Next weekend Cutty's will be having Christmas In July. I happen to know for a fact that Santa will be there to hand out gifts and treats!Monday, July 19, 2010
Christmas in July
Next weekend Cutty's will be having Christmas In July. I happen to know for a fact that Santa will be there to hand out gifts and treats!
July 19 2010
I love Mondays! Seriously!
Before I retired I wasn’t so glad to see them. However now they are the day that Ella and I have off together.
We’re doing laundry at the clubhouse today.
I’ve been to the bank and deposited Ella’s (meager) paycheck and picked up a few groceries.
Once we’re done with the laundry, we are going to spend some time on the workout machines.
After that, I’m not sure what we’re going to do with the rest of the day because (surprise!) it’s supposed to rain all day. Here is the official forecast:
“Widespread thunderstorms through mid morning … then numerous thunderstorms before noon. Thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging wind and large hail in the afternoon. High in the lower 80s. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 90 percent.” I’m not sure what the difference is between ‘widespread’ and ‘numerous’.
I think I’ll spend some time working on designs for 5th wheel trailers. I enjoy designing them but realistically I know I’ll never get them built.
Before I retired I wasn’t so glad to see them. However now they are the day that Ella and I have off together.
We’re doing laundry at the clubhouse today.
I’ve been to the bank and deposited Ella’s (meager) paycheck and picked up a few groceries.
Once we’re done with the laundry, we are going to spend some time on the workout machines.
After that, I’m not sure what we’re going to do with the rest of the day because (surprise!) it’s supposed to rain all day. Here is the official forecast:
“Widespread thunderstorms through mid morning … then numerous thunderstorms before noon. Thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging wind and large hail in the afternoon. High in the lower 80s. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 90 percent.” I’m not sure what the difference is between ‘widespread’ and ‘numerous’.
I think I’ll spend some time working on designs for 5th wheel trailers. I enjoy designing them but realistically I know I’ll never get them built.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
July 17 & 18
July 17
We made the BLTs and they were good, but not great. I feel we should have waited another day or two to pick those tomatoes! But, Hey! who can WAIT for the first tomatoes?
July 18
What a wild morning. Major wind storm came through between 2:30 and 4:00 a.m. We collected 3" of rain in that short amount of time. A weather station at an elementary school near here reported wind gusts of 53mph. Places in West Des Moines were reporting straight line winds of 80mph. That is hurricane force winds.
Other than our patio furniture being scattered about, we escaped with no problems. There are trees down throughout the resort. And I haven't heard all the news from here. I know that some had their awnings ripped off and at least one had a good size limb on their roof.
My alarm is telling me to go to work, so I will.
We made the BLTs and they were good, but not great. I feel we should have waited another day or two to pick those tomatoes! But, Hey! who can WAIT for the first tomatoes?
July 18
What a wild morning. Major wind storm came through between 2:30 and 4:00 a.m. We collected 3" of rain in that short amount of time. A weather station at an elementary school near here reported wind gusts of 53mph. Places in West Des Moines were reporting straight line winds of 80mph. That is hurricane force winds.
Other than our patio furniture being scattered about, we escaped with no problems. There are trees down throughout the resort. And I haven't heard all the news from here. I know that some had their awnings ripped off and at least one had a good size limb on their roof.
My alarm is telling me to go to work, so I will.
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