactly the same as the masculine version.

I tried explaining this to my DD, but she just doesn't get it. My kids all have very common and easy to spell and pronounce names for the simple reason that I didn't want them to go through life being addressed by names that aren't their names. DD says "What's the big deal?" Well, yanno, she's never had to live with it; there's no mistaking her name nor mistaking any way but one to pronounce it. Same thing with my sons.

I'm tempted to have my name badge at work changed to "Gramma".
 

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Usual morning chores around the house then off to the dentist for cleaning and check-up. Ran a few errands afterwards while I was out. Returned home, made dinner for myself and the fur baby and now on to some manuscript editing I've been asked to do. Later, an evening walk with the dog, assuming the oppressively hot temps have dropped a bit.
 
Georgiagranny said:
I'm having a moment. A long, long moment. For as long as I can remember, most people just refuse to learn to pronounce my name. Europeans, Canadians and people from the Caribbean have no problem whatsoever, but Americans? Pffft. And yanno what? I'm darned tired of it. I make an effort to learn to pronounce and spell the names of others, why can't they do the same for me?

You wouldn't believe the variations. Audrey. Ann-dree-a. Ann-dray-a. Unn-dree-a. Unn-dray-a. Ann-dree. ANN-dree-a.

My name is a very common man's name, especially in the South. It's French. The feminine version simply has another "e" added to it with the accent aigu the same as in a man's name, over the first e. The pronunciation is exactly the same as the masculine version.

I tried explaining this to my DD, but she just doesn't get it. My kids all have very common and easy to spell and pronounce names for the simple reason that I didn't want them to go through life being addressed by names that aren't their names. DD says "What's the big deal?" Well, yanno, she's never had to live with it; there's no mistaking her name nor mistaking any way but one to pronounce it. Same thing with my sons.

I'm tempted to have my name badge at work changed to "Gramma".
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so what IS your name ?:ROFLMAO:
 
This morning I hooked up the big trailer to the truck, and mounted the 12klb winch on it, for a trip to Craig to pick up the body parts, and bed for my 66 Ford pickup From the A**H%*! who has been supposed to be painting it for the last SIX YEARS. He did the cab, less front clip and doors four years ago. I've been waiting on the rest ever since, and finally have had enough excuses, and will finish it myself. Loaded two 55 gal drums in the back of the truck. One for summer diesel, and one for regular gas for the mowers, and will fill them up on my way back.
This afternoon I'm doing some finishing touches on the garage doors, and doing the bi-daily vacuuming of dog, and old man hair.

https://imgur.com/poORbyD
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Geezer Garage said:
This morning I hooked up the big trailer to the truck, and mounted the 12klb winch on it, for a trip to Craig to pick up the body parts, and bed for my 66 Ford pickup From the A**H%*! who has been supposed to be painting it for the last SIX YEARS. He did the cab, less front clip and doors four years ago. I've been waiting on the rest ever since, and finally have had enough excuses, and will finish it myself. Loaded two 55 gal drums in the back of the truck. One for summer diesel, and one for regular gas for the mowers, and will fill them up on my way back.
This afternoon I'm doing some finishing touches on the garage doors, and doing the bi-daily vacuuming of dog, and old man hair.

https://imgur.com/poORbyD
https://imgur.com/t2bVGYF
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Very nice wood door. Does it open left-to-right or top-to-bottom? I assume you built it, yes?
 
Thanks. It's really a Frankenstein of sorts. This has been a project that has taken a stupid amount of time, but in the end I'm really glad that I followed the idea that first came to me when I was considering the options. I will be doing an in detail account of the process in the diary section in a few days, or so.
 
A day off. Um. So much for the fixed schedule that I was promised. It's gonna be one of the only two temperatures we have in the summer. We have hot. We have hotter. Today will be a repeat of yesterday: hotter. There are things to do in the garden so I have to get a wiggle on to get showered and dressed and get out there before the sun moves around to the garden and the heat becomes unbearable. It's the kind of heat that hits you in the face as soon as you step out the door.

When it's too hot to stay outdoors, there are indoor things that need to be done. In the air conditioning.
 
The birdies woke me up at 4:30 sort of went back to sleep until 6am
My early morning walk walk downstairs to our community garden when I watered the plants/flowers,then walked 3 times around the garden circle walked back up 3 flights of stairs to my apt
This morning, my friend, Mary&I are going on our weekly 'road trip' today to the $ store I need to get some cards,line paper,pens. The stores are now charging $1.25 which is ok,lot cheaper than other places
The rest of my day read NYT/local paper, hope to get another walk in as well
 
@Geezer Garage I like your dog. I also like your handiwork.

DD has started working at her half-day-a-week job two half days. Today is one of them. I'd like to run some errands this afternoon, but it will be too darned hot by the time she gets home. It's already way too hot. Not quite 10am and it's 87 with a "feels like" temp of 99. Swell. Glad I got my garden stuff done early.

So about 15 minutes of tidying up, another 15 minutes of attacking the budget and reconciling the checking account. Now what? Looks like a day spent in front of the TV and solitaire on the laptop.

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Oh! I just thought of something interesting to do! Why not empty out the freezer (it's just the one over the fridge...nothing big) and see what surprises live in there? DD doesn't cook. When I cook, it's almost always just for myself. If I cook for all of us, it's something that's consumed in one meal so there's nothing in there that's been leftover since...hmm...maybe Thanksgiving? Christmas? There might be something in there that's recognizable, maybe even edible.

Yup. That's what's gonna get done.
 
The freezer yielded:
a 3lb bottom round roast
three packages of two each chicken breasts
a half pound of ground round
a loaf of bread
a half loaf of bread (half a loaf is better than none?)
a half loaf of raisin bread
a package of Monterey Jack cheese
two burritos
two packages of Stouffer's creamed chipped beef
various and assorted packages of veggies
a big container of mashed potatoes...yup...leftover from Thanksgiving and they're still good
a partially-used container of Cool Whip
three Already Ready frozen pie crusts that DGD was going to use for pies at Christmas...she changed her mind

Chicken breasts and ground round are all dated 11-1-21, the roast dated 1-9-22. Roast is in the fridge to defrost, then be cooked in the crock pot and shredded for sandwiches. Guess something needs to be done with the chicken breasts and the ground round, and soon.

One of the packages of Stouffer's chipped beef is gonna be lunch with peas added to it and served over toast...heaven knows there's plenty of bread for toast:)

I was able to identify everything in there! Yay me.

ETA: I forgot...half a Stollen leftover from Christmas and a package of blueberry scones.
 
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Well I don’t know exactly what today holds in store (still waiting for daughter to appear from her bedroom—I’ve been up for three hours lol) but at least the vey warm temps have dissipated (this mornings temps were in the 50s) so whether we manage to get to Garden the Gods or just poke around the the show in Manitou Spgs, we will have a pretty day for it.
 
Well it's been a really hot sunny day today with no breeze... I drove over to the next large town to get my car washed , and pick up a big bag of Compost from the hardware store next door..... I asked the guy in the shop if he would load it into my car and he did bless him.
When I got home I got the sack barrow and hauled the compost out of the boot, and onto the barrow and strung a bungee cord around it, but it was still too heavy for me to haul up onto the kerb, so I hailed a passing young lad, head and shoulders bigger than me who was walking with his girlfriend home from school...to haul it into the rear garden for me.. his teen girlfriend found it all extraordinarily funny and he was embarrassed, but I gave him a couple of quid for doing it, and he was happy .

Drove further north .. after the car got washed, about a 50 miles round trip... and got all the supermarket shopping.. checked the prices of Mayo while I was in the store.. and an 800g Jar .. is £3.00.. just as a comparison to US prices...

The store had a sale on of Garden ornaments so I got some Rabbits...squirrel.. Bluebird for the fence.. some gnomes... I've put them out there and tomorrow I'll find places for them..
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Got myself a KFC when I was out and got out of the car and sat in the shade at a table...watching the world go by for 15 minutes


While I was in the supermarket, a woman walked up behind me , and complimented me on the top I was wearing... how nice was that ?.. :D she said 'can I just say how much that top suits you'' ?.. well that was very kind of her I thought..

it's so hot today it's dinner time but I'm not hungry, when I got home I drank 2 cups of cold coke.. and now I'm gassed out..
 
Drove to the big city, went to 3 different pet stores and scrounged enough cat food to get him through a couple of weeks. This pet food shortage hopefully will end soon

Went to the doc, watched hubby cringe getting his shot. Then I got scolded by the doc when I asked for a script refill because he looked at my chart and realized I should have had that refill about 5 weeks ago. The excuse of forgetting to take the pills don't fly with him. After the scolding I muttered something about not needing what he calls a preventative cholesteral something or other.....he glared.....I shrugged.

Hit Costco......broke the bank as usual

And bought a fern at Sobeys on the way home. Potted it when I got home, and now I am here.
 
Usual daily chores finally done. Now, for some odd reason, I decided to sort through a small cubby that is in a table in my living room. The cubby has a door so its contents aren't visible. I haven't been in it for at least a year so I forgot that I had stored all kinds of notepads, scissors, stamps, return address labels, envelopes, etc., in there. I have duplicates and triplicates of all of that in a drawer in my craft room/office. That has led me down a rabbit hole and now I have five different areas disturbed as I sort through multiple drawers and small cabinets to consolidate contents.

If anyone needs me later on, check the attic or basement. I'll probably be sorting Christmas stuff :ROFLMAO:
 
Lee said:
Drove to the big city, went to 3 different pet stores and scrounged enough cat food to get him through a couple of weeks. This pet food shortage hopefully will end soon

Went to the doc, watched hubby cringe getting his shot. Then I got scolded by the doc when I asked for a script refill because he looked at my chart and realized I should have had that refill about 5 weeks ago. The excuse of forgetting to take the pills don't fly with him. After the scolding I muttered something about not needing what he calls a preventative cholesteral something or other.....he glared.....I shrugged.

Hit Costco......broke the bank as usual

And bought a fern at Sobeys on the way home. Potted it when I got home, and now I am here.
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why is there a pet food shortage there Lee ?.. any ideas ?
 
Leann said:
Usual daily chores finally done. Now, for some odd reason, I decided to sort through a small cubby that is in a table in my living room. The cubby has a door so its contents aren't visible. I haven't been in it for at least a year so I forgot that I had stored all kinds of notepads, scissors, stamps, return address labels, envelopes, etc., in there. I have duplicates and triplicates of all of that in a drawer in my craft room/office. That has led me down a rabbit hole and now I have five different areas disturbed as I sort through multiple drawers and small cabinets to consolidate contents.

If anyone needs me later on, check the attic or basement. I'll probably be sorting Christmas stuff :ROFLMAO:
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Ok Alice... don't forget to look for the Cheshire Cat while you're down there..:LOL:
 
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