Tuesday May 29, 2018

Posted on 29 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I did the usual house cleaning chores this morning. Rain and more rain today.

Rick and I spent all yesterday afternoon and evening attempting to get my laptop to recognize his hosting site to move mine and Bob’s stuff over to him. I am certain it was something on my end but I could not get my laptop to point to the new hosting site. For right now, things can stay where they are with Dreamhost. I know that Linux is not friendly with the rest of the world but it is what everything in the house is running on and I do not want to make any changes right now. Too stressful for a not tech person.

 

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Monday May 28, 2018

Posted on 28 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Rain, cool temperatures, and flash flood watches for today with Alberto heading up west of us into Tennessee.

Frances and Al left after lunch. I been doing stuff on the computer all day.

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Sunday May 27, 2018

Posted on 27 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

We had an inch of rain yesterday afternoon. By the time we left the house around 5 to go into town for dinner at the Mexican restaurant the sun had come back out. This morning it’s been warm and humid with lots of sunshine. There are few storms popping up just west of us that may get here this afternoon.

Odds and ends chores today. Al helped me drag some more stuff down from the attic.

I’m grilling chicken and beef ribs for dinner to go with slaw and pasta salad.

 

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Saturday May 26, 2018

Posted on 26 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Frances and Al arrived about 6:30 last night. This morning Al tilled the rows between the vegetables to get the weeds that had started growing. We had a couple of empty rows side by side. He tilled those into one row for me to plant more green beans into.

Once we finished the garden we went to Scott’s Landscaping. I picked up some bushes; a fireball, a winky pinky hydrangea, and two yellow top small cedars. I bought I fifth one but I can’t remember the name of it right now. Al planted those for me in the corner of the natural area in the back. We had a short shower while we were eating lunch before we started the planting. Just as we finished up the bottom fell out. We are getting  pretty hard, steady rain right now we really do not need.

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Friday May 25, 2018

Posted on 25 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Dead in the Water by Annelise Ryan.

Gym, library, and grocery store this morning. We started out this morning with cloudy skies and little drizzle here and there. The sun has come out this afternoon making it warm and humid and giving us a chance to those afternoon, evening thunderstorms.

I have a load of laundry washing while I do some tidying up in the kitchen.

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Thursday May 24, 2018

Posted on 24 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I worked at the gym today from 10 to 4:30. It was a one of the busiest days I’ve had since I started working there. A lot of new things cropped up to handle and of course, they were all happening at the same time. We also had a staff meeting from 3 – 4 so I was popping in and out covering the desk. Oh well, good experience.

 

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Wednesday May 23, 2018

Posted on 23 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Gym this morning. I returned at 11:00 for a golf tournament meeting and to work an 11 – 4 shift. We finally had a warm, sunny day without rain or thunderstorms with just a slight chance in the forecast for tonight.

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Tuesday May 22, 2018

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Turns out my garage critter was a chipmunk. Found him with his head in the trap this morning. I’m must confess I am not good with dealing with dead critters. Bob used to deal with those for me. The mouse I trapped back in the winter Al tossed mouse and trap in the trash since it had laid there for at least a week. Today, I bravely swept dead chipmunk and trap into the dust pan and walked over to the woods where  I pulled said chipmunk out of trap and tossed him away, washed the traps, and put them away. These are heavy duty traps Bob had purchased a while back that are actually designed to be reused unlike those cheap wooden ones.

Another storm and half inch of rain yesterday afternoon. Warm and sunny this morning but a chance of storms again this afternoon.

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Monday May 21, 2018

Posted on 21 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I thought I had another mouse in the garage. I saw a small dark object flee across the floor yesterday when I went opened the door from the house to the garage. I put out two traps. When I came back home from the gym this morning I went to the other side of the car where I had a new bag of black oil sunflower seed stacked against the galvanized garbage can. There was a tiny hole in the top and eaten seeds all around the bag on the floor. Must be a vole/mole. I baited the two traps that have peanut butter with some seeds and will put out two more with just seed.

We finally went 24 hours plus without rain. Sunny and partly cloudy this morning as I headed for the gym. The radar shows show thunderstorms in the area which may or may not get here. Still a 70% chance of more rain we do not need.

 

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Sunday May 20, 2018

Posted on 20 May 2018 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Trumpet of Death by Cynthia Riggs.

Two more inches of rain over night. That brings the total to 8 inches at my house. Finally, we have a sunny, warm, day with a slight breeze. Still a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight.

I took care of the usual house cleaning chores this morning. James showed up last night about 6 to mow. Just as he was finishing the bottom fell out again. He will have to come back to finish the weed whacking. Colin and I went outside to see how things are looking after the drenching. I used the blower to do a good cleaning of the porch and the driveway around the garage door, pulled some weeds from and along the natural area by the driveway, and watered the hanging plants on the porch that do not get the rain.

The first of two loads of laundry are in the washer.

 

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