Summer time heat

Summer is here in Massachusetts. We have very hot and humid weather all weekend with thunder and lightning each evening. Today is Monday and it’s about 95 and very humid. I am at work in my office with the AC on and it’s very comfortable.

I am worried about my dogs though. They are at home alone and I bet it’s warm in the house by now. It was pretty cool this morning so I left the windows, doors and shade closed. I left a fan blowing for them. They both need haircuts real bad and their appointment isn’t until Saturday. They will be glad when I get home and turn the AC on for them.

I ate my lunch to fast today and it’s sitting right in my throat. It hurts and I wish I could just throw it up but it doesn’t seem to want to come back up. So I am going to feel icky for a while.

We had the best weekend. My children all have June birthdays. On Sunday we had family and friends over to have lunch and Ice Cream cake to celebrate the birthdays. It was very hot and everyone spent lots of time in the pool.

On Friday night my husband and I decided it was time to replace a wall to wall carpet in our den. The previous owners had a dog that peed in that room and our dogs were following suit. We always put a pad down on the floor in case they had to go but they are not very accurate. The room was beginning to smell and the humidity made it worse. My daughter and I have very sensitive noses and it has bothered us for a long time but on Friday my husband could finally smell it!!! So the decision was made. It was time to buy laminate flooring. WOO HOO! I was excited. We picked out a nice laminate that looks like wood; it’s kind of a rustic looking dark wood.

My husband started working on it Saturday morning. He had the rug pulled up and taken to the dump before breakfast. He worked all day in the heat and had the floor all installed by dinner time. We went out Saturday night to buy the trim for around the edges and some doorway thresholds (transitions). We could not find a good color match so we are going to stain them tonight and hopefully have the project completed later this week. It’s so humid that it’s going to take a while for the stain to dry completely.

The rest of the week looks like great weather. Over 90 again tomorrow and less humid and warm for the rest of the week. Next weekend is another busy one. My granddaughter has a program at school on Friday night and then a dance recital on Saturday afternoon. Saturday night we have tickets for a baseball game, we are going with about 100 people from church. It should be a fun night out.

My dad is having his knee replaced tomorrow and is home waiting for a call from the hospital to tell him what time to arrive. He is nervous and excited about this surgery. I hope it gives him the relief he is looking for. He is 73 and still works. From October to April both he and my mom work at a campground in Florida and they LOVE it. During the summer months my mom works for a college here in Massachusetts part time and this summer my dad isn’t working. My parents are very active people and I have a hard time keeping up with them, even my dad with a bad knee. Once he is up and around again there will be no stopping him.

The weight doesn’t seem to be coming off this week and I don’t really know why. I am not eating anything I shouldn’t and I am walking a couple miles a day. I feel great and I have lots of energy so I’m just going to accept that some weeks the weight comes off and others it doesn’t. I’ll post my weight loss for the week tomorrow.