Taste Like Convenient Chicken Thursday 7/11

Waving to everyone. Have a great day!

Linda, I hope you are not hurting too much and that you didn’t do too much damage to the knee. What a day you have had! From trees to printers and beyond!  Elevate and ice sounds like a great idea and maybe a margarita!

Kathy, I am sure DN got a real kick at the shorts and socks. We used to have a picture of the boss posted on the bulletin board playing golf in tiny shorts in the eighties. There are several condo buildings in a city like setting. This is the second “block” to be done this summer and the one right behind us hasn't been done yet. I am glad Teddy isn’t here to hear this. I took him to the office when we had ours done. I wouldn’t want missing shingles in the kind of rain you get in Florida.

Thanks for the start, Chele. You and Iggy definitely look 1980s in your avatar. Dale never wore short shorts until he became a runner. That's still the only time he wears them. Do I understand that the condos are under construction? Shingles are noisy and this time of year, they can also be smell due to the heat. Don't blame you for not staying outside with that going on. This is quite a day with everything being celebrated. I just finished some Rainier cherries before I started this post. Aldi also had them on sale this week. The soup sounds good. I agree it's better than a sandwich, and probably healthier as well. Good that Iggy seems to be feeling better. Hope it was just that brand of tea giving him problems. Osteo went better with a different pair of shoes. Still didn't hit my high numbers but my form was better. I did have some pain in my right knee, which limited what I was able to do on one of the machines. Congrats on getting ahead of the allergies. Mine are still in full force so I'm hoping we'll get a good bit of rain today and tonight so the grass pollen will get knocked down quite a bit.

Linda, OUCH on the fall! At least it was on a soft surface. I hope the ice does the trick and the knee is the only affected body part. Sorry Micki didn't get his walk. How did things go at the groomer? Why is it with home ownership that you get one thing taken care of and something else happens? The tree is gone and now it's the shower door. Sorry about the heat AND humidity there now. Congrats on the new printer. Amazing that you could almost buy a new one for the price of the part you needed. I hate that we are forced to throw so much stuff away. Did you get to chair yoga?

I'll bet DN gets a laugh out of his parents old photos, Kathy. Remind him that some day his kids will feel the same way about his photos. The clouds and rain still haven't moved out of your area? How much rain have you gotten since the weekend? Publix has Greenwise veggies 5/$10 in this week's ad. They also have the Attitude salad mixes on BOGO. I was really hoping they would have B&J's on sale or BOGO but no such luck. Dale wants homemade ice cream sandwiches in lieu of brithday cake in a couple of weeks and I would love to be able to make myself one to have while he's having his, but with non-dairy for mine. Maybe next week.

Liz, I hope Zoe does well tomorrow. Have they said how long she will need to be in the cone or donut of shame after the surgery?

Looks like you may not even get a sprinkle from Barry, Becky. Were you able to walk today or was it a total bike day? What are you going to do with the knee that still isn't where you think it needs to be soon?

I got home about half an hour before the rain started and it's been raining ever since. I encountered a couple of showers on my trip but they didn't last long. Arya insisted on being plastered next to me all night and she woke me up numerous times. So I didn't sleep particularly well. If it's raining over night maybe she'll sleep better.and I will, too. Hopefully I'll be able to swim in the morning.

Chele, the worst part of the re-roofing is when they're tearing off the old shingles, so hopefully they'll be done with that part soon. Then you get all the noise from the nail guns. I'm sure you're not looking forward to them doing the section closer to you. I would think some of the houses here are getting water damage with missing shingles for this long. They've been missing since Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016 and then more were lost with Irma in 2017. If the insurance companies decide the damage is from a storm, the 2% hurricane deductible applies and that stops a lot of people from getting repairs.

Linda, glad the knee isn't too bad and hope the ice helps. Good thing it was on carpet and not tile.

Karen, DN has a beard almost as thick as Iggy's in that picture, so that's going to come back to haunt him at some point! I already went through the B&J from the last BOGO, so it's probably a good thing they don't have one this week. The ice milk version of Cherry Garcia was really good. I haven't heard the rain totals, but we've had at least one heavy downpour each day. That's not that unusual this time of year though. I'm having some Rainier cherries for dessert tonight.