Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 69°, high today in the upper 80's. Tomorrow we return to the 90's for highs. We just couldn't make it all day yesterday without a brief rain shower around 6:00 pm. Not much, but enough to dampen everything and cause a heavy dew this morning. It did rain heavily all day yesterday in the area about 35 miles south of me. I still have puddles from Monday. The forecast, if it is to be believed, calls for 8 days in a row with no precipitation. So far in the first 11 days, we have gotten our total average June rainfall.
Started the day yesterday with the dishwasher and then moved to picking up and cutting up branches in the immediate area around the pool. I expect to be doing that task all over for the next 6 or 8 months, as I am not in a hurry and I won't overdo it. Most stray stuff is done, I will move into the major downed trees later this week. Still waiting for the ground to dry enough to call in the professionals for the branches that are still attached to standing trees and the stuff that I don't want to handle. Maybe by Friday. I still consider myself lucky, as my neighbor who's home was totally destroyed, finally got all of the trees removed from the top of his pickup truck which has been buried for two weeks. His insurance company had already declared it totaled and is still providing him with a rental.
The train shed no longer smells like damp cardboard since I have had fans running out there for 2 weeks. I have also been removing some of it that cannot be salvaged. The main problem is what to do with the stuff that was inside those boxes. If I mention it to my wife, she will go on an Amazon spending spree which will provide many more quickly. Yesterday I ran trains mainly. I also replaced my figure painting palette. I keep a handful of figures on standby and every time that I paint something, I also paint a bit on figures. The palette got wet and warped, so it needed replacement.
New one was easy. None of my stockpile of cardstock got wet.
Back to structures today, I think that I only have two left.
Swal - I don't know? That extended weather forecast that you posted yesterday looks pretty nice to me. I know that it never gets as warm in NY as it does here, but highs in the 70's and 80's is summer clothing to me...anything above 60° is t-shirts and shorts for me.
I am fully aware that Medicaid regulations differ from state to state, but if I am reading ours here in Texas correctly, two vehicles are permitted for a couple. They have to be registered to each person individually, even if one is infirm and in a care center. Our Medicaid eligibility benefits in Texas are known to be a bit less liberal than many other states. But I remember that you had a lawyer look into it and he/she should know best for NY.
Rather than selling all of your model railroading equipment, why not just box it all up and store it at a friend's home???
Joe - The income level here is $29xx/month. And yes, asset determination seems to vary per state.
Everyone have a wonderful Wednesday.