One week until inspection. I thought I was "just about ready" -- the real clutter is gone, anyway -- but I still have some significant basic cleaning to get done. I'm sure I'll be able to get things into shape, though. Maybe I'll try hosting an event for later that same day, to celebrate the inspection.

Diane!!!!!

{{{HUGE HUGS}}} 😀

Hey diane,
You're invited to come and party with me and my crew anytime! We'd love to have you party with us! 🙂

(((HUGS)))

Hi Diane 🙂
Isn't it interesting what mice will chew on?
I am fortunate that all the mice here attracted snakes.

(((hugs))) it was their loss not to have the pleasure of your company at their party.

Mariana,
I am about 80 miles from Reno.
There have been quite a few wildfires this past week due to lightning.
We are under a "Red Flag" warning, meaning that no burning is allowed and other preventative measures are to be taken.
Fortunately for you the temperatures have cooled down and only get up to the 90s and no more thunderstorms are predicted. 🙂

Sorry to hear about bad water, sore back, and fire near by.
Amazing what we all have to face, not just clutter, lots of other challenges.
Last night I did go up on roof for awhile and to my surprise, the neighbors that live around me all had a party on the deck above my roof, that I was not invited to. I had to talk to myself, and force myself not to listen to what they were chatting about. I felt hurt and sad that I was not invited. So when I was pulling weeds this morning, I pulled weeds along my neighbors driveway, above my place, the one with party last night, it helped me to get over resentment by doing something nice before he was awake. And today went well, other than mice droppings.

thank goodness for cooler weather----love it!!!
Worked outside today Pulled weeds early, trying to fill garbage cart before 7:30 am pick up. Didn't quite fill it but gave it my best shot. Then started on bag for this week. Pulled out a bin with some great decorations, mice agreed, it made it easy to throw almost everything away, a few things they weren't interested in, I donated. Only donated stuff with no evidence of mice and easy to clean hard stuff, like silver and porcelain, easy to toss the rest. Did mostly outside stuff, garage and walkway, cause it is the first cool day, did not want to be inside today. Although some of the areas I emptied and cleaned were not fun, a typical hoarders scene, plenty of mice have enjoyed living in every corner and every box and bin. So happy I am not shopping anymore, imagine what another 20 years of shopping addiction would have created, oh my, thanks for being here daily, makes all the difference.

Tillie: are you in the Reno vicinity? I have a nephew there and we are planning to visit tomorrow. Guess we better keep a watch on wildfire progress and its location.

Well,
I will keep practicing till I get this right.
Thank you for your aptience. 😉

This afternoon the day got very dark and orange colored here.
WILDFIRE. 🙁
Got my cat kennels all lined up and ready just in case.
Sky is still dark yellow but looks like we are safe here for now.

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lets see if this works 😉

Dianne,
WAY TO GO! for all you have accomplished.
Feel better soon.In the meantime spend more time laying down with the dogs. 😀
Listening to a sleeping animal always puts me to sleep. It is so soothing. 🙂

Thank you Karl 🙂

Trying to do too many things at once, and I completely forgot that I had the chat open; oops. I've signed out now. I'll probably be around on Sunday, but a bit late to arrive again.

No social activities at all on the 4th. Didn't look for any fireworks, either.

I just checked to see whether I might be able to avoid getting new drip pans for the stove if I just wash the ones I've got, and replace the aluminum foil that they're wrapped in. I found that one of them has very little metal left in it, and is mostly just the foil now. OK then, I guess replacement is called for. I wonder if it was like that when I moved in, or if it's decayed that much during my own tenancy.

Tillie, for future reference, it's good if you can use the first input field for the URL itself (the http://... part), and then the second one for the text description of the link, so that we know what to expect if we click on it.

Moving slow today, back is sore.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLex73JrqI8j6VjXbRGcp0KUUZ5bgn4X8w

Thank you Karl 🙂
Now I will practice doing this till I get it right.

Everything I know about computers I have learned through the generocity of people online. 😀

I don't know if we're still doing the Friday afternoon chat for Kara's benefit (evening in UK), but I'm in the chat room right now in case anyone else joins. (If you do join and I'm there but not responding, I'm probably preparing some food; just be patient and I'll return shortly.)

Tillie, when you're composing a message here, just above the text input box you'll a bar with a couple of font menus on the left, and a row of icons on the right. The next to last icon is "add link".

Good morning 🙂

So quiet and nice & cool 72 degrees here this morning.

Today I plan to tidy up a little.
Sweep & vacuum.
Go over the bathroom.

Kitchen is clean but house is full of dust.
This last week there were a lot of dust storms so bad sometimes visibility was reduced to 1/8 of a mile.
Makes no sense dusting when everything will be dusty again is a few minutes. lol

That little bit of rain yesterday really helped knock down the dust.

Need to go to the grocery store this weekend so today I will write up my list. Running out of food here except for cat food. Too scared to ever risk running out of cat food. 😉

Hoping everyone had some relaxation and fun yesterday. 😀

(((hugs))) Dianne
I was not offended. I took your statement to mean that you loved those professional firework displays with the large fireworks that look like the sky is filled with a massive chrysanthemum.

What I have been worrying about with you is your well water.
So sorry to hear the report.

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry if I offended anyone.

Thanks Mariana,
THAT'S AWESOME! GO BUCKEYES! 😉

Hi diane,
No, I live about 3 hours away from where that happened. I saw it on the news though. And I'm glad the lady is okay. Thank god for those wonderful firefighters that helped her get out of that giant sink hole. Aren't firefighters wonderful? 🙂

Hi Tillie,
We had some of those too. 😀

It stopped raining for a little while where I live. So we got to shoot off some of the fireworks that my boss got. We didn't get to shoot all of them off though; because it started raining again. So there are still a lot of left over fireworks. 🙂

HI Everybody! 😀

I have had RAIN here! 😀
So wonderful!!!!
I went out in it and danced around barefoot and splashed in a small puddle! 😀

Hi Roxie 😀

Hi MayMay 😀
I had a box of those little paper things that you throw down and they go "POP" and some party poppers with paper streamers in them and I did those today and the kitten loved it. 😀

Dianne
WAY TO GO! on all you accomplished! 😀
I watch the fireworks on tv too. The casinos in Reno really do a great show with music that fits the display.

Hi Diane 😀
So happy you are relaxing this afternoon. Please take care of yourself and feel better soon.
Will keep my fingers crossed that costco still has A/Cs and you get yours soon.
WAY TO GO! for all you have accomplished! 😀

Diane, I posted about my day on another link here.

Wow, Dianne, when you break a logjam you come out roaring WaY TO GO!@

It is cooler today, 84 now, so was out in the garage and in big bedroom all morning, it is amazing how wide goat trails are becoming. A few days ago all I could see is the mounds, now that is cooler, see all the progress. I looked online at the Costco site, and at the camera I bought for hoarding pictures, only 2 reviews by customers, both said it worked for several pictures but could not turn on again after first time shut off, exactly what happened to me, now feel more comfortable returning camera tomorrow, and getting air conditioner instead, if they still have them. the one I have is fine when it is this temperature and cool at night.
MayMay, are you near where the lady and her car fell in the sink hole today in Ohio? what a shock for her.
I can't help you Tillie, know only what I taught myself about computers. Maybe Karl knows.
I feel more positive today and so happy I can watch fireworks from roof If I want to watch, don't always watch. Have to hang with dog, to make sure she is ok with all the noise. I have a dry cough and have felt run down for 3 days, so am enjoying relaxing this afternoon. Did go through several small boxes of junk, still would like to finish filling garbage can for tomorrow if possible, only about 1/2 full so far, or a little more, don't want to waste space in my 95 gallon cart!! I was only 1/2 filling my 35 gallon cart and for the past 5 weeks I have stuffed 95 gallon, so am happy about that. Felt so good to have cool morning so could get some sorting done. Happy to read all everyone writes.

MayMay-I'm an ol' Buckeye myself! Stay safe and have a fun Fourth.

ah the font sort of worked.....

Be safe everyone!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY !!!

Hi Mariana,

No, I don't live in any western states. I live in Ohio. And actually all of my firefighter friends know about all the fireworks. Yesterday when my boss came into the bar with all of the fireworks everyone clapped and cheered. Lol. 🙂

We are really excited! Hopefully it will stop raining by the time that it's supposed to get dark out, so that we can still shoot them off. 🙂

Let's hope you don't live in a dry-as-dust western state. Those illegal fireworks spark several wildfires every year. Even the legal ones can be deadly. Don't tell any of your firefighter friends about them!

Hi everyone! 😀

So far the 4th of July isn't looking so good for me right now. 🙁

It's very rainy right now where I live and it doesn't look like it's supposed to clear up anytime soon. Which totally sucks because my boss got some fireworks for us to shoot off tonight, but if it's raining, then we can't shoot them off. 🙁

I'm so sad because the fireworks that he bought are the really good kind. They're the kind that, if you get caught shooting them off, then you'll get arrested. Lol. 😉