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Bestofour, I had a washer like that many moons ago. On the third service call in the same month, the repairman called Sears himself and told them to send me another washer.

I hope it is an easy fix Junie.

Don't let them push you around Junie. Love eating from the garden.

I love eating from the garden as well, at this point I am going to turn into a bush bean. ~I picked over 4 gallons of them in the past week.

Today begins with me tearing apart my clothes dryer. It is broke down...again. The last time it was the internal fuse, hopefully it is something simple such as that again. Wish me luck.

I wish you the very best of luck!!

Good night. I need to charge my phone as there is a 60% chànce of storms tomorrow.

Thank you, it must have worked. The wiring(safety switch) that shuts off the dryer when the door is open was the culprit. I bypassed it, we don't need to worry about a child tumbling in it while it is on. I got a lecture from DH about bypassing safety wires on things. So far I have bypassed the washer lid, dryer door and lawn mower reverse.

We are getting a dry day today. I'll be out mowing later in the day when the grass can at least partially dry....wet or not, it needs to be cut.

Good morning.

Back at the farm my dryer was like that. It worked great, but if you opened the door while it was running it didn't stop. As I remember I had to turn it off when the clothes were dry. I did have a clothesline out at the farm though. YAY.

Did cut our grass yesterday just ahead of the storms. I need to go out today ( if there is a break in the rain) to see if I have ripe tomatoes.

Yup, my timed dry doesn't work but that was a bypass from last year. Now the safety door lock is bypassed as well. I am going to keep an eye for a dryer on the second hand site, some people just renew their set when the washer goes. This dryer is almost 20 years old.

My tomatoes are just small and green, they are cherry tomatoes. If we can get some sun and heat...they might actually ripen. The grass is drying, I will head out in an hour to get a start on the mowing.

I had a dryer that the timer didn't work and I was worried I'd leave the house and it would run for hours and get too hot and who knows what so I finally got a new one. You know my daughters dish washer caught fire so I'm overly cautious about appliances.

My cherry tomatoes have done great but my slicing ones not so good. Couldn't even find okra at the farmers market. It's been a weird year.

Weird for sure, one part of our country is flooding, the other part is burning....there is no in between.

I only use the dryer when I am in the house...and set the stove timer to remind me. My SIL had a dryer fire a few years ago, caused by a build up of lint(it wasn't being cleaned out).

Rain for today. I need to bake anyway.

We had bacon, lettuce & Tomato sandwiches for supper last night. My tomatoes taste kinda mushy..too much rain I guess. But hey, they were still fresh red tomatoes!
Surely the rain will stop long enough for your tomatoes to grow & ripen.

My DD does not clean out her lint trap often either. :No: I try to remember to clean mine out after every load. It is the best way.

We had bacon, lettuce & Tomato sandwiches for supper last night. My tomatoes taste kinda mushy..too much rain I guess. But hey, they were still fresh red tomatoes!
Surely the rain will stop long enough for your tomatoes to grow & ripen.

DH loves BLT sandwiches, especially on toasted bread. I like them with chicken added as well....now I am hungry.

Rain again for today, it will be a good day to clean and mop.

I cook my bacon in the oven. So easy. I think as long as I have my own tomatoes I will have BLT's more often. I love them on toast as well.,

I will mop as well. Well scrub the kitchen floor. Have I said how much I hate dog hair ?? Rod's dog should be hairless.

I could never live with an animal in the house...kudos to you for doing it.

I keep trying to remember to pick up a bacon microwave tray, it is quick to zap it when one just needs a slice or two.

I have a few of those trays somewhere in this house. If I could to d them, I would share.

You are so kind. ~I marked it on my list...they have them at the dollar store. Now I'll remember to pick it up.

I might head out to shop (and pay those dreaded monthly bills) today. GG needs new sneaker for school as well, that will be the longest chore of the day. They are the right color but don't fit or they fit and they are not the right color.

I remember those days..
And it frustrated me too, so I was happy when the girls could drive themselves around to do their school shopping. Plus with the girls being 6 years apart, Val would take Emily for things even before then. I welcomed that !

Good morning.

I raided my garden last night, today I am starting the 'pickling' of the season. Bread and butter pickles and mustard bush beans will be in the works.

Your family are sure some lucky people. Enjoy your "pickling".

Well what did you get put up today, Sunny ???

Goodnight everyone .

Bread and butter pickles, mustard bush beans and dilly beans. I also picked my blueberries to freeze for muffins. My next batch of cukes will be sweet pickles and relish....my garden is behind a few weeks from all the rain. Oh well, slow and steady wins the race.

In the past few months we only went three days in a row with no rain, other than that we get rain at least once in a 24 hr span.

Good morning

That sounds like a very good start Sunny. Yay. Esp since it has rain ed so much !! Good for you.

Good morning. Does anyone have some fun plans for the weekend? If so, take me with you.

I sure would take you with me if I could. We could make our own plans.

I want to play one of my mystery games. But I think my DH has other plans.

I need a bacon tray too. Bet we could find one on Amazon.

What I did today was work for 1/2 day for someone, came home and took an hour nap.

Junie I've been eating tomato sandwiches too. I didn't plant enough tomato plants to freeze or can any but I did pick a bunch of figs and made jam.

I never got the bacon tray...I must check Amazon as Bestofour suggested.

It is raining again, as it has been every day since I can remember.

Heat index for today and at least all week is in the triple digits. Inside seems a good idea.

I'd take that weather for a few days...just a few days though.

We are supposed to get a few dry days starting tomorrow, I hope we do.

I hope you do too. And perhaps several more days to go with those.

I managed to go out tonight water things and pick some tomatoes. So I can stay in tomorrow night. The sooner Friday gets here (it is forecast to only get up to 82 that day) the better.

Goodnight sleep tight



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Jeepers, we are getting a heavy frost warning for tonight into tomorrow morning.

This has been one strange year...no matter where a person lives, it seems. I'll pick what I can this evening and tarp my tomato plants with an old sheet.

Well the weather forecast was different tonight than it was last night. We won't see that 83*F until Sunday or so. It is now forecast that 99*F is the coolest it will be Friday.
With much higher heat indexes to go with.

And yep, you are right, Sunny. It seems no matter where we are our "usual" expected weather is nowhere to be found. Our new normal I guess, but hope not.

So true, 'normal' isn't even normal anymore.

Very true..SMH

Good morning, another pickling day here.

So what gets pickled today ??

And Good Afternoon.

It was dill slices, Junie. I have to make apple jelly this week as well, yummy.

Oh apple jelly ! You will have to give me your Apple Jelly recipe when you have the time. DH loves apple jelly.

Well, it is not much of a recipe(it was a watch and learn process with my grandmother). I cut the apples in 4(crabapples are my favorite), add a bit of water to cook them in. Cool and drain in a cheese cloth bag(overnight). Take the juice, add a half bag of sugar and some lemon juice. Cook up until you can skim off the foam on top of the boiled juice....add some pectin if it is a thinner juice and bottle up.

I'll try measure it when I make it this week so I can be more exact for you.

Today is a clean and mop day.

Thanks for that. When you get done with your cleaning and mopping you can come do mine. I offer pecan coffee and banana cake for breaks.