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Thanks B. Sorry to hear you had a rough day.

If you ban the balloons what will you do with all the hot air?

Ham 'n wax beans here.

You're welcome Caz. One other tidbit I heard many years ago. It was advice for young women concerning the men they were dating. It went something like this ... if you want to know how he will treat you if you marry, look at how he treats his mother. The implication being a young man who treats his mother with courtesy, love and respect will treat his wife in the same manner. Of course the opposite would also hold true. Folks sometimes look at mum and me with surprise as most often we're teasing one another and they're just not sure. By the same token, I hold the door for her, push in her chair, open and close her cardoor and offer an arm in support if the ground is treacherous. I was taught this at a young age. As soon as I was old enough I was expected to be first to the door when we went out as a family. I opened and held the door for everyone, that meant my mother, father, sister, grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles, cousins too, though the older boys usually beat me to the task. If as sometimes happened there was a second door my father opened and held it until I, the last in line had entered. It was meant as courtesy not sexist as some have suggested. Quite obviously, my father and grandfathers being adult males could manhandle a door far more easily than my scrawny seven-yearold self and on occasion lent a hand opening a particularly irksome one though the holding duty remained mine. I still strive to be first to the door some of mum's friends are still learning. Many are single or widowed and grown accustomed to fending for themselves. Mum will put a hand on their arm and stand quietly by the door, occasionally she'll say "wait" until I get there. I was also taught that the man goes first only if the restaurant or other establishment is busy so he can clear a path in all other instances the woman goes first. I could go on but your eyes are beginning to glaze over ...

G'day y'all. Made a bit more progress in the garden this morning. Then it became too hot. Now the pup and I are relaxing in the shade enjoying the breeze.

Uhm, I'm pretty certain that my heel spurs will be acting up and my doctor says that I need to be excused that day. The good news though is that I heard from reliable sources that both North Korea and Russia have offered to send a couple of their missile launchers to help beef up the military gravitas of the occasion.

I do that sort of thing, of course I'm not what one might consider a young man. But then my son was taught manners too and a grandson if I has one be as well. It may not be common practice but there still those youngsters who maintain social skills and graces and on a first date would behave particularly well.

I made the sandwich. I'll get to work on your order ... eventually.

It was.

Severe t-storm warning in effect until 7:45. Nasty storms with 60mph winds and 3/4 inch hail coming in from the west.

I had a grilled Santa Fe barbequed turkey and Swiss cheese sandwich on black Russian bread and fresh corn on the cob.

The two of you are growing more comfortable in one another and the love you have is growing, maturing. Yes tim has changed but so too have you. Being that Dom as you say is now your job. No one wants to live their job 24/7/365 it's too hard. Home and tim are where you go to be relaxed and comfortable in yourselves. Those that try to belittle your relationship as not conforming to the rules are likely those who have no better way of defining themselves than through strict adherence to what truly are arbitary guidelines. If what you have works and makes you both happy, wonderful, live long and prosper. Oh, and don't dress like @Carlos Hazday. He doesn't know how bikers should dress.

It's my primary flower garden though there are a few others. The purple coneflowers have been blooming. The first of three varieties of red daylilies have just begun flowering. A lavendar variety has been in bloom since last week. The one that may be my favorite a double-flowered golden yellow one will begin flowering in the next day or two. There is also a white summer phlox that blooms later. Then in late September-October the Montauk daisy will flower. In the past I've added annuals like geraniums for summer long color. This year I just did up a large pot with white fan flowers and another with bright yellow coreopsis for season long flowers. I also have the benefit of the orange native daylilies and ornamental grasses that grow along the back of my neighbor's garage. They provide a backdrop to my garden.

I set mine at 75 during the day. Feels good when we come in from being outdoors. At night I turn it down to 70 for sleeping. I rest better. If we're having really hot weather in the 90's I'll bump it up to 78 during the day. Being 10-15° cooler inside compared to outside is pretty comfortable. It also means that come August when I'm dressed in garb for faire it isn't as difficult for me to adjust.

Let me guess. Hubby likes the extra chill in the bedroom.

Great . Gary brought in some guy to blow the whistle on all the fun and frivolity. No more talk about double extenders ... At least he's cute, cute h*]] he's downright hot. No wonder Gary's got the ac running hard.

Wow. I didn't realize how cold you had to keep the inside of the igloo ...

The temp has hit 87/30° but feels like 90/32°. Add to that the bright sunshine and it is one hot summers day. I spent about an 1.5 hours working on the garden project before calling it quits for the day. I'm lifting the flagstones in the lower garden, weeding, laying weed barrier then resetting the pavers. When I originally laid the flagstones 10 years ago I only put weed barrier under the stones in the seating area hoping to have small plants like creeping thyme fill in the cracks. In theory a lovely idea, in reality, not so much. Violets, dandelions, crabgrass quickly took over requiring endless weeding. So I'm reworking the entire thing with a focus on enlarging the seating area and having two main flowers beds that wrap around the paved area. The tricky bits are done what remains is fairly straight forward clear away the last few pavers, pull the remaining weeds, relevel the soil, lay the weed barrier and relay the flagstones. My plan is took work on the project in the next few early mornings. It should be lovely when it's finished. Mum enjoys sitting in that garden soaking up the warm sunshine on cool autumn mornings. She'll be pleasantly surprised when she returns in September.

I'm doing okay thank you. I saw from an earlier response that you're well. I'm just back from a local farmers market and preparing to venture out into the heat and sunshine for a bit to do some work on one of my garden projects.

Oh no! That means the hottie's in the wrong bed ... well, maybe I should rephrase that since obviously you're in the bed there is a hottie in your bed. What I meant was the other hottie apparently got lost on his way there.

G'day y'all. Another early start. Sun is due to rise in just over 30 minutes.

Uhm ... I'm glad you made progress with the story but ... dagnabbit a little uncommonsense bro.

You saying this guy repells skeeters ...

I was wondering that too. I'm hoping he would tell us if there had been any change in Marc's condition.