A late Good Morning All. Foggy and 67°. The forecast is for 92° today after reaching 85° yesterday; cold front coming tonight and the high tomorrow and through the weekend in the low 70's, upper 50's at the beginning of next week. Spring ain't over yet!
Life goes on through this time of self-quarantine. I didn't mention that my wife did our taxes last Sunday and we're expecting a nice refund due to the change in the tax laws from a couple of years ago. That four figure refund plus our "stimulus" money is going to make for a pleasant trip to the LHS once they re-open. She is obviously postponing the knee replacement surgery for her other knee right now.
I found six dead baby opossums in the yard yesterday morning. Not sure how they got there. Opossums are marsupials and carry their young in a pouch like a kangaroo, so it isn't like the granddog disturbed a nest. They were almost weaned and were each about the size of a small rat. Yes I still have the granddog. Since my daughter and SIL both can work from home, and my grandsons are tele-conferencing their schoolwork, they decided to stay on Padre Island (on the Texas Gulf coast) for a whole month instead of just a week. They have an isolated condo all to themselves and the leasing agent gave them a heck of a deal, four weeks for the price of two. Meanwhile my other daughter used some of her "off time" to go over and remove the perishables from her refrigerator.
Eggs over-easy and a handful of bacon this morning Flo. And a double OJ to wash it down with.
Thanks for the likes and comments for the layout photos yesterday;
Jerome, Sherrel, Bob, Karl, Greg, Patrick, Paul, James, George, Curt, Joe, Ken, Rick, Chet, Tom.
I put the finishing touches except for the stairs to the loading dock, on the antiques shop yesterday. Electric meter, soda machine, sewer vent pipe, assorted crates and those wood stoves that came with the kit.
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Managed to also get the front stair hand railing done and painted.
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It's getting used to its permanent location on the layout for a few days while I make the additional stairs and look for an antique park bench for the front porch.
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Guy - It is a large layout but it doesn't get particularly dusty. There's a few dead insects that get in and become dehydrated and spider webs from very tiny spiders. I have it divided into eight roughly equal sections and do one section every quarter, so each area gets a cleaning once every two years.
Bob - We got one of those robot vacuums when my wife had her knee replacement. She didn't like the manner or timing of letting me vacuum. Ours is really a stupid machine. I liken it to a blind squirrel who finds an acorn every now and then. It endlessly moves over the same area until I kick it elsewhere!
George - That's a drag for your wife regarding that drug that I can't spell. It's obviously safe when administered by a qualified doctor for what it is meant for.
Beady - That's refreshing to read that your local TV station has a half hour of good news every night. The world isn't about to end as politicians on both sides of the spectrum would have us believe. And these "expert" doctors on TV, they won't be happy until all of us are dressed in complete haz-mat suits and tethered to our homes.
Terry -
Wondered when that was coming, things were getting close.
Louis - Glad to read that all is going well.
Had to interrupt composing this post as our water stopped running.
Made the slow trek out to the meter and back verifying that I had no visible leaks and then I heard a back-up beeper on a piece of equipment down the road. I went back out to look in that direction and could only see those power company vehicles putting up those damn view obscuring poles. Oooops! What if they hit the water line that was marked by a bunch of blue flags? Called the water company and indeed that is what happened and a crew was on the way. It will be a couple of hours before it is fixed in a best case scenario. They are usually very prompt and efficient when this happens. I don't know if the flags were misplaced or if the power company was stupid!
Everybody have a great day and it looks like National Beer Day might have to continue here for a while longer.