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It isn’t so much taking my appetite away. I’ve been starting late and by the time I’m done, it’s around 8:00. A quick shower, then fix something to eat. Today, I made a quick Wal Mart run as soon as I finished. Had to do that before they send the cashiers off and go to all self-checkout. It was 9:30 before I ate supper tonight. TOO late.

Just came in from dead-heading the petunias. It’s almost pleasant out there now with a kiss of a breeze.

Sleep well. Catch ya tomorrow for the quiz.

Yeah, I’d say the rain you’ve had this month gave the lil devils somewhere to lay lay eggs and now you’re “enjoying” the fruits of their labors.

But it’s been wet here and I have a lake at the back of the farm so I’m not sure why there aren’t gazillions of them here. There doesn’t seem to be a lack of other kinds of bugs. I’m not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth though! LOL

I hydrated pretty well all afternoon and that helped. The majority of the back yard is in shade by 6:00 and that really made a difference. Had I been in the sun the whole time, I wouldn’t have fared well.

It’s going to be nice to stay inside for a bit, and to eat supper at a decent hour! I’m tired of eating at 9:00 or later.

A nice breeze does make a difference. That’s what’s gotten me through the mowing I’ve done the past several days. I reeeeeeeally felt the lack of wind this evening. It was still 96 when I went out at 6:00 and the heat index was over 100. It’s still 80 out there now and the humidity is 95%. Dewfall always makes it jump way up at night.

Waiting for Friday and highs only in the upper 80s for several days afterwards.

I’ve been surprised at the lack of mosquitos this summer. They don’t bite me but they buzz around my head, and I’ve had very little of that so far.
You apparently been lucky so far since you’ve been able to spend some deck time in the evenings. Luck does have a bad habit of running out.

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

If it was as bad there as it was here, it’s a good thing you and Gizmo headed out real early yesterday. I hope you won’t be out too late in the day to get your truck in for its check-up.

Howdy, luvie.

Sure could have used your weather here today. This was the worst so far and the next two days look to be the same. Ugh!

Dang, I’m jealous. Your 86 sounds delightful. It’s 96 here with no breeze. Ugh!

If my electric bill was just for this house, it wouldn’t be AS bad. But it also covers the well and the big garages out back. This month’s was pretty bad and next month’s will be too. Oh well.

Sleep late and enjoy it. :-)

Yeah, she probably wasn’t one you’d want to cross. She wouldn’t have been one to take guff from anyone.

We’ve been stuck on top of a rise on the roller coaster for a while. We ready to get unjammed and get to roll downhill.
I dread the next electric bill.

I like sassy too! LOL She was probably a lot of fun to spend time with.

Lucky you! Cooler! We still have to wait until Thursday for that. It was plenty hot here and we’re under a heat advisory again tomorrow.

I did get lucky and was able to knock out the front yard this evening. Praying my luck holds out tomorrow so I can get the back yard. THEN Champ and I get a much-needed break.

No one in LH chat ever mentioned the temp up there so I didn’t know if it got hot or not.
I reckon you had your fans going full blast.

You’ll probably need to water some more the next few days. No rain in sight up there. :-(

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

I imagine you and Gizmo are more than ready for these heat advisories to end so you can get back to your regular schedule.
I think we’re all ready for them to end. :-)

Howdy, luvie.

Nancy was one gutsy woman, and she was a bit sassy. :-)

Hey there, Kathy.

Glad you got to soak up some sunshine today. Pretty day though a bit breezy. Did it get as warm as predicted?

It was hot again here, and dry. Fortunately, the front yard gets shade by 5:30 so I was able to get started mowing earlier than I have been lately. Got it mowed. Now if I can just get one more dry day, the whole place will be be done and Champ will get a well-deserved rest. Me too! LOL My back is quite unhappy at this point.

Howdy, Kathy.

Pretty day up there today. Did you manage to squeeze in a little sun time?

Whoa. I didn’t realize he was still alive. Lucky man to have lived such a long life. Maybe something to be said for having a wicked sense of humor.
I’m sure he ticked some people off but as for the rest of us, we loved him.

I hope so too! The grass that’s left hasn’t grown back TOO much and I want to get it while the gettin’s good!

You got up to low 70s today, from what I read earlier. Perfectly warm. I’d LOVE to have that for the highs. LOL If it’s much warmer tomorrow, it’ll feel almost hot to y’all. It hasn’t been a very warm summer up there overall.

You’ll appreciate going to bed sorta early when that alarm goes off in the morning. LOL Sleep well.

You’ve been pretty lucky so far. It’s been hot but not like last year. Been pretty toasty here, too, but it’s been worse. Haven’t seen 100 on the thermometer. Still have August to get through though.

I’m not done mowing yet. I still have the front and back yard to do and pray I can get them tomorrow and Monday. THEN I’m done. It’s taking forever because I have to creep along. The two sections I mowed today were BAD and poor Champ didn’t sound real good when I finished. I was only able to do them because the grass blades are dry from the heat and lack of rain thee past several days. The yard hasn’t grown back a whole lot so if it stays dry, I can knock them out pretty easily. But if I get a shower and have to hold off .........

75 here but it’s sticky out there. If there was a little breeze, it wouldn’t be too bad.