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Three good things for today: 7/25/2026

1. Went to the local art fair, a yearly event.
2. Watched Formula 1's 3rd practice session and race qualifying.
3. Did some necessary adulting.

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Three good things for today: 7/24/2026

The large tree branch that came off the sycamore (cont.):

1. The neighbor did get his power re-stored last night.
2. Loaded the downed branches into the pickup.
3. Insurance said a wind-downed branch is an 'act of god' that the neighbor's home owner's insurance should cover.

Bonus: 4. Got No 2 done before the heat of the day and the AQI was good.

Today's exercise: About 2 1/2 hours of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 7/22/2026

1. Primary ballot filled out.

The large tree branch the came off the sycamore: 2. Didn't injury anyone. 3. While it took out the neighbor'a weather head and meter, he should get his power restored to night. (Hopefully.)

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Three good things for today: 7/22/2026

1. Air conditioning.
2. Air conditioning that keeps the house cool even when it's 103F outside (not an unusual high for my area this time of year.)
3. Mocha coffee mix,

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1. Pulled up the mint gone wild in my front garden bed.

2. Did a cardboard box purge and it feels sooooo good in here.

3. Cleanie out the fridgie night. Mission accomplished.

Three good things for today: 7/21/2026

1. Made a batch of jerky in the food dehydrator. This was the first batch so some lessons were learned.
2. Last nights chicken curry was missing something, flavor wise. Checked some other recipes and added some fish sauce and lemon juice! That did it!
3. Grocery shopping done for the week.

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1. Reading 'Oliver Twist' all morning, and Charles Dickens' joyous way of tumbling down the edifices of the rich & hypocritical.

2. Meeting four people I know within 5 mins of going into the supermarket & having a happy chat with a fellow Cool Crutches user. We both have glitter walking sticks at home!

3. The arrival of bird feeding supplies.

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Three good things for today: 7/20/2026

1. Made a big batch of chicken curry.
2. The Rainier cherries have been dehydrated and are now conditioning.
3. Books that I ordered have shipped.

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Three good things for today: 7/19/2026

1. Played in the sprinkler today! Also called doing some needed sprinkler maintenance.
2. 4 lbs of Rainier 🍒 cherries, pitted, drawn, quartered and into the dehydrator for drying!
3. Watched a decent Formula 1 auto racee.

Bonus: 4. Sitting on the patio, before, during, and a little bit after sunset. Sipping wine and listening to the birds.

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Three good things for today: 7/18/2026

1. Lawn mowed.
2. Watched Formula 1 and IndyCar auto race qualifying.
3. Chilling on the patio after mowing. There was a wonderful breeze keeping thing cool.

Bonus: 4. The Bing cherries finished drying and turned out quite nice.

Today's exercise: About 1 hour and 20 minutes of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 7/17/2026

1. Have pitted, drawn and quartered 5 lbs (2.3 kg) of Bing cherries. They are now in the dehydrator and drying.
2. Using a cherry pitter to de-pit the cherries.
3. Fixed the lever-action wine corkscrew that had gotten out of sync.

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Three good things for today: 7/16/2026

1. Cleared up the tree limbs and branches downed in last night's thunderstorms. It filled up the yard waste bin to overflowing.
2. Safely used the ladder and the tree trimming pole saw to drag one of the large branches off the roof.
3. Chilling on the patio, cooling down of playing 'pick up sticks.' (See items 1 & 2 above.

Today's exercise: About 1 hour and 20 minutes of yard work.

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Three good things for today: 7/15/2026

1. Was able to watch some of Kīlauea volcano's eruptive event No. 51.
2. Several good geology videos on YouTube, both today and late yesterday.
3. Staying home and inside on a seasonably hot (101F/38.3C) day.

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Three good things for today: 7/14/2026

1. Picked up 5 lbs of Rainier and 5 lbs of Bing cherries for dehydrating.
2. Made grilled fajitas for dinner. 😋
3. Grocery shopping done for the week.

Bonus: 4. Happy #BastilleDay 🇫🇷 to all who celebrate! Go out and storm something!

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Three good things for today: 7/13/2026

1. Left-over pizza 🍕 for dinner.
2. Did some necessary adulting.
3. Haven't screamed (or the e-mail/text equivalent) at one of the BIL for continuing to use an e-mail address that died 13 years ago. (And yes he has been told to use a different one. Several times... 🤦‍♂️)

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Three good things for today: 7/12/2026

Home canning & jamming edition. Today I canned or jammed:

1. 12 jars of apricot slices.
2. 4 jars of apricot jam.
3. 6 jars of plum jam.

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Three good things for today: 7/11/2026

1. Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🪺 for brunch. 😋
2. Did another batch of dehydrated apricots.
3. Ran some errands.
4. Hung up a wasp trap. (Too many wasps buzzing around the front door and Oregon grape bush.)

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Three good things for today: 7/10/2026

1. The first ever batch of dried cherries from the food dehydrator turned out great!
2. I'm liking this food dehydrator a lot!
3. My standard table wine, 14 Hands 2022 Hot To Troy Smooth Red Blend. 🍷

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Three good things for today: 7/9/2026

1. The test batch of apricots from the dehydrator turned out great.
2. Currently have a batch of cherries in the dehydrator.
3. Getting and using a cherry pitter was worth it. (Tested some of the other methods, they didn't work as well.)

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Three good things for today: 7/8/2026

1. Picked up some local cherries: 3 lbs of Rainiers and 2 lbs of Bings.
2. After much hemming and hawing, I bought a food dehydrator today.
3. Have a first batch of home-grown apricots in the dehydrator. (Cherries are next!)

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