In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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An actual bright sunny Sunday here.
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Jeez... According to the weather report, today was the coolest high temp until the 15th of next month by 5 degrees.
They've been known to be wrong before though. Like when they said no rain today and we got hit with a thunderstorm that dropped an inch of rain in a half hour and flooded the street again, because the city storm sewer systems and/or pumps failed again.
Of course, like last time, it was on a Sunday and there was nobody in the entire freaking city there manning the phones off hours because of muh Covid.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Trying to sort out my latest Firefly story. I posted a beginning to it but over the week, I wrote another beginning to it and have 2 different endings to it. I will straighten it out.
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Quote:I can see how any kind of weather would be unpleasant if you had it day after day ... I happen to like foggy/ rainy/ drizzly cool (but not snowy!) weather, but I imagine even I would get tired of it over time.
Originally posted by Brenda:
An actual bright sunny Sunday here.
So YAY for your bright sunny day!
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Jeez... According to the weather report, today was the coolest high temp until the 15th of next month by 5 degrees.
They've been known to be wrong before though. Like when they said no rain today and we got hit with a thunderstorm that dropped an inch of rain in a half hour and flooded the street again, because the city storm sewer systems and/or pumps failed again.
Of course, like last time, it was on a Sunday and there was nobody in the entire freaking city there manning the phones off hours because of muh Covid.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by Brenda:
An actual bright sunny Sunday here.
Quote:That said, it's actually a bit drizzly* here this AM, and I welcome it!
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I can see how any kind of weather would be unpleasant if you had it day after day ... I happen to like foggy/ rainy/ drizzly cool (but not snowy!) weather, but I imagine even I would get tired of it over time.
So YAY for your bright sunny day!
Ahhh ... a reprieve from heat and relentless sun.
(* Sadly, there isn't enough precipitation to accumulate and water the vegetation, but at least it means there's no fire danger today.)
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Quote:I can see how any kind of weather would be unpleasant if you had it day after day ... I happen to like foggy/ rainy/ drizzly cool (but not snowy!) weather, but I imagine even I would get tired of it over time.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
An actual bright sunny Sunday here.
So YAY for your bright sunny day!
I don't mind fog because I just let my mind wander while I am walking in it.
Bright and sunny today too. And I am out for a walk in a bit. See if this weather holds for the week.
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Got the privacy film up on all the windows in the basement and finished doing the windows on the 2nd floor.
I even cleaned the kitchen window, removed the dirty old blinds and got that one up as well. That was especially fun since I had to be an acrobat and do all that work while standing over the sink.
I have enough left over for three more windows, and I have three in the living room that I'd like to do. I think I'm going to remove the large vertical blind system that's in there since it's old and discolored. I don't smoke in my house, but I think the previous owners must have. At least, I can't imagine that anybody would buy those in "pee yellow".
They've got to come down anyway before I break off the old window sill and make a new one so I can properly frame out all the livingroom windows. I'm going to have to buy one more roll though because even though I'll have enough to do the two smaller side windows that open, I won't have any to cover at least the bottom part of the large window in the center that doesn't open. I do most of my living in the living room and I don't just want that wide open to the world without any way of closing it off.
I might try to get my neighbor to babysit me for 10 or 15 minutes and try to scope out the situation on the roof tomorrow, weather permitting. If I don't feel it's safe, I'm going to have to start calling around and get a few people up there to give me their thoughts on what needs to be done and what it might cost.
If it's just a matter of re-sealing the rubber around the stacks and replacing the ridge vents, I think I can handle that on my own. But if the wood under the shingles has been damaged I'm probably going to have to bite the bullet and have some pros do the work.
Fun times.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Sounds like great work on the vinyl, SIX! I'll bet it makes a HUGE difference in the way your house looks!
I have one question: since the vinyl will inevitably get dirty, just like a window would, can you wash it?
And one comment: Drapes and blinds have a purpose besides privacy, and that is to block light. It may not be an issue for you, but for us it definitely helps to keep the heat out. That's why I have thermally insulative sun-blocking curtains on our bedroom and livingroom windows which get sun. Personally, I like "plantation shutters" which are made with wide slats of wood, but they would be prohibitively expen$ive since they would need to be custom-made. So I would go with both privacy vinyl AND curtains. The vinyl for when I want the curtains open.
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I HAD to take a break today, my arthritis (or whatever it is) is really catching up with me. But we got the new conduit up for the demand water-heater which runs inside the garage (we did the outdoor work a few weeks ago) and we put that up so hubby could run additional lines and put in an additional breaker to give him outlets at either end of the workbench separate from the heater.
Got the hinky thing straightened out with his portfolio. Also got the RMD thing... if not exactly straightened out, at least I know what happened and can file taxes appropriately. Also, happy that I took a dive into his portfolio because I found that thanks to the CARES Act he does not have to take a RMD this year. WOO HOO!
Yesterday we had bbq pork and "zoodles" with bacon, onion, and potato. Today we're having beef stew (which I'm not eating because allergic to beef) with chunks of ...guess what? Tomorrow, ham and bean soup with beet greens and ... more of "guess what?" After that, maybe back to Asian-style zoodles. I HAVE to pick the zucchini at least every other day otherwise they get ginormous very fast!
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