It's So Deceiving In The Oven

I think it was all the way down to 79 degrees on this morning.  I looked out the window to see this beautiful view.  Mother Nature is very deceiving ... one minutes she gives you this pretty picture ... the next minute she's trying to DROWN you. 

There was no time to dawdle however ... the plumber was coming.  That meant I had to clean the house.  I picked up all the dog toys first after tripping over two of them.  Of course Cooper was none too happy when I hid them in the cupboard instead of playing with him.  

That's when I discovered the floors in the kitchen were horrendous.  As you know, I'm not exactly in love with housework.  I'd rather be out with the critters.  I grabbed the box of Swiffer mop thingies ... you know, the wet ones?  It's been so long that the box was completely dry.  I know, I need to clean up my act.

Once the kitchen was done, I headed straight for the bathroom to clean THAT floor.  The air is back in the hot water lines and I knew he would want to check out the shower faucet.   Well that was all for naught because he didn't even have to take a look see.  What?  I cleaned the floor for nothing?

On to the outside sprinkler valve faucet.  He took all the insulation off and said Holy Cow!   I hate it when they say that.  Apparently the amateur that installed this system used GAS pipeline, not WATER pipeline.  Gas line corrodes terribly INSIDE the pipe when water goes through it.  Mmmmmm that's not good.

He took it apart, to find the shutoff valve works just fine.  The blockage is BELOW that where the gas pipe goes into the plastic pipe.  SO ... we have another repair to make, but I'm letting the expert Plumber fix it.  After all, he is quite easy on the eyes.  How could I say no?

Alas, he can't do the garbage disposal or the water line until the end of next week, mostly because the roofers will be parked in my driveway.  There's barely enough room for two vehicles, so I'll be carrying water down to the trough daily and visiting with Mr. Toad.  

Just for kicks, I checked the temperature at about 5:00.  I can't believe I'm saying 104 isn't too bad!

Just be sure you don't go outside on the patio barefoot.  It's so deceiving!  That 104 equates to 123 on the patio.  I have to constantly chase after Cooper to keep him off the sunny part.

I really didn't want to start anything new quilt-wise, but being stuck in the house looking at my phone all day long is killing my minutes.  Too bad I didn't realize just how many tiny pieces this one had until it was too late.  It's appropriate, no?  Cactus in the desert!!  Throw a bucket of water on it and you've got monsoon season.

Speaking of which ... this alert came across my phone from Accu-Weather.  I underlined the important part.  Yessirree ... 60 mph winds with 1/2" hail.  That should be fun!!

Here's another video if you haven't experienced monsoon.  That's not smoke, it's huge water drops flying through the air like a commercial for a hoover vacuum.

Twenty minutes later it was doing THIS ... going in the opposite direction.  The whole thing lasted about 45 minutes and maybe dumped a couple inches of rain.  No hail was spotted.  I need to get a rain gauge just to see how much drops from the sky.  

The good news is I don't have to water the lawn OR haul water to the critter trough today.  I bet Mr. Toad is a happy camper too!!  Water brings all the insects out of the ground ... it's a smorgasbord for him!  Can you just imagine going through that in a covered wagon?

And so ends another nice day, with leftover chicken fingers and onion rings.  That air fryer ... I should have bought one several years ago.  

It's so nice with 81 degrees outside, I might just have my morning coffee on the patio, listening to the sounds of the crickets, toads and early birds while swatting the moths and flying things.  One got in my hair last night and I went ballistic.  You know when you can feel something crawling around on your head but you can't FIND it?  Yeah ..... that!!!  All in a days work in the desert!!