Good Morning All. Mostly clear and 70°, a tad warm for this time of year. The last minute addition of rain in yesterday's forecast didn't pan out, although conditions were right for it. Still have a week of thunderstorms in our forecast, although the NWS has backed the beginning up until Tuesday, since yesterday's forecast. I trust my weather rock more!
Had the tech from Safelite out yesterday to replace the windshield on the Accura. My wife went over the options with our insurance company earlier and we decided to have the Lexus done at the dealership instead of our driveway. There's just too many sensors and stuff that need to be calibrated in that one. Would have required a visit to them anyway, and we have our last free service call in the next week or so. Get it all taken care of in one trip there instead of two. Both windshield damage incidents were caused by road debris as far as we know. The Accura had one pit hole for almost a year before the second, so we finally got it done. Most of my day was spent on yard maintenance, i.e. mowing and weedeating. I was able to start earlier because there was no dew. Mower still works on wet grass, but just not as well.
My grandson #1 seems to be making the most out of his college classes in Italy at the moment. He has a three-day weekend and is currently over in Greece visiting his girlfriend who is studying in a similar situation there. My wife is tracking him with her phone app! Can't get away from the prying eyes of Grandma without turning off his phone...an unlikely scenario for a 19 year old!
Still have another 1/3 acre or so to mow this morning, and I need to prepare for my other grandson who's coming by tomorrow to "work". It's Grandma's way to give away my hard-earned money. Not sure what she has in mind, but I will have him assist in taking off the pool cover and clearing brush and fallen branches from around the homestead.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I cleaned up another dozen or so structures. Nothing special about any of them, just the usual cobwebs, dried insect parts and fallen figures. At least no rodent droppings on them or around any parts of the layout where they came from. As with many others this week, Most of these got their detail upgrading and paint refurbishment on the last go-around.
Karl - Congratulations to your son.
Tom O
Now to remember all those solutions to world problems
I have read studies regarding people who text prior to falling asleep when in their beds. Apparently they don't remember the last 30 minutes or so of doing it! I cannot speak from experience since I don't text and my phone is on the computer desk in "Do Not Disturb" mode from 8:00 pm until 8:00 am anyway.
Gotta go and visit the pharmacy on the shelf right now. Everybody have a great and safe Saturday.
They're probably going to be hanging around the town a while before heading on to Ashville.
