Monday June 26, 2023

Mostly sunny, breezy, and warm today with highs in the upper 70’s. Slight chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon.

Gym and grocery store this morning. All I needed was lettuce and milk. Picked up a yellow squash to fix for my dinner tonight.

Back home. I weeded the flower beds by the porch and dead headed flowers.

This afternoon changed the sheets and balanced the check book. Wrapped up the end of the month spread sheet.

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Sunday June 25, 2023

Sunny, breezy, and warm today with highs in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. May get a thunderstorm this afternoon and evening.

Frances and Al left mid-morning. I did the usual house cleaning chores. Laundry this afternoon and a few things to do here at the computer.

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Saturday June 24, 2023

Off and on sunshine and rain showers today. Highs in the low 70’s.

We lazed around the house this morning, ate lunch, then headed over to Independence. Stopped at a local ice cream shop for a treat then on to Food City to do some grocery shopping. I found everything I was looking for that I cannot find at Food Lion or Wal-Mart. Frances and Al found some things on sale they could use.

Not sure what we are doing for dinner.

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Friday June 23, 2023

Finally, we saw the sun today for the first time in a week. Temperatures in the upper 60’s. Then, around 3:30 the clouds rolled in and we had another half hour of heavy down pour. So, all told I’ve had close to 8 inches of rain here.

We were very busy at the store off and on all day. Along with visitors and regular customers we had two guys that are book sellers spend a couple of hours in the store. With their purchases plus the everyone else we broke the $200.00 ceiling. Great day.

Frances and Al will be here early this evening.

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Thursday June 22, 2023

Yes, still raining. Another half inch so far added to the total with more heavy rain this afternoon. I’m up to around 7 inches. High today in the low 60’s.

The power went out around 5 pm yesterday. I was just getting ready to heat up dinner. We very rarely loose power here. Blue Ridge Energy does a great job. Thankfully, we had replaced the electric cook top with propane not long after we moved in the house. After ten minutes I lit the burner and heated up my left over barbecue. The power came back about thirty minutes later.

I went to the gym and library. Dropped off a couple of things at the bookstore then came home.

 

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Wednesday June 21, 2023

Soggy! Add another 2 inches of rain to my 4 inch total as of this afternoon. Light rain and drizzle fell all day. High temperature for the today is 59 degrees and breezy.

We had a great day at the store. Busy this morning and again this afternoon. We almost always do well on rainy days. Broke the $100.00 ceiling. Had a few small donations come in to work on in between customers.

 

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Tuesday June 20, 2023

Rain, rain, and more rain. About 4 inches so far with more to come. Flash flood watch until Thursday afternoon. Temperatures are in the low to mid 60’s.

It was foggy this morning when I left for the gym. Since the heavy rain early this morning it’s been more of a drizzle. I stopped by the library to pick up and return books and picked up a prescription from the drugstore.

Otherwise, just watching it rain. The birds congregate on my porch furniture to stay dry between visits to the feeder.

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Monday June 19, 2023

Cloudy this morning with off and on heavy rain showers. Sun has come out now but more rain and storms are forecast for this afternoon and tonight. We are back to cool temperatures again with highs today in the low 70’s.

It poured rain just as I made got in the gym. The rain had slacked off by the time I finished my workout and headed to grocery store. Picked up my usual salad mix along with a few pantry items. Still out of my usual milk brand so I picked up the store brand which is fine.

Not much else going on this afternoon.

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Sunday June 18, 2023

Warm and sunny today with light winds. Temperatures in the mid 70’s.

Did the usual house cleaning chores this morning. Swept out the garage behind the car where all the stuff has blown in at the door from all the winds.

Laundry this afternoon and cooking dinner but otherwise just taking it easy while watching the US Open.

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Saturday June 17, 2023

Sunny and not as blustery today with temperatures in the upper 70’s.

We made up for yesterdays lack of business today at the store. Busy most of the day with lots of out of town folks and a few regulars. Broke the $200.00 ceiling plus had a nice donation come in. A good way to end the week.

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