no excuses

at least I can't think of any.....so I'll have to go out front and knock down the weeds, clean things up a bit.....it's pretty cool out now, so maybe not too much sweat will be involved.....pounded the second piece of rib-eye with diced garlic and fried that up for supper, with ranch beans and hash-browns.....should be enough meat left on the last of the ribs for a meal this evening....with the same sides.....almost done with my nacho-chili dog lunches.....used the last slice of pumpernickel this morning with my poached egg.....good thing tomorrow is groceries.....finished a kindle novel last night....well, the mower won't push itself so I'd better get moving.....

cooler this morning

in the 40s early on......they are late picking up the trashcan, usually that's done before I go get the newspaper.....maybe they got lost somewhere.....the front yard could use some work again, but I don't feel like doing it right now....maybe Tuesday......might get up into the 80s later this week, no rain expected until the weekend......finished two out of three library books already.....have to switch to reading the things I have on kindle I suppose.....one book on kindle is from the library, the other one I bought for a couple bucks.....maybe I hear the trash truck down the block now.....I should go out walking.....maybe that would perk me up or something.....I feel listless today.....

61, wind N 5 mph

yesterday to got up close to 80, by afternoon it was overcast and sort of muggy.....3:30- 4:00 it rained.....and it rained again just after dark, around 9:00.....so I sat on the porch for a bit watching it rain, went to bed a little after 10:00.....nice Sunday morning, fresh outside from the rain in the night....no clouds right now, none predicted.....didn't find anything at the church sale; didn't have any money anyway.....school kid art was taped up in windows of vacant store-fronts.....they were setting up the P.A. for singing and drumming.....steel drums are something one of the schools does....a constant line of cars was going by on Broad St. .......headed to the college commencement at ten in the morning.....by one or so in the afternoon all the excitement was pretty much over, and the stream of cars was headed back out towards the interstate.....some with U-Haul trailers and four years of stuff?  For my Sunday supper I've got ribs, baked potato, corn-on-the-cob.....newspaper ads are BBQ and camping items.....Mother's Day ads were last week.....

some high clouds

30% chance of thundershowers late in the day.....I'm going over to the Methodist church-lady yard sale....that's where I got a nice sweater for .50 last year.....over downtown will be my second walk this morning.....ribeye platter was good last night, today might be the last of the ham with rice n gravy and sweet peas ......I think today is the college graduation.....usually the busiest traffic day of the year in town.....they should have fair weather for it.....so things will be turned down a notch or two around here when college is out, if you can imagine that .....going from slow to even slower.....still two or three weeks 'til high school graduation.....

in the 80s

well, 82 anyway yesterday....same predicted for today....so it was nice enough to get out and cut the grass....and then take a shower.....also did a load of laundry.....nacho chili dog lunch.....the ribs are nice and meaty so they will make two more meals I guess.....sweet corn from Florida pretty tasty.....I can iron skillet a little piece of rib-eye steak this evening with diced garlic .......beans and hash-browns as sides.....did a lot of porch-sitting Thursday too since the good weather finally got here.....might rain Saturday.....I've got interesting things to read.....

normal temps

was 78 yesterday, normal for the date.....should be about the same today.....the next storm front should get here in time for the weekend again.....so it's a nice enough morning to go out and trim up the back yard, which I'll do shortly instead of going for the park walk....the back yard will be enough exercise....made rice n gravy last night with ham slice and the last of the butter beans.....that's not rice with gravy on it, it's rice with gravy cooked in it.....like they do it at the BBQ buffet place out on the edge of town.....except I used brown rice.....today I'll cook ribs, baked potato, corn on the cob.....I also have ribeye, ranch beans, hash browns on the menu this week.....big bag of hash browns was half price.....porch-sitting as it gets dark is pretty nice right now, mosquitoes aren't active yet.....crickets and frogs are in full voice though as it gets warmer.....waiting for the 17 year cicada swarm some time soon I guess.....

nice sunny morning

no wind, no clouds.....things still a little damp from the thunderstorms late yesterday.....another chance of those this evening too.....only 23% chance.....the storms we had were brief but intense.....localized....never did get the grocery ad in the mail, but it was in this morning's paper instead?  Have to look at their ribs, they are featured in the ad.....and I need eggs and orange juice this week....good walking weather Tuesday morning.....didn't get stormy until around 3:30 in the afternoon....maybe by tomorrow it will be dry enough to tackle the back-yard weeds....