Sandy's Daily Updates

Monday, July 5, 2022 Rain on and off No rain here yet 94 degrees 4:09 p.m.

We have a slight breeze and mostly cloudy at the moment. It has been sunny and very humid. The humidity has hung around and I believe will be here most of the week. It is summer and even though I am not a big fan of the heavy humidity I will stay indoors and not complain. At least today.

I hope you had a great, safe, healthy, and fun 4th of July. We did. Saturday Tammy and Dottie came over and we did painting. Boy, are we good! We like this lady that comes on U-Tube and shows everyone how to paint. She also discusses her funny hair and make-up, her hubby, and most anything else that comes to her mind. I have to say she teaches well. My learning skills are a bit shabby in that department but I learn a little and enjoy the whole experience. You can check the paintings out on Facebook.

Sunday we didn’t do much. Church and Tina went to work and I stayed home. We watched TV and that was about it. Monday, the 4th, After coffee and breakfast, we got ready to go to Jerry’s for a BBQ. Tina made macaroni salad, I got my canned baked beans out and ready to take. (They were a new brand so I didn’t open the can and let them decide if they were brave enough to try them. they were Sassy Baked Beans with a lot of Pepsi ingredients and maple syrup and brown sugar. Surprisingly, they were good. I bought them at Kroger’s. I will get more if they still have them.)

Once we got there, Tammy turned on Bryan Bam Bam Barberena’s the fight from Saturday night that she had recorded. Since we hadn’t seen it, it was a nail biter. I hate seeing him get clobbered and his opponent was doing a good job. Bryan was doing his share of clobbering also. Both received a few cuts and bruises, an I think Bryan received a bloody nose. Anyhow, Bryan won the fight in the 2nd round by a TKO. This was the main event so on Pay Per View. A good fight by everyone’s standards. I was very thankful that neither one was seriously hurt and that Bryan won the fight.

We had BBQ-ed hamburgers, hot dogs, macaroni salad, roasted ears of corn, and banana splits. All so yummy. By the time we left I was stuffed and was sure i wouldn’t eat for a month!

We didn’t hear any of the fireworks last night, but then I was in bed and asleep by 9:00 p.m. so that might of helped. From our “Neighborhood E-mail group” no one in our neighborhood had anything to say about the fireworks keeping them awake. I know other areas of Oak Ridge did. I guess we live in the right neighborhood.

Quote of the day: MEDICAL DEFINITIONS FROM THE HOME FOR THE BEWILDERED! Artery: The study of painting. Bacteria: Back door of a cafeteria. CAT scan: Search for kitty.

Have a great rest of your day. Make it a industrious, energetic, positive, and fun day.

Blerssings

Friday, July 1, 2022 Mostly Cloudy Humid Still 93 Degrees 5:39 p.m.

The picture above is of my Gardner Family, in part. Uncle Guy, My dad, Bill, Uncle Fred and my Aunt Mary. This is taken in Iowa several years ago. They have all passed on and are truly missed. Guy was the oldest of the six children and Mary was the youngest of the six children. Uncle Forest and Uncle Bob are the two missing in this picture.

The crowds are out and all over the place here. Kroger’s is packed with people buying things for the weekend. The stockers are stocking ads fast as they can and the shoppers are emptying the shelves as fast as they can. Carts filled with all types of drinks, chips, hot dogs, buns, bread, mayonnaise, miracle Whip, mustard, ketchup, kool-aid and who knows what else. then the highways and byways are crowded with people heading out of town for the long weekend. We were glad to get what we needed and get home, out of the crowd and heat.

We hope that you have a wonderful, safe, healthy, friendly, and fun weekend, whatever you do and where ever you go. Tomorrow we will be rooting for Bryan “BAM-BAM” Barberena to win his UFC fight in Las Vegas, He and his opponent are the main card so if one isn’t there in person they will have to watch the fight on pay per view. I don’t mind not watching as fighting isn’t my cup of tea. But I wish him all the luck and, of course, hope he wins and that neither of them get seriously hurt.

Have a great 4th of July!

Blessings

Thursday, June 30, 2022 Mostly sunny Slight breeze 92 Degrees 4:52 p.m.

A beautiful, humid, hot last day of June. All are preparing for a long weekend. Grills are being readied for the hamburgers and hot dogs, last minute shoppers filling the supermarkets looking for the perfect food to complete their holiday menu. Highways and Byways are busy with cars and trailers and trucks pulling boats and camping trailers. The beaches are filling up and the hotels and motels are ready to welcome their guests. The airports are bustling with travelers flying to far destinations like Las Vegas or Miami, New York or Paris. National parks are waiting for the summer campers and praying that all goes smoothly. Fire danger is high again this year.

We are not among the crowds going to far off places. We will be doing a bit of grocery shopping and a bit of preparing for Tammy, Dottie, Tina and I to do some artistic painting on Saturday. Just letting the Rembrandt that we keep hidden escape for the afternoon. Sunday is church on the television and then again on line. The afternoon is probably just staying in and keeping cool. The 4th of July I am not sure about as yet. But I do have a patriotic top to wear and the flag is out waving in the breeze.

Quote of the day: Look not for beauty, nor hew of skin, but look for the heart that lays within; Beauty may fade and the skin grow old, but a heart that is true will never grow cold.

Have a wonderful, cool, safe, healthy and fun rest of your Thursday. If you are among those hitting the highways and byways, be safe and have a wonderful 4th of July. Appreciate the reason for this holiday.

Blessings

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Sunset Calm 86 Degrees 8:49 p.m.

It has been another full day. I am not sure what all I accomplished but I have been busy all day. I managed to get two stories written and that took most of my day. Also had to work on getting pictures that I wanted to use onto my stories but that didn’t work. the pictures are on the computer but I can’t seem to get to them. They are behind some sort of security thing and I can’t find the correct password that I need. It is not the one I assigned to it. GRRRRRRRRR!

Pamela came over this evening and helped me with a couple things I wanted to accomplish. We didn’t play games tonight as she is leaving for the long weekend. No games until next week. She is a good player and we do have fun. Scatagories is a challenge for both of us. Some letters go well with the questions and some defiantly do not. We do have fun.

Quote of the day: How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver

Have a great rest of your day. Make it pleasant and prosperous, positive and pretty and, of course, fun.

Blessings