Thanks @DaveMcK for opening up our Morning Roll Call for the coming months.
@Frozenoem ... how cool is that fire rainbow? WOW!
Yep, amazing drop in our temps, too, after the storms went through. Yay for open windows again! Not sure how long the "real air" will last. We may heat up to normal again after the weekend.
Loved having my coffee on the front porch again this morning. It was even a little chilly at 70, but it felt darn good. 😸
Good Morning to Everyone on the Front Porch! Happy 4th of July Everyone! I hope you have a wonderful day and evening spent with Family and Friends! Keep safe keep the faith and keep smiling. God bless you all! God bless America. Happy Sunday Everyone. Peace and tranquility be yours always.
Yesterday was a weird one… highs in the 60’s; sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, rain.
Today promises to be nice. It’s a comfy, sunny 75 right now and it looks like we might avoid any rain with a high near 80. So unusual for the Fourth of July!
Three of us “Game Night Girls” plan on getting together to play games for the first time in about 18 months! Two of us are bringing the wine and the appetizer and dessert, then we’ll order some take-out.
Hope I can stay awake…had one of “those nights” last night….no trouble falling asleep, but then about 1:30 AM a volley of fireworks started up. Geez! Had a hard time getting back to sleep and then about 3 AM another loud boom. Last time I looked at the clock it was 5 AM and my alarm was going off at 6.
May I have an IV of coffee, please?
I expected a crowd at the grocery store this morning, but it was like normal. Guess for a change everyone was prepared for the holiday (unless there will be a run this afternoon for those forgotten items.) LOL
You all enjoy your holiday. Remember…no USPS regular deliveries tomorrow. Post offices closed. 🇺🇸
We won’t have trash collected either, so check your town’s policy.
Hoping everyone has had a blessed 4th of July weekend! We had a few fireworks displays we could see from our South facing windows. Our Red, White and Blue Granddaughter is happy about her first Independence Day Day.
First time in over a year, I actually went to visit friends out-of-state! Last Monday, went south to NC. About 15 miles S from home on I-95 sitting in heavy traffic, I heard a high-pitched screeching sound. WTF? Was that me? Checked gauges for anomalies and saw AC light blinking and pushed it off. Screech stopped. Oh heck (<<< very sanitized version). 🤬 Do I turn around? I turned up the fan, rolled down the windows, broke free of the local city commuter traffic, and kept on getting it. It was a long HOT ride. 🥵 (Brought back some old traveling memories when I was younger, more resilient, and never had AC.)
Asked my friends in NC if they could recommend a mechanic and he made a few phone calls, but no one available until the following week. *sighs* Was hoping I'd have better luck in a smaller town in NC than I would've back home during the week before a holiday and end of month, but alas... 😞
Nonetheless, had a fun visit. Even went to see fireworks on Friday night. (??? Don't ask why so early; I did, but no one was sure. Maybe the outfit putting on the show had commitments elsewhere for Sat. and Sun. 🤷)
Came back yesterday. Knew it was a fed holiday. Knew I would hit some traffic, hoping to at least get closer to Fredericksburg, VA before it would get ugly, but oh no, came off I-85 to I-95 in Petersburg before Richmond and it was on the rest of the way (stop...creep...go...creep some more...stop...go...stop). HOT! HOT! HOT! It was in the 90s. Hard to roll down windows when you're not moving very fast to generate much air and you're breathing exhaust from around you. I survived though and fell out on my air conditioned floor when I got home with my indoor furkid to give me welcome-home-where-have-you-been nudgies. 🥰😻
Gotta love a sanitized car troubles post, we’ve all been there.🤣
My last was in 2000 with a brand new Ram TDI sitting in the garage we took our small cramped Raider to Boston with wife, and 2 very furry Rotties and no AC. Starter died in middle of parking lot at 110* in the shade of nowhere.Three hours sitting and waiting for mechanic to take us in.And many bottles of water for dogs and people.
It was retired from long drives after we returned. The TDI 6-cyl became happy transport vehicle, for both humans and dogs, with AC joy of joys.
Spent my holiday avoiding people, dodging rain and breathing doubt if temperature broke 70* .Presently considering turning on AC or removing it in case of Elsa winds. No fireworks here 👍 rained out and ban in other towns.
Froze
And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!
@MsStretch ...I can imagine what I'd be saying if that had happened to me. UGH!
Really, what did we do on those hot summer trips in the car when we were kids? Didn't know any better I guess. It was what it was. Now we are so spoiled it's like we can't breathe in that hot air. We are in the middle of an air quality alert as it is.
Glad you got to see some pretty fireworks. I do miss that. Where I was on the Fourth, all we heard was awful, constant for at least an hour, loud firecrackers that were all noise, no prettiness. There were several places where you could have gone to see them...at least some of the towns had them this year, but not my town or the areas really close by.
@Frozenoem ...That was an odd weather day for some of us. We had the rain sun rain sun on Saturday, but the Fourth was nice...sunny and not too hot. Today was stifling!
Hope no one gets any damage from the Elsa backlash! They say our main concern is flooding.
We did enjoy our game night until those loud cannon type boomers made us jump out of our seats.
Today a couple of my friends and I went back to Del Val University to se a one-man show of George Burns called Say Goodnight Gracie. Honestly, the actor had the voice down pat, and you could almost believe he was actually George Burns. He took us from his early childhood until his 100th birthday. It was really well done and we enjoyed it. We also learned a few things that no one knew before about George and Gracie.
You all stay safe from storms, heat, and whatever! Stay hydrated!
@catwoman500 , when we were kids, everything was a grand adventure. Roll the windows down and let the wind in your hair (and everyone else's). 😄 Not sure, but did vehicles even have AC back in the day? I remember the station wagons and all us kids fighting to see who gets to sit in those little seats waaay in the back. I remember the ones that faced each other. And no seat belts! 😲
@williamb39198 , can't help but remember road trips with fondness, but more traffic, faster vehicles, more reckless behavior, more interstates, and the old thrill is gone. You even get on one of those designated 'scenic highways' and you've got someone dead on your rear bumper. I hate driving nowadays. Feel like I'm playing Russian roulette every time I hit the road and I still drive a stick, so that stop-and-go traffic just doesn't cut it anymore.
@MsStretch …I was actually thinking about the hair blowing all over the place when I wrote that! LOL
When I was in high school, back in the 60’s, we had a convertible, and man, what that could do to your hair especially if it was long like mine was. It was so tangled it was painful to try and brush or comb it after a ride in the car. 🙀
@Frozenoem …hope you made out OK at the doc’s and didn’t get stuck too much! 📍📍
Was happy to have my coffee on the porch earlier. Very humid still, but it was only 72. Looks like we’ll only be in the 80’s today with sun in and out. Nice to hear the birds first thing too.
Hi. Spent my holiday outside animal ER and many of the previous days and following days in vet's office. Tessie my best buddy was startled by a deer in our driveway while chewing on cracker boxes on the basement couch. To make a very long horrid story short she ended up with a wad of cardboard in her nose, to be removed during bronchoscopy. All is well now, I am a bit wiser and poorer as you can imagine.
Had the cataract surgery Monday and so far so good. The first 2 days were kinda crummy with dilated eye and other irritating stuff.
BTW our cool summer continues. Nothing even close to a heat wave yet. The 4th was a balmy 84 or so, not much humidity.
It’s been a weird Summer for all this year cool or rain👍, friends in Vegas or CA would differ on that opinion.
69* and raining off and on for last 4 weeks, have required AC six times this year.
About the only thing less than fun with my cataract surgery was the eye drops, they tasted like spoiled milk.🤔 And the welders goggles for lights or sun.Everything was so much brighter.
And on that note - friend still here and going to Doctors with me tomorrow, to see how much longer this 💩 will last. She’d prefer to keep me alive vs a file to read.Pathologists are Doctors😀. And 3 years even with a pandemic is just too long to wait for answers.
Froze
And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!
@LaDolceVita …oh my goodness…what an ugly experience for Tessie!
On the other hand, glad your summers are (so far) better than your usual.
Haven’t had to have the cataract surgery yet. Next eye appt. is at the end of this month. I definitely will need a new prescription and will need new sunglasses also this time.
@RosemaryF433825 …Oh, good grief! That storm sounds so scary! I would have been a basket case. I don’t handle storms very well since being by myself. Those dang warnings on our cell phones are sometimes scarier than the real thing. So glad you are OK. And yes, there is a new MORNING ROLL CALL thread for July to September.
We are still just tolerating the humidity. Windows had to stay closed with AC on last night again.
Wow, you are smelling the smoke all the way from across the country! I read about it but you two are the only ones I know who experienced this. Makes a difference somehow.
Our lovely weather continues although the the forecast is showing a few days in the 90s. Have now started the countdown to fall. If the weather is hot I start in May! No really bad news to report 😎.
Good Morning, Gang!!! 😁 No smell of smoke here in Iowa, but there has definitely been a cloudy haze here for days now!
The weather report for today is a heat index (how it actually feels with the humidity) of 105 degrees! YOW!! 😅 We have heat advisories all over the place which is encouraging people to stay inside at home. (NOT good for my business today!!!) Argh! It's supposed to be up to 98 degrees without the heat index figured in by Wednesday. And no rain in the forecast. 😭. My poor flowers and tomato plants will need some TLC for sure.
Wishing all of you a lovely weekend, where you are!!!!
79* and sunny now👍, waiting for grass to dry, although backyard looks like haying required, it’s tall.
Only had smoke for 3 days, AC has HEPA filter and I used it between rains.The joy of being 20 minutes from White Mountains of NH and prevailing winds.It was similar to living downwind of outside wood furnace with short smoke stack👎🏻.
Time to play, haying calls.🤣
Froze
And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!
Weather has been glorious for 3 days here. Haven’t had to use the AC at all. Things will change tomorrow though….back to the 90 mark. Loving the low humidity, it’s 84 and feels like 84.
@RosemaryF433825 …hear you about the "feels like" in the 100’s…had a lot of that earlier.
@Frozenoem …our smoke is gone, too. Haven’t smelled the smoke here, just have seen the haze with the unhealthy air quality warning, but that seems to have been lifted for now.
Found out more about the bad storms that ripped through here last Wednesday.
Stepson was here Wednesday and said that on his way home the hail dented his truck, the Turnpike was down to 5 mph and they were all in the middle lane because the outer and inner lanes were flooded! He had taken a photo of a Prius on the side of the road with a tree on top of it! YIKES! 😲
My friend emailed that they lost power for about 22 hours and the township sent around extra trash trucks to collect peoples’ spoiled food! 😝 This all happened a few miles away from me….not even 10 miles!
Sure hope we don’t have any more of those storms. We seem to be in this little pocket that doesn’t get hit as bad as other places (sometimes), thank goodness.
@LaDolceVita …so glad you are still enjoying the nice kind of days you like. 😺
Having the windows open is such a treat, but this morning I was rudely awakened by some landscapers across the street from my bedroom window using power tools at 7:10. The ordinance is 8 AM on weekends. This was my last morning to sleep in as my stepson starts my renovations on Monday. At least I have been able to have my coffee on the porch the last few mornings. Not looking forward to having my sleep routine all topsy turvy, but it will all be worth it in a few months (I hope). 🙄
Haze from the West coast fires is back in our area.
Stepson started rocking my foundation Monday. LOL I’m trying to get used to a new routine in the AM. Even though most of the work is outside for now, I have to set the alarm so I can unlock the doors in case he needs to come in. I try to get my mobility exercises over with before he arrives, but Tuesday he was even earlier and arrived before 7:00. I’m not even human at that hour, so hope I’m not scaring him or the boys. LOL He has his son who starts at Pitt in the fall and a friend working with him this summer.
Dumpster and Porta Potty arrived early Monday…such a visual delight.
Yesterday was the first inspection of the foundation…it passed. Today the concrete blocks were delivered and the cement will be poured.
At least it is not as hot as yesterday. We are in the 80’s with a storm brewing for tomorrow. No AC for me yet today.
@LaDolceVita …sorry you got the heat, but glad you can bear with it until fall arrives. As my mom used to say, “It’s the hum-midity that’ll do us in."
@Frozenoem …that hotel looks familiar. I may have seen it when I was a kid and we took a vacation to some New England states. I definitely remember Mt. Washington and the cog railway.
