later in the day

blue sky and a few puffy clouds.....79 outside and 72 inside....very pleasant.....had a burrito for lunch with beef, potato, cilantro, onion, queso sauce.....for supper I've got lasagna and salad on the menu.....I might go to the Laurens event both days, just for something to do.....maybe check out the BBQ Friday afternoon, and while I'm over there see if that new Irish pub is open and if it is get a pint of stout. And then Saturday for sure try to catch the tractor parade and the old car cruise-in. They are talking about organizing an old car event in Clinton too, maybe for the Fall Festival thing they have here around Halloween....some of the same food vendors show up each year in both Laurens and Clinton, but they don't charge as much for their food at the smaller Clinton thing....

no rainin' on the Squealin'

is what they are shootin' for....continues cool, cloudy, and a little damp today, but should be nice over the weekend for the festivities in Laurens.....the BBQ cook-off and street fair, with bands and stuff.....you've got to see the tractor parade on Saturday morning, that's the best part.....that and maybe a bowl of hash....we've had moisture pushing this far inland from the remnants of former tropical storm Nicole, which had storm status for something like 11 hours, and then went back to being merely a depression.....sounds like the mail truck just drove by without stopping at my address....just junk mail yesterday, solicitations to buy life insurance and cable TV......

cool, raining, windy

got the newspaper without getting rained on, but it started raining a little later....63 outside right now.....got a few things at the grocery store, but was pretty unorganized....did get a personal lasagna on sale, and a can of chunky chicken corn chowder.....things that sound good for overcast days.....and the olive oil I like had a sale price, so I got more of that....and the dozen eggs for 88 cents....I might make a beef and potato burrito, those are good.....used to get those at Taco Bell....

leftovers report

they didn't have the rye bread I like on the shelf yesterday, so I got the whole wheat that was on sale....it's good too.....so I toasted a slice of that and spread on mayo and mustard and made a half-sandwich with a little swiss cheese and a small piece of leftover chicken fried steak I had been saving for just such an occasion.....and two dill cocktail pickles, and a glass of Argentine burgundy....so I'm looking at probably chili-pepper shrimp and pimento cheese grits with the beet and romaine salad for this evening.....and then tomorrow should be a light shopping day, since I've still got leftover taco meat and burrito fixings to use up.....I will buy eggs, since the ad in the mail this morning says they will be .88 a dozen large.....and I'm low on peanuts....looks like a good price on pork chops......the sun has come out and the breeze is blowing and the birds are singing....and I found some good books on the library trip......

hopeless

I vacuumed yesterday, but since I walked across the wet lawn I ended up tracking bits of grass into the house again.....oh well.....59 early this morning, clouded over....rained during the night....I'm going to go for another walk and then go to the library.....

so far

it is raining all day.....drove to get the newspaper, and later ran the vacuum and mopped the kitchen, and wiped down woodwork, as indoor exercise....then drove with lights and windshield wipers to the store for wine, bread, and orange juice.....essentials....thinking of a taco salad for lunch.....supper might be an open-faced roast beef sandwich with gravy, and peas as a side.....last night before bed I closed windows that had been open for a month or so, since the last time I ran the AC any.....rain was starting to blow in.....

looks like

it could keep raining all night and most of Monday.....around 5 inches likely for Laurens County.....so I've just been watching football today pretty much.....had a regular Sunday dinner....fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, with white gravy......Fall weather kind of dinner....it was 100 in Escondido today?.....about 63 here.....