I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU THAT IT IS 4,262 WEEKS AND 6 DAYS

 A FEW DRIVE BY DITCH FLOWERS FROM A COUPLE DAYS AGO

Mother Nature's shenanigans overnight didn't make for a restful night's sleep.  Whether it was the rain pounding on my steel roof, the jarring claps of thunder, or the accompanying lightning flashes, they all combined to make for a sketchy night.  But that's okay, upon awakening this morning, there were already some nice sunsplashes making their way through the cloud cover and spilling onto the living room floor. But, oh my, the wind!!  And, to my added disappointment, the cloud cover moved back in and the day went on to be cold and rainy.  With temps barely pushing through the 60F mark, combined with the wind, I knew I would not be heading out for a country road walk this morning.  I knew it was going to be an inside day for me, and sensed that it was going to be okay.  And, it was.

 I HAD MYSELF AN INSIDE PROJECT GOING ON THIS MORNING....THERE'S A WATER STAIN IN THE CARPET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO

As probably with many or most folks, I started my daily routine off this morning in a dozy state.  It's that state when you first awaken and are vulnerable to making silly mistakes before the brain fully comprehends it is actually awake.  And so it was with me this morning.  I always pre-set my one-cup coffee maker the night before.  Water, coffee filter, and coffee in the machine ready to go first thing in the morning when I hit the switch.  My cup, with cream in it I set in the fridge.  In the morning as I make my first pass of the day through the kitchen, I simply retrieve my coffee cup with cream from the fridge, place it on my coffee maker, hit the 'on' switch and head for the washroom.  Well, you probably already know what's coming.  Minutes later in the washroom, my ears detected an unusual sound.  It was my coffee maker, and something wasn't quite sounding right.  In a flash, I knew what I had done wrong, but it was too late.  Racing around the corner out to the kitchen, I could immediately see my mistake.  I had forgotten to take my coffee cup out of the fridge and place it on the coffee maker.  I now had a river of hot coffee flowing freely in a westerly direction down the kitchen counter in the direction of the unsuspecting fridge.  Well, there was no use panicking because this certainly wasn't the first time I had done this.  And, it's not likely to be the last time either.  With wads of paper towels, I calmly began the clean-up, and I was quite proud of myself that I had not launched into my usual big bluster.  Sometimes, my sharp blusters can be heard three blocks away.  And, by the way, if the word 'bluster' sounds remotely familiar to you, it might mean that, like me, you watched the Howdy Doody show many, many Moons ago.  And of course, we all remember with fondness, Phineas T. Bluster:))

 MY ONE CUP COFFEE MAKER SET-UP

With the weather today being almost as grumpy as me, I decided to focus on an inside project that I have had simmering on the back burner for awhile.  Earlier in the Spring when when the ice and snow began to thaw, unbeknownst to me, there had been a substantial ice buildup under a section of steel roofing where the sunroom joins the main structure.  As temperatures rose, I suddenly had water leaks pouring in like Niagara Falls.  By the time I got buckets and pots under the five leaks, the carpet was already soaked.  Well, needless to say, when the carpet finally dried up, there was a sizeable stain left behind, and it was that stain I attempted to remove this morning.  Enter Lorraine's Bissell ProHeat2X carpet cleaning machine.  This gal has everything.  She brought her Bissell carpet cleaner over a month ago, and it is only now that I have decided to use it and 'get this carpet job done'!!  First, I vacuumed (Dyson) half of the sunroom where the problem with the carpet discoloration was.  Of course, I had removed all the furniture from that half of the sunroom beforehand, setting some of it outside on the deck after checking the weather radar map to make sure there was no rain headed this way in the foreseeable future.  And, guess what......Nope, you guessed wrong.  The rain did not come:)) After watching an instructional Youtube video, I mixed up the cleaning solution and cleaned the whole half of the sunroom carpet.  Amazingly, everything went surprisingly well.  Buoyed by the lack of usual problems, I then tackled the living room and the spare bedroom.  Later, after the sunroom carpet had finally dried, I could see that the water stain discoloration in the carpet had been about 75% removed.  It'x a nice feeling inside when things like that mostly work out.  By the time I moved all the sunroom furniture back in place, it was past mid-afternoon on this 29,840th day of my life here on this Earth Planet.  And, before you waste time wondering how many weeks that would be, I can already tell you that it is 4,262 weeks, and 6 days:))  With a solid cloud cover remaing over us for the rest of day, I was thankful for my comfortible recliner...........

 I'M ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED

 FINISHED NOW AND I HAVE TWO FANS GOING FULL TILT TO DRY OUT THE CARPET

 IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON WHEN I FINALLY GOT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SUNROOM PUT BACK TOGETHER

Al's Music Box:: Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note of caution. "You need to be careful about trying these techniques at home." "Why?" asked somebody from the audience. "I watched my wife's routine at dinner for years," the expert explained. "She made lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told her, 'Honey, why don't you try carrying several things at once?' "Did it save time?" the guy in the audience asked."Actually, yes," replied the expert. "It used to take her 30 minutes to  make dinner. Now I do it in ten..."

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A man walked into a hardware store and picked up a can of fly spray. "Is this good for wasps?" he asks the assistant. To which she replies "No, it kills them."
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- What state has the smallest drinks?

Mini-soda.

- What did the hammer say to the saw?
Nailed it.

- What is big and green, and if it falls out of a tree will kill you? A snooker table.

- Where do pencils spend their vacation?
Pencil-Vania

- Why was the tomato all red? It saw the salad dressing.

- What do you call a female magician in the desert? A sand witch.

- How do billboards talk? Sign language.

- I hurt my foot driving the other day. You know who I called? The toe company.

- What did the duck do when he read all these jokes? He quacked up.

- Home is where you hang your @.

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Bubba decided it was time to purchase a new saw to help clear his heavily timbered property. A salesman showed him the latest model chain saw and assured him that he could easily cut three or four cords of wood per day with it. But the first day, Bubba barely cut one cord of wood. The second morning he arose an hour earlier and managed to cut a little over one cord. The third day he got up even earlier but only managed to achieve a total of 1 ½ cords of wood. Bubba returned the saw to the store the next day and explained the situation.

"Well", said the salesman, "let’s see what’s the matter." He then pulled the cable and the chain saw sprang into action.
Leaping back, Bubba shouted, "What the heck is that noise?"

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