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Brian Bilbrey August 29, 2017

29 August 2017

Whoops. A call from a family member was required to help me notice I've not posted properly here. Argh! I had a busy work week last week, then a bunch of yardwork on Saturday, leading to a very, very lazy Sunday with an early-to-bed addendum tacked on. Yay? But no post. Work is full of virtualization and SAN work and preparing for an upgrade cycle. Home is yard work and getting ready for a Fall fishing season (it's too bloody hot here in the Summer, even in a relatively cool summer like this one). Lexi and Marcia are both well.

Brian Bilbrey August 20, 2017

20 August 2017

Well, we topped out the last four weeks at over 10" of rain (I'll only say 'over' because I really need to re-site my rain gauge out of the wind shadow of the tree that's doubled in size over the last few years). And it looks like August is going to come and go with only 2 or 3 days above 90°F. Weird. Of course, what with excessive rain and relatively mild temperatures, the lawns which should all be brown and dormant at this time of year are growing madly. I had to double-cut the front yard yesterday, and the…

Brian Bilbrey July 30, 2017

30 July 2017

So, in the last eight days, we've had 6" or so of rain in my part of the state. We've had a couple of intense pop-up storms that hovered and dumped huge amounts, along with the other storm lines that the whole state got. And miracle of miracles, it was 58 degrees outside when I woke up this morning. That's unheard of in July in these parts - it was a truly gorgeous day today: low 80's at the peak and but moderate humidity. Lexi was the beneficiary of that, with a couple of long walks to her credit. I…

Brian Bilbrey July 24, 2017

24 July 2017

Not a huge update this week. Work was fine. House cleaning on Saturday, followed by supper guests in the evening, which was lovely. A few more chores on Sunday. About three inches of rain over the weekend, joined by a couple of hours of intense thunder and lightning from just before midnight last night until nearly two. Yay? So I'm a tire mess this morning. Oh well. * * * DoD reported no new casualties in the last week. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey June 26, 2017

26 June 2017

Well! It was a busy weekend - between remote work, attending a birthday party for a three year old, yard work, and all the usual chores, I was just plain out of steam. Last night I just relaxed and read. There's not much new to report, so I won't. * * * DoD reported no new casualties in the last week. Ciao!