Early morning stop in! It's great that Friday - fun day is around the corner. Looking forward to the weekend off. No plans yet - but I'm sure that will change.
Beautiful morning - and supposed to warm up nice and hot again. It is windy though already - typical August winds for us.
I was lucky enough to get another set of code to buy Taylor Swift Tickets yet! One major bank that is " sponsoring" the tour - has a set number of tickets for each show. I was luck enough to get a code - again!!! This time, since I'm at my full time job where I have flexibility - I will be trying to get tickets. So fingers crossed. Now just watch - she will announce tickets in Vancouver. I have a bet with dd about her announcing dates for there.
Dinner last night at my fil's was good. It was nice to see the Aunt and Uncle who made a detour to our neck of the woods. They were actually supposed to be in the north for a reunion - as they lived there for 40+ years. But because of the fires - the reunion was cancelled - and they left early and stopped here on the way back to their home.
Fire update - fire was expected to hit the town by late last night. Crews were trying to set up water sprinklers breaks, planes laying down retardant breaks, and heavy equipment was making tree line breaks. If residents had left out sprinklers and hoses - they had a crew that would go turn them on and set them up for residents homes. No word yet about what happened over night.
That is a view!!!!!!!!
It's great you can do the implants! I have one friend who had a few done -and she loves the results! Good luck with it.
That is CRAZY!!!! That the fires have lasted that long
I know it wasn't the news you were hoping for. Our areas are so vast with very few people or even roads. Even where we live is considered " remote". When we go to the city where dd lives - we drive through 5 communities - 3 of which are close to the city where the kids live. It is an hours drive between communities with nothing but trees and nature lol.
Enjoy your lunchtime walk.
Well, I should get some papers sorted before I need to get into the waiting room for tickets.
Have a great day everyone!
Hopefully the fires will be out soon, it is hard to imagine such devastation these fires cause.
Thanks and thanks.....yes we have some gorgeous scenery around here and yes, I`ve heard good tales from folks who have had implants done.
crucible steel is long gone, that sector of the industry dying here in the ‘80’s nearly finished the town. they still have a coke works going, the highest polluter in the county. interesting that specialty steel managed to hang on and flourish throughout our area To this day.
Horrendous conditions in the main part of town there, Clair ton Heights, a mile west, might as well be a world away. Funny how that goes sometimes.
They are still known for their high school football team that has captured state championships for ages. Really tough kids there, they knew football was a way out of poverty and violence via sports scholarships. Oldest DS moonlighted as their defensive coordinator for a long time there after he graduated from college Until he build his rep & started getting hired as a head coach.
PS congrats on passing the test! let the merriment begin
. this time next year, all will be well for you!
Awful, i got a such a weird vibe from that area when youngest DS looked at Drexel’s business school. It just didn’t have the vibe of a college campus, even an urban one, to me. Seemed dicey even in the daylight TBH.
For a private school, they offered a very tempting package, would’ve been less than he paid in the end at a state school lol. Well, except for the transport costs as SWA pulled the route to PIT That year, final straw for him.
It`s an incredible story with that area, and to still have the pollution there is quite something today. i`m sure your son saw some very talented young players there too.
It`s funny how an area gives off a bad vibe during the day, yes, we`d have avoided that one like the plague too.
Thanks....I was quite distracted by the "Doctor" that gave me the scan, he looked very glamorous in a 1980`s Euro pop star way......lol...nice man though.
Pumpkin, I 'm so sorry to hear of your forest fires and evacuations. I know the fires are just burning away without stopping in Canada. It must be really scary! We only get the smoke here in N. Mn. It occurs every year here, but this time it's been all year with the smoke. Our thoughts are with you guys.
I can understand you cancelling your trip to Nashville. I don't like to be around "drunks" who can't hold their liquor either. That would not be fun, IMO. Hope you can reschedule it sometime soon. And I hope that the fires get put out so all can return to normal.
ruth
I detest loud drunks too, moderately happy I can deal with. I never understand why when folks get drunk they seem to curse more and far louder than usual, but then I guess they may be proud of cursing like a sailor. Yep most folks think it`s just obnoxious and can`t blame folks for not wanting to be around them.
Are you still getting smoke too Ruth?
I'm the proud owner of Taylor Swift Tickets!!!!!!
Congratulations!!!
I`ve only ever heard her shows are amazing......
Hello everyone. Not much to report here. My day started off on a sad note. I found out that the daughter of one of the teachers from B’s elementary school lost her 10 year battle with cancer on Tuesday. She was only 19. I didn’t really know the family, but I still found myself tearing up as I read the announcement.
How scary. Hope they are able to stay safe.
Sorry you have to cancel, but understand the reason. Maybe the 2 of you can plan something else together.
Thank you.
I’m envious. I am ready for Fall.
When do you leave?
I think it’s over pronation. I’m taking her to a specialty shoe store where they have fit experts. I bout her some running shoes there years ago when she was in the Girls on the Run program.
So much better than my first job - fast food. This week has been particularly busy. Classes start on Monday.
I would love to have one of their trees, but the one I really want is priced way out of my budget.
Great picture.
Hope you are able to get tickets this time.
30 minutes left then I can go home.
How incredibly sad for her family and all who knew and loved her.
If you ever do get a Balsam Hill tree, I think you`d be delighted with them, the quality is splendid and you can feel the value in them, but yes, they are expensive.
It`s so lovely right now, warm but not too hot throughout the day, but from around 6pm, the cool does drift in, but the trees changing are the most obvious signs.
Have you ever tried to explain to someone whose kid has bad allergies that they shouldn`t be hanging washing out on the line if their allergies are so bad it causes asthma in them???? I do wonder sometimes why folks don`t get the simple facts......
Been a lovely little evening, fish and chips were splendid, and Kyle loved them which was nice too.
Just sat tonight not doing much, chatting and having a good old giggle, showed Kyle the pictures my friends granddaughter were looking at a couple of weeks ago, he hadn`t seen them for a long time......his dad holding him as a baby minutes after he was born and in the first days, precious pictures. I`m in the odd one too.....lol
No idea what we`re doing tomorrow.......will see what the weather is like first I think. Lamps around the house were on tonight around 8.10pm....getting dark much earlier.
Need to get my hair appointment sorted for next week, hope my stylist is back off from being sick and some waxing appointments needed too, the latter is never fun, but bearable.
Not long till bedtime...early night I think
It makes me sad! I was hoping that we would have a fall like last year. No such luck this year. And like @schumigirl I have noticed our evenings are starting to shorten faster now.
We are back to the drawing board. We have a few ideas - and we are both needing some get away time. So hopefully we will plan for something soon.
That word.....I HATE that word. It's a swear word here lol
wow....just wow. 
