Wednesday July 26, 2023

Warm and sunny today with highs in the mid 80’s and breezy.

Held down the fort again at the bookstore. Busy, busy day. Donations came flooding in the door first one right after the other. In between I was busy with customers who were all big spenders. The afternoon was not as busy but still did not get all the books processed. Broke the $200.00 ceiling easily after all was said and done.

Things are dry so when I got home I watered everything in the ground and the pots on the porch. Done for the day.

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Tuesday July 25, 2023

Mostly sunny and warm today with highs in the low 80’s and breezy.

I had an appointment this morning to have my tooth implant installed. Soft and cold foods for today then no chewing on that side for two weeks. Then watching what I eat on that side for three months. At that point I will getting the crown and the end to the process.

So, taking it easy for the rest of the day.

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Monday July 24, 2023

Mostly sunny and breezy today with highs in the upper 70’s.

Gym and grocery store this morning. Just picked up the usual weekly milk and salad mix. Added a few odds and ends for the pantry.

Came home and spent about and hour an a half working on the small butterfly garden pulling grass and weeds. I pulled up an old bee balm plant that was not doing well. I will replace it with something else. Watered the pots and dead headed a few plants. Hand trimmed the white quince to try and keep it under control.

This afternoon I changed the sheets and did a few odds and ends in the house.

 

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Sunday July 23, 2023

Cloudy with off and on rain showers this morning. Highs today in the upper 70’s when the sun comes out. Chance of more rain or thunderstorms this afternoon.

Otherwise, same old Sunday chores. I plan to grill some chicken for future meals and some kielbasa and zucchini for my dinner so  I hope if it storms I get a break in the weather around dinner time.

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Saturday July 22, 2023

Mostly sunny all day until about half an hour ago. Temperatures were in the high 70’s today and not as breezy. We have a light shower falling now but doubt it will amount to much.

I manned the fort again by myself at the store. Busy most of the day. Almost broke the $200.00 ceiling but a good day all around. Lot’s of folks in town for various events going on in town plus regulars with family visiting.

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Friday July 21, 2023

Warm and sunny with temperatures in the low 80’s and wind gusts around 15 to mph.

I had to hold down the fort by myself today at the store. All the volunteers are out of town for the weekend. It was very busy this morning and the early afternoon. As is usually the case with our customers they were very patient when I was trying to help folks find books and waiting to pay. I broke the $200.00 ceiling so a great day all around.

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Thursday July 20, 2023

Sunny and warm today with temperatures in the low 80’s and breezy.

Gym and library this morning then I worked outside for about an hour. Pulled grass and dead headed flowers. We may get some rain tonight so did not water the ground plants but watered the pots.

Finished up and came in to clean up and fix lunch. James arrived soon after to mow. This afternoon I have a few odds and ends in the house to take care of.

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Wednesday July 10, 2023

Sunny and breezy today with highs in the upper 70’s. May get some thunderstorms later this evening.

An off and on busy day at the store. Several good donations came in to work on. We did not break the $100.00 ceiling but had a good day in sales. Lots of folks up to escape the heat in the flat lands.

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Tuesday July 18, 2023

Hazy again today and sunny with temperatures in the low 80’s.

I decided to drive over to Galax, VA to pick up some things I needed from Wal-mart. A few food items and some odds and ends household things.

Found most of what I was looking for. Not much else going on this afternoon.

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Monday July 17, 2023

Sunny, breezy, and warm today with highs in the low 80’s. We have some haze from the wild fires back again but not real bad.

I went to the gym then the grocery store. Picked up the usual milk and lettuce. They had a couple of items on sale I eat so I grabbed those.

I spent about an hour an half in the yard. I cleared weeds from the two beds along the porch and dead headed flowers. The creeping phlox was growing way over the sidewalk so I pulled out some of that to get it back under control. Hosed out the house bird feeder. I had a wheel barrow full by this time and was too tired to even think about the butterfly garden or along the driveway. So, I cleaned everything up and called it day.

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