I think today night end up being the perfect weather. I wish I didn't have to work.

Ironically my mother had to work all day at the Hallmark store so we had dinner instead of brunch.

We had seafood on the grill and ate in the yard. It was delicious and sunny. My mom had lobster and we all had shrimp with dinosaur BBQ spice rub. Then we had brat wurst and italian sausage with string beans, artichokes, salad, corn on the cob, olives. Followed by strawberries and whip cream with chocolate.

Even Basra sat around the table like a dog.

This pro-fracking advertisement is everywhere. Every time I turn on Hulu, every time I read any news site. Exxon is really trying to promote fracking as some sort of simple, environmentally friendly action to solve our energy needs.

"A lot of the the time, things are right underneath our feet and all we need to do is change the way we are thinking about them. A couple decades ago we didn't even realize just how much natural gas was trapped in rocks thousands of feet below us. Technology has made it possible to safely unlock this clean and green natural gas. These deposits can provide us with fuel for a hundred years, providing energy security and economic growth all across this country. It just takes someone having the idea, and that is where the discovery comes from."

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Its amazing how much work it takes to keep the garden in order. Our property is big but its not huge. I can't imagine having any more gardens without having to hire a gardener or being retired.

(E:terry) hacked out the pussy willow tree to make way for vegetables gardens. Everything is so late this year because of the cold. I left Basra our last night and he was so sluggish today.

We really trimmed back a lot of the pear tree. I think I want to. teeing it even more. The idea was to get it as far away from the ground as possible as it got that horrible fungal infection from leaves to near the ground last year.

There was no hope for the hair disaster the other day. I ended up having to buzz it on the lowest setting.