Summer lovin, happened so fast

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   The weather people say that it is going to be a high of 86 but with the humidity it will feel like it is in in the mid 90s. It has been like that for the past couple days. The air is thick. The walls, floors and stairs are damp. Yuck! There is some relief coming. Thunderstorms tonight and dipping temps will give some relief. When it is like this outside, I stay inside as much as possible. I water my plants but that is about it. The grass could grow as high as a corn field. I do not care. I will always repeat...it is not the heat that I hate, it is the humidity. If you have never experienced real thick humidity in your life, count yourself as lucky. No matter how long you have been around it, you never get used to it. Today will be a day of inside stuff. I want to wash the stairs again to get the ick from the humidity off. And then clean downstairs. Too much of a hot box upstairs to do anything. That will have to wait till it cools off.
 I just posted this funny video on my Facebook. This woman is swearing about the damn heat we are having. Very funny woman. She is swearing and she has said that Moses needs to take over with deciding on the weather. This woman that I have not talked to in forever decides to get on my Facebook and talk about how the woman is gonna go to hell for using the Lord`s name in vain, etc etc etc. I deleted the post with her comment, re-posted it and said at the top, If you do not like swear words or seeing the God`s name used, DO NOT WATCH IT. This is your warning. Do you know that bitch asked me if I was going through menopause? I AM but she needs to just shut her mouth. I will delete her quick like damn bunny.
 
 Let me think of some positives for today.
  Hubby is feeling much better from the virus that he caught. It is some weird summer shit that is going around. His friend even had the same symptom of his knees and back hurting. Just weird. He was told it takes a couple weeks to shake it. But he is good. Despite the heat, the veggies in the gardens are doing quite well. We have an okra growing! I never grew okra before so this is a first for us. But she is growing. I should have taken a picture but it was so blazing hot yesterday. I just went and watered the beds and left. Did  not even harvest any kale, which was so huge. I let one of the other gardeners take some home yesterday.
  Even though the Jeep needs brakes badly now, they will be fixed on Monday and all will be good. I knew it was time for brakes but I had to pay taxes and reg on two cars. The brakes were fine until I drove half hour away to DMV and back last week. Now the front brakes have hardly any pad. So she sits until Monday when she can get fixed. The positive in all this is I have been able to save money to the point that I can pay unexpected and expected bills. I forked over a lot of cash this past week and I am happy that I could do it.
  Today we are going to cook some bbq pork, bbq chicken  and potato salad. If it cools off enough this evening, I will make mac and cheese. 
This week has been too humid for any exercise activity at all so I just took it easy and hope for some cooler air to come this coming week.
 I can say that I have gone to the beach once so far this season. The water was nice and cold too. Chelsea, Natalie, and I went. I am hoping we do that more often. Just floating in the cold ocean, cooling off, and having conversation. Great way to spend a summer afternoon.

Centipede under the Stove

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  I wish washing dishes made my hands silky soft.  Quite the opposite I am afraid. I am the lotion queen around here lately.
   It is in the 80s right now with a dew point of 75. It is going to get hotter. My ass is staying in the house and doing some housework. Fred just came in for a bit from being out. The whole midsection of his shirt is wet with sweat. Yuck! Love you to bits but do NOT touch me. hehehe
  Anyway...Raymond and the girls tell me that there is a centipede that hides under the stove. They say it is not HUGE. The cats like to sit in there and stare under the stove. I need to rectify that situation. I am not going to be cooking and have some hairy legged beast crawl on me. So I am going to do my some of my Fall clean a little early. In the Fall and in the Spring, I pull out the stove and the microwave cart and wash the floors and walls behind them. Fred helps me with the fridge at another time because I cannot do that on my own. I hope..HOPE it does not crawl on me. I will stomp on it as hard and as fast as I can. I hate centipedes just as bad as I hate cockroaches (lived with them back in the day).
 So today is going to be a kitchen cleaning day. And a towel washing day.
  Yesterday, I finally got my period after it being 6 freaking days late. I was such hormone infested mean monster it was unreal. And I could not control myself sometimes. I got my period and poof! it was gone. It was a hot and humid one yesterday so it just came over me that we all needed to pile in the Jeep and go to the beach for an afternoon/evening swim. Fred did not join us this time but he said the next time, he definitely will.  We were not alone on the beach at all. Full house. The water was gorgeous and cool. No jelly fish and just a small amount of seaweed. It was great! We stayed from 5pm-6:30pm. We started to see moon jellies and decided it was time to go. I think we all slept good last night from that.
That means I am washing laundry today also. Sweating while I work! The old fashioned way to lose weight.
Let`s hope it is a tiny centipede and it does not have any relatives.
Wish me luck.

Need to get my swim on

 Janice Dickinson circa 1978

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  It has cooled off considerably and I think I want to go swimming one day soon. If you have never swam in the ocean, try to do that once in your life. Now, the beaches in my area do not have the actual Atlantic Ocean in front of them. It is a very large river that empties out into Long Island Sound. I live near the tip of the Sound where it empties out into the Atlantic. The water is salty and cold. As the days get warmer, you have to deal with jelly fish. Hopefully I will get some swim time in before that happens. Once the jellies take over, you might as well find a pool someplace cause you are not going to want to swim in that!
You can sometimes find yourself swimming along with striper bass fish and bait type fish. And I am talking like right near the shoreline. Water only up to your knees. They do not care about you and there are not a ton of them to make you feel like you are swimming in a school or anything. Freaks people out that have never experienced it but you get used to it.
 I have swam in the ocean my entire life. When it was summertime, unless it was raining, you went to the beach every day. I think it is because Mom could get a tan and you got tired out. I used to do the same thing with the girls.
We would go to the beach around 8-9am and stay till noon-1pm. Then go home, have lunch, and take a nap. Or we would go to the beach after 2pm and stay for a couple hours. I did not like being in the strong sun of the day. I never liked to be at the beach all frigging day. Fuck! You eat there and get sand in your food. It is a draining experience and I avoid it at all costs. A couple hours tops and I am out of there.

Yup, I think I need to get some salt water swimming into my calendar soon!

I long to go to the beach

1920s bathing beauty

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It is hot and I want to go swimming. Unfortunately I have another lesion. This one is on my upper wrist. Damn!
I am taking Natalie into the burbs to stay at a friends house till tomorrow morning. My hair is super assed curly from the pin curls and I have to mess with that later to do a hairstyle. I will try to get Chelsea to take a picture of it but she is notorious for saying no to many things. Mhm.
 Just in a funky mood. I have a heavy period, it is hot, I have another lesion, and we are buying a newer car.
Lots of stress going on in my life. It should be good stress but it isnt. I will worry that we cannot afford it.
Okay..I gotta go. Time to bring the kid.

I love that photo and I just had to post it.

Yesterday was a good day

Ocean Beach June 2011

*277* Yesterday Natalie and I had a good day. We went to the nutritionist, the gym for an hour, the beach and then to cheap dinner. I got a slight sunburn even though I wore SPF 5000! It is better today but I will be staying inside. I have cleaning to do. The air conditioner was leaking yesterday and I am hoping that Fred fixed it. I am thinking making the cats jumped on it and loosened it or something. I hope cause I dont have the money for a new one.

Look at my broccoli plant!! I have never grown broccoli before. It is so exciting to me. We love it and I am growing it. *smile*
I do not have much to talk about today. It is hot. My stupid ass as a sunburn. I have stuff to clean. I have plants to water. And I have to give the dogs a bath. Ho Hum.
 We will go to the gym tomorrow. I do not want to over do it since it has been awhile. I was able to do the 10 mins of the stair climber and I did a couple of the circuit machines. I want so go slowly. We are going to push each other to go every other day because we need the exercise and the muscle building. So Natalie and I are jumping back on the exercise wagon. Progress will be reported!

Now I will finish my coffee and tend to the dishes.....

What have I been doing?

My dad. Revere Beach, Mass 1940s

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I have not been on the computer much for the past few days because it has been gorgeous outside and I had shit to do.  I FINALLY bought a seasonal beach pass to out local sandy destination, Ocean Beach. For the past couple years, I just could not afford it. It is $50 for a resident sticker to be able to drive in and park anytime you want. The parking rates are so fucking high..$14 just for a weekday, $25 for a holiday, even $5 for the evening. So this sticker will pay for itself. Fred and I love to play miniature golf. On a hot evening, we can go to the cooler beach and play golf. Perfect date night! hehehe I can drop the kids off or on really fucking hot days, I can slap on a bathing suit (and extra large t-shirt), SPF 2000 sunblock, and jump in myself. I used to be the jelly fish looker-outer. I would brush them away and the kids could swim carefree. Those days are gone! I can relax in the sand. I need to get one of those chairs with the umbrellas attached.

  I planted purple and dark pink impatiens in the cone shaped planters hanging from the porch. I also put some morning glory seeds in there. We will see how that turns out. My herbs are doing well. I have to go to the community garden today with Chelsea to see how our veggies are growing. I am going to miss all those free veggies! Damn!
As I said before, she has been fired and more has happened since then but I wont talk about it right now..it is like a twist and turning novel. When I know more and I feel I can talk about it, I will. So for now, Chelsea is still laid off. I have gotten her an application to be a teacher`s aide next year. There are two elementary school within short walking distance to our house, so I hope she gets to go to one of those. It is a cut in pay but it is a job. She will be able to collect unemployment and she will even be eligible for food stamps. She wants to help out where she can until she gets paid again. I am going to pay the $25 for her fingerprinting for the job. I hope she gets it.

  I made eggrolls for my friend A last night. I was going to make fried rice but I was tired from running around with the girls all day. We went to some yard sales and a school bazaar. We then went to lunch and then to Borders (i did not buy anything..I am strong).  We came home and I caught up on Dr. Who by watching an episode I needed to watch to understand the episode that I am going to watch today. Are you confused? So am I. LOL

That is about it for me. I have been just running around, getting things done. That is what a mother does...