Warm Wednesday

Again I was up around 0600; today it was to start the sprinkler going on the front lawn. It was 75 degrees already whereas yesterday it was only about 65 degree at the same time. Before I started watering the front lawn, I watered the fuchsia hanging basket and the hydrangea, mums, azaleas, and rhododendrons.

As I was adjusting the sprinkler, I noticed a hummingbird hovering in the water drops as it was coming down from the sprinkler. Then it went around the hardy fuchsia, azaleas and rhododendrons.

While that was going on I went out back and picked some blueberries and raspberries for my shredded wheat. I picked about a half a cup of each and then took them inside to wash off. The cereal with the skim milk and berries were really good.

After breakfast, I emptied the dishwasher and then went into the living room to read the paper. The mail came a little after I finished the paper so I went out and got it. Kathleen got a few things and other than my Wrangler magazine and the credit union statement the rest was junk.

So after recycling the mail, I went into my office and reconciled our savings account and my checking account. Everything checked out on the first run through, so I shredded the deposit slips from the last month.

The sun had not broken out of the cloud cover yet so I thought that I would go for a walk. I told Kathleen that I was going for a walk, and then changed into some shoes and took off. I walked for a couple-three miles and did not feel too bad after it.

I drank a 16 once glass of water before going on my walk and another one when I got back so that I would keep hydrated. After cooling down for a while I went out back to sit down and relax for a while.

Kathleen came out and picked some blueberries before the birds got them all. I was busy cutting out the spent roses and digging out suckers from the Italian prune tree that I cut down last winter. The root system must go all over the back yard, as I was digging them out of the rose garden, the lawn back by the apple tree and even over by the berry patch.

By this time, I was getting pretty sweaty, in fact my shorts were dripping wet, I did not have a shirt on, but I was perspiring pretty hard, so I decided that I probably needed to go inside and cool off. After washing up, I got my water bottle out of the refrigerator and drank about a pint.

It was almost 1400, so I decided that I would make myself something to eat. I asked Kathleen if she still was planning on making a salad for dinner and she said yes, so I decided that I would make myself a Limburger cheese and Walla Walla sweet onion sandwich. Kathleen could not stand the smell, so she left the room, but I had a good time.

Even after I had finished eating and cleaned everything up when she came back into the room she just about sick. She just does not like the smell of Limburger cheese. I have been using the kind that comes in block form rather than the kind that comes in a jar because that is all Fred Meyer carried and I had not had a chance to stop by Safeway to pick up the stuff in a jar.

Anyway, I went into the living room after lunch and read my Jeep magazine and after I finished it I dozed off for a while; partly because it was so warm out and partially because it was time for my afternoon nap. I woke up in time to turn on the local news and then watch Fox news for a couple hours.

I t was only 96 degrees at 1700 tonight whereas last night it was 101 so today was not as hot as they thought that it might be, but it was still pretty warm. They are saying that it is "only" suppose to be about 90 degree tomorrow and even lower for the next few days. I am looking forward to that, in fact I would even welcome a couple days of rain...did I just say that?

Anyway the temperature did not quite make the 100 degree mark today, but it did not miss it by much. I think that the official high was 98 degrees. It looks like the temperature is going to take a nose dive over the next couple of days and maybe even a thunderstorm or two. The only thing about the thunderstorm now is that it probably will not produce any rain or very little and it could produce some pretty dangerous fires.

Well, Kathleen made a salad tonight, with mushrooms, red onions, cucumbers, red & yellow bell peppers, carrots, sugar peas, hard boiled egg and I am sure that I have forgotten some of the ingredients. I added some red wine vinegar and then squeezed a lemon and a lime on top. The salad was really good.

Well, it is still pretty warm and I cannot think of any other words of wisdom to impart, so I am just going to say, good night.