Cooler Temps!!

 While monsoon season is officially over we have been getting lots of rain this week with thunder and lightening. But nice lower temps in the 80's for daytime highs and 60's for night. Sleeping is fantastic and even added a light blanket. 

Using the cooler  it's nice not to run the A/C so far. The new bill was under $100. YIPPEE!!!

I stopped to fill my water jogs yesterday and buy some fresh veggies, when all was said and done I spent over $100.. But as I walked around to see about bargains there weren't any and I thought I better pic up some things to stock up before the prices went even higher! I have a feeling I will be eating lots of home made soups soon. And yes MsBelinda the shelves are looking a little empty, but mostly the store brands, and TP shelves weren't  very full and the prices really sky rocketed and paper plates too, guess I'll be washing dishes because I'm not spending that kind of money for paper plates. Gas has already gone up to $3.69. Which may make my camping trips very local.

Started getting some cleaning going on and took a few days just in my bedroom, Taking down the drapes was tough, putting them back up especially tough since they were kind of wet was a real challenge but I did it, since one one side the dresser is in front of one window and the bed is in front of the other. I remember when moving furniture wasn't a problem but well I'm old now! 

I now have 3 large bags for donations and a bag went out to the trash. I still have the top shelf in the closet to go but I will do that Tues when I put the other items out for the donation pick up.

It has been so nice in the mornings now that I use the over to make some extra meals for the freezer. I had missed cooking oven foods, like stuffed peppers, meat loaf and baked chicken.

Guess that's it for now.

Good Night All

Watching Ian

 Ian, is a huge storm and can be very dangerous. I have very good friends in  Port St. Lucy, they say they should get some high winds and lots of rain. They live further inland but this storm has made lots of turns and is all over the place. Blessing to anyone in the path of this huge hurricane. 

Yesterday I, had to fill my water jugs, thought I would just pick up a few things but thought as long as I was there to just get it done. I did get some good buys on chicken thighs so bought a nice bulk pack. I buy bone in and skin on, I'm not paying someone to take off the skin and I like having the bone in. There was 10 pieces I pulled off all the skin then double  bagged them  and put then in the freezer, I have plenty of thighs now as I have been stocking up as I eat lots of chicken and will also be using them for soup. Also picked up 2pks of ground beef that were on sale for $ 4.45. Bought a few canned items for storage. The items that are still not on the shelves are mostly Great Value stuff. I like their liquid eggs but they haven't had them in a while and I will not buy egg beater as they are almost $8.00. I lucked out last week at Safeway, when once again a dz. eggs were only $1.97 so picked up 2dz. Also found good deals on stew meat and picked up a couple pkgs. today I made beef stew. So I have plenty of stew and chicken soup in the freezer. Because you KNOW ITS GOING TO GET COLD SOON RIGHT!! 

It just feels good to get some cooking done know that it has cooled down a bit.

I have been filling  1gl. jugs for drinking water and what a difference in taste. I had been using a Pur filtering system and it was still leaving that nasty white crust on the coffee machine and even the filter itself. So I threw it all away and bought a couple jugs of water and so now I have 6 gl. jugs the water costs .29 at the Neighborhood Grocery Store. I may pick up another 2gl. I really drink a lot of water. I bought a 3gl. container that fits perfectly on the fridge shelf so I fill that up and slide it onto the shelf. and just fill up the drinking bottles with the spout.

Supposed to get a storm tomorrow but they said that last week so who knows. 

Good Night All

No More Triple Digits?

 We seem to be doing the 90's right now and nights are high 60's to mid 70's loving it. I have been using the cooler now instead of the A/C for about 3 days and it is cooling down the house perfectly since the humidity has also dropped. But monsoon season isn't quite over yet.

Yesterday it was weed spraying day so I got out there and got it all done or so I thought. Usually with in a few hours you can see the weeds dying. But when I went out they still looked green and healthy. Even today they looked healthy. When I went out to do something I notice the empty plastic container, Bug Spray doesn't not kill weeds. So off to the store tomorrow for more weed killer.

Fred goes to the groomer tomorrow his nails are so long and he smells bad.

Then off to Safeway to pick up more meds that they didn't have enough to fill my order last week. Trying something different for the COPD and so far so good. It also gave me a chance to check out my little power station, I have done 6 treatments and there is still lots of battery power left. I pay less for 3mths of meds compared to 1 mth. of Trelegy at $165. and when I called them to see about a coupon or some sort of help they said, We DON'T HELP ANYONE OVER 65!!! EXCUSE ME BUT ISN'T THAT DISCRIMINATION!!!???

I have been working on a new afghan for a while but had to put it aside when is was to hot to deal with. This is continued color on a skein. It may be a Christmas gift for one of the little ones.

Not much else going on just working on the getting the house done for fall clean up. There is a corner of a fall pillow sticking out from behind the afghan LOL

Good Night All!

Got Rain?

 We hadn't had rain for a few days and was wondering if monsoon was over. Nope of course most of what we were hit with was from Tropical Storm  Kay. It started yesterday 9/11 late afternoon, lots of thunder, lightening and high winds, rain came down in buckets. It would stop but the thunder came rumbling back and brought more rain. It rained most of the night with rumbling thunder. 

This morning 9/12 the day started out nice and bright and cool with a slight breeze. It was wonderful, tried to just use the cooler but of course the humidity was to high. But the A/C didn't come on until around 10 am. The weather called for more rain for late afternoon again. But Kay had other ideas the rumbling started around noon and the winds started picking up again. About 1:30 pm the rains came and went. Then the down pours started on and off. With constant rumbling of thunder. Around 3:30 it started to pour down rain and the winds were crazy. Around 4pm I turned on the news and WOW!! Tornado Warning,  took up most of the news. The warnings were for open lands between Eloy and upper Marana. Things got pretty crazy around 4:30 with super high winds, down pouring rain and hale mixed with sun shine! Since the awards, were going on I couldn't find any news. But just before I got on here tonight I did see some videos on a news channel and indeed there was a funnel but very small. People on I10 were asked if they can find a safe place to leave the freeway to do so. From the videos not to many took that seriously. 

My daughter sent me a text to ask if we were getting rain  and yes it is pouring, Debbie said on the northeast side they barely had sprinkles.

My back yard was pretty flooded and a run off went  down the right side of my front yard. It has been years since that happened. But within 1/2 hr after it stopped all the water had either soaked into the ground or had run off the into the street and down the road to the wash. And you know Fred was not going to go out to do his business while the yard was flooded or in the rain silly dog. 

Looks like tomorrow will be mostly sunny with clouds.

Good Night All!

Baby !!!

 Baby Viviana Sofia (talk about  Spanish - Sicilian names)  made her grand entrance  late this afternoon after much ado and turning into a C section. But she is healthy and adorable at 7.9lbs. Guess nobody thought about how long she is. LOL My daughter was only allowed to sit in the waiting room and she sure did from early this morning. She was also there most of last evening until they made them all leave and they were just told to leave and could some back tomorrow morning and visit the baby. The only one allowed to stay was the dad. I think that is a good thing. Let the new parents enjoy and bond with their baby.

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Getting Ready

 The humidity has dropped for a couple days, but the triple digits are back! I did use the cooler for most of the day but once late afternoon came around and the sun to the west the house heated up and A/C came back on. Just turned it off and turned the cooler back on hope it works for  tonight.

But I am so ready for Fall! I shampooed the rug yesterday and again today. The dog makes a mess with rolling around and he sheds like crazy so he made quite a big dark spot where he does his rolling. And the area at the porch entry gets pretty bad to. But it sure looks much better. Maybe in the spring I will have it taken out and put in some type of flooring but no more carpet for me. Tomorrow morning I will do the office and be done. I will work my way around the house cleaning blinds. 

I want to be ready for take off as soon as the weather gets cooler. Of course I will have to strip down the camper and get it cleaned up again. It really gets filthy in there just from the stinking wind that blows all that sand and dirt around. Get out my Green machine and shampoo the rug back there it needs is.

Been checking out places I want to go and having the power unit is going to help a lot, and I bought a Ever Start Jump Starter which also will charge a few things if need be. 

This Friday, I will have a new great granddaughter, Viviana!

Good Night All

Busy Morning!

 Headed out about 8:15am to get this crazy hair cut, it's been awhile and it was totally out of control. Then headed out to get my poor truck washed it was so dirty I was embarrassed to drive it. Looks so pretty and shinny again.

Then the dreaded trip to Walmart to pick up a order that should have come to my house. If they screw up 1 more order I will shop somewhere else. And of course they couldn't find so it took almost and hour for them to find it. And said I did it wrong, I have been using Walmart online ordering for years. They finally saw that it was plainly their mistake both orders. And I better see a refund for shipping on both orders.

But still made it home by 10:30. Made breakfast relaxed for a bit then got back to cleaning and laundry.

Good Night All