Friday August 12, 2022

Mostly sunny today with highs in the upper 70’s. Low’s again tonight down in the upper 50’s. No rain.

George came this morning to start putting down the new boards on the deck. He will be back next week to finish.

I spent a very busy day at the bookstore. Lots of people in all day with a brief lull for about an hour around noon. We broke the $200 ceiling today and they did yesterday as well.

 

Posted in Barbara | 2 Comments

Thursday August 11, 2022

George came this morning to drop off the boards for the deck. George had another job to do but he left his helper to tear out the old floor about three fourths of the way across. They will come back tomorrow and start putting in the new floor then tear out the other half and finish. That way I can leave the grill on the deck.

I went to the gym, library, and grocery store.

It’s cool today with temperatures in the low 70’s. Tonight the low is to be back down into the upper 50’s. Chance of storms this afternoon which may prevent James from mowing.

 

Posted in House | Leave a comment

Wednesday August 10, 2022

Mostly sunny this morning. A big storm rolled through downtown around noon lasting about 45 minutes with very heavy rain.

I was at the bookstore all day. I had almost an inch here. We were busy this morning but things tapered off this afternoon even after the storm rolled through. But we still busted the $100 mark.

Posted in Barbara | Leave a comment

Tuesday August 9, 2022

Mostly sunny today with temperatures in the low 80’s. We had a brief thunderstorm yesterday around 5 bringing a little over a half inch of rain. More chances of storms again this afternoon.

I changed the sheets on the bed then went downstairs to get started working on the finished part of the basement. George had finished all the work on the wall. I vacuumed all the rooms and started on the dusting. I moved around all the books on the four This End Up bookshelves so they could be dusted. The main room is dusted but I still need to do the bedrooms.

While putting the books back on the shelves I am clearing out more of the ones that were Bob’s to take to the bookstore or to Cares. I still have books to sort and re-shelve but called it quits for the day on that project this afternoon.

 

Posted in House | Leave a comment

Monday August 8, 2022

Mostly sunny today with highs in the low 80’s. Chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

Off to the gym this morning then the drugstore stop on the way home.

I spent an hour or so outside doing the never ending chore of pulling weeds and grass from where it does not belong and deadheading flowers.

Posted in Gardening | Leave a comment

Sunday August 7, 2022

Sunny today with temperatures in the low 80’s. An outside chance of storms this afternoon.

I put in a load of laundry this morning while I was doing the usual weekly house cleaning chores then did a load of towels this afternoon.

For dinner I am grilling kielbasa and some chicken breast to freeze for future meals.

Posted in Barbara | 2 Comments

Saturday August 6, 2022

Pretty good thunderstorm this morning around 3:30 with about an inch and half of rain. Temperatures today in the upper 70’s.

I was at the bookstore all day. We had several heavy down pours then the sun came back out. Not another drop here since the storm this morning. We had a busy day at the store making close to the $200 mark. If the weather holds out tonight it’s music on main. Keli and Joyce are keeping the store open this evening for that.

Posted in Barbara | Leave a comment

Friday August 5, 2022

Partly sunny most of the day with a high in the low 70’s. We had off and on showers and thunderstorms in town this afternoon. Not sure I had any here but there is more predicted for tonight.

I was at the bookstore all day. We were very busy up most of the day right up until closing time. We made almost $200.00 dollars.

Posted in Barbara | 2 Comments

Thursday August 4, 2022

I worked at the bookstore yesterday until 3 then left for Winston to meet Nancy and Betsy for dinner at Carolina Ale. We had a great meal and a wonderful visit. Then I stayed over night at Frances and Al’s.

This morning I did a quick Costco run to pick up some toiletries and pantry items I was running low on then back up the mountain for home.

I hit a few off and on spotty showers on the way up the mountains. It’s cloudy and cool with temperatures in the upper 70’s.

Posted in Barbara, Family | Leave a comment

Tuesday August 2, 2022

Sunny today with temperatures in the upper 70’s and a 10 to 15 mph breeze.

George came this morning to put a second coat of mud on the repaired wall area.

After he left I spent the morning in the yard pulling weeds, dead heading flowers, and watering plants as needed.

This afternoon making rice for stir fry for dinner and putting away clean dishes, etc.

Posted in Gardening | Leave a comment