I'm trying out setting up a new tag for our threads, so folkies, don't rush to complain it belongs below the line. One of the clones will automatically move it.

Here's the last thread link.

Big changes under way here, a son moving two states away, so to answer ragdall's question last time, no, there won't be many weekends home. We'll try for big holidays.

My yard looks good, and maybe with the heat the grass will slow (after the rain it has been growing this summer). I have a push mower that I've wanted to use, and now is the time to use it on spots around the yard. I need to sharpen the blades and adjust them against the cutting surface, but I'll see what I can do today.

Yesterday I picked up clear plastic bins to pack stuff that will go to college in a couple of weeks. I'm sure we'll need more containers, but I'll go with existing boxes for some stuff, and if he can tolerate Mom helping him unpack when we get there, I'll stick around long enough to take out the extra boxes and put them in the pickup. We have a friend who lives in a tiny house about 30 minutes south of campus, and we might put one stack of bins in her storage shed, but I don't want to impose any of our stuff on her living space.

My decluttering right now is to finish sorting playbills, and when I get back home later in the month, to start in on the kid's room. He'll have to put away anything he doesn't want me disturbing, but I want to move furniture, clean underneath, and in general be sure there is nothing living in there. He'll enjoy his room more when he comes home for the holidays if we didn't just shut the door and let whatever is in there get dustier and musty.

Lots going on with everyone else. It may be slow motion during this hot month, but let's keep moving forward!

I have resolved to get the dogs out for more walks, probably at sunset, for exercise for me. They get a lot by running in the yard, but they enjoy leaving the yard also. If we ever get past the skunk smell on the catahoula, maybe I'll let them into the pickup and we'll drive to and walk in area parks.

SRS