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Just a Sunday around me.

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Have a good one.


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Hih.
I discovered a beehive in our wood hutch. Need to call a beekeeper for removal. Fortunately, they seem pretty mellow.

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How're you doing, SIX?

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Hih.
I discovered a beehive in our wood hutch. Need to call a beekeeper for removal. Fortunately, they seem pretty mellow.

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I hope when the bee keeper comes they stay mellow. Good thing you found them though.

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How're you doing, SIX?

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hih.
I discovered a beehive in our wood hutch. Need to call a beekeeper for removal. Fortunately, they seem pretty mellow.

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I hope when the bee keeper comes they stay mellow. Good thing you found them though.

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one of the beekeepers that I called showed up and watched them going in and out of thei hive very workmanlike, totally ignoring him, and he said "Oh I want these guys" bc they're not Africanized and he keeps bees.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
How're you doing, SIX?

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Meh.

Pretty much back to normal. Lost all my thunder though.

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How're you doing, SIX?

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Meh.

Pretty much back to normal. Lost all my thunder though.

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You'll get it back, Im sure of it. Just have patience for a week or so.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
How're you doing, SIX?

SIX: Meh.
Pretty much back to normal. Lost all my thunder though.

SIGNY: You'll get it back, Im sure of it. Just have patience for a week or so.

SIX: Patience... Wouldn't that have been nice....
I tweaked my back today.

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Found something on Twitter last night that is not pleasant news for those of us who are fans of "Shetland". But it seems the actor who plays DI Perez will be leaving the show during its 7th Series.

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It was such a promising summer too.

Oh well. I'm done with the heat too.

I guess we can just bring on November 8th now.



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Found something on Twitter last night that is not pleasant news for those of us who are fans of "Shetland". But it seems the actor who plays DI Perez will be leaving the show during its 7th Series.

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Seriously??? His character is the only reason to watch bc it's so unusual.

I do like Tosh, but she's not enough to carry the show

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Back from mah jong and no luck today. Oh well.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and no luck today. Oh well.

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Well, better luck next time!


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Pity would be no more,
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It was such a promising summer too.

Oh well. I'm done with the heat too.

I guess we can just bring on November 8th now.



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Don't let this minor speed bump derail you, SIX. You'll feel better in a week, and there will be plenty of cooler days to exercise your good spirit.

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Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.

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Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.

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The weather has cooled down to low 80s, so this AM was my day to dig, hoe,and rake weeds from the veggie garden and check up on how things are growing.

I have a volunteer cherry tomato that I've already harvested a few tomatoes from. My Early Girl tomatoes are doing their usual spectacular selves, and already have some good-sized tomatoes on them. My started tomato seedlings (three different varieties)are finding their roots and growing well, although it will be at least a month until they start setting tomatoes. Well, that's what comes from late planting, I guess!

The nursery red and green bell peppers have some peppers set, my own started seedlings are still finding their roots but have at least survived their traumatic transplant.

The nursery watermelons are scrambling all over and I see a few very tiny watermelons, altho typically (in my yard, anyway) many of them fall off. SOMEthing ate my muskmelon seedlings down to the nubs. I have to give up on them this year bc it's too late to replant seeds, I think. I've already harvested nursery zucchini, altho it's not bearing as well as usual. This WOULD be the year I only planted four instead of six!

The okra is FINALLY growing another set of leaves, altho one set got eaten own tothe nubbs. Fortunately I have a pot of healthy spares.

Basil and parsley are going great guns, I've made a few Italian and Thai dishes with the basil already, and chopped parsley is up on the menu this week.

And it be rainin' avocados over here! I'm giving them away to neighbors and friends, but I'm also going to try making and freezing guacamole. I wish I could send some to you guys, they're SOOOO expensive this year! The Haas avocado, tho, has developed a good case of persea mites. Usually I buy and distribute predatory mites in spring, but I was recovering from surgery and then went thru radiation treatment, so I didn't get achance. I was hoping that the weather would cooperate and help the tree escape mites, but the weather has turned warm and humid .... very mite-friendly... so the best I can do at this point is hose off the leaves and hope to knock some of them down and drown them. So that's it for the veggies!

Also, today ... vacuuming. The house is filthy.



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Originally posted by Brenda:

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Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.

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The weather has cooled down to low 80s, so this AM was my day to dig, hoe,and rake weeds from the veggie garden and check up on how things are growing.

I have a volunteer cherry tomato that I've already harvested a few tomatoes from. My Early Girl tomatoes are doing their usual spectacular selves, and already have some good-sized tomatoes on them. My started tomato seedlings (three different varieties)are finding their roots and growing well, although it will be at least a month until they start setting tomatoes. Well, that's what comes from late planting, I guess!

The nursery red and green bell peppers have some peppers set, my own started seedlings are still finding their roots but have at least survived their traumatic transplant.

The nursery watermelons are scrambling all over and I see a few very tiny watermelons, altho typically (in my yard, anyway) many of them fall off. SOMEthing ate my muskmelon seedlings down to the nubs. I have to give up on them this year bc it's too late to replant seeds, I think. I've already harvested nursery zucchini, altho it's not bearing as well as usual. This WOULD be the year I only planted four instead of six!

The okra is FINALLY growing another set of leaves, altho one set got eaten own tothe nubbs. Fortunately I have a pot of healthy spares.

Basil and parsley are going great guns, I've made a few Italian and Thai dishes with the basil already, and chopped parsley is up on the menu this week.

And it be rainin' avocados over here! I'm giving them away to neighbors and friends, but I'm also going to try making and freezing guacamole. I wish I could send some to you guys, they're SOOOO expensive this year! The Haas avocado, tho, has developed a good case of persea mites. Usually I buy and distribute predatory mites in spring, but I was recovering from surgery and then went thru radiation treatment, so I didn't get achance. I was hoping that the weather would cooperate and help the tree escape mites, but the weather has turned warm and humid .... very mite-friendly... so the best I can do at this point is hose off the leaves and hope to knock some of them down and drown them. So that's it for the veggies!

Also, today ... vacuuming. The house is filthy.



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Pity would be no more,
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My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.

Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry.

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Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine
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My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.

Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry. [

SUX: At least they still take coins.

I bet it won't be long before they only start taking credit cards or using an app on your phone to pay. I'm sure a lot of them do that already.

Fortunately for you, Brenda, they're probably unlikely to spend a bunch of money on new ones again any time soon, so hopefully you don't have to worry much about that inevitability.

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No kidding. I had to foray into downtown LA and wound up in a metered parking lot that only accepted credit cards. If I didn't have one I'd still be there today...

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.

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The weather has cooled down to low 80s, so this AM was my day to dig, hoe,and rake weeds from the veggie garden and check up on how things are growing.

I have a volunteer cherry tomato that I've already harvested a few tomatoes from. My Early Girl tomatoes are doing their usual spectacular selves, and already have some good-sized tomatoes on them. My started tomato seedlings (three different varieties)are finding their roots and growing well, although it will be at least a month until they start setting tomatoes. Well, that's what comes from late planting, I guess!

The nursery red and green bell peppers have some peppers set, my own started seedlings are still finding their roots but have at least survived their traumatic transplant.

The nursery watermelons are scrambling all over and I see a few very tiny watermelons, altho typically (in my yard, anyway) many of them fall off. SOMEthing ate my muskmelon seedlings down to the nubs. I have to give up on them this year bc it's too late to replant seeds, I think. I've already harvested nursery zucchini, altho it's not bearing as well as usual. This WOULD be the year I only planted four instead of six!

The okra is FINALLY growing another set of leaves, altho one set got eaten own tothe nubbs. Fortunately I have a pot of healthy spares.

Basil and parsley are going great guns, I've made a few Italian and Thai dishes with the basil already, and chopped parsley is up on the menu this week.

And it be rainin' avocados over here! I'm giving them away to neighbors and friends, but I'm also going to try making and freezing guacamole. I wish I could send some to you guys, they're SOOOO expensive this year! The Haas avocado, tho, has developed a good case of persea mites. Usually I buy and distribute predatory mites in spring, but I was recovering from surgery and then went thru radiation treatment, so I didn't get achance. I was hoping that the weather would cooperate and help the tree escape mites, but the weather has turned warm and humid .... very mite-friendly... so the best I can do at this point is hose off the leaves and hope to knock some of them down and drown them. So that's it for the veggies!

Also, today ... vacuuming. The house is filthy.



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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

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My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.

Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry.

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At least they still take coins.

I bet it won't be long before they only start taking credit cards or using an app on your phone to pay. I'm sure a lot of them do that already.

Fortunately for you, Brenda, they're probably unlikely to spend a bunch of money on new ones again any time soon, so hopefully you don't have to worry much about that inevitability.

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Sunday, Sunday.

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As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.

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As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.

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If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've slept for two days straight.

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BRENDA: As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.

SIGNY: If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week

BRENDA: Well, maybe your busy Sunday is a good thing. Saturday can be my day to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything during the week.

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Physically, my gut isn't doing the best right now. Let's just say it's been an uncomfortable few weeks and leave it at that. I did some more barter work for somebody else last week, but I have been very irritable and I derived no pleasure from it. I was looking forward to the weekend so I could finally mow the lawn but it rained 2 days straight. Now that it's sunny and cool outside, I still haven't even been able to drag my ass outside to mow the lawn that desperately needs to be mowed, and to be honest I don't think it's going to happen today.

I feel like all sense of motivation is just gone right now. I usually feel a sense of guilt with that which eventually forces me out of this behavior, but I don't have that right now. I'm bored out of my skull but I still don't want to do anything. Even just vegging and watching YouTube videos is not enjoyable and I don't even have the slightest desire to immerse myself in some mindless video game time.

I've really been in a bad mood for weeks right now. This is out of character for me, even when compared to the normal lulls in my activity. I've hardly even talked on the phone with anybody recently because I really have nothing positive to say about anything at all and I don't want to bring other people down with my debby downer mood.

I dunno. One of these days I'll stop saying that tomorrow is another day and I'll actually get back on the horse.

Hopefully tomorrow.

At least my back tweak from early last week wasn't a really bad one and isn't bothering me anymore right now. Sometimes I can be suffering from those for weeks at a time.

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BRENDA: As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.

SIGNY: If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week

BRENDA: Well, maybe your busy Sunday is a good thing. Saturday can be my day to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything during the week.

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Ah, in my case, it's not an issue of forgetting. I use the stickies in my diary to keep me on track with three times a week/ weekly/ twice a month/ monthly/ quarterly chores, a calendar for all those appointments(!) and I have a ginormous list of "things to do" on a "time available" basis. The problem is, I have way more things to do than I have time or (more importantly) energy. I can only put in so much work before I poop out.
Sigh.

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Pity would be no more,
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I wish there was some way to communicate offline bc I'd like to follow up in more detail.

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