Hi, lauren! Yay for another great road trip!
Posted on 08/10/2020 5:55:35 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
Good evening, radu...sure hope your heat wave is getting tired and leaves soon. Good luck in your search efforts.
I am headed back to work. The day was going pretty well until the error report at 4:30p. Most all are mine with the new project for the new company. When is this going to end!!! *sigh*
Very true. We’ve found a few treasures in the rest of Clara’s house but there’s been a lot of junk, too, like what’s visible in that pic. The woman threw nothing away.
I started getting to some cool stuff last night but ran out of steam. Hubby said there’s a large-ish metal bomber model in there somewhere. Not sure what kind though. If it’s something good enough, we’ll donate it to the military museum.
I found a small globe with stand that I’d like to hang on to. I didn’t scrutinize it but just glancing at Africa, it appears to be fairly old.
Even once I’m past Clara’s stuff, there’ll be junk. I married into a family of hoarders going back generations. LOL
Summer’s just beating all of us up this year, isn’t it? We had decent temps last week - mid 80s - then went back to “sauna” over the weekend and it’s not letting up. It doesn’t help that it rains everywhere BUT HERE. If we don’t get decent rain this week, the cotton is toast. It looks really bad now. So does the yard - - brown, brown, brown.
Glad you were able to make it out to the range. You’ve been put off several times in the past.
That room isn’t all Clara. Hubby said it was full when he was a kid, then Clara added more to the hoard over the years. Her stuff in there is plain JUNK, as evidenced in the pic. I’m wanting to get my hands on the previous two generations’ stuff. It’s a large room plus there’s attic space over the rooms upstairs, accessed from that room. I don’t know that we’ll live long enough to accomplish the full mission. LOL
Hey there, Kathy!
We’d LOVE for the heat wave to poop out but it still seems to have plenty of steam. Gonna be toasty all week and probably beyond.
I’ve put off going to work on the hoarder hellhole about as long as I can and need t get started. The house should be cooled off enough now. Just finished supper so I have some energy to burn.
Dang the luck. That new company needs to get on the ball so you don’t get stuck with so many errors.
You KNOW when it’s going to end. ;-)
~ Just Hangin' ~
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Now that is a REAL mess! She was champion of messes! LOL!
How's everyone this morning?
Howdy, luvie.
LOL! Clara sure was a champion of messes but from what I’m seeing, she came by it honestly. OMG, I hope I survive this.
How’s Smokey doing these days? Still eating well?
Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))
How’s it going out your way? Did you get any rain a little while ago? I see you have a system moving through similar to what’s starting to move through TN. If nothing else, the outflow should cool things off a little for now. We’re already getting a little cool breeze.
You and Gizmo have a good time yesterday?
One thing I'm keeping is a cute little clock. Cleaned up a little, it'll look nice hanging somewhere in here.
And then, I had to manually pay the utility bill on xPress. Xpresss Bill Pay is the system our city uses for those who want to pay our utility bill online.
Well, it showed our bill being due 9/15/20. That's September an automatic bill pay on 9/9/20 which is September. This is August, not September so we ended up having to manually pay the utility bill to avoid being overdue and risking shut off
And then the utility guys came by and did some tree trimming on the power lines a block down from us.
We did have a line of winds move through bu it didn't blow too hard at all. No loss of power.
Here are some pics from Comanche Lake yesterday.
A busy day for you, wasn’t it? Bet you’re glad to get that all behind you.
Weird that your electric bill was dated wrong.
It looks like Gizmo dragged you all over creation yesterday. LOL!
Bummer that you didn’t get any rain yet but it looks like there’s still a chance for you to get some. We just had a nice, heavy shower move through and did we ever need it! I hope it was enough to snap the cotton back. It’s looking awful the past few days.
I’ll bet you’ll be glad to get it all chucked out. But that clock is really nice!
Smokey is doing well. He can eat that chicken so fast! LOL! His fur is beginning to feel softer. Still super skinny, but not quite emaciated now. He’s awfully sweet.
So glad Smokey’s appetite has finally kicked off. He needed it. His little body has a lot of catching up to do but it’s off to a good start since his coat’s improving already. If he does as our starved strays have done, his weight will suddenly increase almost overnight soon.
I doubt we’ll ever get that house completely cleaned out. Hubby doesn’t do much of the work and I know I can’t do it all. I’ve done a LOT already but there’s still a lot in there. If we could have done this 20 years ago when we were younger .......
I was trying to find out a little about the clock but there isn’t anything distinctive enough on it to go by. It does appear that it was made in 1905 though. It doesn’t work but it’ll make a nice decorative piece.
Oh, WE HAD SOME RAIN a little while ago! Got .3 of an inch out of the heavy part and it’s still sprinkling a little.
Yay! Great that it rained. Every little bit counts. Maybe there’s more to come.
He seems to be happier now, and that’s making me happier. If things continue to improve, we’ll take him for his vaccines before long.
Now I guess I’d better go. I didn’t sleep well last night and it’s caught up with me. See ya tomorrow for the quiz. Already!
We are thrilled to get rain. I’ve been mad since the afternoon when I went to get meds for Sabrina and it rained while I was in Tullahoma. It was headed down here but I knew it wouldn’t make it, and I was right. It ran out of water about 2 miles north of us. *sigh*
This makes up for a it a little. It’s raining again now. Started heavy and is now raining lightly again. Just what the doctor ordered.
Of course, Hubby won’ be very happy when the grass shoots up again and needs to be mowed. LOL
He’s bound to be happier now that he’s feeling better. I can’t wait to see pix of the “new” Smokey in the near future.
I hope you sleep better tonight. I guess the heat’s making it difficult, huh?
Catch ya for the quiz.
It’s been HOT. A little rain would be nice. :-)
If you see words like “BELGIAN CONGO” or ‘UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA” you know the Globe is really old. Like my first globe, which was also a piggy bank. :-)
Oooo....I LIKE that!
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