Taste Like Chicken Last May Fri-YAY!! 5/31

Chele, sorry you lost your post. I lost one yesterday and saw the blue bear screen several times. Nothing like a little retail therapy to lift your spirits! Those jeans sound really cute. We've used paper plates and disposable cups after the hurricanes until water returns to normal. I still have some from our last storm. Yes, it could be worse, but it's still a pain not to have wifi and cable. Hope they are restored soon. Safe travels for Iggy.

Linda, I've had Carrier in both of my houses, but they were probably the lower end of their products installed by the builders. I replaced my current AC with a Trane and so far, it's been good. It is noisier, but kind of hard to judge since it's also more powerful than the previous system. Power bills are lower and it does a much better job of heating/cooling than the Carrier. They quoted me about the same price on the coils, but I went ahead and did the whole system since it was over 12 years old. I would've just done the coils if it was newer.

Karen, thanks for the start. We're still without rain, so no relief yet. I'm ready for this heat wave to be over! Hope you like the new shoes.

Becky, hope the shots kick in and give you some relief on the knee pain.

Liz, Friday at last! I'm afraid to ask how your week has been, but at least it's almost over.

Chele, that stinks that you lost your post, since you're having to put in extra effort right now anyway. Too bad Iggy isn't coming home earlier, especially since he has to work some this weekend, if I remember. Enjoy your new duds. Hope they will ship quickly. I would be getting stir crazy by now, too. I hope Iggy's not too tired to do some running around tomorrow. The black bean burgers came out pretty good. It made 5 nice size patties and I had 1 for dinner and there are 2 each in the fridge and freezer. What kind of a morning radio show do you listen to? I can understand how you might need to do some laundry, given the number of days you've had no water. Are the pumps still running on generator and do you have a timetable for restoration of full water service? Is your potato salad the one that is sometimes called southern that has mayo and vinegar along with the mustard?

That's scary on the blue screen, Kathy. Your computer isn't that old, is it? We had a pretty hard rain over night that left us about 1/4", so it didn't last long and then had a pretty heavy but brief shower this afternoon. So I haven't had to water but will have to on Sunday if we don't get any more. I have high hopes for the new shoes. I just hope the toe box is wide enough that my toes don't get numb like they do in the gooey shoes.

Linda, like Kathy, we have Trane heat pumps. We have a 15 for downstairs and a 17 for upstairs. No problems so far. We replace one of the units at the old house with a Trane and blew the fan motor about 3 years in but no other issues. Are you getting through the effects of the antibiotics? How was your Asian dinner last night?

Is Sirloin your buffet, Becky? You haven't been there for a while. Enjoy! Belated happy birthday to Kenneth. How are your knees? Did you get any walking in today?

Liz, I know you're glad it's Friday. Hope the work phone will be off for the weekend.

I didn't want to get out of bed this morning but dragged myself out. Dale got the clean vehicle bug and washed his truck and my car before breakfast. So I was late getting to the lake. I got in a little more than 1/2 mile but it was a challenging swim because we had up to 22 mile an hour wind gusts while I was in the water so I had to watch that I wasn't breathing on the side the wind was coming from and did get a few suprises. So my sinuses got cleaned out. Hopefully tomorrow will be a kayak day.