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Isn’t August supposed to be in the fall, or nearly there?

I can’t tell it by this heat that we have going here in Texas. When fall comes, the leaves start to change, people start to shop for things they will need in the winter, snow boots, winter coats, yata, yata, yata. Well, I guess that it is not yet fall. If someone walked into a store and asked about any of those things the sales people would think they were totally nuts.

The weather people refused to say that it is going to have a slight cool spell, because the temperature will only drop from 100 to 99. That’s a drop? Who are they trying to kid?

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My husband and I have a close friend that is selling his DYNA Wide glide chopper.

This is the site to check it out (he lives in Texas):

http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/1760167322.html

You can copy and paste this address, or click on the link that I made above.

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A friend stopped by just now and was frustrated that he ran out of money for cigarettes. I have no idea if electronic cigarettes would help him or not. I guess it all depends on how much they cost.

He was working outside today and when he took a break, he met someone new. A fox kit stopped by and watched him. He sat down and watched right back. He tried to get the kit to get close, but it didn’t. They sat that way and watched each other for several minutes. Long enough to really study him and note that its chest was slightly red and the rest of it was kind of gray. The smile on our friend’s face when he told us about it was really amazing.

How often do we get a chance to study real wild critters without an interruption?

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We need a new mattress.

The one that we are using right now has some serious trouble with it. It has a broken edge in the box spring, right on my husband’s side of the bed. We have a board under it, but the board sometimes moves when we toss and turn at night.

He has awakened on the floor sometimes, and that is a very rude awakening for him. Me, too, for he hollers when he lands. The mattress top is higher than usual to make it easier to get in and out since we both have arthritis and lots of aches and pains.

We will get back on this later.

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One of the things that has kept us so busy is a rally that is being planned for August of this year.

We have been trying to line up people to come and talk, shelter, time, food, and other things. We recently got the idea of shelter taken care of. We order and received a really big tent that can be assembled to be 24 feet by 20 feet. It came along with tie-downs, stakes and everything. I thought that we had received some industrial equipment by the weight of the carton that it came in.

Think of what the word MONOLITH brings to mind. We were happy that our maintenance supervisor here at the apartments put it on a truck cart to bring it to our apartment. Now we get to put it together. Whew - big.

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If you are married, do you remember what that day was like?

I do remember. There was no big ceremony, no wedding cake, no wedding napkins, or other stuff.

My husband and I got married in his grandfather’s room at the nursing home. One of the nurses stood in for my family, his grandfather stood up for him. It was pretty cool. His grandfather has passed away since then. I am glad that we could share that moment with him.

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Well, all that I can say is the light bulb in the living room finally gave up the ghost.

Of course the light in the bathroom had to go, too. The bathroom light fixtures that we have do not make it easy to replace any type of light bulb.

Of course that is especially true since we live in an apartment complex that is supposed to be for seniors and handicapped. You’d think that the designers would have thought about that from the first.

No one ever said that designers were logical though. Have you heard the expression - ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNED? Designed my foot. A woman’s size eleven foot might give some of those designers a better idea of what to do with some of the things that I’ve seen. Of course, that is another blog.

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Well, for the first time in 2 years, we actually have a spare tire that might live up to its name.

I spent the better part of the day running around, calling around, and finally finding a tire that was bought. I almost feel as if one of my nieces gave me some baby announcements. I know it might sound silly to get excited about such a thing as a spare tire, but when you haven’t had one for a while, it is exciting.

Too many times we have had to go 20 miles somewhere and went without having a spare, or even a jack. Well, spare it is and jack is in the back. Me happy.

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Right now, I am not being political. I like giving my opinions, though. Politics have enough time on the TV these days. I think that other things need some promotional products of their own.

Some of the commercials that can be seen on TV can actually be entertaining. There is one where a good looking guy is sitting backwards on a horse. I cannot remember the product though, because I am usually too busy looking at the guy and wondering how he can keep a straight face while riding backwards. Good actor I guess.

I still miss the chihuahua who was talking and selling stuff. Cute is good, anoying is not good.

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Yup, while running around this week, we actually had a chance to see family that we hadn’t seen in a while.

Our niece, came up to us in one of the stores that we visit, and we were able to check out how she is doing right now. She is now engaged to a nice young man who seems to be great. She might soon need to find a source of prenatal vitamins, but she says that she isn’t pregnant just yet. She had managed to lose weight, and was looking really good, and happy at the same time.

It was great just having a chance to talk to her without a crowd around. Usually we only see her when it is Christmas time, or Thanksgiving time. That family is still growing.

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