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sKePTiKal:
OOOF. Sorry about the taxi disaster Lighter! Sounds like you just kept right on rolling, though.
Weather has been totally fabulous the past couple days. Cool crisp mornings warming up to "comfortable" during the day without being hot & sticky or oppressive. The oak pollen has been bothering me some; but not like in year's past. We'll see if pine pollen diminishes too. Different varieties here.
Last week's "fun" has turned into a struggle to get started again. Mower problems yesterday completely shut me down. But an online friend who repairs them, suggested one more thing for me to check out as the possible cause and the correction. The water issue at the garden hydrant was stupid simple: neither electrician or I had the strength to lift the rusted handle far enough. So while the plumbers were here, we worked out a plan to move that hydrant to a more convenient place. That'll save me dragging about 30-40 ft more of hose... and be less likely to get hit by someone backing up.
Compost is still MIA. The nursery had a big open house over the weekend and the rain just POURED... so it may be too wet to get a whole truckload loaded up. I still need to design a woodshed, put together a materials list, find someone to cut enough trees that I can split for next heating season.
I have company threatening to come again too... and the house just feels dusty from pollen season. And I really do HAVE TO finish up the caulking, poly finish on the interior of the new windows, paint the inside of the doors downstairs, and think about juggling the flooring job/replacing washer & dryer at about the same time. And there's a whole bunch more "dominos" involved there.
Meanwhile the garage projects are languishing at the bottom of the list.
LOL.
sKePTiKal:
I have GOT to get Freddie his own brush. Cute little boy is shedding like crazy. I just cleaned all the pollen off the porch and now stray cat hairs are floating around... sigh.
Finally got the lawn mowed around the house... and it's on to the trimmer. Lots of places are too steep for the mower. Cut off a multiflora rose that's growing next to a tree stump. Still lots of things to build, fill, plant and prune/cut down around here. But I'm going to need to make a grocery run this morning and Ronnie said after he takes care of some business this morning, he'd be back to cut a tree that fell across his path in the back 40 and "spot" me while I get some hours on the bobcat.
Work is going to have to be with equipment or pretty light for me today... it's supposed to be stinky hot. And I continue to chip away at the housework. I'll check the weather for the month again... it might be time to switch to a/c.
Hopalong:
I'm finding I'm good with 80 degrees indoors during the day, with fans.
At night, though I hate running the AC, I'm doing 74 for sleep. Impossible without it.
lighter:
Ahhhh, so much going on, Amber. Makes me tired reading it. I assume things get easier and easier as you plug away. You have a vision, and you're working toward it.
How is Holly doing? Did she take the job?
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
I guess I spoke too soon about the viking. LOL.
Claims he was in the hospital with kidney issues... said he missed chatting with me... still don't know how I feel about so much space in this arrangement. But maybe that doesn't matter. Decided to just not worry about it.
Tree pollen is working overtime. And while we had some thunder & showers last night - clearing the air - now I've let all the pollen in the house by leaving the windows open. Again. LOL. That's the trade-off for my practice of trying to acclimate to the outside temps... by not running the a/c. I did just turn it on, because of the humidity though. I can actually taste the pollen, so I know it's pretty bad. Lots and lots of dusting & vacumning have to happen now. Clean the ceiling fans.
OH WELL... it's going to be pretty hot & muggy the next couple days anyway.
The step-daughter's ex called; it's his weekend with the littles; to wish me Happy Mother's Day. That was really nice. But I seem to run out of things to talk about pretty quick.
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