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Greetings all

It is sunny and almost hot here today. Maybe 70 degrees. Further inland it is pretty dang hot. DH has the ceiling fan on and with the front door open toward the ocean the house is cool and breezy. No weather complaints here. Grateful for no fires. Yet.

So the house was cleaned this am and our dogs love the cleaner. She is also our house/pet sitter and is set up for when we go to LA in a couple of weeks. After house stuff I went to the studio and made more stuff. No visible drama or burning crosses. A wheel throwing class was underway and that is always fun to watch. After that I stopped at a big traditional grocery store which carries my fave coffee and got that and a few other things. Sure seemed hot in the asphalt parking lot.

So I made the zucchini bake last night and it was good. More for tonight. DH made no comments so I don't think he much likes it but oh well. It is one of those things with eggs, cheese, cottage cheese plus some chopped up veggie so it could work with most any available veggie.

And speaking of veggies it is so cool that your church grows them Paula. Nice idea. There is a church here in our town that does the same thing and there is also a farm stand and family services center there. Not sure how they are connected. Sea Goat farm stand.

Well crap on the smoke Liz. At least you will escape that in FLA but spoils cool cape weather. CC must have really bad smoke too which cannot be good for her dad or anyone. Yuck to being at a lake or ocean and having to stay inside due to air pollution.

We watched the last of The Hunting Wives last night. Incredibly trashy but fun. The killer was revealed. No spoilers here in case any of you watch this stuff.

Getting my hair cut tomorrow. It is getting so I just can't stand it long anymore. As a college student I had waist long hair. Can't figure out how I did anything besides wa****

The house across the street continues to be the Winchester Mystery house. For as long as we have lived here there is constant remodeling going on there. Like for 20 years. A crew has been there several days and they have been on the roof but no clue what they are doing. It is not that big of a house!

Diane S

I had a nice gathering with my coworker/ friends yesterday. Outside of Christmas Eve , I haven't done much entertaining these last few years, even though I used to really enjoy it. Two things I needed to push through: 1. just about everyone I know is in a higher economic bracket. I know, I know, I know they are not judging my worn out carpet on the stairs, or my deck with 37 year old wood that is a little rough for wear, or my scratched builder grade sink in the bathroom, or the fact I don't even have a guest 1/2 bath or an ensuite bath, that they're using my actual bathroom etc. But it's hard to convince myself sometimes when my friends have such nice homes, and cars, and cabins... 2. It's okay if everything is not perfect. I forgot to wipe out the slider door track. Oh no!

I am proud to say I did not have any pre party melt down. This is how it's going to be going forward: As long as the shabby house is clean, I've put some effort into thinking about and preparing what my guests need/ want in terms of food and drink and I am hospitable, I am going to calm down and enjoy having friends over.

DH didn't work this morning, so we went for coffee. Before we left, we loaded up our car with some of nephew's things he's been storing at our house, and brought them over to his condo after coffee. One less trip he'll have to make.

His children left our house after a raucous morning for their summer day camps, and will be with their mother the next few days. I don't know if they'll be back for the weekend, or if they'll stay in the condo. BFF will continue to stay here off and on until October 1. It's so quiet for the moment. DH and I were going to go work out after we dropped off nephew's things, but decided to go home and savor the peace. We'll go this evening when the after work crowd has thinned.

The sky is mostly blue today. Hoping the smoke is dissipating in other places.

Thinking about the veggie bounty for the food shelves. Wonderful. I also think it's time for me to hit another farmer's market and buy ingredients for ratatouille.

They only have the fresh produce because we grow and harvest it! They may get some that is about to expire from local grocery stores but most of it is just as you say, shelf stable foods.

121.3. Still low. Must have ice cream!

Worked another 2 plus hours in the church garden today. We delivered 194 lbs of fresh veggies to the food pantry today! The garden is so very bountiful this year! Lots of work but so good to be able to give fresh produce to those in need!

Not much else on today's agenda. DH went golfing, then we did a little grocery shopping. DS3 will come for dinner tomorrow since he has an appointment in town. A fav of his is mushroom risotto so I will make that with sauteed shrimp. I also made him a rhubarb crisp! It is fun to spoil them sometimes!

Tomorrow I will lead Bible study in the morning and then I'm not sure what else until he gets here, probably should hit the treadmill or walk outside if the air quality is better.

Safe travels back to FL Liz. Do you fly? Kind of weird that we are both on the low end for weight now. You have been in maintenance much longer than I have been but it seems like there is still quite a bit of trial and error in all of it!

Living on this part of Cape Cod is a bit like your small town living. Everything is pretty close together. But of course at this time of year we have to contend with a lot of tourists. They start to thin out in a week or two though.