{"id":10267,"date":"2014-05-22T06:57:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T12:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=10267"},"modified":"2014-05-22T06:57:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T12:57:55","slug":"thursday-morning-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/thursday-morning-6\/","title":{"rendered":"thursday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

last night i overdid it a little with the yard work, and we went to be before 10!\u00a0 this morning i got up a little after six, so clearly i’m turning into an old lady who gets up at the crack of dawn.<\/p>\n

well, i’m not entirely sure what time the sun rises, so i guess it’s not that drastic.\u00a0 yet.<\/p>\n

i spent a lot of time power-washing the deck, even though i’d already power washed it a couple of weeks ago. it was more tiring than i’d thought it’d be, and i’d like to go out and finish the job right now except it’s a little too chilly for that this morning, plus i need to spray bleach cleaner on the spots that wouldn’t come up, and i have to give a massage later and i don’t think it would be a particularly soothing experience for my client if my hands smell like bleach.<\/p>\n

last fall we planted about a million tulip and daffodil and a few hyacinth bulbs, and they finally burst open on may 2nd.<\/p>\n

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by the next day, may 3rd, they were really open a lot.\u00a0 i think they lasted longer than tulips usually last because it was so cool.\u00a0 they were so gorgeous, but the area still looks good now even though they’re all gone, because i have a lot of other flowers and plants out there.<\/p>\n

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les, in his latest new harness.\u00a0 amy had bought this one for gizmo, but dad never wanted to use it.\u00a0 les is very happy with it, except it’s a little large for him and yesterday he squeezed in between the slats of a chair and managed to get the whole thing around his waist.\u00a0 he wasn’t very happy with me when i had to re-adjust it, and les is always the most accommodating of cats, so it must have been uncomfortable for the poor little guy.<\/p>\n

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chester, ever elegant even though it looks a little like a junk yard back there.<\/p>\n

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winnie in his red collar – i got it at wal-mart and it stretched out and i bought him a newer, better one but haven’t felt like dealing with his wrath when i have to change the collars.<\/p>\n

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chester especially enjoys lounging on the watercraft.\u00a0 i took a picture of him when he bravely climbed on the pontoon boat, but it didn’t turn out cause he’s so black.<\/p>\n

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we babysat amy and jim’s animals one afternoon, and ellie was sitting in her cage meowing very sadly, so i let her out and she was very happy to lounge on the screened porch.<\/p>\n

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numie, the ultimate downward dog.<\/p>\n

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i dashed through the flower department on one of my many trips to wal-mart and i’m always like I WILL NOT BUY ANY MORE FLOWERS, and then this happens.<\/p>\n

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they only had two of these beautiful dahlias, so i bought them both.<\/p>\n

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i have to go there today to get some 7-up, and amy just bought a bunch of flowers and so many of them are on sale now and i kinda wanna go look, but on the other hand all my pots are filled and i really don’t know where i’d put any more plants…i guess we’ll see how that goes.<\/p>\n

she wasn’t going to buy many flowers, but jim suggested she get some, and so she bought tons of them, i wish i had a picture of all of them lined up in her driveway before she planted them.<\/p>\n

jim thought it was a great idea because dad would have done that.<\/p>\n

we all miss him so much, but planting lots of pretty flowers is a nice way of remembering him.<\/p>\n

and finally, we launched the boat.\u00a0 we got a new (used) motor so it goes faster and is less loud.\u00a0 i told kevin that he should take it on its inaugural voyage, because i knew he was really excited about the potential for it to go faster.\u00a0 kevin is a speed demon.<\/p>\n

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and off he went…the only problem with this scenario is that i had to\u00a0 drive the van up off the ramp and i always have this phobia that when i let off the emergency brake, the van will roll back and plunge down into the water.<\/p>\n

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this time i was so nervous about it that i accidentally popped the hood of the van, but then managed to safely get the van up the ramp and home to safety.<\/p>\n

this is a testament to just how covered in crap our counters mostly are.\u00a0 i try so hard to keep them clean, but then this happens.<\/p>\n

luckily, chester doesn’t care how high the pile is.<\/p>\n

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i looked at this picture and thought, i don’t remember this picture of winnie, but of course it’s not him, it’s randy’s kitty rupee.\u00a0 it’s funny that rupee is always so loving and affectionate with randy, but i never even see her when i’m at his house because she’s much, much too terrified to stick around at all.<\/p>\n

but she’s a cat, and they’re all different.\u00a0 they can’t all be as crazy-outgoing and affectionate with everybody like lester.<\/p>\n

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mom and i got our pictures taken at la fiesta, but i don’t even wanna put my photo up here.\u00a0 but i have decided that i should get one of these cardboard cutouts and just carry it in front of me all the time.\u00a0 it’d be much easier than dieting.<\/p>\n

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goslings.\u00a0 so cute.<\/p>\n

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and that’s about it for this lovely thursday morning.<\/p>\n

ok then,<\/p>\n

mrs. hughes in may.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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