Wednesday October 2, 2024

Mostly sunny and warm with highs in the low 70’s and breezy.

A slow day at the store with folks still doing flood recovery. I took my midday break to go to cardiac rehab then back to the store.

Thankfully, I had an alternate road to Jefferson since my usual route is blocked due to the road caving in from a landslide. It’s about the same distance so no problem there.

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Monday September 30, 2024

Partly sunny today with highs in the low 70’s. Hopefully no rain but a chance this evening. A lot of towns in the surrounding counties have been completely destroyed by water and downed trees. Our county had several low lying areas completely washed out. The end of the state was hit really hard.

I spent hours yesterday picking up brush and limbs for James to haul off. I did some more light cleanup this morning then went over to Donna’s this afternoon to craft.

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Friday September 27, 2024

Remnants of hurricane Helene have been blowing through the mountains starting yesterday with 9 inches of rain by midnight last night.

Starting early this morning the main system starting working its way through here with more rain and 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. I’ve had another 5 inches of rain since midnight so far.

Thankfully, no trees down in my yard but I have a yard full of pine tree limbs and debris to clean up. There is a row of pine trees across the street on the hill where the gas station is. One of those blew down as I was looking out the window. No flooding issues as I live on top of a ridge.

Most of the rain has blown through but we still have a lot of high wind gusts that will be around until early this evening.

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Wednesday September 25, 2024

Off and on showers all day long. Thunderstorms last night and early this morning brought another two inches of rain. Temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s.

I worked at the store until noon then left to drive to Jefferson for my cardiac rehab then back to the store to work until closing. We had a fairly slow day but did okay in sales. We had two huge donations come in to sort.

 

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Monday September 23, 2024

Mostly sunny and warm until late this afternoon. Clouds have moved in bringing some thunderstorms for this evening.

I went to the gym this morning to walk then a quick stop at the grocery store on the way home. After lunch I had a dentist appointment for my six month cleaning then went over to Donna’s to do some crafting stuff.

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Saturday September 2, 2024

Warm and sunny today with highs in the upper 70’s to low 80’s.

It was Heritage Festival day in town. Streets blocked off, lots of vendors, etc. Yesterday and today was out entire half price sale. Yesterday we did over $500.00 and today over $400.00. Two very busy days at the store.Frances and Al arrived this morning.

They spent the day doing the festival while I worked at the store. Then we went to dinner at The Pines and back home.

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Wednesday September 18, 2024

A tropical low came on shore and moved through the state all day yesterday. I ended up with a total of five inches of rain for the 24 hour from Monday midnight through midnight last night.

Today is mostly sunny with temperatures in the low 70’s.

I worked two hours at the store then left for my cardiac PT then back to the store until closing. We had a moderately busy day though did not make over $100.00.

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Monday September 16, 2024

Mostly cloudy and cool today with highs in the low 60’s and breezy.

I went to the gym this morning to do my walking.

Donna and Debra picked me up around 11:15. We went down the mountain to Elkin. Had lunch at Jersey Mike’s then meandered through Dollar Tree next door. Then went to the new Ollie’s down the road and from there stopped at Cook Out for milk shakes.

We then headed back up the road for Sparta stopping on the way up the mountain at one of those antique junk stores then they dropped me off home. A fun day for sure.

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Saturday September 14, 2024

Cloudy with light drizzle this morning with a low in the mid 60’s. Clouds hung around all morning but we never did get any rain. Sun came out this afternoon. Breezy all day with highs in the low 70’s.

A busy day at the store but it was either no one was in the store or it was crowded with customers. We made over $200.00 with several big sales in the mix.

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Thursday September 12, 2024

Partly cloudy and cool when I left for Winston this morning.

I had a haircut appointment then met my friends from the Firm for lunch at Little Richards. From there it was back up the mountain.

Back in town I stopped at the library then went to the gym to do my combined afternoon and evening walk for the day then came home.

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