Sunday, April 7th, 2019…... Boy,
did it rain last night! It started yesterday afternoon and went non-stop until
early this morning! I woke up and took monster puppy out to potty and saw the
flower beds were under water! The newspaper said they had a flash flood watch
going in the Willamette Valley until Monday afternoon. It was slowed to a
really light sprinkle when I walked Rylee so we were good. We had no plans for
today. My sister brought Quincy over and Q and R ran until they dropped and we
got them in and dried off for the morning. Sis said when she was driving here,
Oak Creek was about ready to breech the road again, like it did a month or so
ago. We ended up not going anywhere and just stayed in and rested and relaxed
and enjoyed the day. Lydia got a rack of ribs out of the freezer and she made
rice-a-roni and also lima beans with it for dinner. Tonight was the ACM awards
show and I watched most of that before calling it a night. Lydia has it on tape
as well but we can’t watch it together. I find that I want to fast forward
through some of the songs that I don’t care for and I can’t do that when Lydia
watches it with me. She will have to
watch her tape later.
Monday, April 8th, 2019…… Still raining. I skipped Rylee’s
walk until later in the afternoon. But I did go out and get
breakfast/coffee/tea. I watched the rest of the ACMs and then the news that was
on last night. Boy, they are really talking up the rainfall right now. They are
saying it seems to be unusual for this time of year. I remember getting showers
last April – ‘April showers bring may flowers’ does really apply up here! But
they said we have already received more rain this month than they usually have
all of April. There are several cells pushing in from the west, one after the
other, with little relief in sight until next week. They are seeing flash
flooding in many areas around the state. Corvallis and Albany have closed roads
right now. But we are doing ok here. I
did go out and work on the recycling bins a bit. I found out that the units are
just a bit too long for the space. But one of them will fit nicely under our
kitchen sink for the trash. Lydia thinks that she’s seen smaller units someplace
so we will go on the hunt for those. Poor Rylee is feeling neglected during the
rains. She wants to run and play but the weather just won’t allow that right
now. I always try to let her out when it’s not raining. I don’t care if she
runs and gets soaked – I can always dry her off, but I don’t want Lydia or
myself out there getting soaked. The best we can do right now is let her out on
her rope, but she really needs to run. We had to keep her in the house though, when these four deer spent some time roaming around our yard....
Lydia spent some time watching her tape
of the ACMs while I watched my car auctions until bedtime.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019…... Today, the weather broke for a bit. It started
out cloudy and with sprinkles but the sun came out and the sky turned blue. It
was windy though but that all was ok with me. No rain! Kirk came by and worked
for an hour or so and finished his work on the weeds in the flowerbed west of
the driveway. Since it was dry out, he also sprayed the gravel pads for the
weeds. The grass is still too wet and rain is coming again late tomorrow so I
still can’t mow. I went to work on the trash bin and got that installed. Like I
said, we’ll look some more for ones better suited for that recycling space. Later, Lou came by and asked me to feed the
dogs again when he goes off to Boston for a few days. One of his daughters is running
in the Marathon. I guess he feels comfortable leaving these days, knowing
someone is caring for his dogs. He leaves Friday. Taylor, the other daughter,
will be here Friday thru Sunday so I only need to start Sunday night thru
Wednesday morning.
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