Taste Like Chicken-Picnic Thursday-6/18

Karen, the container plants look nice and healthy. Congrats on the new wifi service. I am glad the fish a d protein shakes are giving you the protein you need without GI issues. I did not see many masks at the grocery in Kokomo but I didn’t expect to. The employees had them.

Linda, bad times in Arizona between the climbing virus numbers and the fires. I have limited my news to half an hour on the internet. I read that NZ who said they had beaten the virus now have 3 known cases due to relaxing the quarantine rules for returning New Zealanders. They are back to the full 2 week quarantine-no exceptions. Now that are doing the contact tracing. How was the peach cake and sandwiches?

Kathy, the young are following the examples of our leaders because the leaders (and maybe their parents)are saying what they want to hear. When you are that young you think you are invincible and since the virus can stay asymptomatic they don’t feel sick; therefore they are not sick, right? Anyway, I am glad you and your family take precautions.

Denise, how is the week going? Everything good in the neighborhood?

Becky, fingers crossed insurance will pay for more PT, so you can be 100%, pain-free and mobile.

The trip was good except for the construction and slowdowns but it was sunny and not too hot.  I got a nice bouquet to put on DM’s grave and we had no trouble finding it this time. Today the gardener aka Iggy is mowing and contemplating getting more mulch for the backyard. I am making him some chicken tacos and doing housework.

Thanks for the start, Chele. Hope you enjoyed your picnic yesterday. I guess the park wasn't crowded or you wouldn't have stayed. This time of year there always seem to be road construction delays. Where did you find your bouquet? We usually end up at Hobby Lobby. How did the day go for your yard man? I know he appreciated those chicken tacos, especially if the recipe is a keeper. Did he get his errand run without you? Plant seem happy and I have several new tomatoes. I got CSA tomatoes coming next week, but may not need them after that.

Linda, I just saw that you have a record number of cases there. At least the guv is finally letting local jurisdictions require masks. Is there any teeth to it where you are? Our numbers are climbing. Sevier County is up 15% since yesterday and the tourists are back, so the numbers will keep on climbing here. I'm glad the cake turned out well. Yes, peeling peaches is not easy and neither is dislodging the pit from cling peaches. What kind of food did the closed restaurant used to have that Bob liked so well? Lots of changes everywhere. Your clogging sounds like mine. I got out of bed around midnight because I couldn't breathe out of either nostril and thought sitting up might help, but it didn't. The inhaler didn't work either, so I didn't get a great deal of sleep and have been kind of dragging all day. Hopefully I'll be clear enough to sleep tonight.

I hadn't seen that Trump interview, Kathy. It's always about him. That myth about only Trump haters wearing masks is a popular one and is one more indication that he cares about no one but himself. I guess if someone told the positive student that he should isolate until his test results come back, he didn't listen. Dale and I have been saying all along that we're on our own. I was surprised that about 75% of customers were actually wearing masks. What a pleasant surprise! However, I encountered a couple of women who looked to be in their 40s with no masks going the wrong way down one of the aisles. I came very close to saying something but didn't.

Becky, good luck at PT tomorrow. I hope you will know how many additional sessions you'll be having. Did you do your "homework"? How are Austin and SA managing to get around the guv's executive order on masks?

How are you doing, Denise? How are your plants?

Liz, you've almost made it to the weekend. I hope it hasn't been a crazy week, but suspect it probably has. How are the joints doing?

Osteo was OK today, but I worked with the owner today and she remarked that my leg press hadn't returned to my pre-covid level and we were trying to figure out why. On the way home I realized that I hit that number in my last pre-covid session, which was also the last week I worked out at the gyms. I told Dale I probably need to at least get back to twice a week to just do legs. I should be able to get in and out in about 15 or 20 minutes. I'll probably wait until the last week of the month, which happens to be when Dale starts his new old job. He will be back where he was before he retired--same job with a lot of the same co workers. . They actually called him about a month ago to see if he would come backHe starts on the 29th. We got another offer on the house today. It was a little more than the last one, but we countered because it's not enough. With him going back to work, if it doesn't sell, we can afford to get the renovations done without having to dip into savings. That will allow us to sell it for considerably more and it will be updated, which has been one of the complaints from prospective buyers. I have both an a.m. and a p.m. Zoom tomorrow, so it will be a busy day.