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Yeah, Grandparents are no match for the energy contained in a little body. I may miss blackberries here this year. Blue berries are taking all the time plus all the other things going on. We have wild blackberries everywhere in the PNW. They are an invasive species and just thrive here. Tough to tame. But every August, they are…[Read more]

Yes, he did look a bit sluggish. I’m fairly happy with the results from our team. 4 medals in 6 weights. Pretty good.

On another note, we have 5 blueberry bushes that are overwhelming us. We have copious jalapenos. A few Habaneros. Gotta go down the road to pick blackberries. We have some squash and tomatoes as well. My wife…[Read more]

Yep, that’s the deal word.

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Hey, great post. I think the mens FS team did underperform. Everyone figured Snyder would be Bronze or possibly Silver with Taz in there. But losing the Bronze medal match without much offensive effort to show for it, I think he needs to hang it up. He is not aggressive on his offense. Very offensive in hand fighting. But half efforts…[Read more]

That is crazy. She couldn’t face Hildebeest. I watched the match last night. She did pretty good.

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Highway robbery I say!! It’s been fun to watch the Olympics. But starting to tire of it. Saw a little wrestling last night, and then beach volleyball. Will watch a little wrestling tonight as well. We have been mostly dry except for one day last week. Today it is cooler but it will get warmer again word.

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Tri was a water disaster I hear. Seine horrible place to swim. They should have held this part of the olympics in Nice. Lots of open water there. I bought Peacock for the olympics and have to wade through all sorts of ads. Not happy about that. But I am seeing a lot of stuff so that is not so bad. Wrestling this week, even better…[Read more]

I agree. They should have used the olympic pool or practice pool. Or move it to the ocean. These Olympics are crazy. Each event starts with a guy pounding a stick on the floor. It is supposed to make a big sound. It does not. They have the big sound pre-recorded and there is no synchronization so the guy doing the pounding has no idea…[Read more]

We had about 0.5 inches of rain this week. But our lawn has not changed. We need more rain. I complain about rain during the fall, winter, and spring. But we need some in the summer word.

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We are north of that for sure. But will be in Oregon in October. Hopefully your visit is fun word.

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I’ve installed a few fans. When I had an attic, it was easier to run wires and secure the fan. This electrician cut a hole in the sheet rock to figure out how to run wires and did mud it up, but I get to sand and paint. Two different rooms so I will have some of that joy that you seemingly experience all the time. Yeah it is not all that…[Read more]

Wow, I guess they found the magic. That’s great!

Looking forward to the ceiling fans getting installed word.

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Yes, the remote is nice. And, the fan is perfectly balanced at all speeds. No need to balance. Because I am now half blind, it was a tough installation. That and my head lamp ran out of battery so that was of no help. I had to have my wife shine a flashlight so I could line up the screws to the holes to mount the fan blades. It was…[Read more]

Well, temps are cooling down here. It has been pretty uncomfortable here without AC. Not horrific, but not comfy. It’s a little warm. I finally fixed the ceiling fan. We are going to install more ceiling fans in the family room and in a bedroom. The electrician is coming tomorrow to get that all wired up. I’ll be installing the fans.…[Read more]

We are back! It was hot in the Wallowa OR area this past week. But it was very nice and a great place to visit. It is in the middle of nowhere, quite literally. Northeast OR and there is not much there. Towns are little but it is nice. Back safe and sound. Not wanting to go camping again in a tent for a while. I think my wife is…[Read more]

Will be incommunicado for a week. Have a great week and I hope it cools down for you. I’ll check back in a week from Wed word.

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That’s great RYou. Relax away. We are planning to go camping with grandaughters to Wallowa area in North eastern Oregon. We leave Wed. Will be in the high 90s there but its a dry heat, yeah right!!

It has hit 90s here in Seattle for a few days and will cool down starting Wed word.

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That was quick. My wife is over your way. She is visiting cousins on the upper east coast. Was in Boston visiting nieces just before that. I think she is having fun in the warm and humid conditions word.

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Ha ha!! Yeah, they can calm down or go to their room. Sometimes, if they are old enough, they prefer that option. We have a grandaughter that just turned 14 and she prefers being in her room. I don’t get it, but there you go.

Weather was nice yesterday. I cut up some rounds from a fallen tree and some 12-13 year old boys came to learn…[Read more]

That will be a full house for sure. But it is always fun, but nice when it is over. We had two kids over yesterday and BBQd some chicken. That was pretty good word.

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