It's a jungle out there!

A tomato jungle. I picked 34 cherry tomatoes yesterday and 4 big tomatoes. The deck is full of flowers, fruit and greenery.

Today the realtor comes over to check out the house. I could be rushing around picking things up but then--eh, it looks "good" enough. I will take out the trash though.

Muffin has decided to soil the carpeting of late. I'd like to bean her! I have been very attentive to her clean litter box but she has found a corner she prefers. I read online that if you have "other" cats or neighbor cats and are showing them attention sometimes cats will do this. ??? Well, Jan and Marshall's cats have been stopping in for breakfast all summer. Perhaps I"ll have to ignore them but really now............

Had a great time at the dentist yesterday (thanks, Jean-Pierre) I like my dentist and his staff. We played with our iPhones for a long time. I had convinced the dentist he MUST have an iPhone, he got one (loves it) then his staff started branching out and getting them. I spent doing an iPhone tutorial in the lobby for the staff. ;-) Unfortunately they did find dire work to be done on a tooth--so those 4 crowns I was putting off for a rainy day--just moved to 5 with the 5th a must do. Will revisit the dentist tomorrow. hmm.....about saving for those summer taxes due in September.

I read online that A2 teachers have a tentative contract and will meet on Monday to hear the terms. Well.....I never received the emails the article referred to--so I called the union and they are on "summer break". I emailed a few friends and they were as clueless as me. Gosh--where did all those union dues money go?

While online I also looked around the anthropolgie site. I like that shop!!!

Screech owl was zippin' around the woods last night. They are the ones who sound like a lady screaming/sighing--descending from so to do. Pretty cool. Such a distinct sound you can hear them fly throughout the woods.

Well off to play

Enjoy your day

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Beautiful Saturday

Early morning trip to the Farmer's Market. Still no peaches there :-( I guess I'll need to branch out and go to the A2 Farmer's Market. Have been trying to do the local shopping thing. Did head to the "New Chelsea Market" for challah and a few items for my Interlochen bus trip tomorrow. I have to be at the bus by 7:30am and won't return until after 11pm. That's a long bus day ;-)

The New Chelsea Market is moving from its corner (I love it on that corner!) to the Old Post Office, which is moving later this month to Old Polly's building. Fun, huh! The Market said the building is up for sale so they decided to move. I think there is more to the story because they were a tad ouchy with their story and they JUST knocked out the next door wall and expanded their wine department that way. hmm? It will be strange not having the meat market back in the corner like it has been for all these katrillion years living in Chelsea.

The realtor, Pam Sjo is coming to see my house next Thursday morning. I'm not planning any big hoopla or cleanup. It looks pretty nice the way it is. Okay, maybe I"ll change Muffin's litter.

Angela (My cousin, David's youngest daughter--the pharmacist and her friends stopped in on Thursday on their way to TC. It was fun to have young lady energy in the house again. They are storing a car in my garage. I bought them Zingerman's brownies and water for their trip.

My garden is full and abundant. What a joy--it's like having a 2nd backyard on the deck!

Off for a walk before it hits 90 :-)

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Whoops left out some info

Uncle Lino's town of Fruitport took the brunt of the storm last night--lots of trees down/loss power/ etc. He hasn't answered the phone all day--Carl (his son living down the road) also is not answering. Jeff (son in Gaylord) switched his cell phone so I don't have that number. Holiday Inn is full with people without power SOOOOOOO unless we connect with Uncle Lino tonight--Dad and I are postponing our trip.

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Thought it might

be a nice idea to pick up the Family Room for when my Dad comes over tomorrow. (That is, if he comes over--right now we are still unable to reach Uncle Lino.) I started in washing the blocks I bought for Hunter. I was surprised to find out they are not Duplos but something called Megablocks. They are fashioned for 1+ year olds so Hunter should be able to handle them pretty well. I'll have them operational when he comes to visit later in the month.

Blessing ceremony went okay. Dr. Lu had a singing bowl--I forgot about singing bowls. My sis Emily has a great singing bowl. Great for meditations.

Marshall is out cutting the grass. They leave for CO on Wednesday.

Looks like the tomatoes will need a good drink in the morning. I'll also hop over to clean out the car. Dad likes a clean car. All that rain knocked the blooms off my petunias. When I am loaded with bug spray, I'll go up and stand out and plucked the dead blooms. Yesterday

it was full, today, not so much.

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Nice chat

with JP. He reminded me that this blog, any blog can be viewed from afar by people I never intended to see-------so I've gone back and edited and will try and be more aware in my postings. Thanks son for the reminder.

Tired--my cough is better, no I'm not dying and I'm going to go read my Goodwin book. Tomatoes ripened while I was at Dad's (amazing!!!) and now I hear thunder rumbling. Summer nights are great!

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Sunday and hot!

Boy "they" say the heat index is 100--I believe them! I just drove home from Dad's and it was sticky hot even with the a/c on. The road was hazy due to the heat. People were driving unusually crazy--I think they wanted to get to their destination quickly and cool off. I know once home I was out of my clothes in 10 seconds time! (A quick change artist)

My Dad talked a lot about helping Veronica with her tuition and book needs. He heard her hours at work have been dramatically cut back due to the down turn in business. He wants to keep her encouraged in attending school.

So glad the harp is downstairs. Even with the a/c at 74 it isn't comfortable upstairs. Muffin is shedding like crazy (good plan) so I'll have to grab the vacuum. She hates that!

I hope it isn't 100 heat index next week when we are at Interlochen. No a/c there! Perhaps we will luck out and get a cool breeze off the lake. It will be nice to be among friends.

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Rainy Saturday

Well some day stories will be told how Gma stood in line in pouring rain waiting for the library to open to the book sale. I had my #8 queue pass (you have to get there and get a number) and waited and waited from 9:23 onward. I had already dripped through the Farmer's Market (nobody had jalapenos???), walked to Chelsea Market (Zingerman's bread and a Vernors) then the Post Office. A nice family came in behind me--library book sale virgins. One Gma was visiting from Australia --we had a very nice chat. She told me about the 4 year drought in Melbourne and how "scary" it was to have the weather shifting southward (more monsoons in the "wrong" places). I discovered we were after the same books (oh horrors!) so I tried to be polite but she did get to books I wanted--boo! I did okay though (see pic) These will be nice on Gma's shelf for Hunter and/or future Gchildren visits.

Now home it is storming. I"m going to take advantage of the day to read and read and read. My Lincoln book is due this week with two days devoted to taking Dad north. I can't renew because it is on a waiting list for many. The Lincoln Highway DVD was excellent (thank you A2 Public Library!) and now I will dream of scooting along there and seeing ALL of the sites. This is right up my alley. Maybe someday I'll have a partner and we'll get a trailer and just moosey along and enjoy people. Maybe someday I won't have a partner and I"ll get a trailer and just moosey along and enjoy people. ;-)

It has been an interesting summer. Several of the men whom I have known well or dated in the last 6 years have had disturbing, life interrupting, devastating health news, 2 have lost their jobs, 1 is taking an early retirement with lots of trepidation. It is almost as if I've reached a "certain" age and these are the things now popping up in my life view. I think I'll make hay while the sun shines.

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