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StarSong said:
I'm about to move some things around (maybe into a donation box) to make room for the instant pot with air fryer accessories that I just acquired. While I think the setup is worthwhile (especially since I didn't have to buy it), this is the exact reason I dithered about getting one.

I've already got too many small appliances.
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As planned, I found room for the instant pot - and then some!

My donation box now has a like-new blender (I have a Vitamix for a back up to a Vitamix-style Blendtec mixer that I won - it's like a Vitamix but I like ti better), a brand new bread machine that I specifically begged to not be given as a gift, a brand new 2-8 cup coffee percolator, another coffee machine (Mr. Coffee type) AND a giant 60 cup percolator.

I offered any or all to my children via a group text, but had no takers so they'll go to charity tomorrow.

It was too hot to do much more rooting around in the garage (over 100°), but I spied plenty of things that are begging to be organized, tossed or donated.
 

Ken N Tx said:
Staying indoors again!!!
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This looks like my weather forecast next week!

Watered the byard early this morning..6.30am. Have the dishwasher loaded, just need to start it.
Have a few things to put away, and I'm done for the day. Too hot!
 

So had a weird (for me) experience today….

Decided to get outside this afternoon and headed over to the “Founder’s Memorial park,” which is a small, tree-shaded park in the center of town with monuments for or tombstones of people from when the Americus was founded (mid-1800’s mainly)
(I enjoy trying to decipher old tombstone inscriptions)

Anyway, on the way in there was a jar of spaghetti sauce and a water-filled plate on the bench and brickwork just inside the entrance. I didn’t really pay it any mind but as I strolled around, I realized there was piles clothing on some of the benches, garbage bags (with who-knows-what) tucked between some of the tombs and on the way out I realized there was more clothing draped over some of the thick limbs of a bush, arranged as though they were being dried after washing. More stuff on the ground under the clothes.

ok so if I was in Seattle, this wouldn’t surprise me at all but it’s unusual here in this small town. I admit I felt uncomfortable… like, what, the boogey-man is going to jump out of the bushes? So a homeless person is setting up housekeeping in a local park (?) Not sure how I feel about that.

just musing …
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Yes, besides the things I mentioned there was also a small box of crayons and a plastic container of chocolate pudding…. I hope there’s not a child involved in all this. 😕
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ye... however ironically enough I was watching a Youtube video just a couple of nights ago, about the Tent people of the USA.. and some of the women had colouring books and pens... for them.. not for kids.. one woman explained that it's the only 'free'' entertainment she can have ..she sat colouring in, the whole time she was being interviewed :oops:
 
WheatenLover said:
I had an interesting night. Around 12:45 a.m., the dog came into my room with his head tilted all the way to the left, and he could walk well - his legs were not moving correctly at all. My daughter immediately called an emergency vet, while I held Aidan. We finally left to take him to the e-vet at 1, got there at 2:15 (the closest vet). Aidan suddenly started acting like his normal self at the beginning of the trip. He whined a lot. He's only ever gone to the e-vet late at night, and I am sure he knew where we were going. Plus we've been to this e-vet before. The vet thought maybe he'd been poisoned, but we knew that wasn't the case.

In the end, the vet thought maybe he had an ear infection, because such quick recovery wouldn't have happened had a brain problem been involved. So we got antibiotics, which also work for a skin infection he has every summer. Vet offered to do a full workup, but our vet is right down the street, and we will go to her if this happens again.

We got home at 4:15. Our vet has a more expensive emergency clinic, but they closed at midnight. And now it is time to take my son to work.

I'm very thankful my dog is okay! And that no deer ran in front of the car while my daughter was taking us to the vet. It was a long trip, tons of sharp curves in country roads, and farms everywhere. And pitch dark (no street lights).
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I have had way too many of those trips in my life, ususally not at night. Mine prefer to get sick on the weekend. Scares the crap out of you, doesn't it. Last time, my little girl would not come in out of the heat. She was just too busy chasing squirrels and is so fast I can't catch her. I was out there waving cheese in one hand and a chicken leg in the other, she just started walking like a drunk person and fell over. Off we went to emergency, yes, dogs can have a heat stroke. They pumped her full of fluid and she came home fine. I am just grateful to have a per ER close.!
 
Just got back from fishing, one of my most productive trips. Two of us fishing caught 450 pounds, after processing we ended up with about 250 lbs of frozen filets to spilt between us. The freezer is quite full. About half halibut, then ling cod, salmon and an assortment of smaller rock fish. We hit the British Columbia limit on everything by mid morning the third day and had to quit early.
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Pinky said:
That is a whole lot of driving!
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Way too much, spent more time behind the wheel than fishing! Put over 2,400 miles on my truck

Scenery in BC was incredible, an amazing place. Had to cross 500 miles or so of boring high desert to get to the coast, that wasn't so good. It was my first time, so I did appreciate the scenery, but might fly if I do it again. Not sure if I could get all the fish home on a plane.

Fished out of Port Hardy, might consider flying to Victoria and renting a car, the 5 or 6 hour drive up Vancouver Island to Port Hardy. Pretty much the whole length top to bottom was well worth doing again.
 
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This morning I already started my keto yogurt in the Instant Pot. Next I will make keto coleslaw. I woke up to hear rain hitting my air conditioner. That has stopped now. Planning on cleaning my bathroom after I finish my last cup of coffee. Then I will take a shower and figure out the rest of my day. Funny, it does not seem like a Monday to me.

Yesterday I cut Rabbit's claws so have figured out a good way to do it. I usually leave him on the floor and bend over to do it so can only do a few at a time. Now I am putting him on my computer chair so he is up higher. At first he liked it because it was a new place but then he realized I was clipping his claws. He didn't like it but there was nothing he could do. I had the power this time. Not him.
 
I'm such a slug! Didn't roll out of bed until 6am. That makes up for getting up at 3am yesterday.

Today is a day off so my intention is to prep and seed a little more of the area where I'm going to try to grow Bermuda grass. Key word: intention. That road to hell is getting paved little by little :ROFLMAO: Gotta get myself together and get out there while it's still cool and that part of the lawn is still shady.

There's also a trip to Kohl's to spend my Kohl's cash or whatever it's called, a stop at Publix for a gallon of sweet tea (it's better than what I can make at home), a fly-by to Aldi because my stash of chocolate is almost gone (heaven forfend!), and a stop to get a mega millions ticket so I can win something over $500 million bucks tomorrow night.

The rest of the day will be spent figuring out how to allocate the $500 million bucks or however much will be left after taxes. Whatever it is, I'm sure I can limp along on it.

Y'all stay cool today. We don't need anybody suffering from heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
 
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