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Yes, Carol Jean, I did have a good Holiday weekend, but it seemed to go by too quickly.

Today was the hottest day yet, so everyone tried to keep cool. Going to and from dialysis was difficult because my driver didn't know how to cool the van properly & it only cooled off as we were turning onto our road! It had felt like a long haul from Biddeford in a stuffy hot van.

Maxi's buddy Dom is spending the night. I am always glad when he is around because he is good company for Maxi & they seem to understand & put up with each other's moods.

Tomorrow I have appointments and errands... doctor, grocery, a trip to Wal-Mart, paying bills.... oh fun.

I wish it would rain.

Wow, what a night! Last one here in the night; first one here in the morning! I'm going to speak to my doc today about better pain management.

Well it's calling for two days of sun here finally. Maybe the rain is going to visit you for those days

So sorry you are in so much discomfort Merme

Today I have a lot to do also, if it really does not rain. The lawn needs to be cut and weed wacked..and I want to finish the hand quilting on the baby quilt today also.

According to the weather people, the entire East Coast is in this nasty heat wave & they are giving tips on procedures to protect yourself & how to conserve energy at the same time.... I think they always worry about brown outs/black outs at times like this. It isn't supposed to break here until the weekend.

One of my friends at dialysis passed away & I am very sad for the family. They had been married 52 years. He was so sick, he was ready. But it is still sad.

My girl is here, gotta go!

Good morning. No heat waves here but I am not complaining at all. My turn will come.

Good Morning everyone. I am on my way out the door. Going ot ceramics. It is strange to be going without marie there. Marie's DH said we need to keep the
son busy. so I guess that is why we are still there, painting.

Supposed to be 91 here today. I so want my usual weatehr back. It seems if it is not raining, it is unusually hot here--why oh why I ask....

Bye...

Sorry for the loss of friends Merme and Carol.

Hey they say a heat wave is heading for us Tina..nothing compared to what you get but compared to what we get..wow. They are giving emergency broadcasts for people to prepare themselves for it..buy bottled water, conserve power so we get no black outs and such. On a good note, maybe I'll see tomatoes this year Not too often we see it hit 100* but here it comes.

Waiting for my grass to dry..I want to get out there and get at it.

The eastern heat wave is all over our news, too. Keep safe all of you in it.

We're also expecting a heat wave this week. Supposed to get into the 90's, which is going to be quite the shocker since we've barely even seen the 70's this year. Guess I should try to run in the morning since I'm definitely not acclimated to the heat. I really should try and tackle the grass but don't know where to start. My own fault for letting it get so bad. I'll see what I can so with it this weekend. I better get to work, have a great day and stay cool.

Morning all,
Hi all, I slept well and woke up almost pain free so that is a good thing.. had my coffee and took it easy so gotta get busy now... vacuum the house.. get my taters cooking and eggs boiling.. gotta go check out my bank accounts too- updating needs doing but that can wait for a while..
I hope your doc appt comes out good for you Merme- not good to be fighting pain.. and sorry for the family of your friend...
Well better get moving .. stuff won't get done by itself...
Nana

Wowee, it's 91* out there. Am I ever glad to finally be done with the lawn cutting. We're not used to that kind of heat. Off to take a freezing cold shower..I'll read back and catch up later..

91 here too, and I have no idea what the heat index is.

But I know it is nasty outside.

P.S. It got to 93 today--& it waited until well after 4pm to do it--vrazy.....

Today's high was 79*. I am not complaining at all. My turn will come, I know.

Hi everybody!

Today -- oh, what a busy day, out and about in that heat!

It was scorching out there today, it really was, particularly in the afternoon.

There has been a forecast for rain tonight and a cooling off.... I hope that is accurate!

Today I bought Maxi a big desk for his room. I got it second hand for 1/2 price... what a deal!! It is a computer desk and set up perfectly for him.... 48 long x 25 deep. It should fit just right under his window, between the chest of drawers and TV although he might have to move the TV down a little bit.

I also found him a cool desk lamp. The base has compartments for pens & small items & it swivels. Also, the base has an outlet to plug other small items in such as his chargers for cell or iPod. It is in shades of blue.

I got stuck buying my groceries at Wal-Mart although I hadn't meant to do that. I had meant to only go to Wal-Mart for the non-food items I needed & then go to my favorite grocery for everything else. But when we got on the turnpike, my girl turned the wrong way and so we had to go 1/2 an hour south before we could turn around! So that screwed us up entirely in terms of my schedule so we ended up at Wal-Mart to do everything and still ran out of time. Too much running up & down the turnpike. I can't stand disorganization!

But I hate Wal-Mart's produce department! I don't know about where you are, but our Wal-Mart's do not have nice produce departments.

Then when I was looking at my receipt after I got home, I saw two prices had been rung up incorrectly!

Maxi grilled our dinner tonight. I made vegetable kabobs & he cooked them plus the meat. I ended up doing a few fried potatoes because there just wasn't time for anything else. I defrosted some chicken pieces so he can grill those tomorrow night.

It didn't get too hot today, about 78 but that's a good 10 degrees higher than what we were used to and all of a sudden. It's supposed to peak at around 95 by Thursday and then go back down to the 80's. I love the sun but it can stay below 80 for my purposes. Oh well, other's have it worse so I shouldn't complain too much. Besides, I have a car that has a/c now. I'm all set for my yummy omelet in the morning and then it's no food for me until after my procedure on Thursday. Aros is bored so we're going to go drive around in my car for a bit. Have a good night!

I am a zombie by the time the sun goes down I just don't go out at night. But I begin my days very early. And that being said, Good night all.

g'night

Good morning all, supposed to hit past 100 here today with the humidity

Sorry about the Wal-Mart trip Merme..here they do not sell produce in their stores...bring your receipt back in next time.

Cheryl, saying a little prayer that everything is o.k. I see you mentioned the word 'procedure'

I have no clue what to do today...mind you if it gets that hot here, we'll be seeing some thunder storms anyway.

Good morning. My temps are still moderate here. I am trying to be very careful what I wish for. Because I know how bad it can get.

Morning
All my company is gone- house is quiet till boys are here--- nice ...its gong to be cool here today high is 58* , suposed to have one of the big boys mow but it is really wet - rained most of night - thunderstorm .. nice sleeping weather...
Well gotta go and see what can be done before boys get here- think I need breakfast too... back to my diet now that no company is here....
Merme our walmart produce is not good either- they buy the 2nd quality available for their stores... won't buy meat there either... do save your receipt and get your money back- gotta watch those cashiers,,
be back later..
Nana

That is pretty cold for the time of year, Nana. I hope it dries enough for your lawn to get done.
None of our Walmarts have produce or meat beyond a few deli selections and some frozen dinners. They did just expand them to carry a little more in the canned goods and bread departments and bigger freezers. Before they never had much more than the local convenience stores. But I love my local grocery store so I am good with what is available there.

Holy, it's hot out there

Good after noon everyone. I took my MIL to the hearing aide Dr today.
Then I went to see about my Kitchen Aide hand mixer. Well, I could not find the one I wanted. one day soon I will try to find it in the Penneys catelog.--

I guess I should look it up online first to make sure I know what i am talking about, huh???

merme, in the wal-marts around here that have grocery's have fairly decient produce, one jsut has to be careful. I do agree about the meat though--they like to sell it on or past the "good by" date around here---
it has been overcast off & on all day here, but now it is thundering & lighten ing here off & on as well.
I guess soon I should shut down the computer.

Raining now

Now you do know if you get a new mixer..Rod will expect you to use it

Yup, it is summer. Yup, it is hot.

You can't fool me!





We have those Wal-Mart Supercenters and they have gigantic grocery sections. Most of those stores have three entrances so you can enter down by grocery, enter in the middle by housewares/clothes, or enter at the far end for outdoor things. Most people try to do one or the other on a Wal-Mart run & don't often get groceries plus regular items (like furniture), but I live 30 minutes away from any Wal-Mart & my rides are iffy at best, so I gotta do what I gotta do.

It makes for a long Wal-Mart run, though. And if I am buying both food & a bunch of non-food items, I always get two carts so I'm not putting food on top of clothes & window fans and whatnot.

Some of these stores are so goshdarn big many people I know can't walk the entire thing. Which isn't all that unlikely when you realize the store is 208,000 square feet and has 222 skylights to cut down on energy costs while making its cavernous design much brighter.

Today was a long day.

Hi Merme

Our Wal-marts are small but still a 45 minute drive away.

Is that 45 minute drive on your way to see your new grandbaby, Tamara? Might be worthwhile then. They built a Walmart about 10 minutes away. It is nicer than the 30 minutes it took to get to the nearest before but I am not thrilled with 'town' moving closer and closer to my pretty rural area.

My grandbaby is going to be a 3 hour drive away

NO!!! Say it aint so..besides it is not born yet--plans can change.....

If not..I'll hop the bus for '$80 return' and stay a week each month.

It costs $150 return with my truck...

yep--Bus sounds like a good idea to me too.
besides saving on gas, you will be saving on the wear & tear of the truck.

I hate to leave , we so seldom are here at teh same time, but I have not even started supper yet.--Well, I have it all cut up & ready to go but no cooking done as of yet---
If I do not see you again tonight, have a good evening.....

Bad storms moving in..

Great...damaging winds and hail...every time it hits near 100* here, watch out.

Gonna shut down..

an inch an hour?? wow You had better get to building that ark. :wink:

Be safe---

I removed the link because it's re posting for other areas now..

but then there is the fact of I have The CH's forwarded to my computer---

Still be safe.....

The next round of storms will be here in about 30 minutes the radar is posting...

I am so sorry---we had a slight one run thru here--it took about 15 minutes for it to go thru--I think we are done until tomorrow afternoon--well I hope so anyway.

We have a radar we can follow for our area...I'll show you. I live just above the 'red dart'..

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/maps/canb0010?ref=topnav_alerts_maps

I went and looked--pretty cool--so nice that you can pinpoint your area----
Thanks for sharing................


http://weather.msn.com/localmaps.aspx?wealocations=wc:USIL1292&q=Worden%2c+IL+forecast:localmaps

here is ours---if it is not animated, let me know & I will send it another way---
no pin for you to see where I am--but I am NE of st louis.