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Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "& I have locked myself out of the house. Looking inside the house, I have an excellent view of my husband's cellphone. Fortunately I (of course) have a book."That made me laugh! My husband is always asking me if I have my phone, and, yes, he's the one who always leaves his! (And I have never lost mine...)
We would have gone if we were told to, or if we thought we needed to, but we just kept wetting the house down and watching. Our exit road is away from the fire, so we were safe at all times. Our view has changed, though. It'll be interesting to see how quickly it comes back!
No key outside & sky starting to cloud over
Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "No key outside & sky starting to cloud over"Oh, no! Will he be back soon or do you have to burgle your way in??
Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "& I have locked myself out of the house. Looking inside the house, I have an excellent view of my husband's cellphone. Fortunately I (of course) have a book."Always have a book - doctor’s office, school pick -up line, locked out of the house....
Same here! I carry a book as my husband crawls through the shopping like an old snail. & I'm back in the house now. Luckily I only had to wait about 40 minutes.
No way to break into the house now as we have an alarm. All 3 of our immediate neighbours (+ a family at the other end of our short street)were burgled about 5 years ago & we decided install an alarm before it was our turn.
Carol ꧁꧂ wrote: "& I have locked myself out of the house. Looking inside the house, I have an excellent view of my husband's cellphone. Fortunately I (of course) have a book."Oh noes! How embarrassing! I hope you are now safely inside. This scenario is why our neighbor has a key to our house and we hold a key to theirs!
So, Susan in NC, your son just got married (I saw you drop that bombshell over in a Retro Reads thread).Have you recovered from the wedding yet?
Barb in Maryland wrote: "So, Susan in NC, your son just got married (I saw you drop that bombshell over in a Retro Reads thread).Have you recovered from the wedding yet?"
Wait, I thought it was Theresa's son, because I was trying to remember if this is Irish Theresa, because I thought she spelled it without an "h", so that I could ask if she'd seen the letters left by the Irish wildfires because it's been so dry over there. And that, my dears, is how you put together a classic run-on sentence.
Karlyne wrote: "Wait, I thought it was Theresa's son, because I was trying to remember if this is Irish Theresa, because I thought she spelled it without an "h", so that I could ask if she'd seen the letters left by the Irish wildfires because it's been so dry over there. And that, my dears, is how you put together a classic run-on sentence. "Bahahahaha!!!!
Well, My bad!! The heat has obviously obliterated my ability to read!Sorry, Susan, for giving you a scare!
Karlyne--LOL!!!
Other wise, nothing to see here, just move along...
I love this thread! We entertain ourselves so very, very well!
This is Irish Teresa (yes without the H). If my son told me he was getting married I'd ask him if he had got his wife to be in a lucky bag!!! He hardly ever goes out and says he's quite happy as he is. I'm never getting grand children sob!!
My son is the same, shy and reserved but just graduated college, no girlfriend currently and desperate for one - but currently concentrating on learning the family business, and making friends in the area after being away for college for four years. Married, eek! (I’m in no hurry for grandkids - this one is a great guy but young for his age and a worrier- I’d like him to have some fun before he settles down!)
Walked in Shenandoah today - it is so much cooler up there. No bears today, but a gorgeous buck did run after the car on the way up the mountains. Seeing a deer chasing you in your side mirror is a bit Jurassic Parkish.
Susan in NC wrote: "My son is the same, shy and reserved but just graduated college, no girlfriend currently and desperate for one - but currently concentrating on learning the family business, and making friends in t..."But, Susan, if he's not going to have fun after he's married, I think he'd better not ever get married! I always think we're so much fun that anyone who marries into our family is lucky (what their family thinks is possibly different)…..
So, Irish Teresa without the "h" (haha, I'll forever think of you like that!), have you seen the letters, mostly "EIRE", from WW2 which are now visible from the air because of the wildfires? Apparently, since Ireland was neutral during the war, they wrote them on the coastlines to remind everyone that there should be no bombing of their neutral country. Belfast, as a shipping powerhouse, and a part of the U.K. was a favorite German target and the Irish wanted no mistakes!
Karlyne wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "My son is the same, shy and reserved but just graduated college, no girlfriend currently and desperate for one - but currently concentrating on learning the family business, and..."He’s 22, sweet and funny and relatively housebroken if you have any unattached females lying about ( if you’re any indication, yours is EXACTLY the kind of fun family I’d want him to marry into!)
That’s a jumbled sentence for you, but hope it makes sense - he’d be mortified if he knew I was looking for girlfriends for him!
❇Critterbee wrote: "Walked in Shenandoah today - it is so much cooler up there. No bears today, but a gorgeous buck did run after the car on the way up the mountains. Seeing a deer chasing you in your side mirror is a..."I chased off (literally, throwing rocks, for Pete's sake) a couple of bucks, one of them huge, from our place a few weeks ago. And, then, I thought, uh, that was probably a bit stupid... They're fast, and they have pointy, sticky things that could make short work of a silly woman in flip-flops...
Susan in NC wrote: "My son is the same, shy and reserved but just graduated college, no girlfriend currently and desperate for one - but currently concentrating on learning the family business, and making friends in t..."Susan you and I could be sharing the same son!!!!! Except mine is just gone back to college as a mature student.
Karlyne wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "My son is the same, shy and reserved but just graduated college, no girlfriend currently and desperate for one - but currently concentrating on learning the family business, and..."Karlyne I haven't heard one word about it. Just asked my husband (who watches every blasted news channel on tv) and he hasn't heard anything either. There was a bomb dropped in the next county to mine and some people were killed if I remember rightly.
Teresa wrote: "Karlyne wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "My son is the same, shy and reserved but just graduated college, no girlfriend currently and desperate for one - but currently concentrating on learning the fami..."Rats! I wish I could remember where I saw it; there were pictures and a decent article, too!
Teresa, Karlyne re: Eire signsHere's link to the recent BBC story:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...
Karlyne wrote: "Thanks, Barb!"I quite enjoyed the story--fascinating stuff for the history nerd in me.
When my grandkids say they hate history, I always tell them, "Don't be confusing those horrid text books with real history!" Because the real stuff is fascinating!
Good answer Karlyne. I looked it up on the net and saw an article about it. I can't believe there wasn't more to do about it here. Interesting reading. We actually didn't see much about the fires either. Just heard they were fighting fires. They do kind of understate things over here.
Teresa wrote: "Good answer Karlyne. I looked it up on the net and saw an article about it. I can't believe there wasn't more to do about it here. Interesting reading. We actually didn't see much about the fires e..."We get a lot of noise about things that happen in the most populated areas, but not much rural news. Of course, other than fires there isn't much news! 😁
Tell me about it. The news yesterday said that the only place hotter than here today would be Death Valley!
We've had incredible weather here for the past two months which is unheard of. The last time it was this hot was back in 1976. I was a teenager and loving life. Happy days:-) :-)
Kirsten wrote: "Tell me about it. The news yesterday said that the only place hotter than here today would be Death Valley!"That's so encouraging! (Hahaha) Whereabouts are you? It's so hot and smokey in central Idaho, I might as well go into hibernation, because going outside is not on my list of possible things to do!
I am so sorry Karlyne, be safe! And for all our friends roasting in the heat, I’m so sorry. I’m in NC and we expect August to be muggy and nasty-hot, but if you’re not used to it, it can be rotten. Oh, our poor planet - I don’t care whose fault it is, this is not normal!
Well, ours is a dry heat (😄), but with the hottest days of the year today and tomorrow, a mere 14% humidity just encourages the fires and is hard to appreciate! On a happy note, the heat is supposed to break Saturday, so if we can survive until then...
Crossing fingers for you on the heat breaking soon!
Karlyne wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Tell me about it. The news yesterday said that the only place hotter than here today would be Death Valley!"That's so encouraging! (Hahaha) Whereabouts are you? It's so hot and sm..."
Gosh you're really having it tough. I couldn't cope with the heat ye have. I've been barely getting by with what we have. I'm in Co. Waterford in South East Ireland. We're always called the sunny south east and for once we're living up to the name. It's broken a bit of late. Getting some rain at night and not quite as hot thankfully. Only thing is once it starts raining here it'll forget to stop. We're never happy :-)
I love our four season climate, except that the last few years have been smoke-filled from not only our own fires, but the ones in California, Washington, and Oregon. Ordinarily, the nights cool off beautifully, so the days aren't too bad. But with the smoke cover keeping the heat in and not being able to open the windows, it's just miserable! I am seriously thanking the good Lord for electricity and air conditioning, though!
Teresa wrote: "Karlyne wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Tell me about it. The news yesterday said that the only place hotter than here today would be Death Valley!"That's so encouraging! (Hahaha) Whereabouts are you? It..."
Just the thought of rain makes me grin!
Agree, Susan in NC! Can everyone just agree that it is happening, and start thinking about how to minimize the damage it is causing. There has already been way too much rain this year around here, flooding everywhere, high winds that knock out power for days, tremendous daily temperature fluctuations.
❇Critterbee wrote: "Agree, Susan in NC! Can everyone just agree that it is happening, and start thinking about how to minimize the damage it is causing. There has already been way too much rain this year around here,..."
I know you’re up in Va. and you guys have been hit hard with the rain lately; fires, floods, droughts - none of it is going away, and I think we all need to be realistic and plan on how to deal with it.
We have quite strict rules here about recycling. I try and buy as little plastic packed items as possible now. We have very little food wastage and the dogs finish off anything that is left. We've been growing our own food for the last few years but I didn't do it this year. It was raining for about nine months and the ground was too wet. Then my mother was ill for weeks and I didn't have time and after she died my heart just wasn't in it. My garden is in an awful state. Every small bit helps and if we all do our own bit it's a start. But yes, things are dire.
Karlyne wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Tell me about it. The news yesterday said that the only place hotter than here today would be Death Valley!"That's so encouraging! (Hahaha) Whereabouts are you? It's so hot and sm..."
I live in Kennewick - one of the Tri-Cities - in eastern Washington State. The smoke is getting to us too. We're in a little bowl so bad air gets trapped here.
We're staying inside. The fire is actually over a 100 miles away -- the wind just brings it here.
We went to Tri-cities often when we used to live in NE Oregon, but not recently. And I do remember the heat! We just hit 102, so no slouches here, either.
Teresa wrote: "We have quite strict rules here about recycling. I try and buy as little plastic packed items as possible now. We have very little food wastage and the dogs finish off anything that is left. We've ..."Yes, Teresa with no h, every little bit helps.
Susan in NC wrote: "I know you’re up in Va. and you guys have been hit hard with the rain lately; fires, floods, droughts - none of it is going away, and I think we all need to be realistic and plan on how to deal with it."
Yes! I did not even mention the mountains burning in 2016, although I think that was human-caused.
Kirsten wrote: "We're staying inside. The fire is actually over a 100 miles away -- the wind just brings it here."
Wow! "Over 100 miles away" seems way too close for comfort. Please be careful, Kirsten!
I've just now been trying to catch up on all the stuff I've missed recently on GR. And oh, sweet boogers! You ladies make me laugh!! Did you ever figure out whose son was getting married??!?
Jane wrote: "I've just now been trying to catch up on all the stuff I've missed recently on GR. And oh, sweet boogers! You ladies make me laugh!! Did you ever figure out whose son was getting married??!?"For the record, not me - def no sons here! haha!
Jane wrote: "I've just now been trying to catch up on all the stuff I've missed recently on GR. And oh, sweet boogers! You ladies make me laugh!! Did you ever figure out whose son was getting married??!?"Theresa's with an "h"! I'm not sure if she's on this thread or not. She must not have read it, though, or I'm sure she'd be letting us know!
Yes, definitely not Teresa from Ireland or me, we determined that much; our sons are both shy homebodies (and single). I think I saw it on the Retro Reads group, but I’m not sure, I didn’t do that read but followed the conversations.
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Carol - no hidden key under a flower pot? I hope the weather is nice and that you get back inside soon!