Good Morning All. Partly cloudy here and 72°. Looks like we might hit 92° today before cooling back off tomorrow. Only hit 88° yesterday. Will probably rain again overnight tomorrow.
I did get a couple of things done yesterday that I had planned. Mowed the last (south) part of the yard and started with the onion harvest. I stepped over to the Jalapeno plants and picked a handful of them.
I did not get to removing the green pea plants, instead I loaded up the cart with A/C packaging, and other assorted trash and debris for the dumpster. Then I loaded the cart back up with a load of firewood that I had extracted from the undergrowth a couple of weeks ago, and hauled it over to the woodpile. Most of the logs need to be cut down to 14"-16" lengths before stacking and many of them also will need splitting. The lumberjacks that I hired didn't quite understand the 16" length part. This stuff came from a tree with a 14" diameter trunk, which will fit through the door of the stove, but it's too heavy for my wife to load if I'm not available.
Today is still up in the air as to what I end up doing, but it will probably all be outdoors. Since it is just me and the granddogs right now, laundry and dishes are minimal. I do need to check out what I can with the battery powered push mower. Battery is fully charged and it starts, but only runs for 6-8 seconds before shutting off. And that's without going anywhere. Poor old mower just hasn't been the same since it got an unexpected flight during last year's tornado.
I didn't spend a lot of time out in the train shed yesterday. What little time that I did was spent on moving stuff back in place after the new A/C install. It's working much better than the old one; it should since it's 7,000 BTU's bigger!
Tom O - $3.90/gal is still outrageous for gas, even though it isn't close to Kalifornia prices. Ours is still hovering in the $2.59/gal here. Admittedly, we are closer to the source and the refineries. It's too bad for consumers that they are shutting down refineries all along the Left Coast.
Mike - Wife got the dog paw washer at Walmart for about $6.
Kids will splash water out of the pool regardless of the level. Just their bobbing around sends it over the skimmer top, even with the not so tight cover in place.
John - I don't know if the paw washer tickles them or not, but neither dog likes me to use it. But they do like it better than being thrown into the shower.
Kusojiji - Me thinks that your boxcar doors are upside down!
Today is the birthday of the late Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts.
Everyone have a wonderful Monday. Stay cool and hydrated.
