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So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good morning. Didn’t get out to exercise yesterday, I ended up working even past 4:30. Kept getting callbacks and I couldn’t just not call them back. Anyway, today I really must exercise. Too warm for open windows – 74 already, and soooo muggy.
Good Wednesday Meese. Good weather is still holding out here in Kingston
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Good morning, meeses! Wednesday …
It is 52 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 63. Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast but it is overcast now.
Wisconsin voters rejected the Melon Husk and voted for the left leaning candidate for State Supreme Court Justice – it wasn’t even close, the vile Brad Schimel lost by 10 points. They also rejected the right-wing Moms for Hate candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. That one was a little closer, 5 points, but a solid win. Maybe that purple state will swing back Blue? I hope so.
I am working on end of month project cleanup and a hot project that had been simmering for a few weeks. It is time to bring it to a boil.
See all y’all later!
Good Wednesday morning, Moosekind! THREE CHEERS for what happened in Wisconsin! Three jeers for Florida, but what do we expect? Florida. I’m so amused when I think of the Canadians selling their vacation houses and the idea the state will have to force children to work because the Feds deported all the immigrants who sweated under the hot sun to pick whatever it is Florida grows.
I have a morning free of appointments until noon. Wildly happy about that. Must catch up with all the stuff I didn’t do yesterday.
We rehearsed Scenes 1 through 5 last night and mother-in-law and I flubbed again. We did the scene over and that time we did MUCH better. I don’t know what it is about Scene 1 that eludes me. I think it’s the crossings—stage left, upstage, and center stage. I become confused and blow my lines. Well, just two of my lines.
Saw a thin, beautiful slice of moon in the clear night sky when we came out of Rehearsal. This will make me happy for days. Good thing too, because the weather is ugly-cloudy. Yesterday was beautiful but so windy it took a $20 right from Dearly’s trembling hand and blew it across the road. This happened when he was getting cash from the ATM. I don’t like to use ATMs, I go inside, but that’s easy for me to say. I don’t walk slowly and painfully with a cane.
So anyway, it’s cloudy, 43 F., won’t get up beyond 60 F., and breezy. Today at noon I see the foot doctor, then get my nails done, then the UU dinner at 5, followed by Rehearsal at 7. What sins did I commit in a previous incarnation to be so busy now? (Ignore me, I’m just a bit grumpy.)
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond, to the poor souls laid off by Melon and the Felon—may they find good jobs with benefits—and for all those who are ill. Blessed be.
It’s 68 and has been since I went to bed last night, heading for 76. Very overcast, rumbling thunder, and light rain. Yesterday we generated 15.5 KWHs before the clouds moved in. That started us out on track, barely, but while we’re supposed to get a few hours of sunshine this afternoon it certainly won’t be 15 KWHs worth and the rest of the week we’re socked in.
Yay! for the one bright spot that is Wisconsin election results! (Hoping Cory Booker’s filibuster will get the rest of the Dems to follow suit. If we can’t do good we should be spending as much time a possible blocking bad.)
We’re not getting anything like the rain they keep saying we’re getting but we certainly have gotten the wind. The tarp was blown off my remaining small pile of firewood. It was up against the neighbor’s fence and I’ve retrieved it but I haven’t even looked for the bungy cords that were holding it in place yet. I did bring a few armloads of firewood onto the sunporch to dry in case I need more than what I brought into the house yesterday before the coming cold spell is over.
Meanwhile I had a wretched night, complete with having to get up and walk out a muscle spasm on the treadmill, and slept very late thanks to how dark it is. So I’d best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good morning, 49 and partly cloudy in Bellingham today. Nice to wake up to good news from Wisconsin this morning. Gives me hope the spell will break, one election at a time.
My sister sent me a box of iris bulbs from her garden in sunny New Mexico so today’s task is to find a dry sunny spot to plant them in my PNW garden. Ron will dig them in after I spread them around soI’ll try to do that this morning. Best wishes to all.
Thursday Meese. 42 this morning here in Kingston going up to 68 with April showers.
Glad to see Wisconsin win and for Sen Cory Booker’s filibuster.
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