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Good “morning”, Motley Meese! The week begins …
Morning low of 59 degrees in the Desert Southwest 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 86. Mostly Sunny skies are in the forecast.
Have a great day, all y’alls!!
From the New York Times Editorial Board, who do you think they are talking about here?
If you guessed the regime of the rotting putrid pumpkin, you would be wrong. This is their description of Iran – who they call “terrible” – but when it is the president of the United States doing those things, he gets a free pass from the Paper of Record. Embarrassing.
Good morning. Minimizing exposure to the national news while making my gallon of tea for the week. Wondering what the day will bring.
It’s 52 heading for 70 and sunny at the moment. It’s supposed to cloud up soon and rain this afternoon and evening. I believe the cloud up part. I’ll believe in the rain when I see it fall. February wrapped up with a very productive 286.99 – not bad at all for this early in the year in a short month that did actually have a couple of very cloudy days with a little (very little) rain. The highest we’ve ever generate for March is 428 and the lowest is 360. So of course those are the “be nice” and “at least” targets. The realistic goal if high-ish goal is 400 which takes an average daily production rate of 13. We shall see what we shall see.
We have one last full week of Nature’s time. Next Sunday the corporate FU (giggle) of DST already bad but exacerbated by W moving it to start 3 weeks early & end a week late to prove he was the environmental president begins. So enjoy it while it lasts. We won’t see it again until November.
I actually got a fairly decent night’s sleep – only up once to go to the bathroom, no night sweats, & once I stopped coughing (when I finished my back exercises and was no longer laying flat on my back) I didn’t start again until I got up. I’m not over this but it’s definitely easing up. Meanwhile I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good to hear, bfitz!
I think the time change ks actually going to help me. I’ve been waking up at 3:30-3:45; that will now be an hour later, right? My eyes snapping open involuntarily at 4:30 will be infinitely better.
We take our blessing where we can find them. I hope it does work out better for you. I also have been waking up at 3:30 but I do my back exercises and then have been able to get back to sleep for another 2 hours. Wish that worked for you. Healing Energy.
Sunday Meese
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I’ll go over and Rec it, Sis. LOVE Harry Belafonte!
Thank you Sis!
Good Sunday morning, Moosekind. Rabbit! Isn’t that what we’re supposed to say on the first of the month?
It’s sunny and bright in Ashburn at the moment, and 43 F., but tomorrow we’re supposed to get snow. Uh, say whut? Then at the end of the week we’ll get 75 F. Can I wear shorts?
Well, so it begins. The Mango Mussolini who wanted to be awarded a “Noble Prize” has started a war. The first thing they did was bomb a school full of GIRLS in Iran. May Ishtar and Ereshkegal curse them with a deadly curse. Did you all ever hear about the 2002 report issued by the World Bank regarding the economy of the Middle East? It said, in effect, that as long as Muslim countries continued to oppress women, and keep them from higher education and jobs, they’d never amount to anything. Whereas Arab culture excelled in astronomy and mathematics in the year 1,000, what have they done since then? Nothing. There began a new tradition in Islam of never questioning the Koran or anything, so there you are.
When one thinks of what the Nabateans (precursors of the Arabs) accomplished at the dawn of the second millennium, one is staggered. They used every single drop of water that fell and made the desert bloom.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I need to start on my taxes and memorize the play. Also am meeting someone for dinner at 5. Last night it was so late when I arrived home I couldn’t do much of anything except get ready for bed.
Went to Harris Teeter yesterday and bought lots of freshly manufactured, highly processed snacks, which I love: Nacho cheese Doritos, white cheddar popcorn, baked potato chips, that cheddar cheese stuff that comes in little jars, even bridge mix! These are all very bad for a person, but I don’t eat them all on the same day.
That’s enough from me. Wishing a good day to all at the Pond, and prayers for the poor, innocent Iranians who are being murdered by Bibi and Mango.
Monday Meese. 11 degrees here in Kingston. More snow predicted for tomorrow. :(
Puerto Rico/Panama
Hurricane Melissa
Good morning. Got in my mile & a half walking. Thinking about the schoolgirls in Iran, the very group most involved in the protests. And our regime and their defenders don’t even care that we killed 80 of them. On that cheerful note, I need to get ready for work.
It’s 46 heading for 66 and overcast. Yesterday we generated 8.22 KWHs so we’re already not on track – and considering the forecast not likely to do anything but lose more ground over the next 10 days. Sigh. Only got .4″ rain – very needed but. . . Our new normal – lots of clouds, no water.
Am I surprised that a bunch of pedos bombed a girls’ school? Especially since school girls are/were the most vocal group protesting (among other things) misogyny & pedophilia? Nope. Guess the Christian Zionists finally found the wedge they’ve been preparing for/searching so long, the one they needed to start Armageddon. The result will not be what they think it will be. (Sorry, you can’t force a god to do anything – and it’s really stupid to try. Especially not a nasty vindictive blood-thirsty bully like their god.) But it won’t be good for anybody.
The coughing is still severe but the fits are getting further and further apart. So that’s good. Meanwhile I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Glad to hear you are getting less coughing!
Thank you.
Glad the fits are getting further apart! Hope they’ll disappear altogether before too long.
My own fits kept me awake a good bit of the night, despite my sleeping pill and max strength cough medicine. What is it about lying down that brings on the coughing fits?
I hope so too.
Gravity. The gunk in our heads get some help from gravity in draining out of our sinuses or down the back of our throats when we’re standing up. When we’re lying gown the gunk just pools in our throats. I find salt water gargle helps some. Not a lot, but some. Healing Energy.
Good Monday morning, Moosekind! There will be interesting celestial goings-on early tomorrow morning, among them a blood-red moon, as described by the WaPo. Forgot to wish everyone a happy St. David’s Day yesterday (you’re supposed to wear either a daffodil or a leek in your hat on March 1), but Anne Louise Avery has made up a story about it, so that’s okay.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, it’s overcast and 33 F. in Ashburn.
We’re supposed to get snow showers this afternoon, gloppy snow tonight, and rain the rest of the week. (Excuse me while I laugh hysterically.) If it’s really 75 F. on Friday or Saturday, I’m putting on shorts to celebrate.
Must get washed and brushed to help the rest of the Drama Club team clean out the Properties Room. None of us except the Queen of the Drama Club have ever been inside that room. Who knows what we may find there? Magic wands? King Tut’s treasures? Sailor’s uniforms from “H.M.S. Pinafore?”
Snow or no, must get my hair done this afternoon, pick up my costume from the dry cleaner’s, and get some milk from the store. Even a quart of milk goes sour before I can drink it all. It’s weird.
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond, and Mango, if you could see your demented way clear to ending this latest war, we’d appreciate it.
P.S. Just occurred to me that one could pronounce “Mango” as “Man….GO!”
Good morning, meeses! Monday has Marched in …
It is 79 degrees in Tucson with an expected daytime high of 86. Sunny skies are in the forecast. The temperatures will be dropping for the next few days and we will settle into the upper 70s for a while – much more “seasonal” whatever that means.
I have repair guys back this morning to finish up the project they started a few weeks ago. I think (hope!) this will be it for a while. It is very disruptive as it involves drilling and cutting and pounding. I have decided that I am not going to report any more things needing fixing unless it involves failure of an essential component or a leak. I can’t work until they leave.
See all y’all later!
Good afternoon, 49 and sunny in Bellingham today. I’ve been distracted lately, trying to stay focused on what I need to do and to accept that there are some things in the garden I can no longer do. I hope this re alignment to being 80ish will settle down soon so I can just settle into a routine. I made needed progress with the work on my desk so when I do today’s tasks I’ll be caught up with the ignored work and ready to do the daily work….progress! Best wishes to all.
Good morning. Too cloudy here for the lunar eclipse. Primary day here, looking forward to the ads going away.
Isn’t that the truth! I wish we had 6 week elections like the Brits do – the ads are all awful and filled with lies and distortions.
It’s 62 heading for 77 and trying to clear off at the moment. How long that’ll last I don’t know. Yesterday we generated 10.24 and ended the day w/ the m-t-d at 18.47 – not on track and losing more ground.
It cleared off around midnight so I opened the curtains in hopes of seeing the moon when she got high enough but it clouded up again. sigh. My cough’s less frequent but still bad when the fits come. double sigh. Natalia got into something Sunday when she was clearing up the garden area at the farm – she thought she managed to avoid touching it and she cleaned up thoroughly when she was finished but apparently she did have contact and didn’t get it all off – that’s causing her face, eyes (especially her left eye), hands, and wrists to swell and itch. And it’s getting worse. She was just waiting for the clinic to open and is about to head down there. It’s not poison ivy, she’d have recognized that. Maybe poison sumac. That’s even more virulent and harder to recognize. Anyway I’m betting she’ll need something like a pred injection plus a course of oral something or other. And I hope to heaven it starts working asap.
I already voted so I don’t have to get out in it today. Am definitely looking forward to a decrease in ads and fundraising. Meanwhile I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Welp, Plan B for Natalia – the clinic can’t see her until 10:30 so she’s going to wait until 9 when the closest “walk-in” facility opens. And be waiting at the door when the open.
Good afternoon, meeses! Tuesday …
It is 82 degrees and sunny, the weather widget says it will get to 84. I missed the lunar eclipse this morning but did not miss the almost full moon rising over the mountains during the alpenglow. It was spectacular! I will try to post a photo tomorrow morning when I am back on my computer. Tonight when she emerges it will be dark so it will be more difficult to photograph her.
Busy day, now my feet will go up and I will drink some tea and play solitaire.
See all y’all later!
Wednesday Meese. Another dreary day here. We had rain, snow and sleet yesterday. I’ll be staying inside and watching women’s college basketball start of tournaments all day. Avoiding the news.
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Melissa
News avoidance, check. Basketball watching, check.
Good morning. Crazy night for the primary here. My gubernatorial candidate won, but she’s been the clear leader for a while. The rest is…..Talarico was always my candidate but I’m angry about the shenanigans. There’s also our recent mass shooting, so it’s just a lot.
It’s 68 heading for a high of 69 but really it looks like it’s going to be inching up and then most of the day. Very overcast. Supposed to start raining soon. I hope. We need it. I have heard one bit of rumbly thunder. Yesterday we generated 11.98 KWHs and the m-t-d at 30.45 lost ground and will lose more today.
Several of the folks I voted for won. Several didn’t. Especially in the non-partisan (Judicial) races where as you might expect in a bloody red state – Ms. Guv Huckster Trumpanista’s politically appointed judges somehow won election to the highest Court in the state. sigh. But out local ballot initiatives passed so we should see a bunch of infrastructure (including parks & watershed area) upgrades over the next 2 years.
Natalia got a shot of pred and Rx for a medicated salve. She at least isn’t getting worse and I think she’s looking a little better. She was home all day yesterday and spent most of it in the kitchen which really improved her mood. She’d brought home some “country bacon” and ground lamb at the local butcher shop in Berryville. So yesterday she cooked the bacon in the oven, then baked Greek meatballs, and just for fun wrapped up with a 1/2 recipe of my grandmother’s WWII oatmeal cookies (GF version). The Chair told her to work from home today as well and she’s down at the office right now grabbing some files she needs to be able to do just that. I expect her home before he rain starts.
Meanwhile this cough is getting better. Blasted thing won’t go away. But it’s better. And I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good Wednesday morning, Moosekind! It’s 43 F. in Ashburn, with showers predicted. We did receive rain yesterday, which washed Monday’s snow away.
Yesterday I had to take my car into the garage at what I consider an appallingly early hour to be out and about: 7:30. The garage owner who is polite but the OPPOSITE of charming, told me I could go to McDonald’s while they fixed the sensors. I did that and had a “big breakfast” for less than $6. Was agreeably surprised that it was edible. Not good for the body, but edible. Even the coffee wasn’t that bad. While I was there Mr. Charmless rang and said I needed a new rear tire. Since that one was the one constantly complaining about the air pressure being low, I said go ahead. Finally I was able to pay up ($140, not bad) and get out of there. Mr. Charmless has a sign on what would be his desk if he had one: “I speak fluent sarcasm.” I’ll just bet he does.
By the time I went thankfully home, my schedule was so screwed up I fell asleep and barely made it on time to the noon “After Hours Committee” meeting. We’re looking for things bored but lively residents can do from 7 to 9. One lady suggested that when it’s warm and light outside in those hours we could have a campfire singalong. “Yes,” I piped up. “And we could have a marshmallow or broccoli roast at the firepit.” Everyone roared with laughter and said they’d never heard of a “broccoli roast,” but I am always thinking of my beloved diabetics.
Today the Progressives (a.k.a.”Democrats”) are meeting at 1 p.m. to talk about what we’re going to do this year. Before that I have to study lines and music and go to the gym. I’ve gained so much weight that at this rate I won’t be able to fit into my costume. Off I go!
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond. Hope the bombs everyone is lobbing are all duds.
Good afternoon, 52 and raining in Bellingham. Ron’s new iPad and his old laptop will not stay connected to the internet but all the devices I use are connected so it’s puzzling. The laptop is old and needs to be replaced but the iPad is new. He’s frustrated and after multiple attempts to “fix” it so am I! I think a trip to Best Buy will happen soon. Oh well, being preoccupied with the challenges of computing while 80ish is better than focusing on the news. Best wishes to all.
It is difficult to navigate technology these days. It should be getting easier but it is getting more difficult. The problem is “smart” routers which are constantly trying to keep devices connected instead of someome just finding a good setting and locking it in. Good luck!