Friday's storm left many WECC customers without power and several of us stayed late to answer phones and take outage reports/locations. I left work around 9:30. Ron got some Popeye's Chicken from across the street around 8:30. It's good - I guess I'd never eaten their chicken. I like it better than KFC. Anyway, Sharon stayed to about 9:00 and I told her she needed to go home (I know - I'm not her boss, but she had open heart surgery in April). She did check with Ron and left soon after. I'd forgotten I left my windows down at lunch Friday and rain blew in - not as bad as I'd have thought considering the storm that went through. (Sunday morning another one about as bad came through the area, I was told, but I never heard a thing!)
My friend and co-worker Sharon who was taking outage calls; what most of us were doing. Others tracked the outages and restorations on a computerized mapping system.
Saturday Paul went to help at his station of the race downtown and we met at the Progressive Club for the pancake breakfast. Neall and Becca (co-chairpersons for Farm Fest) were really busy and did a great job getting everything together. Paul, Sandra Tucker and Myrtle Bradshaw taking tickets at the pancake breakfast.
Carb-lover's delight!
Awarding trophies to walkers/runners.
I took Oscar to the vet for his annual vaccinations. He had gained 2 pounds, not the 5 I had imagined. Still, 2 pounds on a "little" dog with short legs is a lot - 14%? (I'm mathematically challenged.) Would be like me gaining, well, I'm not saying... But he's okay, he's not hosting any parasites or varmints. The CCVC is remodeled and first time I'd been there since they finished - very nice. They were really busy and we had to wait a while, but that wasn't a problem. As Dr. Julie said, "It becomes a social event." I like to see the pets other people have. Oscar sat in my lap, then since "he does better without Mom" they took him out of the room to the back to give him his shots.Amy came home for the weekend and I was expecting to go to the grocery store later when she got home, but we made do with some leftovers, and it was fine. We did go later and Paul cooked hamburgers out Sunday. We watched "Mall Cop" on the Blu Ray and she was fascinated, as we all were, with the picture quality. It was a cute movie, too. She stopped by the office this morning on her way home and visited with me and the girls a few minutes.
Paul was breaking down some boxes and one had a wasp's nest in it - he got stung about half a dozen times. Thankfully, he isn't allergic to stings, though I know it hurt.
New colors of daylilies almost every day. These bloomed today. Thanks to God for the miracle of color and growth, and to JoAnn and Byron Ponder who gave me all the bulbs last year!
The humid weather and rains have helped yards and flowers, but have not been the farmers' friend. Our yard looks almost like a rain forest. I put the philo out on the patio. (I will watch it, Mama, and be sure it doesn't wilt or burn up.) It was taking over the den/office. This room looks half again as big without it!
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