Saturday August 17, 2019

Posted on 17 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Death Takes Passage by Sue Henry.

74 degrees, sunny, and warm when Colin and I headed outside to work in the yard.

I weeded the flower beds and removed grass from the garden that appeared after last weeks weeding then spread five bags of Black Cow manure with the pitch fork.

The porch area and around the light fixtures needed a good sweeping of cob webs; flowers needed dead headed, etc. It quickly warmed up into the low 80’s with not much of a breeze but a very nice morning to be outside.

After lunch; laundry and assorted chores this afternoon.

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Friday August 16, 2019

Posted on 16 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

74 degrees and sunny when I left for the gym this morning. From there I drove over to West Jefferson to pick up some things at Lowe’s and to order a new oven. Since we moved in here we’ve  had to replace all of the Frigidaire appliances. The microwave, which was an over the oven unit, went out the month we moved in. We did not replace it but instead put one we brought up with us on the counter. We parked an old convection oven in the space just to fill the spot.

This summer I removed the rails and front panel from the cabinet that framed the microwave and had a local guy make two matching cabinet doors so I could use the space as a shelf.

We replaced the dishwasher less than a year after we moved in.

The oven door does not seal completely and cooks unevenly so I decided to get a new one since I do a lot of cooking and baking. The installers will be out next week to make sure the oven fits the opening in the cabinet, etc.

The midday person at the gym today needed to leave a couple of hours early. I went in to relieve her late this afternoon.

It’s another warm day with temperatures in the mid 80’s and lots of sunshine.

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Thursday August 15, 2019

Posted on 15 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees and dark when I left for Winston this morning at 5:30. I drove down to be with Frances while Al had an outpatient procedure for a follow up on some heart issues they found a month or so ago when he went in the hospital for a stomach blockage.

Thankfully, all went well and he was discharged to go home around 10 and I headed back up the mountain. JoAnn’s daughter had come over mid morning to let Colin out just in case I was going to be down in Winston until later in the day,

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Wednesday August 14, 2019

Posted on 14 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Steamed Open by Barbara Ross.

72 degrees, sunny, and breezy this morning when I left for the gym. I stopped at the grocery store on the way back home to pick up a few items.

I worked my shift at the gym. Temperatures  have climbed into the low 80’s again today with lots of sunshine making it another warm day for the mountains.

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Tuesday August 13, 2019

Posted on 13 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

72 degrees, sunny, and humid this morning. 86 degrees and humid this afternoon is warm for us here in the mountains. Dark clouds when I left town to head home. We are under severe thunderstorm watch.

I volunteered at the bookstore this morning.

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Monday August 12, 2019

Posted on 12 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading A Cotswold Ordeal by Rebecca Tope

64 degrees and sunny when I left for the gym. Home and back to work the midday shift. By the time I left this afternoon temperatures heated up to the low 80’s with high humidity. The predicted thunderstorms did not materialize.

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Sunday August 11, 2019

Posted on 11 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. We had two quick rain storms yesterday afternoon for a total of half an inch. Today is cool with a high in the upper 70’s.

I did the house cleaning and changed the sheets. I worked a bit more on the downstairs book cases bringing up books to go to Cares or the bookstore. There were a couple of series I moved to the upstairs shelves that I intend to reread at some point. Some of the books from the upstairs shelves went down to make room. It’s a work in progress.

After lunched I mixed up a batch of homemade granola bars and put in a load of towels.

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Saturday August 10, 2019

Posted on 10 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

A beautiful morning with temperatures in the mid 70’s, lots of sunshine, and a slight breeze.

Although the temperatures was mild it was hot and humid working in the garden. I dug up the last of the potatoes then hoed a bucketful of the course grass that tries to take over. I then spread ten bags of garden soil working it in with the dirt rake to hopefully add some nutrients to the soil for next year.

I hoed the grass from the beds along the driveway and porch. I harvested enough peas from the two vines on the deck for a side for dinner tonight then dumped that dirt in the garden. I still have two pots with young pea plants that are just now coming up. Roughly two and half hours later I had everything cleaned up and put away and headed for the shower.

I washed and cut up about half the potatoes to go in the crock pot along with a package of chicken thighs for dinner tonight. Laundry and other assorted chores this afternoon.

 

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Friday August 9, 2019

Posted on 9 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees, sunny, and breezy this morning when I left for the gym. Lots of sunshine with temperatures in the low 80’s and a breeze again today.

I worked my midday shift at the gym.

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Thursday August 8, 2019

Posted on 8 August 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees, sunny, and breezy this morning when I left for the gym. I stopped for groceries on the way home. Another almost like fall day with temperatures in the upper 70’s, a few clouds, breezy and low humidity.

I vacuumed out the car then pulled it out to wash. While I had the car out of the garage I swept that side of the floor.

Colin is a vacuum cleaner mad dog. He bites at the attachments. When we lived in Winston I used to crate him but he does not have a crate up here. I could lock him out in the garage but he can’t help being a dog. As soon as I pulled out the little car vacuum in the garage in went into attack mode. If he hears me pull out the upright vacuum downstairs he comes roaring down the stairs and goes after it.

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