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When I went on my early walk at 6:20, it was 77 with a slight breeze, still humid,came back and watered the plants/flowers in our community garden
As usual,I'll be calling Canopy of Neighbors Members this morning to see how they are, It usually takes me an hr or so to talk to the 14 members on my list
Afterwards, if it hasn't started to rain hope to get another walk in, read NYT,my book, stay cool with the fan on me
 

Some folks say, "Life's a Beach" so today I am off to the beach to find out if this is really true. Anyway, summer is here, the temperature today will be 29 C and life is short so why waste it sitting in the noisy city? Time to "hit the road and go."
 

moviequeen1 said:
When I went on my early walk at 6:20, it was 77 with a slight breeze, still humid,came back and watered the plants/flowers in our community garden
As usual,I'll be calling Canopy of Neighbors Members this morning to see how they are, It usually takes me an hr or so to talk to the 14 members on my list
Afterwards, if it hasn't started to rain hope to get another walk in, read NYT,my book, stay cool with the fan on me
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Sounds like a wonderful beginning of the day! Also, it's such a good thing you are doing calling the members to see how they are doing! :)
 
I was going to mow the lawn when I felt a few raindrops. Sigh. Then I thought maybe we'd get the real thing. Not so far...I've been waiting 20 minutes, and all we get is thunder.

Tomorrow's a day off. If no rain happens today, I'll mow as soon as the dew dries up around noonish. While I wait for that to happen in the morning, there are still weeds out there.
 
Planning on doing laundry this morning. Filing papers or throwing them out. That darn paper pile has built up again! Right now I am cleaning my water dispenser since it does not have jug on it. Moving it around to clean every bit of it. Didn't realize it had gotten so dirty. The bottle that is leaking is in a corner of my shower until the water guy comes back. Not leaking that much. Then might clean the NuWave oven but maybe after I use it for my first meal of the day.

Yesterday my appointment with the oral surgeon was cancelled and they said they tried to call me but my voice box was full. I don't know why I didn't hear it ring. Or why they did send a text or a email. So we went out to lunch instead.
 
Last night, I was so tired of the humidity we had the past couple of days, I went to bed at 9:30
I woke up around 4:30am, put the blanket on my bed{1st time in weeks} went back to sleep listening to the rain
I woke up again around 6:10 rain had stopped,walked to the corner to drop a bill in the mailbx
This morning,I 'll take the bus going to Target looking for cards,another book to read
The rest of my day read NYT,my book,might get another walk in
 
I have to finish cleaning out my daughters car and run it through the car wash. I have to go to a town 45 minutes away to do the rest the stuff. I want to go to Goodwill, which is fabulous there, but I may put that off until I pick up my glasses. My son and I are going out to lunch. Have an appointment to get my eyes checked. Then we will visit, hopefully, just one Honda dealer, too sell my daughter's car. The Kelly Blue Book value is $4,800, and this dealer told my daughter they would buy it for that. It is a 2004 Honda CRV with 98K miles on it, in great condition. When I think of how old the car is, I am amazed at it's mileage and condition.

My daughter texted me last night to hurry up and sell the car because her new roommate situation is not working out. Even though she's paying half the rent and expenses (her half is over $1,500/mo), the roommate told her she is not allowed to have guests because *she* is the guest. My son and his boyfriend visited her for 2 hours, which caused the meltdown of her roommate. This is not a case of the roomie not liking gay people. The roomie is a trans woman. My son's boyfriend's mother is taking my daughter to look for an apartment on Friday. The boyfriend's family treats my kids like they are members of the family. That is really nice of them, more than nice. I talk to them once in awhile, and I always thank them for how far they go out of their way for my kids. It's been almost 2 years now, and this family's true colors are evident - they are very loving, caring people.

Sometimes it is hard to mind my own business where my kids are concerned, especially with roommates and boyfriends. Some of them are so freaking naive.
 
Done very little today ... back still hurting a lot. Very hot today... not even a breeze.. temps at high 80's..

Did some little bit of gardening this morning, everything is dead in the pots now bar one clematis, so I dug them up and snipped off the rest... there's no saving them..

The only things that are surviving this heat.. and lack of rain are the shrubs.. and under one long side of shrubs I planted ferns.. and Autumn Joy... and the AJ is thriving more than I;ve seen it do in 20 years.. and the Ferns because they're in the shade and I throw a bucket of water under there most nights, is also doing well...

We've not had hosepipe ban yet in this area, unlike the rest of the South of England so I want to get the Karcher out and do the paths.. but I'll have to wait until my back isn't so sore..
 
Before the garage gets too hot this morning, I'm planning to organize some electronics that need to go to the electronics waste recycling center. Also want to pull together some donations and get them out of here. Need to drop some books at the library today, as well.

@hollydolly, our lawn is "California crunchy" from lack of water, so I completely understand your situation. This has happened here many, many times over the years.

If your experience will be anything like mine, when rains return your plants will green up fairly quickly. 🤞
 
@WheatenLover Sounds like your daughter needs a hug and more!

Yay for those of you getting needed rain. Not yay for those of you not getting needed rain.

@hollydolly Sometime ago, Whatsisname, The Father of My Children, told me that when they're in serious drought conditions, which is most of the time in California, they'd put a bucket in the shower to catch the overflow and use that on their flowers and shrubs. Worth a try?

Started digging weeds again this morning. Ugh. At least when I work hard in the bakery, I get paid for it!

I'm done in the garden for the day. It's already too hot and too humid to continue. Work tomorrow, then off again on Thursday to weed some more. Believe me when I tell you that I will never again neglect my garden. A stitch in time and all that...
 
We’re going to have another day of mid to high nineties; I hate not having my walks. My daughter and SO returned yesterday and my husband’s son, DIL and GD also arrived. We got them a room at a nearby hotel. Sometimes I miss a larger house but this is the first time so many are here at the same time. Not sure what everyone is planning for today. The GD likes to thrift shop so maybe some of us can go there. Maybe some of them will go to the lake. Best of all, we’re going out for dinner.

My husband spotted a wasp nest that was growing really fast. It was almost dark when he sprayed it; hope they’re all dead.
 
StarSong said:
Before the garage gets too hot this morning, I'm planning to organize some electronics that need to go to the electronics waste recycling center. Also want to pull together some donations and get them out of here. Need to drop some books at the library today, as well.

@hollydolly, our lawn is "California crunchy" from lack of water, so I completely understand your situation. This has happened here many, many times over the years.

If your experience will be anything like mine, when rains return your plants will green up fairly quickly. 🤞
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Oh yes I fully expect the grass to return to green once the rains come, but the plants are long past saving
 
Georgiagranny said:
@WheatenLover Sounds like your daughter needs a hug and more!

Yay for those of you getting needed rain. Not yay for those of you not getting needed rain.

@hollydolly Sometime ago, Whatsisname, The Father of My Children, told me that when they're in serious drought conditions, which is most of the time in California, they'd put a bucket in the shower to catch the overflow and use that on their flowers and shrubs. Worth a try?

Started digging weeds again this morning. Ugh. At least when I work hard in the bakery, I get paid for it!

I'm done in the garden for the day. It's already too hot and too humid to continue. Work tomorrow, then off again on Thursday to weed some more. Believe me when I tell you that I will never again neglect my garden. A stitch in time and all that...
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I've got a garden hose.. it's just a faff to unroll it every night and hook it up under the sink tap... I tend to just fill buckets up with water and throw them over the plants... I didn't do the lawns because they'll return to green as soon as it rains.. altho' if I start to see patches, then I'll get the hose on PDQ...
 
Jules said:
We’re going to have another day of mid to high nineties; I hate not having my walks. My daughter and SO returned yesterday and my husband’s son, DIL and GD also arrived. We got them a room at a nearby hotel. Sometimes I miss a larger house but this is the first time so many are here at the same time. Not sure what everyone is planning for today. The GD likes to thrift shop so maybe some of us can go there. Maybe some of them will go to the lake. Best of all, we’re going out for dinner.

My husband spotted a wasp nest that was growing really fast. It was almost dark when he sprayed it; hope they’re all dead.
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WE had a wasps nest in the attic the year before last.. and then one in the back of the shed the year after that.. I hate wasps, fortunately the O/H gassed them out...
 
hollydolly said:
WE had a wasps nest in the attic the years before last.. and then one in the back of the shed the year after that.. I hate wasps, fortunately the O/H gassed them out...
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DH reminded me of the nest in our carport attic a few years ago.
He’ll have to give this nest another blast. Many are dead but the entrance is on the upper side instead of the bottom.

Had to drive back to a large market store to return the Foccia bread we bought for company dinner last night. It expired 5 days ago; hard as a rock. Picked up more peaches and tomatoes.

Pretty quiet day as the company wanders in and out based on their plans. That’s the way I like it. We’re all going out for dinner.
 

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