Hot, hot, hot

 This week will be the hottest week this month, topping out at 118º by Wednesday. It will be a week of really enjoying the pool too. We have been in the pool most every day this month. It's our time to enjoy the pool and get some exercise as well. We both have been told to get some weight off and exercise. But in the summer doing anything outside other than the pool is not a good thing.

We finally got money back for our window a/c unit that we bought in June of '21. But now it's too hot to put the new one in the window. Luckily the old one works it just won't hold a temp. It either freezes you out of the room or it gets too warm to be in it. It is totally unreliable. When we purchased the old one we got the three year warranty too. Good thing we did. It should have been taken back to the store right away but we thought we were just setting it incorrectly. Ha ha, the thermostat doesn't work, it isn't us. With the upper teens in the hundreds putting the new one in will have to wait. Mark should not be doing that kind of lifting or work in this heat. And I'm no help with my torn arm muscles and tendons. We are a pair to draw to at times.

Busy week, getting ready for Lincoln and Maria's visit. It will be a great Fathers day for Mark, and a great one for me as well. It's been a long time since we have been able to spend time with them. The last time we saw them was two years ago at their wedding. But that was not a time for visiting. So I've been cooking some of Lincoln's favorite meals ahead of time and freezing them. Less time in the kitchen, less heat in the house from cooking and more time to visit. Thank God I have an electric roaster. I just get it up on the porch and the heat stayed outside. I had to make a Thanksgiving meal since we have not had one together in 6 years. Not to mention a triple batch of chex mix. The chicken fricasee will have to be made the day of, because it doesn't freeze. But that doesn't require the use of the oven. I can reheat the turkey dinner in the microwave and out air fryer countertop oven. I'll need Maria to mash the potatoes. My arms won't be able to tolerate that job. She likes to cook so I know she won't mind helping. It's just that my kitchen barely has room for me, let alone two people trying to work.

 We know that the kids will be the only ones to ever come down here to see us. So we are double excited to see them. They are the only ones that know the roads go both ways, north and south, and east and west.  Same goes for phone calls. Phones can make calls as well as receive. Only good friends know this and act on it. Others wait for us to make the trip or call. 😡

Tree trimming day in the resort. They started well before 6 am. We have no trees in our lot so we didn't have to move our vehicles. The trees in the park are very tall palm trees. The company that does the trimming really does a good job and they clean up very well too. If there is work to to do in the summer, it starts very very early in the morning. Most start before 5 am.

We must have a ghost living here. Again last night the ceiling fan in the bedroom got turned off. Not by the wall switch but by the pull string. It needs to be pulled two times to turn off too. And both the light and fan string are the same length making it very difficult to know which one to pull in the dark dark bedroom. Mark never wants the fan off, it's on all year long and I need it on because I suffer from terrible night sweats.  How it gets turn off is a mystery. I wish the ghost would help with the chores and not mess with my sleep.