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Good Tuesday morning, Meese! Full Moon Energy—is that what I have? Yesterday I baked carrot bran muffins, this morning it’s three and a half dozen oatmeal cookies. It’s a gorgeous morning, already 80 F. and planning to get up to 90 F. later. Tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday will be impossible: 100 F. plus each day.
I didn’t see the Strawberry Moon the first time I went out, at 9:30 p.m., but I did the second time at 10:30! She is BEAUTIFUL! I was so excited I took a photo and informed my neighbor across the hall by text. He couldn’t see it from his place, but finally went out in front of our building and saw it. Another friend sent me a photo he’d taken from his balcony.
Plans for the day include Getting Hair Done, studying my French grammar book, and finishing the sections. There will be a Progressives March on Thursday morning—we all gonna die, it will be so blinking hot—but that’s OK.
The vampire left a horrible bruise on my left arm where she stabbed it repeatedly, trying to find a vein. I am so annoyed.
Can a person be annoyed and grateful at the same time? I’m grateful for friends like y’all, for my roof, the cot and three hots, and for being in pretty good health for an old bag.
Wishing everyone at the Pond a good day!
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Spending the day indoors watching soccer and the WNBA
with a side of World of Warcraft(Im still agranniegamer)
LOL!!
Nice Commissioner’s Cup win by the Liberty over the Evil Empire! I was pleased to hear the NY crowd boo the actual Commissioner. I booed along with them when she was announced.
me too
Good morning. Went to a book talk last night, it was fun. Got my Bookchat diary written for tonight – posts at 7 central at the orange place, please come by. It is about the book-centered fundraiser, Romancing the Vote. There’s all kinds of bookish stuff, and jewelry, scarves, shawls and consults & zoom calls. It opens at 9am: https://www.32auctions.com/romancingthevote2026. Today: work & kickboxing. And maybe tweaking my diary some more, because nothing is ever perfect, is it?
It’s 77 heat index 80 heading for 93 heat index 97 so less humid today than it has been (and will be tomorrow). Sunny but no breeze at them moment. Yesterday we generated 19.79 KWHs and wrapped up June with 415.43 – which definitely could have been worse if not great because of the A/C use. July is the month the PV system was down completely (1 week in June, all July, 3 weeks in August) so we’ll beat the low of 0 just by being on today. In fact, the .06 KWH we’ve generated this morning already has. July’s highest was 562 to that’s the “gee it would be nice” goal. Anything over 500 is the more realistic goal.
On Suzanne’s (aashirs nani) advice – she’s rescued a lot of kittens in her earlier healthier years – I’m going to try goat milk kitten milk replacer with Jenny. In a bottle to see if nursing is what she’s missing, mixed with water to lap if it’s the nutrients she’s missing. If she’s not that needy for nursing, I’ll also try just sprinkling the powder on her kibble. We shall see what we shall see. Got a jolt around 4:30 this morning when (it sounded like Freddie) protested loudly and angrily at being pounced. Not growling or making attack-cat noises but enough to bring both Natalia and me out of our bedrooms. I put Freddie out on the sunporch. Jenny, like a sensible kitten, had scooted down the hall long before the humans managed to get up. Probably ducked under the couch as that’s the one place she can get and none of the boys can. She came out of the den anyway when the hall lights went on while Freddie and Bobbie (so the spat could have been between them actually) came out of the sewing room. I’m afraid Natalia got jolted out of actual sleep. I didn’t as I was having a sinusitis flare and was trying to doze while sitting up trying to breathe – but she still got out of her room before I did. Anyway, all’s serene now. And I’d best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
The fun of kitten raising! :)
Good Wednesday morning, Moosekind, sure and ’tis 84 F. already in Ashburn. With all the dribs and drabs of rain we’ve had, we’re only two inches under for the year to date! Now, that’s unusual Our high today will be 92 F., almost cool. I was out last night at 9:30 but did not see the Moon.
The author called this morning, asking whether the mss. was finished. Duhh… I didn’t do a THANG on it yesterday, better spend all day today and tomorrow working. Oh, well, it’s too hot to do anything but stay indoors. DIL and grandson Karl are going to try to Get On for Tokyo on Saturday. They love Tokyo.
The doctor’s office called yesterday and wants me to come in two weeks ahead of time for a session with the doctor. Whut? Did I fail my cholesterol test? Do I actually have prediabetes? Will find out tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, plans for the day include doing the dishes, working on the mss, the Songbirds’ concert at 2:30, and dinner with neighbor at 5 p.m.
Wishing a good day with NO sinusitis or allergies to all at the Pond.
Good afternoon, 59 and light clouds in Bellingham today. Ron and Hans are at his house cooking blt’s for lunch and planting his veggie garden. Hans is doing much better, but is still limited re using his arms so he’ll stay close to us so healing can continue. Ava spent the day with him yesterday getting him up to speed playing a computer game she enjoys so they can play together.
I’m enjoying a quiet day feeling grateful I can rest when I need to. Best wishes to all.
Good afternoon, meeses! Wednesday …
I couldn’t remember if I checked in and apparently I did not! I kept thinking about it.
It is 99 degrees and sunny. This morning when I got up it was 67 which felt great. When I took my walk at 7ish, it was not even 80 and I got a full 1.25 mile walk in. The moon is still big and bright in the SW sky and I used her energy to finish up my hot accounting project so I can take the rest of the day off.
See all y’all later!
I love full moon energy! I got a lot done too, and so did my R.C. neighbor across the hall! He’s been gardening like mad!
reposting
Good morning. Diary last night was……okay. I don’t know if I sent any people to the auction. There are still unbelievable things with no bids: consults with chemists and other scientists, with an economist (don’t need to be a writer, I know I have questions and would love to chat); an interesting painting, gorgeous knitted things…. Anyway, here I am at work. The weekend is a million years away.
It’s 74 heat index 80 heading for 92 heat index 102 but at least it’s sunny again. Yesterday we generated 19.68 KWHs so we’re starting July on track for over 500. We shall see how long that lasts.
Well, Walmart was suddenly out of goat’s milk kitten formula so Suzanne replaced it with powdered goat’s milk. The latter being from grocery and not the pet dept. I got it around 6 pm and we tried the bottle. That didn’t work (although it might have if it had been an actual kitten bottle and not a puppy bottle – sigh) but Jenny started lapping it from a saucer as soon as I poured it. I refilled the saucer 2x before she was satisfied. And she went back and finished the 3rd saucer full after a short nap. So about 2 oz to satisfy her. And after her kibble this morning she’s had another oz but I’m not sure how much more because Bobbie decided if it was good enough for Jenny it’s good enough for him and finished it off. That’s going to be problem – making sure Jenny gets the goat’s milk rather than Bobbie. He’s been grooming her – a little, not as much as her mother would – and this morning he actually very gently wrestled with her. Freddie’s still being very needy but I’m hoping sooner rather than later he’ll feel secure. Cloud sniffs her if she’s close enough but otherwise is ignoring her. As an Elder Kitty, especially a creaky Elder Kitty, does. Anything, that’s the kitten/cat report for the day.
Natalia spent her first day retired running errands and resting. She’s planning on doing more of that today, then heading out to the farm this evening after dinner. Current plan is that she’ll be back Tuesday. Meanwhile I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Is Natalia going to spend the week with you and the weekend at the farm? Glad you’ll have Hooman company at least part of the time.
Miss Jenny Gray is a charmer. How old will she be before she has the operation? All the other cats are Boyz, right?
Natalia is heading for the farm after dinner tonight and will be back next Tuesday. She really hasn’t yet decided how she’s going to split up her time now that she’s retired. But she’ll definitely be spending the weekends at the farm as she has been because she helps with her sister’s sheep then while her sister is at her paying job as part-time medical technician Friday through Sunday.
It’s not so much age as weight. Depending on who you asked it either at least 3 lbs or at least 5 lbs. She’s only 2.4 lbs right now. And I’m not taking her for her operation until she’s had all her vaxxes. So probably sometime in August. My vet down the street charges ~$270 to do it but SpayArkansas up in Springdale is a non-profit that does it for $30. Where I get it done is going to partly depend on that difference in cost and partly on having the energy to get her to Springdale by 7:30 in the morning of whatever date is available. So we shall see. Yes, my other guys are indeed guys. All fixed of course.
Good Thursday morning, Meese! t’s already 88 F. at this hour (9:57 a.m.). Luckily, I went out earlier to deliver a birthday card and small present to my BFF here at The Home. As I was just walking up to her door, it magically opened—wow, t’was herself! So I told her that some of very best people were born on July 2 (Elder Son for one), and wished her a happy day. She invited me in and gave me a tiny bundt birthday cake. It’s really cute. Goodness knows when I’m going to eat it, I’m so overweight as it is!
Quite happy to stay inside in “the coolth,” as our British friends call it. Lots of work to do. Hope I can finish the damn thing. Also, my writers meet a week from today. Saw one of them yesterday and she admitted she hasn’t done her assignment, which is due today, at all. Nor have I! I do have an email all ready to dispatch once I’ve typed up my travel journal for Budapest. Time to get to it—the coffee is too strong this morning, I regret that.
Nora has to work tonight, alas. It’s funny how my three best friends are (1) M’Daughter, 2) Granddaughter, and (3) BFF here at the home. I went to a Songbirds concert yesterday, and she (No. 3) was in the front row. Granddaughter and I have a good time doing Girl Things together, like the fake eyelashes. Will ask her if press-on nails are just as good and last as long as dipping powder nails. I don’t want to deprive the sweet Vietnamese of a living, though. It is expensive, I’ll admit.
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond!
Good afternoon, meeses! Thursday that feels like a Friday …
It is 105 degrees and by the time I finished some neglected personal accounting and note gathering it was too hot to take a walk. I will do an inside walk. I discovered that my little watch has a way to set it for an indoor walk and tell it to let me know when it is at a mile. I used it the other day when I knew I would be walking around stores and I got a .68 mile walk in just trying to find things in Walmart and going in and out of stores in a strip mall.
I am trying to figure out how to save my “Peperomia caperata ‘Rosso'” plant which is wilting. The roots seem to be gone, there is mainly dust. I read on the Internets that I should do a bottom watering – soaking the plant in water for 45 minutes. What I don’t know is what to do with her after that. Her name is Ruby and I really want her to survive.
I was watching a sporting event and it took a bad turn so now I am going to maybe take a nap.
See all y’all later!
76 here in Kingston atm going up to 99 ugh
What event
Milwaukee Brewers game. I am a diehard baseball fan, something learned from my maternal grandfather who passed it down to my mother who passed it down to me. I have disconnected from everything in Wisconsin except the sports allegiances! :)
Good morning. It’s already 80 degrees at 6am, so I guess I’m glad to be using the state’s air conditioning. Anyway, hi. Wondering if people will think we’re closed today (and then will be p.o.’d that we’re closed Monday). Brought the gym clothes again. Maybe today I’ll actually go.
Good morning, meeses! Friday that feels like a Friday …
It is 64 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 99. Sunny skies are in the forecast. The moon is still very bright in the clear desert skies. The temperatures will heat up around the middle of next week and we have a chance of rain on Thursday.
I watched some WNBA games last night and saw an amazing finish in the Wings v Sun game. The Wings were down as much as 14 and came back in the last 4 minutes to win. Brittany Griner had kept the Wings at bay almost singlehandedly – the Wings very short team assembled by “genius” Curt Miller had no answers for a team with height until finally the coach of the Wings remembered that he had a big to counter but was keeping her on the bench. Duh. The “genius” mid-major college coach hired by the “genius” GM is lucky to have Paige Bueckers. I was keeping an eye on the Dream v Mystics game and was stunned to see the Dream lose in the fourth quarter. There is something not quite right with the team. I like to think it is bad mojo from firing the highly qualified Black woman coach to install a white male mid-major college coach. It worked for one year, probably because the talent overcame his limitations, but now he is flailing. The bar for the male coaches is set very low, the bar for the Black women coaches seems to be set impossibly high. The Dream owners should know better. In any event, I will be able to watch the 4th quarter of the Dream game today off my streaming replay.
I am beginning day 2 of my vacation from client work. Yesterday went well, I was not even tempted to look at my work to-do list. Today I will continue to work on personal accounting and gathering notes for personal projects. Yesterday, I put together a spreadsheet with my bone density results to see how I am progressing with keeping my osteopenia from becoming osteoporosis. I have actually improved my T-Score, I think because I added the daily walks back in 2024, when the last scan was done. I am going to add some weight lifting (hand weights) to supplement that; I am already at the maximum daily dosage of calcium so nothing more can be done there. While building my spreadsheet, I researched the bones that they are measuring the density of and was triggered by seeing a picture of a femoral neck bone fracture. I need to do everything possible to avoid that.
See all y’all later!
It’s 76 heat index 80 heading for 92 heat index 98 and sunny at the moment. Unfortunately there will be clouds moving in this afternoon. Yesterday we generated 15.69 KWHs and the m-t-d at 35.37 is still on track for 500 but we lost ground yesterday. sigh.
Feels like Saturday to me because Natalia left for the farm a day earlier than what used to be usual. Meanwhile having a kitten in the house is becoming usual. I’m still not sure the OA injection is helping Cloud any longer but I am sure that he needs to be on the gabapentin regularly now and I need to get that refilled today if I can. Did an early run to the grocery store this morning – just a few things I forgot the last time I was there – and already feel warm and sticky. Summmertime. Meanwhile I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Happy Friday, July 3, Moosekind! I’m wearing a white t-shirt that has a picture of Thomas Jefferson and the caption, “Oh, crap! That’s due tomorrow?”
Did an early morning Trader Joe’s run. At 10:51 a.m. it’s already 92 F. Sunny, of course. We’re getting up to 102 F. The panicked doctor visit was owing to her unhappiness with the fact that I seem to have anemia. Haven’t had that since I became a Woman of the 14th Moon. She prescribed a pill named Pantyhose or something like that for the GERD. Had another miserable night.
Looking forward to finishing this thing so I can do what I want! I’m taking no notice at all of the MAGA-centered goings-on.
Wonder if I can scan the pages I need to scan from Renni Browne’s book, Self-Editing for Ficton Writers. I need to send the pages to the author.
Glad to hear Hans is recovering well but still staying close to Mum and Dad. Hope everything else is going well too. How about fried ice cubes for lunch?
Good morning. Happy 4th. They’re talking on the news about the difference between this and the bicentennial. I was in Dubai, and 12, so I can’t speak to the mood of the country but I do know our POTUS wasn’t making things about him. Even in the midst of an election campaign. Anyway, no kickboxing today but the grocery store is open regular hours – at least, they gave me my usual pick up time. So I’ll be making spinach artichoke pasta this afternoon.