Today is cool and damp with rain and temperatures in the mid to upper 40’s. Low 30’s tonight and rain.
The usual house cleaning chores this morning otherwise a quiet day.
44 degrees, cloudy, and calm this morning. Mostly cloudy all day with temperatures possibly making it to 50. Rain and mid 40’s tonight.
All but one of the smoke alarms in the house are electrical with 9 volt battery backup thus no need to replace the batteries every year. The one that was in the ceiling of the downstairs was not wired and did not get ruined when we had the flood. The new drop down ceiling made it hard to put back up on the ceiling so we put that one on the wall above a door.
At 1:30 this morning one of the downstairs started beeping. I found the culprit in the guest bedroom. That one and the one in Frances and Al’s bedroom have not had the batteries replaced since we moved in. While I was replacing I did that one and the non-wired one,
This morning I started some seeds in pots in the garage; two types of Forget Me Not’s, more butterfly weed, and some zucchini. The first round of butterfly weed did not germinate. I used seed starting soil this time for all of them. I swept up around the gardening table and the garage doors and tidied up a bit out there.
I am reading A Grave in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope.
59 degrees and raining this morning when I left for the gym, home, and back to work. The sun came out mid morning with the winds picking up. Upper 50’s today and back down into the upper 30’s tonight.
Whew, it’s been a long week working the extra couple of days due to being short staffed. Not related the current virus outbreak. So far, we are not closing the gym. School system is remaining open but has canceled all after school activities. I had a statewide Friends of the Library meeting in Gastonia tomorrow but that was canceled.
49 degrees and sunny when I left for the gym. I stopped by the library and grocery store on the way home, then back to work. Sunny and warm again today. Spring in March may lead to winter in April. Guess we will see.
I drove down to Winston late yesterday afternoon to meet Al and Frances at Fratellis restaurant for her birthday dinner. It’s a nice Italian Steakhouse for special occasions. I was back home by 8:15 pm. It rained a bit on the way home once I started coming up the mountain but was over by the time i took him out for last time around 9:45.
47 degrees, sunny, and calm when I left for the gym, home, and back to work. Warm again today with temperatures in the low 60’s again.
Big Happy 60th birthday wishes to my sister.
42 degrees and raining this morning. The sun came out later in the morning. Now it’s partly cloudy and 60 degrees. I volunteered at the bookstore this morning,
I am reading Death At Rottingdean by Robin Paige.
42 degrees, sunny, and mostly calm when I left for the gym, home, and back to work. A nice day today with temperatures reaching 60 degrees, lots of sunshine, and a slight breeze.
A nice day today. We started the day at 34 degrees but have warmed up into the low 50’s and mostly calm winds.
House cleaning chores this morning. I have a batch of homemade granola bars the oven. Although they are healthier than the store bought ones, I make them because I happen to prefer them as a tasty treat from time to time.
I spent some time clearing off my desk, balancing the check book, and paying the bills. There are few other odds and ends that need taken care of this afternoon.
28 degrees and sunny with 15 to 20 mph winds. Lots of sunshine but with the winds and a high of 35 we will not spend much time outside today.
My major project for today was to take everything out of the fridge and give it a good clean. I don’t have to worry about spoiled food since it’s just me. I eat or freeze leftovers right away. I removed the produce trays and bottom glass shelf to get to the bottom part of the fridge where there is always remnants of something yucky that had been spilled.
Once I finished the inside I wiped down the outside and the fronts of the oven and dish washer with stainless steel cleaner.
The other project was shredding a huge stack of old paperwork from the filing cabinet. While I am shredding Colin spends around biting his tail and barking.
The weather today has been downright schizophrenic. Snow showers off and on all day sometimes blowing so hard there was a whiteout looking across the gym parking lot. In between would be a mix of sun and clouds. Winds are gusting over 50 mph with temperatures in the low 30’s and lows tonight in the 20’s. The snow is not sticking, just doing a lot of flying around.
I did not go to the gym for my morning workout. Hershel from Shaw Brothers came to change the water filter for the well and fix the aerator on the faucet in the laundry room. It was clogged causing the water to spew everywhere. Thankfully I did not try to take it off or clean the little filter inside because Hershel had a hard time getting the filter out once he was able to remove the aerator. I leave plumbing stuff to the plumbers.
