mg, what keeps you there? Sounds like relocating to someplace with more services would be a healthy option. PM is down now, so don't answer that if it's too personal.

maeve, good to hear that the basement floor is finally in place. What a delight it will be next winter to be indoors with all of the comforts.

My washing machine is set with a small load (they're mostly small, since it's just me here right now), and one feature I love about this one is that it has up to 9 hours timed delay. I realized that it would run during the hottest time of day, so instead I set the timer and it will run late in the evening. Without a timer, I'd probably forget altogether.

Kitchen looking much better, jars of peaches are beautiful. Dogs all over the house are cute and sleeping comfortably. My ex was over so I handed over a couple of jars of peaches (the ones that didn't seal will still keep for several weeks, but I doubt they last out the week), a jar of strawberry jelly, and the first cantaloupe off of my vine in the garden. He seems to be eating a lot of melon this summer - his dad cuts up one in the evening and when he gets up in the morning the containers are empty. I told him it sounds like the reverse of the Shoemaker's Elves.

Kat, I finished that online editing this afternoon. Found a couple of other characters I'd missed.

SRS