Summer Heat & a project?

About 10am this morning, a work crew rang the bell and dropped off a note. They are repainting and caulking our back area. First they clean everything with a high pressure hose, then caulk. This means that the back bedroom window and the deck door have to be closed. We don’t have air conditioning—don’t really need it. However, the open deck door and the upstairs bedroom are needed to keep the air flowing well though the house. I also had to take everything off the patio…the planters, the tables, chairs, the wind chimes…everything. They say the work will take about a week. Great. I can still open everything back up in the evening. I got out the upstairs fan, so I should survive. Doing all this work during monsoon season doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, nor does it make sense to do it during the hottest days of the year, but then, I’m not one who decides.

We were 82° outside today, with a few clouds and no rain. Inside, during the closed window time, before the fans came out it got up to 85°. I’m not good in heat, so I’m not looking forward to all this work.

I was surprised today that the Jackson Memorial Service will finally happen tomorrow. Over the weekend, with Palin’s resignation, the mess in SC politics and other news, Al Sharpton made a speech at an LA church. He tore into the media for having too much negative talk about MJ’s life. I guess to appease this guy, all the major networks and all the 24/7 news channels will be carrying the memorial service live. Michael is gone and yet it seems everyone now wants a piece of the pie. So sad.

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Random Fact
Eggplants aren`t vegtables they`re really fruits.

July is…

…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…

Week of July 6
Nude Recreation Week

July 7—188 days so far this year…177 days remain in 2009

Chocolate Day
Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day
Tell the Truth Day
*Japan: Tanabata [Evening of the Seventh Star Festival]
*Solomon Islands: Independence Day
*Tanzania: Saba Saba [7/7]


BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…

1752
Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom
1851
Lillien Jane Martin psychologist. found gerontology clinic
1860
Gustav Mahler Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)
1906
Satchel Paige baseball pitcher, never look back
1907
Robert A Heinlein sci-fi author (Stranger in a Strange Land)
1908
Harriette Arnow Wayne Co, Ky, novelist (The Dollmaker)
1911
Gian Carlo Menotti Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1917
Lawrence O’Brien former head of U.S. Postal Service; National Basketball Association Commissioner
1919
William Kunstler defense attorney (Chicago 8)
1922
Pierre Cardin Paris France, fashion designer (Unisex)
1927
Carl (Doc) Severinson Arlington Or, bandleader/trumpeter
1928
Vincent Edwards actor (Dr Ben Casey)
1940
Ringo Starr Beatles' drummer/actor
1949
Shelley Duvall Houston Tx, actress
1980
Michelle Kwan Olympic Figure Skating Champion

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…

1540
Coronado attacks the Zuni village of Hawikuh in what becomes New Mexico.
1598
Oñate’s expedition is at the village of the San Domingo Pueblos. According to their journals, leaders from seven different Pueblo groups meet in a council with Oñate. The journals also says the tribal leaders pledge allegiance to Spain
1668
Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1846
US annexes California
1863
1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1865
4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged
1891
Travelers cheque patented
1898
US annexes Hawaii
1923
University of Delaware invents the "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1930
Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
1946
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
1969
Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1976
Women are enrolled into the United States Military Academy at West Point for the first time in history
1981
President Ronald Reagan nominates Arizona judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987

Answer each clue with a word that rhymes with the last word in the clue.

EX: Foot with a claw
Answers: paw

1. Wheels for a tyke
2. What a bee does
3. What mediators produce
4. Smelled like a skunk
5. Something afloat
6. Something used to warm
7. Hotel famous for its glitz
8. Giving off lots of light
9. Edge
10. Bread maker
*Bonus: Falsify
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Answers:
1. Trike or bike
2. Buzz
3. Truce
4. Stunk
5. Boat
6. Horn
7. Ritz
8. Bright
9. Ladge
10. Baker
*Bonus: Lie
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