Very strange day.

My back was killing me so I took a muscle relaxant when I went to bed at 5 a.m. and slept until after 3 p.m.

I heard nothing and I think I stayed in one position for all ten hours I slept. Woke fuzzy headed and in dire need of coffee.

Came down to my computer acting up and The Curmudgeon telling me all about it. You don’t want to know.

Took several hours and a lot of cussing to get things back to normal.

So hot out I was not eager to go out even for a few minutes. I refused to cook dinner. We ordered pizza.

Best part about the day came after 11 p.m. when we got rain. We needed it, could use more, but happy for what we got.

I wish I could afford to have my back yard professionally hardscaped. What with the dire need to repair the front porch and other expenses, that’s not going to happen.

This summer was so dry that our lawn is pure crap. It’s nothing but dead grass and weeds. My gardens are close to death too.

We could save so much water with a nice hardscaped yard and some raised beds. Raised beds would not only be easier for me to take care of but I be able to better keep the squirrels out of my veggies too.

I am not above begging, bartering, or trading a meal or two for supplies or help.

We have brazen squirrels.

Too hot to work outside. Kept The Curmudgeon inside.

Worked a bit on indoor chores. I’ll never catch up on those.

Finished doing half the laundry–his stuff.

Cooked a nice and simple dinner.

Took it easy the rest of the time.

That felt good for a change.

The best part was snuggling with this girl.

The Curmudgeon was okay so G and I left for a day of rambling the countryside.

I filled my gas tank…good thing.

We headed out to the country. We love driving along on back country roads where we have a good chance of finding roadside stands selling fresh produce.

We had a plan. We had to keep changing the plan because we kept hitting roads where traffic was backed up due to construction or accidents.

Stopped for lunch at an Arbys. G had coupons and they came in handy.

Our best stop of the day was at Echo Hill. They sell all sorts of bulk dried fruits, veggies, flours, spices and more. It’s easy to spend a fortune there. We didn’t break our budgets and came out with a nice amount of stuff each.

After that we stopped at a few roadside produce stands and an antique shop we’d been dying to stop at for years.

We didn’t get home until 5 p.m.

Good fing dey gotted home when dey did my dinner wuz awmost late!

G and I used yesterday to run errands.

We stopped for a quick snack and coffee at Panera first. Then we went to Target and moseyed around there for a bit.

I picked up the Mad Max movie The Curmudgeon wanted. Anyone want it? We watched it, not impressed. The old Mad Max movies had some story to them this did not.

After Target we picked up a few groceries and then made a stop at the liquor store.

I have resupplied my wine fridge.

(Note: wine fridge is on the back porch and is the old (over 42 years) copper tone fridge from our kitchen that we have twice replaced with ‘new more efficient’ ones, one of which died rather quickly and dramatically, after a short couple of years.)

I think this sounds good about now…

Watching some old reruns of Murder She Wrote the past few weeks has given me some smiles. I enjoy seeing some of the big stars that were guest stars.

The same goes for many other old shows I sometimes watch late at night.

Do you have any favorite oldies but goodies that you watch?

When I feel like I have the energy to get some yard work done, it’s too freaking hot out. After an hour I am wiped out.

When I want to work inside, The Curmudgeon complains.

“The Vacuum is too loud.”

Really? Tough shit.

“Do you have to keep blocking my view of the TV?”

You see all this stuff between you and the TV? It’s not dusting itself. And I don’t see you doing it. Oh, gee something that you could do while seated and watching TV. Do you ever do it? No.

“When’s dinner?”

When I am good and ready to make it. Do you starve around here?

Yeah, I look forward to getting out of bed each day…

My room was nice and cool. I took a muscle relaxant to ease my back pain and a Benadryl for my allergies.

I turned off the light and picked up my Kindle. Read a chapter and grew sleepy enough to close it and settle in for sleep.

I didn’t hear a thing until I woke up eight hours later.

YES! I got eight hours of uninterrupted sleep.

I was a pleasant person all day.