day after day

This week has been a very unexciting one once my daughter's a/c was fixed. It has been hot and muggy and trips out to her house for doggie duty haven't been much fun.

My daughter's non-profit has been working hard organizing the huge annual fund raiser. Last year's in-person one was canceled and the virtual one did not do as well . So expectations for this year's are even higher than usual.

With all that and the  meetings going on, Scout has had to stay home. She isn't old enough to wait 8 hours for a potty beak. Harper can. We have been going out daily so the dogs can go out and have people time each afternoon!

They are so excited to hear us pull into the driveway and after a run down the deck stairs to pee they are all over us with doggie kisses !!

Wrote this yesterday but didn't post it... our life has been so boring ! Today we actually went for a walk. We are planning a trip to San Diego in the fall if our daughter's convention plans hold. We will sight see during the day while she is attending the convention and we will all spend the evenings trying out restaurants etc.   BUT we haven't been very active or doing much walking this summer so we had better get into shape!!

Looking better

 Things are looking better at our daughter's... a/c "working" with careful handling. A new blower is on order. The second repair company was much more competent  and the part price quoted was a lot less. Guess which one she's picking?? 

Luckily fall temps are around the corner ... a/c not nearly as needed ...

Descending day!!

 Yesterday started out on a nice high note.... weather was gorgeous.... blue skies, light wind and temps in the 70's.

We were due out to the Green Dirt Farm  in Weston, MO for a wine and cheese tasting. Green Dirt Farm raises its own sheep and turns the milk ( plus cows milk for some types of cheese) into wonderful cheeses.  Weston is about an hour northwest of Blue Springs.

A large table ( with named place settings) awaited everyone. We had been checked in for vaccinations or negative tests. The building was open and seats were far enough apart so mask wearing wasn't necessary.

We tasted and munched - 5 cheeses and five paired wines - with dried fruits, nuts, olives, crackers, breads  and jam!!

BUT...when we were heading home,  texts began arriving from our daughter. She had planned on going with us but a sick dog and sick air conditioner put a stop to that. The texts were about the repairman and the air conditioner. Plus he had let the dog out and she had taken off ( Luckily neighbors helped rope her back in!) Harper was headed for the woods and loads of poison ivy!

The repairman left but his repair job didn't seem to be working... the house was still hot. Too hot to sleep in!!

Her texts to the repair company were treated not so nicely.

Luckily the temps started dropping and with windows open and fan on... the house became livable .. but something still not "right"....

masks ... security...

 Bob and I went to Target today to pick up my prescriptions from the pharmacy...I wore my mask ! Was greeted at the door by two uniformed security guards with a table of masks and hand sanitizer. Guess no one was going inside without the county government required masks...

First time I've seen that... not even last winter before vaccines and everything was pretty much closed down.

arguments

 My son-in-law was shopping at our local Wal-Mart when he noticed two men arguing. One was wearing a mask ( required by our county government) , the other was not. My son-in-law did not hear what the argument was about but thought it probably was about having to wear masks. He decided to stick around just in case....

Then the unmasked man pulled out a gun. Concealed carry is not illegal in Missouri... but my son-in-law decided it was time to leave.  He did not hear any gun shots, so hopefully the argument was settled without them!!

Made my son-in-law very nervous...

versatile...

 My younger daughter teaches gifted elementary students... it's s pull-out program. Each day students come to her classroom from three different elementary schools. One day for each grade level.

Her program doesn't actually start till next Tuesday... giving the regular classroom teachers these last days a chance to get their classrooms organized and running.

So her building has been taking advantage of her not having students... yet. She has been called upon to escort kids to the bathroom... to the nurse... to waiting rides home whether it be parents or bus .. and so on!

Last week she monitored 2 little boys in ISS ( in school suspension)... they had gotten into a fist fight!

Yesterday the school art teacher was absent... so she taught art to kindergartners to 5th graders. Tomorrow she will teach 2nd grade. She's never taught art or 2nd grade!! Luckily the 2nd grade has a student teacher who knows what's planned and my daughter will just be in charge of classroom management!!

If she didn't have meetings on Thursday she'd be teaching art again...

My daughter calls on her way home from school... interesting to hear her daily update!!

nice afternoon

My elder daughter ... the non-profit person... was feeling the result of a stressful week. Too much of which was covid's fault. Her non-profit is having to decide what to do about the October fund raising event. The event provides much of the non-profit's annual funding and the chance for interested people to reconnect.

The board is deciding whether or not to cancel.

So my daughter spent some time recuperating... and so we did not see her until yesterday when she finally felt up to snuff.

No work was planned and the weather was a little cooler. The deck was the "place to be"... she made a light dinner and we enjoyed sitting, eating and having a frozen daquerie  on the deck. Scout and Harper enjoyed having all of us there too!

Harper acted like the hunter for quite some time... trying to capture a skink that lives in a hole next to the rose bush!! I think the skink would try to nip her nose because she would rear up from putting her nose in the hole every so often!!  Don't know what she'd do if she were successful!!

well... that was yesterday, Our daughter is back to work ( lots of meetings) and we will be going out to give the dogs an afternoon potty break. However it poured this morning with wind and thunder. The dogs will gave to do a pee and run back in ! We will visit with them a bit when they go back inside!