Guess this is the end of the spate of pleasant weather we’ve had since the heat dome landed over the Northeast.

It’s raining now and we’re expecting a couple of day’s worth later this week: hope so.

Cleaned the upstairs bathroom shower. Washed and changed the sheets. This along with taking care of Jett, breakfast and leftovers for lunch took the morning and half the afternoon; it’s now almost 2:30.

Yellow daylilies planted by the previous owner in the front yard are beautiful. I’d split them for the new driveway garden and they look great. Hoping the Endless Summers bloom next month. I hacked them pretty good last year so no early bloom this month.

Sent an Amazon gift card to Butch and Alyssa for their wedding this Saturday. Had almost enough points with Chase/Amazon to cover it: a bonus, this has been an expensive month with Jett’s grooming coming up tomorrow as well.

My left index finger still snaps but at least it doesn’t hurt, not yet.

Did something stupid but learned something important. Our iPhone repair/replacement coverage with Assurant does not cover drops. It also does not include AppleCare, as I thought.

I saw a thin black line on the right side of my iPhone screen. Thought it was a hardware error because I’ve dropped it a couple of times. So, I made an appointment for tomorrow at MadMacs in Pittsfield, on the way to Jett’s grooming in Peru.

I tried restarting the phone and behold, the thin line was a shadow from the screen saver that must have shifted to the left.

I cancelled the appointment but may drop by anyway to see if the phone can still be covered.

I did check the backup schedule. It happens every day. I did delete a couple.

Robert’s 31st, Peter’s first day at the new job.

Continuing to catalog my garden flowers. Weeding. Pruning.

Sweet 100’s and tiny cukes on the deck are ripening.

Ron made mac and cheese for lunch, flavored it with Dijon mustard, garlic powder and smoked paprika. Good eating!

Enjoyed browsing through several Flickr albums with Ron.

Plea for help from MRS: down for the weekend. I think the DNS setting was hacked. I don’t understand what is going on with this website.

Made progress with the Remedy app. More testing but I’m feeling good about passing it on for Andi to pound on.

Gnocchi and zucchini for supper. I gave up on the news.

Ordered a bar code reader for Remedy and a hose and regulator kit for the Spirit grill from eBay.

Got the deck light back together again. Good occupational therapy for my clumsy hands, which performed remarkably well.

Played fetch with Jett until he trumped and lost interest.

Made stir fry vegetables and eggs for lunch. Seasoned them with turmeric, smoked paprika, garlic and onion powder; ruined them with parmesan cheese.

Applied rug cleaning solvent to mysterious carpet stains. Vacuumed living room, got most of the worst parts off.

More weeding. Ron refilled the gas can.

Nice chat with Butch and the boys about their plans for the wedding and next weekend. They gave us a heads up on a visit later by a prospective dog watcher, suggested (wisely) that Jett stay inside.

I’ve been working off and on all day, still in night clothes. Made onion dip with chips and crackers tv snack for Ron. Have to fatten him up.

Vigil tonight in Williamstown to honor recent victims of ICE.

We’ve been pulling Yellow Jewelweed from the edges of the yard. I removed a few more today as well as Bishop’s Weed growing around the Rose of Sharon. Very hot in the front yard.

Ron mowed the front and the back. Ben’s birthday is tomorrow so we gave him his present today, Hershey’s milk chocolate.

We attended the ice cream social fundraiser for a local youth group at Wild Oats Market. Giant sundaes. Got to talk with the manager about Dave’s Bread. We will buy it there from now on, have wasted so much money in other stores!

$4 pizza for supper.

Jett has not eaten today at all.

We hauled ourselves to Studio 9 for an early evening bang up lively dance music concert by Bang On A Can’s summer workshop performers.

Great time, happy people, dancing (even Ron!) and limbo under a trombone slide “arch”.

Fell asleep early (again), got up around 7.

Ron had another accident, said it was the third day in a row.

Fixed an actual bug in MRS that’s been lurking all these years. Working on Remedy. Returned Andi’s computer.

Ron did laundry.

Participated in an hour and a half focus group on Health New England, learned it has a parent company Bay State Health which is both a claims-payer and a provider. Good group and moderator, learned some new facts.

Ron dumped the weeds we pulled yesterday, two tarp-fuls of Jewel Weed, at the transfer station and picked up his med at Walmart.

I sent Rebecca a photo yesterday of the Nasturtiums that grew from Wild Soul’s seed swap activity.

While Ron picked up his replacement debit card at the credit union, I got gas at Cumby; they gave me 20 cents off for reasons I can’t quite figure out. I might be the only person in town who filled up yesterday for $3.79 a gallon.

Did a grocery run to get coffee, bread, chocolate for Ben’s 11th birthday and the makings of a modified charcuterie board: spreadable brie, goat cheese, smoked gouda, dill pickles, strawberries and blueberries with yogurt dip, crackers, Palmeritas. Picked up a couple of bottles of white wine at Spirits. We had a nice cocktail hour on the deck. Then Jett devoured the leftover brie. Brat.

I’m getting so that I can’t stand to watch the news. It is like someone said, Groundhog Day. A vigil is being planned for Sunday. I can’t see that standouts, vigils or protests have made a difference: people are still being murdered by ICE and Trump is manipulating death counts in the Middle East so he can brag about the supposedly low number.

This was Peter’s last day at CVS. He’s optimistic about his next gig and I hope to heck it works out for him. As far as I’ve heard, there are maybe only three really good places to work on Cape Cod. He can handle himself, been through a lot especially in the last two years, so this might be the job he retires from.

Jett tried to wake me up but eventually fell back asleep in Ron’s spot. I didn’t get up until 7:30 and glad for the extra rest.

A pleasure to enter the downstairs bathroom this morning! Lovely atmosphere at last. Had no idea how much the odor problems bothered me; cleaning never helped. Feels like this house is finally my home and not a relic of past abuse.

Raining again today but not expected to last.

Surprise in the garden: a silene regias growing near the Winterberry. I’ve been trying to figure out what I planted there since last year.

Ron went to get a scan of his mysterious upper leg bump but forgot where to go or what the procedure was. This was after reviewing it numerous times with him. Furious with him for his emotional immaturity and weaponized incompetence. I have some ideas how I could do without his financial contributions because at this point I’m paying more for that money than it’s worth.

Request for help from MRS. Looked into an AI report, didn’t find much except for a recommendation to add a robots.txt file that shut the site down temporarily. Found some stupid HTML type moves that the web designer should have take care of years ago. Doubt that it will help, sites don’t shut down because a few image files are missing.

Did chores instead of babysitting Ron. Finished the dishes, caught up on laundry. Changed sheets.

I miss the Cape but Lord knows not the people. Peter has shown he’s resilient enough to deal with the so-called “business” people there. I’m still not sure about Williamstown, there’s a tremendous reserve of resentment against new people, as I think I’ve mentioned before.

Plumbers were here as planned around 8:30. They did a great job!

Been raining for most of the day, glad for it.

Working on the Remedy app. Name search is “spilling over” to item search.

Ron has been very good to Jett, taking him out even in the rain.

Got a cortisone shot today. Good doc, amiable assistant. Expect to see results in a day or two but already it’s easier to bend about 3/4 of the way.

Got a call this morning, Advanced Eye Care is refunding the $25 I was charged for an adjustment to my new glasses that didn’t work very well.

Conversations with the plumber and the sewer line company. We decided to go ahead with the recommended new pipes for the kitchen sink. Doug the plumber came by to fix the bathroom sink stopper. Joe the owner gave us a discount and came by to pick up a check for yesterday.

I stopped off briefly at Remedy to show Andi and Dan the new scanner action. That worked fine but found an issue with the name search.

Helped Ron with his computer.

Ron had an accident.

Don’t remember what else I did today besides eat both good and bad things, watch the news and curse the Trump administration.

It’s getting harder to feel thoroughly clean as I get older. Don’t ask.

Jett and I picked up Major Dix on sale at BigY and a few other groceries. On the way home, stopped at the famous Otto’s Farm Stand and met his 4 yo sister Bea. Brought home a little Basil.

I’d forgotten hummus so did another shop at Wild Oats Market which was busy but the cashiers are fast.

Pruned the lilac and the shadberry. Had lunch on the deck with Jett, Ron stayed in. Shucked corn for dinner, swept the deck.

Finally sent Andi feedback on the hearing aids she gave/lent me. Also sent her a photo of the gorgeous shell hanging that she gave us that we put on the deck.

Ron and I gave the Silver Therapeutics joint a try. Happy to report no ill effects even though it’s been a minute since we last got high. In fact, very pleasant and enjoyable, especially when looking at my gardens.

Saw a FB post that made me think Frank Hewitt may have passed away. Found his obit from last year. It described someone I’ve never met but what the heck, may his memory be a blessing to his family.

Sent today to Advanced Eye Care:

I am one of your patients. After my last exam, I ordered glasses online through my insurance, VSP. When I received the glasses, I thought they needed adjustment.

I made an appointment with Tina for this. She charged me $25 but was unable to adjust the glasses, so I sent them back for replacement.

When I received the new pair, I still had some difficulty with reading. I went to Moulton’s Spectacle Shop in North Adams for help. Peter Moulton checked the glasses against the prescription, assured me that they were made correctly and made some suggestions for helping me to adjust to the new prescription.

He didn’t charge me a penny. I think it’s unprofessional to be charged by your practice for work that someone with no financial interest in my care helped me for free.

After visiting Moulton’s, I stopped for produce and treats at the North Adams Farmers Market, then to Walmart for frozen main meals and other groceries. On the way home, picked up a couple more baked goods at Great Falls in Williamstown then dropped off recyclables at the transfer station.

It started raining around 11 and at one point got heavier, still more pleasant to walk than to drive in.

Mixed a solution of water and fish plant food, fed the vegetables on the deck and in the garden.

Jett and I went across the street for the mail – no leash and he was very good!! I’m thrilled, hope we can do this as a regular “job” for him.

Ron and I got the kitchen window top pane closed after removing a misplaced something or other that was holding it open. Took some prudent malleting to get it done.

No word from the plumbers. Mr. Rooter doesn’t service this area. Paper plates and microwaveable dinners for now. Fine with me.