In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Walk done, groceries done and dusting done.
Temp is reading 30C which is 90F.
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I don't think it's working.
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Why don't you try it?
I don't think it's working.
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Vacuuming done!
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Bright sunny day for my walk. Got to get out and get things done before it gets too hot then a bit more cleaning when I get in.
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Quote:So OOC, what's too hot for you?
Originally posted by Brenda:
Bright sunny day for my walk. Got to get out and get things done before it gets too hot then a bit more cleaning when I get in.
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Ground turkey "on sale" for $4.99/lb? Used to be decent sale price was $1.67/lb. Flap meat "on sale" for $7.99/lb? Used to be $4.99/lb. Best I can do this week is beef chuck for $4.99/lb and ground turkey for $4.99/lb, and that's already above myold price point of $4/lb for lean, trimmed meat.
Once upon a time I had a meat grinder, until the main gear snapped. I could buy my beef and grind it at home. The grinder cost $120. Now the equivalent costs $300+.
Inflation!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:So OOC, what's too hot for you?
Originally posted by Brenda:
Bright sunny day for my walk. Got to get out and get things done before it gets too hot then a bit more cleaning when I get in.
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Ground turkey "on sale" for $4.99/lb? Used to be decent sale price was $1.67/lb. Flap meat "on sale" for $7.99/lb? Used to be $4.99/lb. Best I can do this week is beef chuck for $4.99/lb and ground turkey for $4.99/lb, and that's already above myold price point of $4/lb for lean, trimmed meat.
Once upon a time I had a meat grinder, until the main gear snapped. I could buy my beef and grind it at home. The grinder cost $120. Now the equivalent costs $300+.
Inflation!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
For me it has to be well into the 90s like 96 and over. It's hit that around here today but I tried to stay in the shade as much as I could when I was walking. But this heat isn't expected to last as long as last year's heat dome. It should start cooling off late tomorrow or by Friday anyways.
I got a couple of chicken thighs for my supper over the next day and paid over $4 CAD. Last time I looked at 4 chicken thighs or even 5 legs it was almost $10 CAD.
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Weird... I wrote the following last night (very early morning) and thought I posted it, but it's just sitting here in a tab...
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Yeah... The messaging here hasn't worked in years.
I'll probably be fine. It's not as if I haven't had mood swings in the past, or like I'm unaccustomed to being irritable. What's not to be irritable in current year if you're not busy keeping yourself busy, right?
I ended up mowing the lawn yesterday after posting here. I wasn't planning on it, but my retiree neighbor got back from vacation with his wife and gave me a wellness check phone call around noon. Nice of him to do, and he wasn't being a dick about the grass or anything, but that was embarrassing enough for me to get out there and spend 3.5 hours mowing it.
I'm about 5 weeks behind on weeds, so I'll probably do that today and get more bug poison down around the perimeter. They haven't been a nuisance or anything, but it's about that time a year for the 2nd bag.
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Spent 6 hours pulling weeds and edging the walkway and half of the hasta bed today.
I'll finish the edging and weeding tomorrow and hopefully put down the bug poison.
Better mood today. It's nice doing yard work when its' in the 70's and not miserable outside.
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That's excellent weather for outdoor work. Good to read that you're able to roll with punches. That's one good thing about getting older: You've seen it all before, just about. That gives people, it should give people, some equanimity about events, and even about yourself. Yanno, when you're young it's the FIRST TIME for so many things!
I actually like yardwork, when the weather is good. Something about sunshine and breezes lifts my spirit. The weather here is anticipated to top out in the low 80s for the foreseeable future (Well, as accurately as the weather people can predict it, anyw!) so that means that if I get out early enough I can put some time in. In between appointments, that is.
I got a lot of stuff out of the way that was sort of intimidating me. So today was tackling a bunch of little stuff- including digging up appropriately-named "puncture vine". I have a few volunteer plants that are useful: purple lantana, verbena bonariensis, and cherry tomatoes. So when this low-growing plant with dark green, finely divided leaves and cheerful yellow flowers started growing I decided to see what it would turn out like. BIG MISTAKE! It grows spikey balls with spines so sharp it can puncture bicycle tires.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Yeah. I'm finding more enjoyment in yard work these days than I used to. It's not something I enjoy when it needs to be rushed because you have a million other things to do, but when you've got some time to do it and you can just zone out while touching some grass it can be pretty meditative. I think the thing I hate most about it is that it's never ending, unlike a lot of projects are. But boy... when you let it go as bad as I did and then get a bunch of stuff done can the whole neighborhood tell the difference.
I've got to nix my plans for more outdoor work today because of rain. I knew there was a possibility of thunderstorms in the PM today, but I woke up to everything already wet outside and now it looks like showers on and off all day with thunderstorms in the mix.
I REALLY wish I'd gotten around to cleaning up the mess I'd made on the walkway and sidewalks from the ultra-tall mow job and from edging the walkway yesterday though. I didn't think that would be a problem doing it all at once when I was finished today but now it's all rained on and will be a lot harder to clean up.
Glad to hear you've finally got some reasonable weather around you too. Next week is going to be quite a bit warmer than this week, but it doesn't look like it's going to be approaching 100 degrees for us here at least.
Oh... those spiky/sharp ones.... Gotta look out for those.
Last time I was at my grandma's I cut down a lot of stuff outside one day and I was wearing gloves. My aunt mentioned one that was growing in the front yard by the bushes she wanted removed and was probably going to have the old guy they have mow their lawn do it since it was pretty thick. I told her I got it. But I didn't bring my gloves with me just for that and wouldn't you know it... it was super spiky, when none of the overgrowth in the back had been. Got a little surprise at first from it, but then I let my tool do the work and just had to be careful getting it to the can.
They get a fantastic deal on their lawn too, and were super lucky to find this guy, BTW. He's a retired CPA, and he'll mow their lawn and edge it for only $25. It's not a huge lawn, but I was there once when he was doing it and he was working for about an hour and a half. A few years ago he told them that he couldn't take on any more jobs, but last year they asked again and he had the time to fit them in.
I'd love to get to that point myself where the money totally doesn't matter and it's just something to do that I enjoy doing. I've been thinking about mowing lawns and doing all sorts of landscaping stuff myself for some scratch, but I wouldn't edge them too without charging more for it. $25 for a lawn these days alone is a pretty good deal. Especially if you're bringing your own equipment and gas for the job.
You get a built in client base that loves your work and get to use the fact that it's a never ending job to your advantage. It's probably impossible to try to compete with the landscaping companies though. Watching them work is pretty amazing. They park those trucks, open that hatch, ride the mowers out and finish that lawn in 1/10 the time it would take with a push mower while one guy is edging, blow everything off the drive and walkways and wrap it all up so quickly it's like they're a pit crew in a NASCAR race and then they're off to the next one.
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