Jul 29

Been So Nice The Past Couple Of Days

Beech03abThat I’ve stayed kinda busy outside until late and just didn’t feel like posting. My Goodness, It’s been great outside! Hot. Sunny. (Naked.) And I have a butt-ton of things to do out there what with gardening, mowing, walking, or just enjoying the weather. I Love Summer! I Love Summer way more than I Hate Winter. I think it got up to 95 here yesterday. Cool! (102 on my thermometer.)

I do miss going to “The Beach” though. (Black’s Beach in La Jolla.) Not that I could make it back up those cliffs now. Well, I probably could; but it would take a couple of hours cause I got so damned Old and out of shape. (Rounds a shape!) Plus, I haven’t been there since we moved up here in ‘93. Ah, well. Old Guy Dreams.

Not a whole lot going on around here. Went to the NMARES monthly meeting last night. Made a couple of runs to ACE the past couple of days. Worked on our closet putting a new wall in to support the new linen closet I inset into the wall. The usual chores. Picking blackberries.

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Took the Dog for a walk around the back 40. Wish he was big enough to clear the spider webs from the path before I walk through them! Ugh! He’s starting to slow down on our walks, and being a bit more clumsey in the house, but I figure a 11-12 year old Dog is allowed to do these things. For not really being an animal person, I’m sure gonna miss him when he moves on.

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Stopped at Taco Bell last night on the way to the NMARES meeting and had a taco salad (without rice!). Since I get to pick SWMBO up at the QFC @ 1915 tonight (it’s Friday), I just may stop by Taco Bell again. Taco salad still sounds good, but maybe taco’s sound better. We’ll see.

Just not a whole hell of a lot going on around here today. Kind of a lazy day. Been for 3 walks around the property already and may do a couple more before time to leave. But, right now, a tall, cold, glass of iced tea sounds good. (It’s the Southern in me.)

And it hasn’t rained in a few days so it’s time to water the front-upper yard. Neighbors get kind of upset when I do it sans pants, so guess I’ll put my shorts on. It’s the only yard we water during the summer; and then only because of the fruit trees and blue berry bushes.

And that’s it. My Lovely-Young-Bride of almost 30 years is home safe and sound and getting settled for the evening. I’m gonna go read a bit.

Jul 26

Another Hot Sunny Day? Trend?

VintageRed10aBut it really didn’t start to get “warm” until after 1300 when the clouds finally cleared out. Still nice out there for all of the afternoon though.

So I made a trip to ACE for some pea seeds. Also got some green onion seeds. And Carrots for SWMBO; but she doesn’t know so don’t tell her. They’ll be a surprise. (Especially if they even grow!)

Bought a little wader pool for $10. It;s just big enough to soak in during the hotest part of the day. Should be fun.

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Not much of a 10-meter Net tonight. Just three of us checked in. Oh, there he is! Only 10 minutes late. Everyone else had already turned their radio’s off though. Ah well.

Anywho, SWMBO is home and eating dinner. I’m hearing heavy machinery so I better go check that out.

Jul 25

Holy Crap! Two Nice Days In A Row!

VintageRed05aSo, after getting my morning chores done and mail checked, I went to Peninsula Soil and bought a yard of their mushroom garden mix. First time I bottomed my truck out! Front end of my truck felt awful light driving home! Hell, it was only a ton. What’s up with that?

Got home and me and the Dog took off all our clothes and went for a walk. Then I got to shoveling all that dirt into the planters. A couple of hours later I have 3 and about a half planters filled and ready to plant. (Think I lost about 8 lbs sweating out there.) Phew. I’m getting too old for this shit.

I did this *watering* the new dirt!

Once I was finished shoveling I went ahead and washed the truck. Seemed like the thing to do. Then I came inside and started that steak to cooking (boiling? You know: Onion Soup, Steak, Taters, all in a crock pot and cooked on high for several hours. That).

Took the drone out and flew around a bit. Got some great footage of the roof! Didn’t run into anything. Avoided all the antenna wires. Cool!

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Dinner turned out okay; I think we got gyped on that cut of meat. All of it was tough no matter how one cooked it. But the Taters and Veggies were good!

And that’s really about it. Checked into a couple of 2-meter Nets. SWMBO got home safe and is eating the remainder of the meal I made. I really need to shower before laying in our bed tonight!

Jul 24

What A Nice Hot Sunny Day!

Betty05aWe don’t get enough of these around here. Yesterday, it was overcast all day and got comfortable, but not really warm. Which is how most WaRshingtonians like it. Good thing I’m not a WaRshingtonian! Or, unfortunately, I’m not a WaRshingtonian.

Our usual date yesterday was nice. SWMBO took me to the FPH in Port Orchard cause she wanted some foo-foo thing with runny eggs over english muffins with some kind of cheesy stuff poured all over it. I had a chili-burger and fries.

Spent $35 at the Dollar Store across from the FPH. Who’d a thunk you could spend that much in a dollar store? Got a couple of really big glasses (with handles) for days like today. And a bunch of other stuff. What can I say; it was the Dollar Store.

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Made our usual stop at Safeway this week (instead of Walmart). We haven’t been buying anything that has to go into the freezer cause our freezer is stuffed; and still managed to spend $100 on food. No wonder I’m fat.

Betty01aToday has been the most usual Sunday around here. Except SWMBO went over to a friends after church to help her with her genealogy. She is a Genealogy Consultant. I spent a butt-ton of time outside (since it’s 90 degrees and sunny) working on my garden area. Put some left over wire fencing over the top so the peas have a place to branch out. Multiple walks around the back of the property. (Dog said NO WAY. Too Hot!)

She’s home now and making steak for dinner. Add fresh corn on the cob, and mac-n-cheese (for some reason) and dinner should be ready in a few. (Was good!)

Not sure if I’m Net-Control for the MCARC Sunday 2-meter Chat Net or not. We’ll find out shortly. Nope, Ric was on. Several check-ins including the Repeater guys who were up working on the thing. It goes into a reset loop occasionally now. SO glad we got a new Repeater. (Oh, wait. We did but it ain’t working yet.)

Went out and practiced with my drone after the Net. Didn’t run into anything but still making hard landings. So had it messes up whatever video I had it taking. Zero’s out the file and it’s no good. ??? I’ll keep playing with it though. And the drone too!

And that’s it. Think I need a rinser before hitting the rack. It was hot today.