July 19th

[Pie]

Good Morning All!

Feeling good, and ready to start a new week.

[Mick]

good for you Pie ..and thanx for the start up ...how are we all today then? sun shining over here ,just been out for a bit of a bimble over the hills ...not far but enough to blow the cobwebs away .Weather is supposed to be nice next week again ..good..get some of my tomatoes ripened..though I did put a banana in the greenhouse last night..Garden is doing great Still looking at vans but the prices are absolutely crazy for what they are..plus the talk of another peak later on in the year ,seems a bit pointless buying a van to park on the drive until next year!if something comes up then fine but we will see ..We are def going away for a break soon even if its in the current van .....but at the moment most if not all of the sites are booked up until the end of August .I see today quite a few have flown to Spain ...to see the hotels etc have shut down again....I think you hit it on the head Lav ,re chickenpox,HIV etc its there and will lay dormant ,may break out in some may not in others .2 years today since Julie quit drinking...with her tracker she reckons it saved her £847 ..I was spending about £33 per week..so my 2 years would have been slightly more ha ha .Im sitting here in the front room and every so often all I see is a ball of grey and white fluff go scooting past ..I have to get her out ...else the wiring somewhere would suffer!

anyway take care everyone have a great day

[Determinator]

Top O the Sunday ABerooooodles!!

let's see... humidity abounds, but not here thankfully. that would just do me in with these temps which are bad enough.

PPQ, how do you like bridge? I've never learned to play that game.

Pie, you sound chipper!

oh, a few wacky pics just for fun:

PICS: Shared album - London Lewis - Google Photos

Mick, that's great. it's amazing how expensive addictions can be in so many ways. Going to do my nic quit again soon....got patches and just
waiting for my brain to say it's go time to quite the vaporizer again.

had two photo jobs Sat morn, then I'm so happy to say we got our passport applications submitted. This shut-down crap has crippled the dept of state so badly that
they have ZERO people approving them so they could sit there for months before the process even begins. aaaaaaaaaaghghghghghghhh! they literally said it will be many
months before they even begin on the backlog. Why can't this kind of thing be worked on remotely? is this 1975 again? just frustrated.... well that does give me more time
to practice Italiano.

missed my meetings this week due to so much work but I do have Thu night blocked off for personal time this week which is good. Thankfully I'm feeling good and strong and even
made it to the gym again last night. Going again today which is great...really makes a difference.

Pauly, so true... a hangover never sounds good but in this heat it would be murder. ick!

so tonight it's salmon, mushrooms, and I'm not sure what else yet

Lav, you tried lima bean hummus yet?

well, time to piddle about and get ready for the girls to get back from the eyebrow dude. Yep, I'm clueless as to what mysterious things
are involved in having your 'brows done but I encourage the girls to do their girly things nonetheless.

stai bene ama!

[Lavande]

Greetings Abbers,

Yep still hot & humid as hell, yuck. This heatwave has been extended thru Thursday so......
Even with the house being cooled to a nice 68 degrees I still can’t sleep, not fair.
Keeping everyone around here with fur or feathers cool is about all I accomplish in a day’s time, haha!

Pie, thanks for the startup & I hope you have a good week!

Mick, making short or long range plans is nearly impossible under current conditions. I have pretty much given up on 2020.
Keeping my thoughts present & not worrying about stuff I cannot control is keeping me sane...so far.
Congrats to Julie on her 2 yr quit I never expected it to be such an empowering thing but it certainly was. You guys will have lots of cash when the right van comes along!
I do pray for a vaccine & better treatments for coronavirus every single day!

Det, your pics are pretty wild. I’ve never taken a ‘trip’ but LSD comes to mine when I look at some of the pics , haha!!! Very artsy!!
Waiting for more limas to come in & then I’ll see about a lima hummus, sounds good
Glad you’re staying busy & moving ahead in the good life. Great job!!

Hello to Pauly, Sam, PQ & Cyn!

Have a decent night everyone!
Lav

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...

Been busy working on the new software program, lots of computer work but do pencil in an evening bridge game when I can. Sorry for not posting regularly but things should settle down soon. Going into work this morning as the boss has buggered off. Will check back later....PPQP

[paulywogg]

Mae everybody, got woken up by thunder at 4:30 am but don't see any rain, I thought Brady was moving around furniture in his room that's how loud it was, not much going on around here, hope everyone has a great BF Monday!

[Lavande]

Greetings Abbers,

Had a note from Mick this morning. Sadly his good friend has passed.
Let’s all keep him in our thoughts

Nothing much new - still hot as hell. Feel like temp was 109 today = disgusting
Keeping my animals & self healthy, watering gardens as quickly as possible & getting back inside before I melt.
\PQ & Pauly, hello to you & hello to the rest of the crew.

Wishing everyone comfort tonight!

Lav

[paulywogg]

Mae everybody, Mick I'm sorry about the loss if your friend still nothing new going on here just frustrated with a slow shop and everything that goes with it but I'll whine another time out of respect for Mick, much love to all and wishes for a great BF Tuesday!

[Mick]

Hiya everyone ,how are we all today then? hope all is well...I didnt really want to post here yesterday,In fact all I wanted was my thoughts ,but Im ok today...thats an upgrade on me normally ..
thank you Pauly ..you are a star ..whine away Im with it now!!how come the shop is so slow?over here the hairdressers are chokka ..Im struggling to take my custom anywhere...hope it picks up for you.

hiya Lav ,thank you too.hows things with you today?all good I hope ..nevr thought I would say this but my garden is absolutely full...still no red tomatoes!!hows the temps today?

big hello to everyone else...

Wear glasses and a mask?
You may be entitled to condensation.

Trump is now promoting beans.

Normally beans promote trumping.

I've wanted to be many things in my lifetime,
When I was 6 I wanted to be an astronaut
Then I wanted to be a wrestler
After that I wanted to be a doctor
Then I wanted to be an airline pilot.

Anyway, enough about me sir, do you want fries with that?

My dog was looking at me with a pathetic and sad face all morning.

I can't say I blame him, as this year I've changed his living arrangements and made him an outside dog.

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...

Mick...so sorry to hear about your friend. I understand you wanting to just be with your thoughts yesterday. Glad you're feeling a bit better today.

Pauly...be careful what you wish for. I know it's hard to work when things are slow but think of the alternative.

Lav...glad you're taking care of yourself and your animals. Wow, we're going all the way up to 80 today and that's plenty hot enough for me.

3 days of going into work now and it really wasn't worth it. Day 1 was finding and setting up my workstation, after which didn't feel like doing any work so left. Yesterday worked with childcare staff to set up contactless child sign in and out which only resulted in a whole slew of problems. Today got all the problems solved but ended up dealing with contractors coming into the building and not knowing what they were supposed to do. Just typical of the boss. Kept telling myself not my monkey, not my circus. LOL Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to delve into the new software which is the reason I'm in the office in the first place. Will make a better effort to post every day. Have a good day all....PPQP