In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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So ... no more rain since my last measurement yesterday. That means this month will probably stand at 4.25" in my ball-jar rain gauge.
The last 7-8 years I've been estimating rainfall in ball-jar rain gauges. But until this lack of rain started, I used to estimate it in my trash-can rain gauge. It wasn't unusual for a storm to drop a foot or 2 of rain at a time. Now I'm measuring scant inches.
So this is the drought record April 7, 2020. I'll check it again to see if the recent storms did anything helpful.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnd ... nothing to do with anything - but I went and bought 2 different kinds of beer for Flemish beef stew - a stout and an IPA since I wanted the IPA's hops' bitterness and the depth of a stout. Which left me with some extra beer, that I'll certainly drink! And when I tasted them yesterday to see how well they might do in the stew, I discovered that beer gives a faster buzz than wine even though it's lower in alcohol! Who knew? I thought - when I used to go for sushi - that the sake was so potent because it's warmed, and that might truly help it along. But I think some of the punch in both beer and sake comes from the carbonation.
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Laundry got done today, had a nice chat with my manager as she was helping someone else get their laundry done.
Then I went out for my walk and picked up some brussel sprouts, milk and cereal.
Also bought a small bag of potato chips. I don't do that very often. I bought a small bag of salt & vinegar chips on Wednesday. They were eaten over a 2 day period.
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Had 2 pigeons on my balcony a while ago cooing at each other and maybe doing other things. 
If you know what I mean. 
They left when they heard me.
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The last few weeks have been good for SoCal.
THANK YOU, Lady Rain!
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I bought 2 small chocolate Easter eggs and had them for Easter.
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We didn't do anything for Easter. Hubby is busy upgrading the PCs, I'm still reviewing legal docs. Yesterday dear daughter and I finally brought in her bookcase that we had sanded down last year, just to keep if from getting dustier; and moved a shelving unit which is our "mudroom" from one entryway to the other.
Not much fun, a lot of stress.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#STAYTHEFUCKHOME
#WEARAMASK
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I'm very sorry to hear that, Signy. I hope things look up soon.
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Even if I wanted to visit family today, they're all pretty much terrified and staying indoors and not getting together with anybody, except for my brother who is so far away I didn't know if my car can make it. I forgot it was Easter until I called my grams up and she wished me happy Easter. Oh well.
Started working on the house again today. I'm tired of sitting around wasting time.
Figured the answer for finding the studs in the closet without destryoing the walls. It was right in front of me all this time. Without the baseboard on yet, I could put as many holes as I wanted to down there to find the centers of them, use my 6 foot level to mark upward and install the brackets. So all 4 brackets for the double layer on the left side are installed and level. I already had an 8' wooden pole, so that will be enough to make both of those poles as well as the one for the back of the closet. All I need to do is go to the store and buy an 8' length of 1"x12" pine for the shelving.
I'm considering doing what I did in the linen closet and making it look real nice by using a router to make a really nice looking edge and then staining the wood and putting a few coats of poly on them instead of just painting them white. I'll just have to figure out what color stain I used before so it all matches.
Hopefully this week I can finish that up, patch the brad nail holes on all the existing trim and paint everything again and whenever The Coomph panic is over I can get somebody over here to help me move all the furniture where it belongs and I'll finally have a functioning closet for the first time in 8 years.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I didn't do anything today(Sunday) and tomorrow it will be supper by myself. Oh well. At least I won't have to listen to scripture from my boss and her husband and their son and his wife.
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Well... that was fun.
First time buying stuff today that wasn't food. I didn't know what I was expecting. Usually DIY stores are a real relaxing place for me and I really enjoy my time there. Today I had to swim through a sea of people wearing masks and looking at everyone else all paranoid.
Glad that's over...
I decided I'm going to really do the shelves up nice, so I bought all the boards I need as well as some stain and poly. It will take a bit more work and is a little more expensive than just using the primer and paint I already had, but the linen closet looks fantastic with that additional touch and the stained wood really pops with all the white trim and doors.
I got the sheet metal that I need to patch the roof too. Not looking forward to being up on that ladder with nobody holding it again, but now that it's getting warmer I'm running out of excuses not to do that.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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