It was worth it

The girls' faces when they saw the house and their own rooms, and the screaming and the jumping up and down and the crying was worth the work.

They Moved.

So my friends moved one mile from their apartment to their first house together.  Very excited for them.  Thankfully I didn't have to sweat much for them since they hired movers.  I did not envy those guys.  I would hate to do that much labor in dangerous temperatures of 100+ heat.

I don't mind sweat - it means you are alive and doing something ... even if it is just surviving in the heat.  What I do mind is if it gets in my eyes.

Bathroom is finally done and it is WONDERFUL!!  Rob doesn't have to duck (6'3") to get under the shower head.  We specifically raised the head of the shower when we gutted the room just for him.  It fought till the very end but we triumphed ... strange how simple jobs like screwing in a bathtub drain get complicated.

Going to help get Allie and Jimu's house ready for their girls coming home from Texas (visiting relatives).  The girls know nothing about it.  They didn't even know Allie and Jimu were looking for a house.  They will be so excited when they find out.  I can't wait to see their faces.

Trying to coax the garden along in this heat is becoming more difficult.  I almost want to just let it die.  This drought is really tough on the little garden, I can't imagine what farmers are doing when that is their lively hood (except if they have crop insurance).  You find a way I imagine.  If the garden was more important to me than just a few extra tomatoes (at this point) then I would probably put in more effort.  But most of what I grew I have harvested already or the bugs ate.

I am very glad I started so early this spring.  It meant the vegetables were done before the drought got really bad.  I can only hope Nature takes pity on us soon and lets the rain in.

Tragedy

There are terrible things that happen in the world, and some beautiful, wonderful things.  Lets not take tragedy and raise up the perpetrators into the lime-light.  Instead lets comfort each other, talk to our loved-ones, our friends and our neighbors.

Do something good, help your friend with a tough decision.  Talk to your neighbor.  Volunteer.  Try and reach out to that lonely person that might need help.  There is no way to know how important you might be in the course of world events if you do not make an effort.

I am going to adhere to Godwin's law here:

I remember reading or hearing about a sci-fi short story a long time ago that involved time travel.  I don't recall who wrote it or what it was called or where I saw it, but I think this applies.

A man wanted to go back in time to hunt dinosaurs.  There was much calculation done and preparation for where he could go and which dinosaur he could kill without disrupting the time-line. 

He was sent back in time with a guide and told to stay on a certain path.  Unfortunately he tripped off of it and crushed a bug.  He didn't dare tell anyone what had happened and so covered up what he had done.

When he returned to his present time, WW2 had happened and 6 million people had been killed.

Upon further research it was discovered he had crushed the ancestor of a butterfly that had crossed Hitler's path once that had stopped him.  It had made him reflect and come to peace with himself to not go to war and slaughter millions

So I guess what I am saying is : Be the butterfly.

Nerd Song

Yeah ... I'm a Nerd Fighter - Deal.

The Universe is Weird

Dog Drama

So my little "foo foo" dog, Squire, a rat terrier, had what appeared to be a pimple or bee sting under his tail to the side of his - you know.  Well it swelled and by noon it was weeping blood.  Trying to clean it to look at it ruptured it.  I cleaned it some more and became worried when black gunk came out with the blood.  At first I was worried that a foreign object had made it all the way through him and just at the end had made a wrong turn.

Nope - apparently their anal glands can rupture.  News to me.

It ended up leaving a pencil lead wide hole and so I called the vet Dr. Chip (who is awesome) but they closed at 12 and she had a prior appointment.  She didn't seem too concerned and said that if I couldn't get him in at another vet that she would see him first thing in the morning before her usual open time.

I did manage to get him in at a Banfield at a Petsmart (the staff there knew Dr. Chip so bonus).  They took good care of us, flushed out the rupture and sent us home with some meds.

Now Squire is passed out at my feet.  He had a long day.

What drought?

Japanese Hulless Corn
 I popped some but it came up really small - I could eat it - the kernels weren't hard at all.  I will try popping them a different way to see if that helps - I kind of just think that they will be small though.

Red and Yellow Potatoes

Cherokee Purple Tomatoes!!

Home!

Back from vacation at parent's house on Table Rock Lake.  Love it there.  Had tons of fun and was spoiled by Mom and Dad.  Our friends Allie and Jimu also got to come down for a weekend and had a blast.

Now back home and going to get back to work getting the house prepped to sell.

Oh also I have ripe tomatoes and they are yummy!  I picked my popcorn Japanese Hulless Popcorn and will be trying out some soon.  The rest of the garden suffered in the triple degree heat but I hope with a little break in the heat ... ya know in the 90s instead of 100s ... I can bring it back.

That Higgs -Boson thingy

So big new in the science world.  We have matter.  And mass.  Because of stuff.

Just nod your head and be one with it.


But in all honesty - pretty cool stuff even if I don't fully understand it.

Happy Fourth of July

Hope everyone had a good Fourth.  I did.  Fourth of July on Table Rock Lake is beautiful.

This one just looks cool even though the exposure time was too long on the shakey boat.

All the boats on the water with their lights on - again too long of exposure on rocking boat.