{"id":17067,"date":"2019-08-11T10:34:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=17067"},"modified":"2019-08-11T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T15:35:04","slug":"august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"August&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>and HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, KEVIN!!!<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of course we celebrated, but i didn&#8217;t wish him a happy birthday here.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It feels like this summer has gone by quicker than i ever remember.  but then again, my memory is pretty poor at the best of times, so maybe last year also flew by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully the ridiculously hot heat has already happened in july, and maybe August will be pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We finally found the restaurant Motorheads:  <a href=\"https:\/\/66motorheads.com\/\">https:\/\/66motorheads.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been open for 14 months, the waitress told us, and it&#8217;s pretty close to us, but we&#8217;d dragged our feet in getting there.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>we&#8217;re glad we found it &#8211; the food is good, there&#8217;s some decent outdoor seating, and the huge amount of stuff in the place is a wonder to behold.  there are all kinds of cars and car parts and car-related stuff, plus so many old Springfield things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>out back was this awesome sign, a restaurant i remember fondly from so many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j27.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j27.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j27-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next door they have a &#8220;museum,&#8221; filled with even more stuff, and there was a big hand-drawn poster from 1970.  i don&#8217;t know why i didn&#8217;t take a shot of the whole thing, but here&#8217;s the part about the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j28.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j28.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j28-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>hmm, i see that it says that we have the &#8220;nation&#8217;s most up-to-date water purification plant.&#8221;  i wonder if this could be true &#8211; just yesterday i was watering the flowers on the dock and had to use a bucket because my watering can had broken.  when i pulled the bucket up from the water i could see that the water was a very icky yellow-brown color.  yuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside Motorheads was a menu from Top&#8217;s Big Boy, which i have good memories of.  There&#8217;s also the big Tops sign on the wall, and the Big Boy himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>we&#8217;ve been to the place about six times now in about three weeks, and would have gone again Friday night but the place was too packed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, back in kitty land&#8230;Les and Riley have taken to sleeping on targets.  because they&#8217;re so comfy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j29.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j29.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j29-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j30.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j30-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweetie doesn&#8217;t spend much time with us in the living room, but i&#8217;m sure that&#8217;ll change when the weather gets colder and she gets more used to us.  right now she spends at least 85% of her time out in the fenced yard, and also a lot of time sleeping on the screened porch.  she still hisses and swipes at Riley sometimes, but the other day all three were happily asleep on the porch.  soon they&#8217;ll be the best of friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i went to see &#8220;hairspray&#8221; at the Legacy Theatre for a second time because it was so fantastic, and on the way home we were stopped by a train.  it was hands-down the most interesting train stop i&#8217;ve ever seen; here&#8217;s one of the giant propellers for a windmill.  that&#8217;s all that was on the train, just one giant propeller after another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j31.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j31.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j31-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little video of the sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFIxyzLQMVg?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 25th we took a nighttime boat ride, one of my favorite things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j32.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j32.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j32-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>finally, further proof that Riley continues to find it hard to mellow out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j33.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j33.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/j33-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>whew, that&#8217;s all for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mrs. early to mid august hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, KEVIN!!! of course we celebrated, but i didn&#8217;t wish him a happy birthday here. It feels like this summer has gone by quicker than i ever remember. but then again, my memory is pretty poor at the best of times, so maybe last year also flew by. 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