Torrential Tuesday

I got up about the same time today that I have been getting up for the last month or so and it was still raining. When I went downstairs to let Reggie out I noticed that there were several large puddles in the back yard behind the apple trees. Earlier when I got the paper, I had also noticed a large puddle in the in the front yard out by the street, it was a couple inches deep.

I had cereal and toast again this morning, although I think that when I use up the rest of the dry cereal I will be switching to oatmeal during the cooler winter months I like the warm oatmeal and raisins.

After breakfast, I went into the living room to read the paper. I got about half way through the paper when I heard the mailman putting the mail into the mailbox. Mostly catalogs and sales fliers. After I finished the paper and the mail, I put them into the recycling bag and since it was full, I took it out to the garage to put it into the recycling bin.

Shortly after I got back into the house, Tami came over with Alexis. Alexis was busy "playing" with Reggie and finally Reggie got tired so she wanted me to play with her. So we went into the living room and played catch with a nerf soccer ball that I have to play in the house with. It is soft and light enough that it does not do any damage.

After they left, I decided to make myself some lunch as it was after noon. I decided to make a burger and put it on a couple of slices of the bread that Kathleen had made last week. I melted some cheese over some onion slices and toasted the bread, yummy!

Kathleen spent a lot of time this afternoon going through some of her magazines, mail and who knows what that had been stacking up in the living room. I got to haul it all out to the garage. I also spent a little time picking up some of the small branches that had fallen through the night.

Kathleen made some chicken, rice and green beans for dinner. I noticed that it looks like the rain has stopped for a while. From what I have seen on the news it looks like tomorrow might be partial rain and Thursday may be almost no rain, which will be nice for a change.

I have a lot of work to do outside before the winter rains really set in. I hope that it is dry for a couple days, as I need to get the leaves off the lawn before they get too wet to pick up. There were a lot of leaves that came down during these last few days of rain, but I am surprised at how many of the leaves are still on the cherry and apple trees. The ash and walnut trees have just about shed all their leaves.

This is election night so I do not think anything important will happen here tonight, so good night.