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Post by busymom on Sept 10, 2020 12:39:35 GMT -5
How likely are you going to need to evacuate, Sharon? And, how is the rest of your family holding up?
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Post by oakheart on Sept 11, 2020 9:31:47 GMT -5
Good Morning all, I sure hope the sun pops out today. Cloudy Drury day so far. I hope you all have a good one.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 11, 2020 9:50:33 GMT -5
Yet another rainy, dreary day. I need sunshine.
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Post by busymom on Sept 11, 2020 9:58:31 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! It's cloudy & dreary here, too. But, at least we made it to Friday!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 12, 2020 12:09:13 GMT -5
Afternoon peeps. A sloppy and soggy weekend on tap here as a tropical depression moves through. Oh, well. At least the lawn is mowed and trimmed. I plan to do a lot of cooking tomorrow.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 12, 2020 16:26:33 GMT -5
Meatballs and sauce cooking away on the stove; I will start the spaghetti shortly. Cold watermelon for dessert. Did very little around the house today. Unusual for me.
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Post by busymom on Sept 12, 2020 22:32:19 GMT -5
Good Evening Kids! I've been busy today, just sort of doing a little of everything. It's Saturday, yanno...
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Post by Sharon on Sept 13, 2020 9:43:54 GMT -5
I've got the new computer set up. The old one is completely disconnected but will hang around for a while, just in case. It is so smoky, foggy today that I can't see the houses across the street. The fog is good that means there is a lot of moisture in the air which will help the firefighters.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 13, 2020 10:32:13 GMT -5
Not so good a morning...A/C on the fritz, a week after repairs. Waiting for the tech to call. Oh, well, I did get a trail run in. And at least it is overcast out.
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Post by ners on Sept 13, 2020 10:58:34 GMT -5
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Post by busymom on Sept 13, 2020 11:24:48 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! Our church is having the congregation return to the building once again (first time they've been open since March). We chose to stay home, & watch online, and I noticed there were quite a few others who chose to do the same. Pastor did a Bible study with people there, but wore a mask, so it was a bit hard to hear what he way saying. It's our new normal.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 13, 2020 12:39:45 GMT -5
OK, A/C temporarily fixed (bad fuses in the attic were bypassed; new ones to be installed tomorrow). So that is done. I have mixed up the meat for tonight's meatloaf, and beef stew is smelling good in the slow cooker -- I will freeze all of the stew and we will eat some of it for Rosh Hashanah Friday.
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Post by busymom on Sept 14, 2020 11:01:49 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! DS has a birthday today, but we celebrated with cake last night, as both DD & DH have to work late tonight. The sun is peeking out, and it's warming up outside, so it should be a good day.
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Post by oakheart on Sept 14, 2020 13:10:57 GMT -5
Good afternoon everyone that stops by the Mellow Coffee Shop thread today.
I hope you all are having a nice day. Last night two of my fish moved a medium size tree in their apartment? I was surprised to see that this morning. Right now they are both taking a nap. They need to rest up before dinner.
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Post by busymom on Sept 15, 2020 15:25:16 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! Had to make a run to Wally World, and as always, it's a great place to people watch. The sun is out today, and it is warmer than usual, so I get to wear my Summer gear a bit longer, before I pack it up until 2021.
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Post by busymom on Sept 15, 2020 20:37:55 GMT -5
I hope Sharon checks in soon. Those fires look pretty bad out West. It warmed up nicely here, so we took a "family walk" after dinner. Low breeze, so I kept thinking we'd get attacked by mosquitoes, but it didn't happen. That frost we got last week was pretty light. But maybe it was just enough to finish them off? The crickets here are still alive & kicking. And surprisingly, our tomato plants survived.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 15, 2020 21:34:09 GMT -5
Everything is slowly getting better. The smoke is still bad but today the air quality was actually at just Unhealthy rather than the Hazardous that it has been. The fires are still burning but aren't spreading as out of control like they were. Some of the evacuation levels are lowering, although they still aren't letting people back into the hardest hit areas. It is still do dangerous. I had to drive down to work today and get a new keyboard so I took Mom with me. She needed to get out of the house. Once we got back into town we even went out to dinner at a restaurant. I know gasp. We went to our favorite Mexican place. They have really high backed booths and they were only sitting people in every other one. The food was good but with the amount of smoke that came into the car through the vents the water was the best.
If the air quality is better tomorrow I may try and sweep the ash off the front deck and maybe mow the front lawn. The front lawn isn't that big and it still is full of debris from the pine tree from last week when the big wind storm went through. It has been too smoky to try and clean that up.
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Post by busymom on Sept 16, 2020 12:09:54 GMT -5
Glad you're hanging in there, Sharon! Sweeping ash off of your deck? Almost sounds like Mt. St. Helens blew her top again... Good Afternoon Kids! DS & I got our grocery shopping done early. Now we're going to take a break & have some lunch.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 17, 2020 21:52:00 GMT -5
Finally the rain is coming in, unfortunately it is bringing more Thunder showers with it. The weather heads seemed to think that there would be enough rain with this system that the lightening shouldn't be as much of an issue.
Supposedly the smoke is supposed to clear out by this weekend. I hope so as I really want to throw open the windows and air out the house.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 18, 2020 5:03:30 GMT -5
Wow, we just had a huge Thunderstorm roll through are area. It has been a long time since we have had that amount of Thunder and Lightening. It was really rocking and rolling out there. We now have flash flood advisories up for the fire areas. The people in those communities just can't catch a break lately.
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Post by oakheart on Sept 18, 2020 8:45:43 GMT -5
Good Morning everyone - Happy Friday.
Pizza night at my place tonight. Have a good one in your area.
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Post by busymom on Sept 18, 2020 9:45:25 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! I'll be off to the eye doctor in a bit, as I'm having a slight problem with one eye, & I want to make sure it's nothing to worry about. Hopefully the rain has at least cleaned up the air, Sharon. However, with the fire damage I can certainly see how heavy rain could cause something like mudslides. The sun is out once again. We're supposed to be gradually warming up.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Sept 18, 2020 10:08:00 GMT -5
Good morning everyone. Temps have really dropped. 75/60 today then a few days of 65/45. Isn't Friday pizza night everywhere? Well we will join you. Our local pizzeria has a 10" personal pizza for $7. Perfect for the two of us. A white for my wife and a pepperoni for me. Actually lasts for dinner tonight and tomorrow night.
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Post by Icelandic Woman on Sept 18, 2020 12:08:19 GMT -5
Happy Friday Muffins!!!
Our temps are still in the summer mode in the high 80s and then low 80s next week. I want 60s and 70s! Come on Fall!
I hope you are all safe and healthy!
Have a Fantastic Weekend!!!
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Post by busymom on Sept 18, 2020 14:35:30 GMT -5
Hey Kids! I just got back from the eye doctor. Nothing serious, just one of those little "age related" annoyances. They did have to dilate that eye, and I'd left my sunglasses at home, so I got one of those little disposable-type sunglasses from the clinic. It's time to bring on the weekend. I may need to bake something...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2020 15:53:43 GMT -5
Hey Kids! I just got back from the eye doctor. Nothing serious, just one of those little "age related" annoyances. They did have to dilate that eye, and I'd left my sunglasses at home, so I got one of those little disposable-type sunglasses from the clinic. It's time to bring on the weekend. I may need to bake something... Something apple-y for fall? Baked apples are good. Apple cobbler? Apple pie? I know, I know! Make that pork chop/dressing/apple pie filling stuff. It's a dirty-one-dish dinner. What time should we be there?
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Post by busymom on Sept 18, 2020 17:43:03 GMT -5
Hey Kids! I just got back from the eye doctor. Nothing serious, just one of those little "age related" annoyances. They did have to dilate that eye, and I'd left my sunglasses at home, so I got one of those little disposable-type sunglasses from the clinic. It's time to bring on the weekend. I may need to bake something... Something apple-y for fall? Baked apples are good. Apple cobbler? Apple pie? I know, I know! Make that pork chop/dressing/apple pie filling stuff. It's a dirty-one-dish dinner. What time should we be there? I just put a batch of apple crisp in the oven. It'll bake in about 20 minutes, then it'll need a bit of time to cool. Want to bring some vanilla ice cream to eat with it?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2020 17:52:54 GMT -5
busymom I'm on the way! Vanilla bean. I get so homesick
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Post by Sharon on Sept 18, 2020 18:37:16 GMT -5
Woot Woot our air quality index is now back into good. Even this morning it was still in the Unhealthy range. I can actually see blue skies, well with some clouds, at the moment. We have had some good rain showers today and it has finally scoured out the smoke.
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