I just got back from my walk. It's cooler today, I had to wear my denim jacket.
I'm about to have baked beans on toast.
I'm about to have baked beans on toast.
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Chryssie
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Morning/afternoon y'all! It is cloudy and warm this morning. It is going to be in the mid 90's today! North of us will have bad storms. I am doing laundry this morning and today will be a do nothing day after that.
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Hello everyone!
It has finally stopped raining, and Unghshu can go for a walk. Meanwhile, i'm lying around in my bed, "having rest from the stress" that i got after listening to the stuff i had recorded yesterday.
I lowered the rhythm in some pieces, changed formats, names and location and sent them to V.V.Braude, so she can listen, "evaluate" them and make instructions for kids. (I really hope that i won't have to re-record anything).
I hardly slept this night.
All i want for now is to have some sleep. I can't say that i feel bad though. My blood pressure has decreased and COPD is not that fierce anymore.
Elijah refused to come to our place and to make some small repairs (though we hadn't been asking him for that!). It was his idea, and he desperately wanted to get out of the house and to go somewhere (just anywhere), but he got scared at the last minute, because he thinks that we might be contagious. OTOH, we know that he went to "Dixie" grocer on Sunday, in the afternoon! And he thinks that it's absolutely normal to do such a thing. What is it? Hypocrisy?
Anyway, it's their own business now,- they don't listen to anything, and they both think that we are "the enemies of the people" (it's an idiom now, but in times of Stalin's repressions [earlier, in Roman empire and in times of French revolution], "enemy of the people" was an accusation which required death penalty.
Unghshu had a nice walk on Saturday. I wish the weather was always like that. It was quite chilly, but heavenly landscapes were worth seeing. I made the same old route, but it's a very nice and relaxing one. I went to Izhora arms and made a decent circle (or loop) around our district. This sunset was one of the most spectacular ones that i've ever seen, especially before the sun hid behind the horizon completely. I'll probably go there right now, as the air is fresh near the river banks, and the possibility of meeting humanoids is lower than anywhere else. It's gloomy outside now, but i don't care.
Saturday's walk, part 1.
It has finally stopped raining, and Unghshu can go for a walk. Meanwhile, i'm lying around in my bed, "having rest from the stress" that i got after listening to the stuff i had recorded yesterday. I lowered the rhythm in some pieces, changed formats, names and location and sent them to V.V.Braude, so she can listen, "evaluate" them and make instructions for kids. (I really hope that i won't have to re-record anything). I hardly slept this night.
All i want for now is to have some sleep. I can't say that i feel bad though. My blood pressure has decreased and COPD is not that fierce anymore.Elijah refused to come to our place and to make some small repairs (though we hadn't been asking him for that!). It was his idea, and he desperately wanted to get out of the house and to go somewhere (just anywhere), but he got scared at the last minute, because he thinks that we might be contagious. OTOH, we know that he went to "Dixie" grocer on Sunday, in the afternoon! And he thinks that it's absolutely normal to do such a thing. What is it? Hypocrisy?
Anyway, it's their own business now,- they don't listen to anything, and they both think that we are "the enemies of the people" (it's an idiom now, but in times of Stalin's repressions [earlier, in Roman empire and in times of French revolution], "enemy of the people" was an accusation which required death penalty.Unghshu had a nice walk on Saturday. I wish the weather was always like that. It was quite chilly, but heavenly landscapes were worth seeing. I made the same old route, but it's a very nice and relaxing one. I went to Izhora arms and made a decent circle (or loop) around our district. This sunset was one of the most spectacular ones that i've ever seen, especially before the sun hid behind the horizon completely. I'll probably go there right now, as the air is fresh near the river banks, and the possibility of meeting humanoids is lower than anywhere else. It's gloomy outside now, but i don't care.
Saturday's walk, part 1.
Val
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Saturday's walk, part 2.
This is Elijah's photo, made at the country, at our door to the basement. Cool, isn't it? - It was so warm, that froggies crawled out and started making love!
This is from the internet, taken by some dude on Wednesday, at 6.30a.m. This is my hometown, and a beaver walking in the middle of the road! This is our Crossroads grocer on the back, therefore, it's 3 minutes on foot from my house! ...Nature is taking over...
This one was taken by Liza on their balcony. Their flower is blooming!
This is Elijah's photo, made at the country, at our door to the basement. Cool, isn't it? - It was so warm, that froggies crawled out and started making love!
This is from the internet, taken by some dude on Wednesday, at 6.30a.m. This is my hometown, and a beaver walking in the middle of the road! This is our Crossroads grocer on the back, therefore, it's 3 minutes on foot from my house! ...Nature is taking over...
This one was taken by Liza on their balcony. Their flower is blooming!
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"Tshaynik" = "teakettle" in Russian! (Though we pronounce it more like "Chainik")... Hhmmm... It's a small world...
And yeah, i meant clanging...If i understand it correctly, we mean a slightly different thing over here: we mean it literally, that my head aches to such an extent, that if any quiet sound touches it, it starts resonating, and hurting your brain from the inside.
Or it also means that the head is so overloaded and overwhelmed by (mostly useless) information, that it's going to explode.
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Chainik, that’s the pronunciation we use. Yiddish does borrow quite a bit from Russian (and certain other Slavic languages) because that’s where a lot of Yiddish speakers lived during the language’s evolution. For example we eat blintzes, you eat blini. It’s essentially the same thing.
The wind is howling here, and power outages are piling up. I really hope mine stays on, as I am supposed to work later tonight. It's nerve-racking to say the least. Gusts could reach 65 mph. I hate wind, lol. I hope everyone in the path of this foul weather is doing OK and staying safe.
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Whaaaa? You mean 65 miles per hour??
That's absolutely crazy!!! We're used to "meters per second" over here, and i had to use a converter. It showed that the wind at your place is 29 meters per hour.
We rarely have winds like this, despite that we live on the sea shore. OTOH, Moscow encountered the wind of 30 meters per second on Apr.21st, 2018. There were 2 victims and 24 injured.So... pls, stay safe and don't go out until it settles down.
Thanks, Val. I have no plans to go outside. Yep, that's miles per hour. Hurricane strength is considered 75 mph, so we are under that, but the winds can be very damaging. The South had tornadoes yesterday and overnight. Very scary.Whaaaa? You mean 65 miles per hour??
So... pls, stay safe and don't go out until it settles down.
It's coming through on the news down here, massive power outages, it must be hell to live through it all.
I can't imagine the people who have lost loved ones and homes and all. Yes, there are more than a million people without power in the South. It's only about 40,000 in my state right now. We have about two more hours before the winds start to subside. So far, my power has stayed on. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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The town I just moved from had a lot of damage and power outages. They even closed the office early so people could get home safely.
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The weather is insane! We are having record heat, there is snow up North, and tornadoes and high winds other places!
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We are having unusually warm weather here too. It's autumn, but today is 28 degrees Celsius, sunny and no wind (no wind is so nice where we live, because when it's windy it's usually a cold wind from the south, off the ocean).
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Holy crap.
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My online Tesco food delivery came to £165! I had more than 80 items so I had to delete a couple of things.
I feel so fortunate that even though I complain about my living situation, without a mortgage payment or rent, I have had enough income to purchase a couple of very large deliveries, and even pay higher prices for some hard to get items. If this had happened when I was in the new house the situation would be quite different. I have time for one more large pick up before we move in. I’m doing a pick up on Saturday from Walmart in a town nearer to the new house. They do not have pick up where I am now and it’s been impossible to get a delivery slot from Peapod or Instacart. I’ve been trying nonstop for a week now.
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Morning/afternoon y'all! It is cloudy this morning and very warm again. Many temperature records were broken yesterday and it is going to be hot again today. I have no plans. I need to do some housework but I probably won't. I will have to get out to the store one day soon as my coffee is starting to run low. I try to do all my errands in one day so I am out only once. The library notified me that the movie I reserved is ready to pick up but I have 3 days. I will probably go out tomorrow. Low motivation these days for anything!
I can't wait to have vegan cheese on toast when it arrives, I feel like having some roast potatoes. They finally had tofu as well so I got some of that too!I did! Thank you.(((((((((Ptree))))))))
We lucked out in my area, and the power stayed on. Other parts of town weren't so lucky. Lots of downed trees, and thus, power outages. I spent most of the day in the kitchen, which is on the side of the house with no trees, haha. I'm glad I recently bought pads for the chairs. And Theo stayed with me. He was on the other chair, snoozing away. - Status
