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Sent the son home with a tote of old family board games today. Small steps

39 pints of salsa made with the son today. 1 batch medium hot, 1 batch mango habenero (good, too hot for my tastes), and the third batch should be banned by the UN as a WMD. Pickles, my go to is Bread and Butter, but I still have plenty. May just do a simple sweet pickle.

Going to celebrate the canning with steaks on the grill

Salsa production underway. And....my mother and grandmother whispered in my ear...buy that peck of fresh canning pickles. You have everything out and no plans for tomorrow

Oh brother. Brought in a few leaves of fresh catnip from the herb garden. The clowder descended upon the bounty en mass, chaos. Plus, after a decent helping each, turns out these beasties are mean drunks. When I got close to her, Her Royal Highness Princess Pixie Poopsalot actually flattened...

True story, I know of at least one

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Busy day outside, mowing is complete, need one more charge on the trimmer, but I am done for the day. Need to peek under the decomposable mat I laid down with the two seeded areas a while ago. Don't think the new grass seed sprouted. Subprocessors now churning on what to do to the front...

Took a break from mowing and weeded the pepper bed. Might still be able to save them. The heat and overabundance of rain really has them stressed. Two are returning to a vibrant green

Critters are busy busy. Look at the pollen on her legs

Fig is in the ground. I said I was not going to plant fruit stuff here . Yeah. Lol

A chicken salad spread made with chopped turkey sounds really good right now

Morning coffee, cats, and contemplation session completed two hours ago. Cursory clean up in the kitchen done, dishwasher running. Cat litter box addressed, dirty clothes in the laundry room for later. One charge used up on the trimmer, 3 fills of the sprayer used up on the grass in the...

Had dinner last night with two college buddies, then we caught a game at the local AA MLB affiliate team. Great way to end a 60 hour work week. I needed it

Salsa canning party with the son next weekend is planned

Low 70s and beautiful here. Almost like an early September day

Thanks a lot, you bunch of despicable enablers. Had the wife out this morning for her weekly get out of the house excursion and we stopped at our local greenhouse which was having a discount sale. Came home with a Ohio climate hardy fig tree, totally not in the plans. Wife grew up with figs...

Had a floor drain connected to the outside footer drain which ran to a culvert 250' out. 4 inches of rain, floor drain backed up. Only got about an 1 inch max in the basement, but it was consistent. Fretting tens of thousands of dollars to dig up and fix....we luckily found a plumber with a...