The State of the Weather

It is currently 94 sunny, humid degrees here.  The heat index is about 107.  I have been doing odds and ends inside.  One of those jobs was to clean the furry boys' water container and refill it.  I thought I was doing something nice for them and put a couple ice cubes in it.  You would have thought an alien had landed in the water dish the way Finnigan acted.  He was quite perplexed and just sat there staring at it until the cubes melted.  They were very puzzling!

That is as close as he got to the dish until they melted.

Stay safe!

Love Those Videos!

When Golfer finds a particularly good animal video he sends it on to me.  I was watching a really cute one about kittens when Angus came in and took up his usual spot where he "helps" us on the computer.  He was really getting into watching!

It was a long video and he stayed like that the whole time.  Even "talked" to them a little.  :)

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A P.S. to Ghostbusters Post

Nurse J told me that she read about Rick Moranis.  When his wife died years ago he quit acting to stay home and take care of their children.  Maybe some day he will get back into acting.  He is a good guy!

Pictures!

I have had two people mention that I haven't posted a picture of BeyB, just all the younger grandchildren.  So I looked through my pictures and here you are.  :)

THEN

NOW

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Who Ya Gonna Call??

I am not terribly fond of re-makes of movies, but I try to keep an open mind.  A lot of the "new and improved" things in life just simply aren't.  But Golfer and I went to see the new Ghostbusters.  The movie started out a little bit slow but once it got going it was really good.  We have seen all the actors in other things - movies, TV, SNL - so we were familiar with how funny they can be.  And you just can't get overdosed on Chris Hemsworth!

This new movie includes cameos of all the original movies' actors, with the exception of Harold Ramis, who passed away in 2014, and was mentioned in the credits. Rick Moranis was also missing but I couldn't find any reason why he was not in the new movie, except he just didn't want to.

Golfer and I like to go to early showings of movies when it is not usually crowded.  There were more people at this show than we've seen at a movie in quite a while.  So evidently some of us are not listening to the critics who have been criticizing the movie.

Stay safe!  And be sure to laugh!

Right Out of a Stephen King Novel

Many years ago I read The Stand by Stephen King.  I have since re-read it a couple times.  When we first moved here from Colorado and wide open spaces and I got a look at the tunnels around here, that book came to mind.  I honestly admit that I used to hold my breath when we went through the tunnels!  I am better about that now but have some other traffic anxieties, but that doesn't need to be talked about right now.  :)

Anyway, in The Stand  after a major horrific event, people had to walk through a long tunnel full of stopped cars, which brings me to talk about some local news.  Over the weekend there was a fiery wreck in the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.  Injuries, flames, smoke, some damage to the tunnel.  The EMTs had to get people to get out of their cars and leave them in the tunnel and walk out.  There was smoke inhalation, exhaustion, and problems caused by the high heat.  Folks were treated on site and taken to hospitals if needed.  The person that caused the accident will be charged.

Wiring and lighting repairs, tile repairs and asphalt repairs are on the schedule.  These repairs will make traffic worse while the tunnel is closed for them.  There has already been an inspection and they are assuring the public there are no leaks.  I always watch for water drips when we have to go through the tunnel, even when I'm not holding my breath.

So.  Geez.  Stay safe!

PICTURES!

Since we live in different states, I don't get to take pictures of these two so much.  Plus they aren't really anxious to have their pictures taken.  But evidently Bikini caught them at a good time this morning as they were waiting for their carpool ride to the last camp session of the Summer.  Their school starts on August 1st.  Bloomer is going to Minecraft camp this week and Boxer is going to a robotics engineering camp.  These are the two "little" kids on the beach that I posted a picture of a couple posts ago.

And while I'm sharing, here is one of Cutie Girl giving Little Miss E a binky.  This is progress.  When Little Miss E first came home from the hospital Cutie Girl's response was to ignore her.  :)  But things are better and all is well.

And that friends is the news that I am focusing on!  Stay safe!