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I forgot about that smilie! Weenies have the best ears!

Pfft! Not much call for sledding down here! The only kind I ever did was down-hill anyway! Love it! 103 deg. today. Bring on the snow!!!

Oh wow, TB. Did your air conditioner start working again....I hope?

Last Edited by Nine's - IN MEMORIAM on 06/26/2012 11:42 PM

And the rain! So tired of this dustbowl of a yard. The poor grass crunches and probably breaks off as soon as you step on it. Have not have much rain here and we are headed into the 100"s Thurs and Fri!

Oh, yeah, it's fine. I guess it was just at that temp. when it's almost the same inside as out. I turned it back on last night before bed. I really don't want to buy another one this year. It's just a window one, but they make the darn things almost disposible.

actually i don't know if we do any at all..

How cool does it get there at night, TB?

I know Mama. For us it wasn't so bad, 'cause we didn't have that much grass to start with. It was mostly weeds from two years ago. We have some grass this year, but we'll have to re-seed this fall.

Shows my ignorance. I didn't even know you got snow! LOL.

It's been pretty nice after dark, if the skeeters don't fly off with you! In the high 60's, low 70's. We should cool down to 95 around Tues. No rain in the forcast though. I'll have to check the almanac. That dang thing has been right on this year.

yep, especially in the south island..

come over to my thread and read the weather reports..

roads closed in both islands atm..

What I was wondering, TB is if it was cool enough to open your windows at night to let the cool in, then close them in the morning, but then I remembered you said the house wasn't well insulated, so that probably wouldn't help much.

Are you serious? From snow?

It would be if the windows all opened and had screens. We made screens a few years ago, but they need replaced again.

yep, some of our volcanoes and other mountains have world class ski resorts..

the freaky thing was, the south island got some summer snow, right down onto the beaches

Wow. Bet that was beautiful to see!

Do you go forever without rain, then when it comes it comes in buckets in a big downpour? Or haven't you even had that?

It's supposed to get up around 100 here on Thurs. I love warm weather, but most of the critters hate it. Just me and the donkeys like it. LOL.

That's how it's been raining down here, Nine's! It's like a giant fire hose for awhile and then it's done. We've still got fields under water in the usual places. The cotton crop took a big hit after the last two storms with the wind and hail. The fields that are still good are doing really well with the heat.

We go in spurts. We always seem to be in the line of storms during the spring. Once summer hits, it dies down a bit. And yes, it does come down in buckets once it hits. Just seems like awhile since we have had rain. Does it get really humid where you are? That's what makes it the worst here!

Hooo boy TB, bet that's some miserable weather if you have those high temps with standing water around!!!! Ugh!

The bugs are terrible this year, what with the warm winter and then all this rain earlier in the spring. I had to spray the tomatoes with Neem last night. I bought it to use a couple of weeks ago, but hadn't yet. I wasn't sure I wanted to, but I found a bunch of moths eating my leaves! Boogers!

Oh yeah, your spring storms. Ugh. My son chases storms and he's always out your way in the spring. Nasty stuff you get!

It's been odd how dry it is, then the big downpours. Don't remember it being like that other than once in a while. Now it seems that "all" we get.

It does get humid because of the lakes. It's still nice though if you don't have to move around much or be out in the sun. Doing anything is hard though. Some days, breathing is hard. Like trying to breathe in a fish bowl. LOL.

Wow. Triple post.

Last Edited by Nine's - IN MEMORIAM on 06/27/2012 12:06 AM

Nice,
I think I would be storm chasing too! BUUUUTTTT.....I am like a mother oppossum, always have someone clinging to me and wanting me to make some sort of food product for them!

Nasty things. Ticks are the biggie here. Tons of the sorry blood sucking nasty, worthless, squirmy things.

You know the oddest thing? I heard locusts one night. ONE night. They never, ever start before the middle of July. I heard them one night and that was it. Isn't that the oddest thing?

I know about the locusts. I heard some the other night too and it's about a month too early. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Anymore, I don't know what to think. I'm starting to want to hybernate at home these days.

That's an adorable description!!

Food is another issue with the heat. You put it off as long as you can, and even then you dread heating up the house, but after a while without a decent meal, you get desperate. My grill has been getting a workout.

Do the girls enjoy the weather or do they hang inside when it's so hot?

I know. Kind of gave me the creeps wondering what's up with that. It's always 3 months til frost from the time you first hear them, but does that one day count? LOL.

Yeah....I just crank the AC when I have to turn the oven on. The house heats up quick when it's on. My girls are outdoorsy kind of girls. They love being outside and at the pool. The heat does not bother them too much!