Common Ground Coffee House #115

I always did enjoy it when the playground wasn't crowded.

I just woke up, even though I went to bed earlier than normal. The strep is winning over the antibiotic, so I'll have to go back to the doctor. Blah!

There's nothing too exciting planned for today. Maybe some cleaning. I haven't finished reading Anna Karenina yet, but couldn't wait to start on The Trial, so I'm carrying both around with me from bedroom to living room, and reading bits of the trial when I get tired of trying to pronounce all the names in the other one.

Ooohhh, an Olive Garden commercial! One day I'm gonna go back there and get the braised short ribs and portabella dish...soooo yummy! yum yum yum yum yum

 

La la la la la....stuck in my room. Three new windows are being installed and I didn't wanna be out there where they're working, so I'm in my room. They said I had to be here while they were, but they didn't say I had to be in eyesight, so I said hi, grabbed doggie, and here I am!

Carl's got the kidlets with him because Rachel has a doctor's appt., and the three oldest are with the church so it's quiet. The workmen are either are using silencers on their drills or I'm just so used to the noise level being this high that I *think* it's really quiet in here!

 

I'm gonna have to bring myself a tetherball thingie in here. Now THAT is a game that's fun to play alone! Can't tell you how many times I got hit playing that game as a child. Alone. Which made it hysterically funny imo. Might explain my current wackiness. Hrm.

 

*faint*

There IS life out there!

Would finding an ad for a cool pizza place, complete with photos of yummy looking slices of pizza and ice cold drinks, shown to them at the appropriate moment (ie whle they're hungry and you just happened to fail to defrost anything to make for dinner) be of any encouragement to them?

 

Good morning everyone!

Not much going on in the menagerie for a change today. Can I just tell you how much I appreciate a quiet and cool house all at the same time???

I finally gave in a call the ac guy out here and 20 minutes later my house began to cool down and by that evening it was a glorious 72 degrees both upstairs and down. The good thing about having no air was that bad kitty had to come downstairs and get over the attitude she had because we dared bring two new kittens into the menagerie. It wasn't enough of a blessing to keep me from calling the ac guy though!

We never got out of the 90's. The weather guy kept promising rain and cooler air, but just goes to show, he doesn't control the weather, cause it all went north of us except one tiny shower yesterday that only increased the humidity! Our next "chance" of a shower is Saturday! I'm thinking if all the humidity in the air would fall to ground, the grass could grow and my power bill wouldn't be so stinking high!

I think I hear my sewing machine calling so that will give me the excuse to stay indoors today!

 

The heat warnings here are set to expire Thursday night. YAY!

Glad you gals are staying cool enough. It's definitely summer!

I broke down and we have store-bought bread again until it gets cooler. It's kinda yucky when you're not used to it, but it's cool to have it so perfectly sliced.

 

Oh yuck, I'm sorry! This weather is nasty.

Rachel has her dental surgery tomorrow. We had planned on getting up early for a short zoo trip before the 90 degrees hit, but we'd forgotten that. It's been scheduled for months because they're booked. Another reason to dislike big cities!

I dreamed I was swimming, and apparently my body believed it. My swimming motions ripped the sheets off the corners of the bed, and all my swimming muscles are sore. One of my oddest dreams ever...manmade waterway and all the swimming critters were fake, made by Oklahomans, and would come rushing down the waterway and you'd have to move over. Some whacko made a fake car instead of a fake otter, and it came zooming down and my one daughter didn't see it, got caught in the undertow, and
I swam to rescue her, but she popped up and was just fine.

 

Whew, it's been so hot and icky!

Everyone but me tested positive for strep, and that's probably just because I didn't go and get tested. The doc gave hubby a prescription for me anyhow, so it's a good thing I didn't waste my time or money anyhow!

I'm EXHAUSTED! Last night was insomnia, so I was going to make bread while the house was still cool enough, then I ended up just making yeast rolls and stuffing them with ham and cheese so breakfast would be ready. I went to bed around 7 am.

Saturday's are special family nights where we either go out and have fun or we stay home and do something together, and also usually have a special treat or dessert since four of five kids have dietary restrictions on sugar. Tonight was family movie night, so we watched Planet 51. (well, they did, I made everyone popcorn but the tv kinda hurts my eyes but reading doesn't as much, so I'm working on finishing Crime and Punishment) We figured out that Greek Seasoning on popcorn is amazingly yummy! I could not BELIEVE how much popcorn these people can eat! We're thinking our son is going through a growth spurt...for dinner he had two cheeseburgers on onion buns (not tiny burgers either, homemade fat ones! and a huge scoop of pasta veggie salad, half an apple, some sugar-free kool-aid, goldfish crackers, and tons of popcorn. Now he's asking for more. He reminds me of my oldest...she's always been a tiny thing, but can eat her weight in food. She won't eat much meat, but does have an occasional steak and really enjoys it.

Hope all is well with everyone else, and that you are able to stay cool in what seems to be a practically nation-wide heatwave!

 

I am off on holiday as of Wednesday, flying out of the beautiful Wanganui and winging to hideously boring Auckland.....I have only ever been to the airport there so I probably do not know what I am talking about.

Then across the Tasman Sea to Brisneyland to see the folks and friends I have left behind when I upped and moved across the ditch. The winter weather is foul according to mum (20C).....I am looking forward to that though I may find it HOT:laugh:. I hope I haven't picked up a kiwi accent and I shall try not to say things like "sweet as..." "good as gold", and "bro".

she'llbeappleseh:wavey:

 

As was said to Hannah, Woman, PUT AWAY THY DRINK FROM THEE! Are you speaking English?

(okay, so the English part wasn't in there!) :laugh:

I do gather from the post that you are going somewhere that sounds like it should be fun, but you're expecting poor weather? I do believe you, your word is as good as gold with me, bro. (*duck*)

Hopefully you have/had a good time.

We got some much needed rain and it cooled off a bit out here. Yay! Still waiting for a cooler day so we can go back to the zoo for the millionth time. I'd live there if it wasn't for the heat!

 

Good Afternoon Everybody,

I agree with everybody complaining about the heat. Ours finally broke yesterday. Pretty sad when you can say you look forward to 80 degree temps isn't it?

Been too hot to actually do anything. Gkids have been staying in where it's cool, and basically so has everybody else.

Cooking has been a challenge in the heat. Our family are not big salad eaters, so that's out for a main dish [with the exception of fruit salads].
Been trying to include cold fruit with most meals to take the place of salad, other than that our dinners have been about the same as we usually have.

We've celebrated three birthdays and our 24th Wedding Anniversary.

Other than that not much else going on, just the same day-old routines.

Everybody have fun and stay cool.

 

The heat wave here seems to have broken and I'm relieved.

Today I get to design my hall pantry. I'm thrilled! My younger son will help me because he is really into building.

Other than that, it's a fairly restful day.

 

The sun shines, but only dimly.
The air, filled with a hazy smoke hangs as a large cloud over the city.
Experts tell us that with every breathe, we breathe 115 times more particles of smoke or pollution than what is considered safe.
Those with asthma and other respiratory conditions are strongly advised to stay indoors.
I live in "Sunny Alberta," and at present we have no forest fires, but they are so severe to the west of us in British Columbia, across the Rockies, that the smoke has become very dense here.
If I didn't know better I would think that it was the beginning of the Tribulation.

 

Definitely an autumnal feel to the weather here in the UK. I just hope I can get the garden tidied for the winter before the really wet weather sets in.

 

It is still hot in Alabama, though not as bad as a couple of weeks ago. Amazing what a difference 10 degrees makes.

 

It cooled out here, thank you thank you thank you! I thought we were all gonna melt into nasty puddles of goop.