It's storming now

gotta stop the visiting till later...
golly thunderstorms scare us
how come all our friends in TX are getting snow but not us?
jus doesn't seem fair

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totally blue...

It's still cold, it's wet and we're stuck inside. Daddy's leaving fur even colder weather and WITHOUT US! buurrr Wisconsin then Ohio and then North cold Texas! We don't want him to go. We're totally blue

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where's the SNOW?

last year ICE ~ this year pellets

1-year ago this week we had ICE not the beeuutiful stuff some of our friendzees are showing us but after seeing LacyLuLu's snow yesterday... well, as memory serves: this week last year we experience our 1st real freeze and we were not prepared fur this... it was cold and well Sparky had out grown his sweater.

that's Ginger in the upper left me on the right and cold Sparky not wanting camera monster in his face. Never noticed I had out grown my sweater too! We stayed on deck cos the stairs were covered with ICE that we could not go down to potty. I barked at Sparky that his tongue was gonna stick but he wouldn't listen, then... I had to bark at Ginger cos she was following Sparky's lead!Good thing the ICE was gone after about two days cos Ginger would not potty. Silly Sparky only did his business after mom cleared ICE sheets off the grass. As fur me I had to go if ya know what I mean even if I couldn't find any grass. So mom took us out front and chicken dad is waving out the window! The world did look kinda purdy though so camera monster went to town taking pictures till the camera got cold and decided to hibernate. we had to be careful of falling sickles!

(if you click on the pics you can see the intense cold)






















We were so frozen in, mom & dad couldn't even take us fur a ride or put out the trash!

Today it's freezing and we have some ice pellets dropping but hello
Where's the SNOW?!

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Crikit reporting ~ none to our dismay

Psst... storm

Okay so the weekend was busy!

did the lawn front, back and edge

worked under the deck

redid the workout room

stormed 4 times Sunday night, over 2 inches

tornado touched down ne side of town

had to stop working under the deck because of the rain

Saturday rain about 1/4 inch

tired, tired, tired

talked to dad Sunday?

oh and visited dad on the Saturday before, the 7th?

moved the glories, they didn't survive

taped fence design didn't make it

plucked the glory seeds

very tiresome weekend

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So Monday minimal yard work and sore all over

ftr spoke to Ann, dentist office

Psst... only drops

Nothing measurable as far as rain only spit...

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What is up with us? We both were dragging after a rough nights sleep. We both must have been thinking of the water softener leak. Not too long ago we had a horrible group of days when we discovered our relatively new water heater had been leaking in the garage for a long time. It is a story to tell and maybe sometime I may do just that, If so I will link it... totally laughable now but a nightmare then!

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Anyhow, it took a toll on us, so when we found more wet boxes and a stream on the floor it was a flash back to the difficult emotions from the previous water leak. Again it happened over a weekend and then, there are the warranty issues and the agents you deal with etc. In addition to ending the night vacuuming water out of the garage, we lost all the money we spent on lottery tickets. We got only one number on each ticket. To think someone somewhere in Texas won all $126 million and boo hoo it was not us just for the record... next time I guess

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So back to our non-energy day where we accomplished so much!

1. Watched some Wimbledon
2. Went for breakfast tacos
3. Went to the nursery
4. Watched the Men's Wimbledon finals
5. Mowed the entire front yard
6. Trimmed back a tree, some bushes and vines
7. Moved several plants to the back
8. Created the rain harvest section
9. Mowed almost all the back
10. Planted a tree
11. Went to W's
12. Went for more dirt
13. Finished the tree planting
14. Transplanted a couple of glories
15. Watered all the moved landscape items
16. Picked up the yard (dog toys)
17. Relaxed a bit
18. Cut the hubby's hair
19. and sometime in between did a load of laundry!

Rain ??

Dang...

light sprinkle just had to interrupt my morning garden plans

now the dogs and I are stuck inside for a while...***
What's that song...

'rain rain go away'...

my version: * 'soggy it up another day'

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UPDATE:

• rained a total of 4 times, light rain, enough to cramp plans
• finished the fig but had to cancel the desire to rotary mow
• got a great nap after the M, hope I sleep tonight...

Psst... peculiar with mist...

This was a peculiar day... all the strange morning events for one. Only got a mist in the early part of the day and some evening rumblings with a few flashes. No rain in our area even though the caster's claimed there was rain all over the city.
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Blogged more than ever in one day but I had to vent. The hubby and I were missing our dance reality show (off because of the holiday) so we put up with the pirate one and found ourselves watching the big brother 8. The recent all star show was the first time we ever sat to watch big brother, so this time even though their wasn't anything on and we could have popped in a movie, we sat and watched. I am just not sure what I think yet but we got to enjoy a rerun of 'Men in Trees' so all ended good.

Psst... + a little rain

Rarely sleep late but wow 8:00 AM... Happy Fourth of July!

Okay so the morning was set aside for a pre-planned errand; thought it would start the day off great with the added expectation of having a wonderful day... guess not - it turned into a nightmare! At least I had the pleasure of meeting a nice Pastor and my loving husband was waiting at home, he truly is my other half; knows how to read the moment and help me through it if need be but I still feel the weight of it all...

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Okay, it's now been a few hours and I am doing much better

To our surprise* K *called to wish us a Happy Fourth

That was so nice; she is turning into a thoughtful young lady

Well, I'm gonna put this on hold and go out to plant while it's cloudy and cool

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This morning's incident just drained me and I could not get the mojo going

The honey finished the new tree hole and then we relaxed on the deck with the dogs

Came in to nap in the recliners

Later enjoyed some TV laughs

Cooked an awesome salmon dinner enjoyed on deck

We could see the far off firework shows

So we added the binoculars and popcorn

Then to close the evening, a wonderful Boston firework show on TV

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The only complaint is - we are in the city limits therefore, no fireworks

But there always has to be some neighborhood jerks

The ones that break the law and upset the neighborhood pets

Especially my Baby Ginger

I hope they burn their fingers!

okay so that was mean

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Oh & *0.75* of an inch of rain even though is seemed to rain for hours

Rain... & Psst...

only about an eighth of an inch but other areas were heavy

got my nerves up while driving to celebrate the hubs vacation day

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we explored the Gringo's and the TV host was right - the chips and salsa were great! we will revisit one day and the too cool thing is... they offer a free soft self-serve ice cream cone as a topper with three choices to select from - what a novel idea!
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okay since the rain stopped, we headed for the blood bank, but upon returning home and spending some time with the dogs on deck, it was nice to settle in once the rain began

Rain!

half an inch

it doesn't make sense since it poured hard

we decided to harvest some for future use, it was fun

since the hub took the day off we started our landscape rain path

after all the ground was soft and the rain showed us the way

Psst... & Heavy Rain Again

whoa 1.5 " plus thunder, lightning and rain so hard the doggy door leaked

lawn mower got wet and the umbrella wanted to blow away

at least we fixed the new glorie climb

got to see the beginning of one of the big face sunflower's bloom

plus all the newly trimmed lawn and plants got a good drink

did a lot of transplanting

took care of the pond and Boy Fish

but rain interrupted the new tree planting, oh well...

And according to the hub, I missed the rainbow... dang

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Bourne Identity and Tilapia for dinner

great combo!

Heavy Rain!

OM golly, heavy heavy rain!

Dogs will not go potty, I even took them out with the umbrella!

History has it...

If it is raining hard they will not go out back to potty,

The front yard is bi-level with trees on the lower half that defuse the rain

so with the rock wall dividing the upper & lower section, their not as exposed

also we have the covered porch to wipe them dry

but...

Crikit will #1 in the front yard & #2 only when she just can't hold anymore,

Sparky will only do #1 if he is about to explode,

Ginger is like 'what! people will see me, are you out of your human mind?!'

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so continuous rain can be very trying in our house...

the past few days have been with dry out breaks

therefore, the dogs get to potty but today is rough...

get it ... ruff... lol

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over 3 inches and the yard is now a lake

Rain...

Yes, we were prepared for the storm the TV was warning us about alllllll morning. Got hubby up early to get off to work to beat the weather... I went out at 6 AM still in my PJ's to secure everything outside and after sending the hubby off and getting dressed, I went back out to pick up the poop! Don't want it in the water so to speak...

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So what did we get - wind and a short shower... storm my butt, now I have to move all the plants again so the Gingi doesn't chew on them! Hello weather whatup?

Rain!

Wow it actually makes me happy

don't have to water so smaller water bill

summer heat is reduced from 90 something to 80 something

it's cool, cloudy and breezy

so except the dogs...

I do believe I like this daily rain thing.

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Rain!

dogs played stupid again

got soaked and then came in to mud up the kitchen floor...ugh!

and whats with it raining practically sideways

the measuring cup won't read true

but the rain was a good omen so alls okay

at least we don't have to water

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RAIN!

Oh my gosh hard rain drops & wind!

We were in the middle of tabletop planting and got .25 inches,

within minutes!

dogs got stupid again

I just don't like that I have to raise my voice to get them inside...ugh!

I seem to be the one barking loud instead of them...

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Rain!

left when it was sunny

put the pool out for the dogs

closed the doggy door

went to do errands

weather seemed nice

arrived home to wet streets

apparently a gully washer hit

even though it only measured 0.125

dogs were soaked!

whatever am i going to do with them

mud prints on door showed they tried to get in

but they didn't run for cover!

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Rain Drops

Best described as spit 'cos is barely registers

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Rain!

at least* .5 8 inches

my grass is happy!

BUT not the dogs

they have cabin fever

but let them out to splash in the puddles...

dogs happy, me not so much!

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Rain!

We need it yeah!

2" plus according to the rain cup gage

1.5 according to the rain tube

16 oz. cup overflowed

dogs totally confused

they were trying to run from the rain instead of just coming in when i called

they're usually so smart...

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