What are you doing today?

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Spent the morning cleaning up from the work on the bridge railings yesterday. Putting away welders, generator, grinders, and such, cleaned up the shop, cut up the old railings, and stacked them up by the fire pit. Up for lunch now, and just might take the rest of the day off. Keep telling myself I should take a day off, but rarely do.
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Oh go ahead, take tomorrow off! Sleep late, go for a swim or a nice lunch out somewhere. Order delivery for supper and watch movies. Or go fishing.
 

Got lunch over with.

Our friend whose trees hubby has been cutting stopped in.
He wanted him to haul some rocks over to his river side cabin,, the bank is washing away.

They were discussing how to get into where the rocks are,, when another couple of friends stopped in.
We all spend the afternoon talking about old times.

Looks like I won't get any peach jam made today.
Have put our bedding on & fold clothes.
 

It rained a little last night, thank God. It's overcast today and not nearly as hot as it has been for the last few weeks, only about 79°. That's a relief. So I didn't mind turning on the oven to roast some pumpkin seeds, and I did a little more work on my closets. Lord have mercy.

My sink has been leaking from the faucet, and I think the O rings need to be replaced. I ran out to a couple of local hardware stores, but, of course, neither of them had what I needed for my particular faucet. No surprise there. I didn't feel like driving all the way to Home Depot, so this afternoon I ordered them from Amazon. If that doesn't do the trick and stop the leak, I'll try to figure out what the heck else it could be. I'll try whatever I have to to fix it myself before calling the plumber.

I ordered a few other things from Amazon that I need, unloaded the dishwasher and folded and put away some laundry. I thought I was gonna take a short nap before dinner because I've had a splitting sinus headache since I got up this morning and a little sleep usually helps but I noticed my Vitacost order had been delivered. I went outside to retrieve it and put a letter in my mail box to be picked up. On the way back up the driveway I spotted weeds. 👀 The bane of my existence. 😫 So I began pulling them up. Did I stop and go into the garage to get a pair of gardening gloves? No, I did not. I was on a roll and if I stopped to get the gloves, I might lose my momentum and we can't have that now can we? So, dirt caking under my finger nails, I just kept pullin' up dem weeds. For about two hours, I pulled up dem damn weeds. By the time I finished I was a total sweatball, lol. Then I spent ten minutes trying to get the dirt out from under my fingernails and took a quick shower. I always say to myself, "Next time I'll get the gloves." Then when the spirit moves me I do the same thing again. I think I might be crazy.

Oh, look, it's that time again! Tonight I'm having an icy cold mojito. Don't you think I've earned it after all that weeding? 😊🙃😊


Bella
 
I'm curled up after work, binging on YouTube videos (my guilty pleasure, I guess). Some random observations and questions from some of the main topics I watch...

The Repercussions and backlash to Netflik's new adaptation of J. Austen's "Persuasion" is nearly as vocal and barbed as... not sure what without alluding to politics! (And just from the glimpses I've had of this 'take' on Jane's work, I have to say I agree with most of the ppl who didn't like it.) It's the 1995 version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds for me!

Floating shelves are all the rage in the renovation videos... Seems like a lot of dusting (?)

I love the folks who show us what daily life is like in different countries... France, Sweden, UK, Italy, India, Japan I especially like Choki from Japan... her two cats are so entertaining! =D

Love discovering new musical talent as well as old favorites... sometimes in the same video. Check out this cover of Jim Croce's "Operator" ...
 
My day started before dawn, as usual. I rearranged and organized some stock in the storage closet to make more room and labeled the boxes some items are stored in. I emptied a bag that I'd shifted around for a year; it contained several pairs of slippers and thick cushions I used in my non rubber bottom slippers. I washed some of those and hung them up to dry; I threw the hard bottom ones away. I took a couple of naps, continued watching Eureka and started episodes of a couple of other shows. I'm glad I didn't have to cook today.

@jujube Good for you! 🏋️‍♀️:)
 
Good morning, boys and girls. Are we all in our places with bright, shiny faces?

Guess who has a day off and still got up at 4:30? When The Cat purrs in your ear so that you'll get up and serve breakfast, what else is there to do?

@Bella I hear you about the weeding (and whatever else needs doing re lawn and garden!). "I'm just going to pull this up/deadhead this plant..." Yeah, it doesn't turn out like that at all. When it's light out, I'm gonna gear up (and glove up) and haul my bony butt to the garden. Serving notice on those !@#$%^&* weeds.

Reading about all of you who are purging/cleaning/donating and thinking it must be the season or something. DD has been busily engaged in doing the same. Holy buckets! By the time she's done, her house is going to echo. Tee hee...yesterday she texted me before and after pix of the linen closet. The before pix showed the door not quite being able to close. The after pix showed nearly empty shelves. Then she admitted to me that the linen closet had not been sorted in the 23 years they've lived here and that there were sheets in there that she'd had long before she and DSIL were married. Um. That would be more than 25 years ago.

Then there's the kitchen...
And the closets in the bedrooms...
And the storage space under the vanities in the bathrooms...

If she ever makes it as far as the garage... :ROFLMAO:

Yesterday afternoon she had to go to Sam's Club to pick up some things for her half day job so I went along just because it's fun to see what's new. The most fun thing was a big Hallowe'en-themed wreath...let us keep in mind that Hallowe'en is three months away...it was soooo funny! Black with orange ornaments, a skeleton and other creepy stuff, and lights. Lit up, the skull's eyes were red and its hands were holding a harmonica that played.

I wanted it. I really, really wanted it because it was so funny. But I didn't want it enough to spend $80 to buy it!

Okay. Gotta tidy up The Hovel, get dressed in my gardening grubbies and get out there to do battle against the weeds.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
I'm curled up after work, binging on YouTube videos (my guilty pleasure, I guess). Some random observations and questions from some of the main topics I watch...

The Repercussions and backlash to Netflik's new adaptation of J. Austen's "Persuasion" is nearly as vocal and barbed as... not sure what without alluding to politics! (And just from the glimpses I've had of this 'take' on Jane's work, I have to say I agree with most of the ppl who didn't like it.) It's the 1995 version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds for me!

Floating shelves are all the rage in the renovation videos... Seems like a lot of dusting (?)

I love the folks who show us what daily life is like in different countries... France, Sweden, UK, Italy, India, Japan I especially like Choki from Japan... her two cats are so entertaining! =D

Love discovering new musical talent as well as old favorites... sometimes in the same video. Check out this cover of Jim Croce's "Operator" ...
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I;d love the link to one that shows daily life in the UK ... so I can tell you if it's the average way of life or no... :LOL:
 
I've just met with my elderly neighbours' son whose up here organising his father's belongings. He said he's not going to clear the house until next week.. which means soon after that we'll get new neighbours in that house for the first time in all the 40 odd years I've had this house , and the 60 years since it was built ...it'll be very strange..

It's very warm and HUMID.. but I have to go out , and deposit a Tax rebate cheque... we rarely deal in cheques in this country.. not for years, so it's a bit of a PITA to have to go to the bank, because hundreds of our bank branches have closed in the last few years due to online banking, and there isn't a branch in my market town anymore , so it means I have to drive west to another town which still for the moment has a branch of my bank.. but for how long , who knows..
I'll take some donations for the charity shop with me.. 2 birds with one stone..
 
Up early, trying to get 'fired up' to do the peach jam I didn't get made, Monday.

Why is when your house looks its worst ,, company comes?

Biggest problem is hubby comes in with sawdust clinging to him.
He'll empty out his shoes into a waste basket him.

Told hm last night that I think our floors look like something out of westerns.
They used saw dust to soak up all the spilled booze & blood from fights.

Wonder if he will rmember that & brush off sawdust before he comes in?
 
This morning my plan is to finish going through this pile of papers........filing some and getting rid of others. Then processing the herbal tea I made yesterday. Going to make homemade coleslaw. After all that is finished I will probably vacuum and then clean bathroom. That sounds like enough for today. Oh, pay some bills too.

Depending on the weather, when I go out to the dumpster I might take a walk. But if it is too hot I will skip it and walk a few laps in my hall.
 
Sliverfox said:
Up early, trying to get 'fired up' to do the peach jam I didn't get made, Monday.

Why is when your house looks its worst ,, company comes?

Biggest problem is hubby comes in with sawdust clinging to him.
He'll empty out his shoes into a waste basket him.

Told hm last night that I think our floors look like something out of westerns.
They used saw dust to soak up all the spilled booze & blood from fights.

Wonder if he will rmember that & brush off sawdust before he comes in?
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I had those same problems before I moved here. Sawdust from firewood too. Plus all the dirt you get from working in the garden and cleaning horse stalls and walking around in the paddock. Funny thing, I did some of the same things and I didn't bring in as much dirt and sawdust as my husband did.
 
Today DH & I are going for a meet-and-greet with a dog we may adopt. At only two weeks since our beloved pup's passing, it seems very soon - even to us - but we're patterning after our son and DIL's strategy.

They adopt elderly or somewhat disabled dogs and typically have two small dogs and a cat. When they lose one of their animals, they mourn deeply and adopt another within a short time. They've found that bringing a new life into their home helps soothe the hurt. Since they adopt animals that most people decline without a second thought, they've never had difficulty finding sweet furbabies to bring into their home.

They're pretty amazing, don't you think?

p.s. The dog we're looking at today is only 1-1/2 years old. I fully expect and believe DH & I will outlive our next dog, but are nevertheless comforted by knowing any animal we adopt would be guaranteed a home after ours, if it comes to that. Our children are all dog lovers and dog owners.
 
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