For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi, hi everyone!๐ป It Monday again and that mean it fun time again! It also good day for napping because it cloudy and snowing. Days like that are good days for napping. Sunny days are good days for napping too. Actually, all days are good days for napping. My human not understand this. He thinks daytime is for being awake and doing things. Like vacuuming with noisy machine.๐ Right when I want to nap. That not nice. I let him know that last time.๐พ It only 3 days and he not limping so bad already.๐น Maybe next time he think before bringing out vacuum machine. Anyway, here is fun funnies for today!
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One day in the army I was assigned KP duty. I reported to the Mess Hall and was told by the sergeant in charge that he wanted me to make 100 gallons of soup for tonight’s dinner. I told him I didn’t know how to make soup. He quickly handed me a book and told me to follow the directions carefully.
Soon after I had a large kettle of soup simmering. The sergeant came up and tasted the soup. He took a second spoonful and stood there staring at me. I thought I had really messed up the soup and was waiting for a reprimand.
Instead the sergeant said, “This tastes really good… are you sure you followed the recipe?”
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If everyone were employed, would unemployment officers be?
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On a recent flight, an elderly passenger kept peering out the window. Since it was totally dark, all she could see was the blinking wing-tip light. Finally, she rang for the flight attendant.
“I’m sorry to bother you,” she said, “but I think you should inform the pilot that his left-turn indicator is on and has been for some time.”
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Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, “I’m sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger.”
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Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.
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A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “Because,” he said, “I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.”
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I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.
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~ Chocolate is a vegetable: Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.
~ To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food. Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.
~ If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly.
~ The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car.ย The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.
~ Diet Tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It’ll take the edge off your appetite, and you’ll eat less.
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I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. Thereโs one called brightness, but it doesnโt seem to work.
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That last one must be old joke, me not see knobs on TV anywhere. I ask my human and he say TV used to have knobs. I ask what he do with them. He say TV not have knobs. I tell him he say that TV used to have knobs. He say TV did used to have knobs. I ask again what he did with knobs. He say nothing, TV not have knobs. My human not going to enjoy afternoon.๐ผ๐ฎ
Have great day everyone! Remember to laugh, or groan!
Muffin. ๐ฝ
ยฉ2025 Muffin McLeod.
Another great haul, I particularly appreciate the one on chocolate
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hehehe!๐น Me so happy you like chocolate funny human Sheree! I think more chocolate funny coming soon! Have nicest week!๐ป
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Goody
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I agree with the brightness of the TV, they say they have smart tv’s now, if only they could make the programs that way!!
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Yep, my human say if TV so smart, why programs so dumb?๐น๐นโ๏ธ
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I have to agree with him!๐ Ouch!๐ฌ
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Me would agree too but that go against rule number 5.4 sub-point A of cat rule book which say, Not can agree with human, it makes cats look bad.๐น๐
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That’s a very important rule indeed! Cats must maintain a certain level of decorum…๐๐๐น๐น
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Yep, that why we have Meow Book of Rules for Cats. Just small book, only 795 pages, but it cover all important topics.๐บ๐
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I forgot to meow, I going to bed now, think my human is too. Sometimes hard to tell if he awake or asleep, he look the same both ways.๐น๐น
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Alrighty kitten ๐ธ you sleep current tonight ๐ด ๐บ
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How come they not have sleeping cat emoji? Cats like to sleep, that why they have term called catnap. Not hear of dognap, or birdnap, there is kidnap though, but I think that different. You should tell people there needs to be napping cat emoji. Humans not understand.๐พ
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I agree!๐คจ
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I think my human catnapping right now. Nope, wait, he stuffing face with food again.๐น
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Hehehe…. did he make “Muffins” again??๐ค๐๐
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Nope, no muffins today, I keep telling him he need to make some, it been long time.๐พ
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When he is finished with the stuffing(hehehe), let him know that at 1 o’clock, I will be on the road to go and look at a property so I won’t be online.
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Hey, good for you Dusty, oh, good morning to you!๐
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Good morning ๐
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You slept in today, oops, guess you’re gone now.
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Still driving, unfortunately ๐
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What do you know, this just showed up! Back home now?
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I’m home now if you’re around.
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Guess this answered my question. So, how did the trip go? Great, good, so so, phooey?๐ค๐โ๏ธ
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The 1st one was definitely phooey…. the rest were nice neighborhoods. So, I’m just sorting areas right now.
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Well, that sounds promising anyway. Best to get the phooey out of the way.
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Indeed! But I can’t get ahead of things. 1st must sell the place in MN, then narrow the selection of available inventory at that time. But I definitely have decided on the area.
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Yes, that makes sense, but at least knowing where you want to look is a good start. Now you can concentrate on part 1, selling.
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Yep! How was your day?
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Kinda slow. it has started snowing now, might get 4 inches tonight. Then cold weather starts to move in again. I didn’t get much accomplished today, except cooking a chicken, a little cleaning and exercising. I’m tired so will start getting ready for bed. Didn’t get my nap today! Good night, talk in the morning!
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Okie Dokie! Sleep Good ๐ด
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I did actually sleep very well last night and woke up just before 6. I actually don’t feel tired this morning. How about you? Flying weather today?โ๏ธ๐ค
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I slept better also. Woke up around 7:15. No flying today. It’s been and looks to be way to windy to fly even into next week. I need the winds to stay under 10mph to make it any kind of enjoyable activity. But that’s alright. I’ll find other things to do. Maybe go for a walk this afternoon if my feet feel up to it. How about you what are you doing today?
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I was thinking of a walk today too, but we got 4 inches of snow overnight and it’s still snowing lightly. They haven’t plowed the sidewalks yet so it would be too slippery for a walk. So, I’m going to repot some of my plants today. I have 7 plants that need to be repotted right now so I better get it done. I do this in the kitchen so I will likely need to do some cleaning in the kitchen afterward.๐๐๐ชด๐ฑ
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Kitchen is a good place to do it! It’s gets them used to the area, that way they won’t know that you’re getting ready to eat’em!๐๐๐๐
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I don’t think I would want to try eating these plants. They aren’t toxic but I doubt they would taste good. Speaking of eating, I just got my lunch. mmmm! BBQ chicken!๐๐ป
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Ooooo….. that sounds yummy ๐ I’m gonna have a salad ๐ฅ with chicken ๐ on it…๐ I may be offline after 1. Probably going for a walk ๐ถโโ๏ธ
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By the way, how’s that heel of yours? Still planning on surgery?๐ค
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Yeah, i would like to get it done this late summer or early fall. I’ll look into it more when I’m back up north this spring. It’s really limiting my activities when it comes to walking and exercising.
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Yeah, I imagine it does limit things. Hopefully it doesn’t get worse before you get it fixed. You definitely should get your doctor to check it again.
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Yeah, it’s about the size of a golf ball. The biggest thing is it is pulling on the tendons on the arch of my foot and also on the Achilles tendon, making them shorter, which is creating the pain when I walk. I use arch supports but even they aren’t helping much anymore.
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Wow, that’s huge! You really should get that taken care of before it causes some permanent damage to your foot.
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Yeah, i know…. it’s just no fun getting carved up again.๐ it hurts, and it’s months of rehab!! Like 3 to 4 months after the Achilles tendon reheals which can take up to 6 to 8 weeks, which is also the time before I put any pressure on my foot. So yeah… ๐
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Yep, I understand, not easy either way.
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I think I’m gonna not go on my walk. After explaining all of that, it reminded me how much I dislike the after walk recovery.๐๐
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Good morning Dusty! Did you enjoy your not going for a walk yesterday?
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Yep! Better than the pain afterwards. Kinda try’n to figure out today’s activity. Maybe go to the island and enjoy a little sun and watch the waves crashing in. I’m not sure yet though.๐ค
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Sure, try and make me jealous with this tropical hideaway island in the sea. Did you read last night’s story chapter?๐ค๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ I was up at 3:15 this morning again. Did my laundry this morning. I’m still amazed at how many people are up doing things so early in the morning.๐ค๐
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That’s what comes with not working a job everyday. Ones days and nights tend to get mixed up. When you wake up you get up. Then your routine starts to get moved around. At least that’s what happens to me. So I try to keep myself up later on those days wake up early so I can sleep later the next morning… I’m not sure it’s working for me though.๐ซค
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Yep, that’s for sure. I was used to a routine before and things moved along smoothly. Now I have no routine really and I end up getting nothing much accomplished. Sigh. When I get up early I try not to nap because if I do then I don’t sleep well again. My doctor said that was the wrong thing to do. Better to nap early, like late morning or right after lunch. Then it won’t interfere with sleeping that night. Hard to do though. But now I’m so tired I don’t want to do anything. Maybe I will try some baking this afternoon.๐ค
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I suppose the morning nap could work.๐ค What are you thinking of baking?๐ Blue Berry something??๐๐๐
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Yeah, but I’m not usually tired enough that early although this morning I did nap for nearly an hour. I don’t have any blueberries right now, stores haven’t had any in stock lately. Possibly some kind of cookies, or maybe coffee cupcakes.๐ค๐
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Yeah!! Coffee cup cakes ๐๐ Now my mouth is watering!!๐๐๐๐คค๐คค๐
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Hehehe! Nice and sunny here today and 10 degrees, not so bad. But next week it’s back to those -30s.
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Remember to use your sunscreen!๐๐๐
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Yep, needed it today for sure, that sun was hot out there. Well, hot in here anyway, not so much outside. Oh, I’m back again. I got the clean sheets on my bed, then the blankets, then I laid down, then I fell asleep. When I woke up it was time to make supper. I wonder if that will interfere with sleeping tonight?๐ค๐๐ฅฑ
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I sure hope not. I started getting a sore throat. I hope it’s just allergies but….๐ sorry I’m late replying, no excuses I just was late… anyway the beach was enjoyable! Filtered sun, there was fog coming off of the water which was cool to see.
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Hi there Dusty, sorry I wasn’t around today. Had another bad day. Sigh. Hope you’re not getting sick.๐ค
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No worries… yeah, I have a big white blotch on the back of my throat. I’ll give it a day or two and see if it gets any better before I go see someone. How’s your day?
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Lots of flu in our town right now, hit our 2 nursing homes bad. But just generally it seems to be getting worse all the time in town. I’ve had better days, that’s for sure, so didn’t get anything done today.
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Me either, so don’t feel bad.
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I did have some plans for the day, nothing exciting though. I did clean the bathroom, so I guess that counts as something.๐
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Yeah, well, that’s more than me. All I did was fly on my simulator, and take Tylenol.
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Yeah, but that would have been more fun though! Except the Tylenol part.โ๏ธ
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Yeah, and the sore throat…
Oh well, maybe it will be all better tomorrow. So did you bake anything yesterday?
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I burned my finger, does that count for baking? Nothing else though, sadly. But I did sort through some things. I need to get rid of more stuff.
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Maybe you need to build a storage area on your deck?
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That’s where I keep a bunch of my stuff now!๐๐น
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How much stuff can you have?? There’s only 2 of you. You don’t take up much space… You sleep get dressed eat and sleep again.
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I have 3 big closets absolutely full of stuff! Plus all that stuff on the deck, all my furniture, antiques, books, etc, etc. You would be amazed at how much stuff I have. Good thing I got rid of stuff before I moved!
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Well, I better sign off again,๐ฅฑ Sunday tomorrow so another early morning. Good night, talk after church tomorrow.๐
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I know, it’s amazing how much stuff one accumulate, i went through my garage last summer and tossed a bunch of stuff that never was used or even looked at for years.
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Sounds good
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Good morning Dusty!๐ Well, I’m finally back again. It was a rough day again yesterday, but I’m feeling quite a bit better today. How’s things with you today? Good flying weather?๐
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Good day to you also.๐ It’s nice out low 80’s but a little too much wind for flying today. I’m still nursing this sore throat, but it is slowly starting to improve, though h eating is still a bit of a challenge.
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Hmm, low 70s here. Of course, outside it’s a bit cooler.๐๐น
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I’ll bet! How the Muffin Cat ๐ today?
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She sleeping with me on the chair. She sleeping, not me. Me almost sleeping.๐ฅฑ Not quite. Almost. Went shopping this morning. Bought couple new plants.๐ชด๐ฑ Bought tons of water. Almost froze. Me. Not water.๐
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Ahhh….. she needs her nappy time.๐ When is it supposed to start warming? Usually, in mid-February, you get a week or so of the above freezing weather.
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Yes, normally we do get that week of above freezing temps, but there is nothing in the forecast yet, in fact, it’s supposed to get colder by the end of the week. However, on years that we miss that warming trend 9 times out of 10, we get an early spring. I will pick the early spring any time!
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Let’s hope for that then!๐
What groceries did you buy? Anything good for making goodies?๐
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Naw, just regular groceries like cat food.
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Oh… just the important stuff… smart call on your part! So the feet are healing well then??๐๐น
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My feet? Hard to tell, they’re wrapped up in bandages.๐ It’s a bit cool this morning with a temp of -40! Supposed to warm up to -25 by this afternoon though, then cold again tonight. Sigh.๐ฅถโ๏ธ Oh, good morning, how’s things down in tropical land?
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Warm down here ๐ Sounds like the temps are right at average fir you up there. Almost shirt sleeve weather.๐ What’s your plans for today? I’m working on one of my planes today. The one I crashed. I tried to repair it, but I just couldn’t get it the way I wanted it, so I ordered replacement parts.
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Well, it’s a bit colder than normal for Feb. The maintenance guy has been here today, fixed my toilet finally so it flushes properly. I need to have a new shower installed though but it might take 3 or 4 weeks before that gets done. At least I’m on the list now though. I’m just getting ready to repot some plants, so I’m off until later.๐๐ชด๐ฑ
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Ooooo…. yeah, a toilet and shower are definite must-haves! Not good without them!๐ฌ๐ฒ
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Yes, very true, the toilet works great now and the shower still works, just a bit hard to turn off the water and the whole thing is corroding a lot.๐
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I’ll be around watching and waiting. Oh.. BTW, I finished my plane today. So it’s all better and ready to fly, if the wind ever slows down!
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Nice, glad it’s back in one piece again. Is the pilot out of the hospital yet?
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I’m recovering but should be able to fly again soon. Only if the winds settle down, though!
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Better get yourself a new pair of goggles before the next flight, and a flying helmet too!
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No doubt about that!
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Well, I did manage to get 2 plants repotted today, still have 6 more to go. If not for all the interruptions I would have gotten more done.
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MuffinIwas hungery eh?๐๐น
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She was in a munchy type of mood.๐น๐ป๐ชด๐ฑ Just published the first chapter of my next story, good place to start reading so you know what’s going on.๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ป๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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That sounds like a great time to jump in and read. Is it gonna be scary ๐จ
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They’re never scary. Not much anyway. But there will be some interesting twists and turns as there usually is these days.
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Not scary?? You have ghosts and walking dead people!!
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There’s no walking dead people, only ghosts. And there’s only 5 of them. They are quite normal, except for the fact that they are dead.
Oops, just noticed the time, must get to bed again. Didn’t get my nap today. And I have to be up early again. One of those weeks. Talk tomorrow!๐
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Nighty night ๐ ๐ด
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Good morning!๐ Out flying today? Barely any wind here today. And it’s warmer, only -32 this morning and heading to -10 by this afternoon!๐ฅถโ๏ธ
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Why that’s a tropical heatwave!!๐ฅต๐ No still it’s still to windy to fly. I’m having a disagreement on weather one of my Grandson can come visit. So…๐ I got some sad news on my brother yesterday. It’s sounds as though he’s going to halt his chemo treatment. So I don’t know how long he’ll have after. So I might be heading back north sooner than early May. I’m really struggling with the news, hard to wrap my head around.
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I’m very sorry to hear about your brother Dusty, these things are never easy.
This cold weather is supposed to be around for at least another 8 days.
You don’t want your grandson to visit? He might like the tropical climate. Of course, he might not want to leave.๐ค I’ll be back a bit later, I need my beauty nap.๐ฅฑ๐๐
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