Thursday, June 17, 2021

It's officially hot weather

The weather forecast says we'll make it to 100° today.  That's just part of living in Missouri, so we take the bad with the good.  Cliff and I may be a bit more uncomfortable than most of our neighbors, since our air conditioner decided to stop working yesterday.  I called the folks who installed our furnace five or six years ago... they did something with our A/C at the time, something involving a coil; the lady said it would be ten days before they could even come out!  I decided to go very local, so I called a guy who used to come and put freon in our A/C every summer, although I thought he had retired.  I'm pretty sure he did, but he said he'd be out this morning, so perhaps he will save the day.  I really think we should invest in a new air conditioner before next year, but there are so many shortages of things like that everywhere, I wonder if it would even be possible to get one.

Did I mention the A/C decided to quit on Cliff's birthday?  Happy birthday to Cliff!  We have now entered the period of a few days when my husband and I are the same age; that lasts until my birthday on July 7, and then I'm older again.  We celebrated fifty-five years of marital bliss on Monday by going to PT's in Oak Grove and splitting a tenderloin sandwich and a half-order of onion rings.  I was afraid I'd be sorry later, since it doesn't take much to upset my stomach, but I got away with that delightful meal; you won't find a better tenderloin sandwich anywhere.

If your interested, there is a reason why our wedding preceded Cliff's birthday by two days.  You'll find that story in THIS ENTRY from 2007.

I mentioned to Cliff that I would really like to attend "Not Long Ago, Not Far Away" at Kansas City's Union Station.  I was surprised when he willingly agreed.  He doesn't like going to Kansas City for anything; he just knows we'll both end up dying there, killed in a drive-by shooting.  But he's been to the Union Station a few times and considers it a safe destination, and even sounded somewhat interested in the event.  It's sold out for weeks, but since it will be there until the end of the year, I'm sure we'll be able to find a time that will suit us.  I'm not going to book it so far ahead, though; at our ages, who knows what will happen to us in three months?  Ha!


This Saturday and next, we'll be going to a couple of tractor shows not too far away.  It's supposed to be cooler this Saturday, so I look forward to the outing.  Our son will fly in from Georgia July first and stay for several days.  His wife is caregiver for her mother, so she can't join him.  His daughter Lyndsay has been joining him the past three years of so and bringing her daughter, but she has a new job this year and can't take a vacation yet.  

I'm feeling pretty good about life right now.  No complaints today.

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  1. Larry and I were same age two days and then he was year older again. Sort of like you and Cliff.

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  2. I'm sure like you did, I grew up on farm without air conditioning until I was probably in my mid teens. We survived. But I tended to be a lot more active in the early morning and late in the evening than I am now. We also spent more time outside and time inside was spent with our own personal box fan that we took where ever we were in the house and pointed it at ourselves full blast when we stopped for awhile.

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    1. Actually, Cliff and I never had air conditioning until we moved back here to the trailer house... 13 years ago, I think. But the old house is two-story, so the heat would go up. Also, there were trees shading it at different times of the day. Until it got above 90, it really wasn't hot in the house downstairs.

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  3. Stay cool! I hope your air conditioner guy can work miracles on the old unit...the best time to put in a new one is in the off season., when the crews are looking for work.

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    1. We called a local guy who is semi-retired. He came early the next morning and fixed it in about an hour.

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  4. "What kind of marriage ceremony you want?".... "The shortest one you got!".

    *hahahahahahahaha* LOVE IT!!!!

    Happy Birthday to Cliff and Happy Anniversary to you both!! May there be many more of each!!

    There's a lot to be said for feeling pretty good about life at the present moment. And if you can say that in 100*F weather with no air-conditioning... well... life must be very good indeed.

    ~Andrea XOXOXO

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  5. We are spoiled and depend on the a/c to keep us cool. Mine went out last week but I rent and the landlord has a maintenance crew that came right out and fixed it. I was so relieved to have it back. I had a fan but all it did was blow hot air around. Hope yours is fixed soon. We do love our creature comforts.

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  6. Well that was a tough birthday present for Cliff. Hope he had a happy one anyway.
    Could not do with out A/C in 100 degree weather. Think I would have to move in with a friend.
    Hope you are back cooling it soon.

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    1. Since our local guy came the next day, we only "suffered" for one evening plus overnight. Not bad.

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  7. Yikes, that's HOT. I can make it to 90 with no a/c but past that, I'm miserable. My blood must be too thick. Glad you got out and I love onion rings. It sounds like you have great plans!

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  8. Kansas City isn't that bad... never had a problem driving in the city for all the years we have lived in Blue Springs ( 38)...but having your a/c fixed is a good idea. I don't remember being this hot in June EVER!! And what will August be like..

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  9. Happy Birthday to Cliff. I'm sorry you lost your air conditioning. Good grief! 100 degrees!!! That's awful.

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    1. We survived overnight, then it was fixed.

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  10. You are doing so much netter now, Donna!!

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