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trash guys are 2 days late. The piles on the street keep building up.

The storms out here have flattened some trees but not the corn.

No rest, the boys are gone but daughter returns with her 4 so the eldest can take his sailing lessons. 2 others go to a local day camp. We get to watch no. 4.

2f nights ago a couple of thunderstorms with 1 housing a small tornado blew the area where my sons live. They were out power and decided to visit. All of a sudden the house jumped from 8 to 16. Power is back but they decided to stay through the 4th. The wonder of the invention of air beds.

Daughter’s family is here through the 4th. 4 GKs 15 mos to 7. She and her hub just informed us #5 is enroute and due in first week of January. Craziness, but grilling every night. She arrived Wednesday, the hub finally got snipped same day.

On June 20, those guessers forecast 11 days of rain. 8 days in it rained on 3 days including last night at 0.01 inch. Dew is wetter. Blue sky and sunshine are now predicted through Saturday. That is an accuracy of 3 days out of 11, if you count 0.01 inch.

Hey congrats to you and the Mrs. Another officially to be out the door. Weddings are always a blast despite the added work in advance.

Started the groundwork for an outside shower. Dug a gray dry well 4 ft deep x 36 in wide for a capacity of + 60 gals with a PVC cylinder with a lid. 6 in stone bottom and sides, 8″ on top. At that depth, the ground is near 100% sand and drains well. I’m a washing machine pan to capture the shower water with a 2″ drainpipe leading to the well.…[Read more]

I hate this day.

Sun starts setting sooner.

Longer school day, or just an extra day off?

Back in the day, we started at 7:30 and ended at 3:00. Today they start at 8:30 and end at 2:30. 1st week in September through 3rd week of June. The system ended the year a week earlier this year since they didn’t use any snow days.

another miss by the guessers. Maybe today.

It hasn’t rained since Friday, but those guessers have predicted rain for the next 11 days.

A great day is was. The 10 Gks and the 6 parents over made for mayhem. No rain so the day was spent outside. I hope yours was just as much fun.

So the guessers are 1 for 3 on their 8 days of rain. 1/2″ on Friday, nada a drop on Sat and Sun. None the forecast for today.

Heading into 8 days of rain those guessers are predicting. They’ll be wrong for sure.

I went an electric Masterbuilt with the built in thermostat and a thermometer for the big stuff. My only issue is the chip tray is small and I get only 30 minutes between reloads. For that reason, I won’t run it overnight, though I could.

Sunny and 80 for the day. Not a day for working on a car.

Not totally out. Will still do motor and trans oil, and brakes. Oh, and periodically remove the check engine because the idiot at the gas station didn’t replace the cap properly and there’s a pressure leak. Yes, we still have gas jockeys here in N J. $100 fine if you’re caught removing the pump handle because the jockey is 2 islands away and…[Read more]

Yup, that one rear brake takes more time than the other 3 combined.

Blasted by wildfire smoke from Ontario yesterday. The entire province must be burning. The sun was a orange ball of fire in the sky. It was like a dense fog; you couldn’t see beyond 500 feet. Little league playoff games cancelled till Friday. Hopefully the wind will change and blow it out to sea.

We have a neat skeet course over here. It’s set up like an 18 hole golf course. Each range offers different tosses to test your skill including one that rolls the targets mimicking rabbit / fox runs. You even ride golf carts to move through the course. It’s quite popular and usually you need to schedule your round a month in advance.