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I went to my grandparents graves with my mother and beautified it.
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Cleaning up after yesterday's hail storm.
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Groceries, gang, groceries.
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Went to the animal rescue center this afternoon. They no longer allow walk-ins because of the COVID but a friend let me visit. The missus doesn't want a dog and, truthfully, I'm still not sure I do, either. Sophie's absence still feels raw. I just wanted to wander among canines for a while. The usual breed predominate - pit bulls, shepherds, boxers, all with some mixing but some pure breds (or close to). Some chihuahuas and very small dogs. You're not gonna find shelties, corgies, or dashunds here. Not many puppies, kinda low on cats, too. My state is pretty good at animal control so they "import" dogs from the south to maintain adoptable populations, a good thing really. Left a donation and came home. Rainy, melancholy sort of day.
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Voted in local elections.
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Got three trash cans full of yard waste to go to recycle this morning.
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NHWestoN wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 8:19 pm Went to the animal rescue center this afternoon. They no longer allow walk-ins because of the COVID but a friend let me visit. The missus doesn't want a dog and, truthfully, I'm still not sure I do, either. Sophie's absence still feels raw. I just wanted to wander among canines for a while. The usual breed predominate - pit bulls, shepherds, boxers, all with some mixing but some pure breds (or close to). Some chihuahuas and very small dogs. You're not gonna find shelties, corgies, or dashunds here. Not many puppies, kinda low on cats, too. My state is pretty good at animal control so they "import" dogs from the south to maintain adoptable populations, a good thing really. Left a donation and came home. Rainy, melancholy sort of day.
I guess it'll take time before you yourself know the answer to that conundrum, I'm sure no one could replace Sophie but I can understand why people do eventually get another furry companion.
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Did you catch the Kentucky Derby yesterday, DDeer. Great race.

When I was a kid, a neighbor farmer had a horse he pastured not far from us. "Arthur" had been a plow horse in his time and then earned his keep at pulling contests during Fair season. He was a gentle giant, all the more gigantic because I was a bit small. I used to lead him under a tree with offers of crab apples. While he was snacking, I'd climb the tree, get out on a limb, and swing down onto his back. Then he'd obligingly amble around while I went into a child's reverie about ruling the world. Never stayed up too long - Farmer Green would not have been pleased and I really wanted to stay on his good side. I always marveled that something as huge as "Arthur" could be so gentle and tolerant. Good times in the Eisenhower administration...
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NHWestoN wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 6:27 pm Did you catch the Kentucky Derby yesterday, DDeer. Great race.

When I was a kid, a neighbor farmer had a horse he pastured not far from us. "Arthur" had been a plow horse in his time and then earned his keep at pulling contests during Fair season. He was a gentle giant, all the more gigantic because I was a bit small. I used to lead him under a tree with offers of crab apples. While he was snacking, I'd climb the tree, get out on a limb, and swing down onto his back. Then he'd obligingly amble around while I went into a child's reverie about ruling the world. Never stayed up too long - Farmer Green would not have been pleased and I really wanted to stay on his good side. I always marveled that something as huge as "Arthur" could be so gentle and tolerant. Good times in the Eisenhower administration...
Never watched any American horse racing, running on sand seems different to me, I occasionally watch the UK Grand National on TV. Just seen the Kentucky Derby on Youtube (the power of modern technology eh?) https://youtu.be/8DsQyMvPwtg an impressive win, threading the gaps must take some skill, I was even more impressed to hear the horse was such a longshot and not due to start the race, sounds an intriguing story in it's own right, always like an underdog. Your clandestine horse rides sound delightful, ashamed to say I've never ridden a horse (closest is a Donkey) we have loads round us in fields locally (can see one from my front window that must be very old in horse years) I think the neighbours would not like it if I tried to ride him (I'd be light enough mind :-) ).
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Helped a friend clean out his house. Gary's a good bloke but he's a hoarder, and his landlord is threatening to put him out if he doesn't get hygienic. I enlisted the aid of a lady from church whose a big help because (a) she knows how to clean house and (b) Gary anguishes over absolutely everything and he'll catch you up in his paralysis if you don't have reinforcements. Whew!
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Going to iron my clothes for tomorrow since I have to be somewhere.
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Jes'watchin' the butterflies.
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Invalidating a credit card since some lowlife tried to slip a charge of $500.00 past the security system and now it's compromised. Sigh. :evil: :x :(
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Went to go see my first Pride parade today with my mother and her friend. I thought that it was really awesome.
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Patched a small hole in my wall. I still need to do a second coat and sand it back and repaint it but it's looking pretty good.

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Taking Harper for her first visit to the pub.
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Recovering from buttock pain after working. Changing my shoes did work somewhat but I still had pain when I got home.
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Goin' down to Boston to send the girls home. They're both flying Delta so "the adventure continues".
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Just relaxing and enjoying my days off.
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Very little ... it's toooo dang hot out.
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Praying that my nearly 4 week battle with Sacroiliitis is almost over.
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Amazee Dayzee wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:45 pm Praying that my nearly 4 week battle with Sacroiliitis is almost over.
Let me add my support towards furthering your recovery....
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Continuing to try to take it easier. I had to miss a Six Flags trip because I was worried about it hurting. For now, I am living on lidocaine roll on and Motrin. I have an appointment with a physical therapist on the 5th. I hope they can help me.
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Hope your appointment went well, Amazz. Had to get the missus to the dentist today, busted a piece of a crowned tooth. At our ages and stages, your dental sins start to catch up with you and long-term fixes you never remembered suddenly become a crisis. Nothing's as strong as the tooth itself.
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I just went to see another doctor and they put me on a steroid called Methylprednisolone. I really hope this helps somehow.
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Me, too, Amazz. Going to Geek Squad at Best Buy - their phone system is an impenetrable rat warrent but face-to-face they do well by us.
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Hiding out at home from the heat and humidity.
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Trying to survive the heat wave we are now in.
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Braved going to the gym this afternoon and did a little shopping - it's still suffocating outside and, reportedly, is gonna stay that way until Monday. eeegh!
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Trying a little ice to see if my glute muscle knot will stop throbbing.
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Looking up to see how hard it is to get an MRI because I definitely need one. Almost 7 weeks of sciatic nerve pain. It ruined today when I went to my cousin's 18th birthday party. I'm this close to just amputating my foot with a rusty cleaver.
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Please don't amputate your foot, especially not with use anything rusty, you'd get a nasty and possibly lethal infection.
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I'll try to hold off on that. Its just so annoying.

Anyway now I am preparing to go to work and hoping my left buttock doesn't hurt a whole lot.
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Took the missus for a bit of whale-watching and a walk-around on the Isles of Shoals. Nice day ...
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Sounds good, saw a few Porpoises recently, first time I've ever seen them, seemed playful fellows.

Just found out it is international Dog day, Mrs Deer particularly pleased :-), here's to the curly tailed ones!
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Yeah, happy doggie day to all the bow-wows!
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Relaxing after work and hoping that this pain subsides enough for me to sleep.
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Jazz concert in the park. Need some sun and music at the end of August ....... too much drought!
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NHWestoN wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:59 pm Jazz concert in the park. Need some sun and music at the end of August ....... too much drought!
Don't mind the occasional bit of Django Reinhardt myself.

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