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Hauled some items to the thrift store and spent $2.50 on a little storage box that I don’t have a clue what I’m going to use it for. Got a mild insult by an unusual lady who kept wanting my opinion on the things she was trying on. When I held up an exercise shirt, she informed me that it was too tight and that I needed a medium. Now I’m wondering why I didn’t buy it anyway. Anyway, it was a different experience dealing my new buddy. I made sure she didn’t follow me home.
 

Lately, my dog has been obeying the "stay" command, no matter what. So it was easy to bring the delivered groceries in, and to leave to take my son to work and my daughter to a town that has Uber so she could go to the airport. It was not easy for my daughter to get out the door - he knows what a suitcase means. He will be thrilled that the next time suitcases come out, when we move to Mass, that he will be going with us. I always take him when we go on trips in the car, but never on planes.

But the refrigerator! I've been complaining to myself for 1.5 years about my daughter filling our fridge and freezer with lots of stuff that she doesn't actually eat (or drink). So in order to put the new stuff in, I had to toss the old stuff - items that my son and I do not like. The fridge was nearly empty and everything new fit in nicely. It is super not to have to go on a treasure hunt every time I want something out of the fridge. My daughter is also the Queen of Condiments That No One Else Likes. I filled 3 kitchen-sized trash bags!!!
 

I have no idea what today holds in store for me. I will be staying inside because our elevator is waiting for new hardware. We can use it, but the notice on it says to make sure you have your phone with you just in case. Also to limit usage as much as possible. So I am not taking a chance. I don't really need to go anywhere but the dumpster. Maybe one of the men on my floor would take my two bags down if I flirt with them? But then they might become a problem after that. No, I will just wait it out.

Have a great day, my friends!
 
katlupe said:
I have no idea what today holds in store for me. I will be staying inside because our elevator is waiting for new hardware. We can use it, but the notice on it says to make sure you have your phone with you just in case. Also to limit usage as much as possible. So I am not taking a chance. I don't really need to go anywhere but the dumpster. Maybe one of the men on my floor would take my two bags down if I flirt with them? But then they might become a problem after that. No, I will just wait it out.

Have a great day, my friends!
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Hopefully the elevator worry will be over for you soon. I would wait it out too.
 
Family coming to pick me up for the Beach! It will be a very hot day, over 95F. I will make a village of sandcastles and my grandson will destroy it with his CAT Excavator. Sometimes he gets so excited he destroys my village at the very first building! The surf will be rough today,
 
It’s Sunday…..no big motivation.
Started the boring job of washing storage containers, so they’re clean to sell…..feel better that they’re clean.
Will finish the smaller ones today…..then maybe sort through the next ones for cleaning.
Getting outside time too….might just fill a pail with water, and venture to the deck with them to wash, hate to waste a nice day outside.
 
It's almost 5pm... I've had a pretty busy day today. It's hot, and this morning I got the long reach hedge trimmer out and trimmed all the tops and sides of the whole length of my garden both sides .. as well as the Laurel hedge at the back which is very high, and 30 or more feet wide.

The trouble with the long reach is that it's very heavy for me, so usually it causes me back pain.. but anyway I got it all done, and as I was raking everything up in the HEAT, and sweating, just glorious to look at, covered in twigs and leaves and sweat 🥵.. my neighbour called me over the back privacy fence and handed me a 5 litre pot of Forest Green fence paint that he no longer needs.. he'd bought too much when he was painting his fences.. very kind.. good quality paint too..

Quick shower at mid-day.. and then off on a 60 mile round trip to a retail park. I didn't have to go that far but my car hasn't moved in a week or more, so I wanted to give it a run , and get some fuel while I was out as well... £37.00 to top up half a tank... :cautious:


Popped into M&S bought a new sleeveless white blouse, and had a drink in their cafe upstairs which looks out over the enormous car park.. so a nice place for people watching....was going to take a photo for you.. but I'd left my phone in the car


Got all the groceries , except milk.... because I always buy my milk in Aldi, it's half the price of all the other supermarkets.. supermarkets close at 4pm here on Sundays , and it's was almost 4pm when I left the supermarket, so I'll get the milk another day
just after 5pm... might have some Scallops in champagne & cream sauce for dinner...
 
It looks like another "stuck in the house" day. I went out about 10, did a couple of quick chores, then back into the house. It's already 96, and should hit well over 100 in a couple of hours. The forecast says we should get some rain late tonight/early morning....sure hope we do.
 
Not much to do today. This afternoon I think I’ll try to catch up on all the shows I have recorded on the DVR. I’ve been really enjoying Hidden, a crime drama on Acorn TV. I’m on the third and last season and I hate it is ending. The characters sometimes speak in Welsh which is interesting. Any recommendations about what I should watch next? There seems to be quite a lot of similar series (Midsomer Murders, Vera) to sort through.
 
We've been really lucky here that the temps are pretty much where they're normal for this time of year. Not that it's not hot; it is! But our "hot" is in the 90s, which is what we expect. So far, knock wood, we've had humid days when the "feels like" temp is a little more than 100, but no actual 100-degree days.

This morning I got up early, woke the rooster, and got started on seeding more Bermuda grass, with a time out to go with DD to do the weekly Walmarting. When we came back, it was still early enough and cool enough to finish the section.

Now there's just one section left to do. I'm off again on Thursday and hope to get it done Thursday morning. That should leave plenty of time for it to establish enough of a root system to continue to grow during the winter. Bermuda keeps growing all year. In the winter the surface turns brown, but the roots keep on keeping on. By spring at green-up time, it will be well on the way to choking out what's left of the fescue.

Why am I going to so much trouble? Well...remember the saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result? Yup. It's the definition of insanity ;) :ROFLMAO: . Every fall for the past 8-9 years, I've been overseeding fescue, and every summer the fungus kills a good bit of it. There's really no logical reason to expect that the blankety-blank fungus won't continue to kill it. And reseeding every year? It's a lot of brutal hard work, and it's expensive.
 
Omigosh! I forgot. Remember a couple of days ago I said that we got a new full-time person in the bakery? And I thought she was maybe 21 or 22? Nope. She's 37! I never looked that good on my best day.

@hollydolly M&S? Marks and Spencer? Years ago when I was in London, my companion had to all but drag me out of Marks and Spencer by the hair of my head. Oh, my, what a great place to shop till you drop!
 
Looks like we could have thunderstorm so I am going to binge watch three episodes of Hamish MacBeth series which I have recorded.
My PBS station which is in Buffalo is re-running the series so he is popular with American audiences too.

He is a police constable in the Scottish town of Lochdubh and his dog, Wee Jock, is there with him.
Of course I have seen all of them before but now like watching anew.
Well, except for some pertinent bits which stick in the mind but oh my such scenery and humour with the people of Lochdubh and no gory bloody scenes........so relaxing.
 
Georgiagranny said:
Omigosh! I forgot. Remember a couple of days ago I said that we got a new full-time person in the bakery? And I thought she was maybe 21 or 22? Nope. She's 37! I never looked that good on my best day.

@hollydolly M&S? Marks and Spencer? Years ago when I was in London, my companion had to all but drag me out of Marks and Spencer by the hair of my head. Oh, my, what a great place to shop till you drop!
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yes indeedy...one and the same.... :D..but today I was only shopping in the food hall, then one white blouse in the ladies wear.... .. and then the cafeteria upstairs..
 
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