Got some much needed rain yesterday. I thought we wouldn't get any rain at all but late afternoon it came. I got a couple loads of laundry done in the morning, on the offhand we would get rain. Got some things done this morning. I feel a bit better now that it has cooled off. It was at least 20 degrees cooler yesterday afternoon then it had been the previous day. January and July are to of the nasty months weather wise to deal with around here.

It was a hard weekend to get through. The heat was just so repressive.

We got groceries Friday night and went out early Saturday morning to take care of a couple things. If we had not gone to the service station to ask about a lugnut and then gotten doughnuts, we wouldn't have needed to turn the heater on. It was fine up until we got back in town and had to deal with the idiot drivers and red lights. But it was fine after we ran the heater for a couple minutes.

The rest of the week is supposed to be a bit cooler, but we will see.

Next week is Moms birthday. I know she wanted to go the Zoo this weekend, but if it's hot, that isn't going to happen. Not sure if there is something else she would like to do instead. We will be going out on her birthday for dinner, though.

The heat is going to be brutal the next few days. So will not be able to do as much as I would like to do. Have managed to get a few things done this morning. Might try and get something else done before I settle into a cool spot, if such s place exists in the house.

When I woke up this morning, I saw clouds and I was happy for a moment. Then later this morning they cleared out. Thought we might get some more much needed rain, but alas nothing.

God has beamed Scotty up.

Rest in Peace, James Doohan.

The rain has cooled off the area, but the temperature will go up again once the clouds go away. We got a light rain this morning and might get some more before the day is done.

Got a half inch of rain this morning. Looks like we may be getting a little more rain before the day is done. Glad to have a cooler day and I don't mind the rain. The air smells a lot better now.

Had to take Sergei into the vets office this morning. He has an ear infection and we caught it early. It was hard going to the vets since we were just there Monday afternoon.

Will be going to get one of the tires looked at tomorrow. After the car gets taken care of, we then will do a couple errands before heading home. Because of the heat, we probably won't do much once we get home. Sunday we will do some cleaning, maybe some laundry and that's about it. Will be happy when it starts cooling off.

Managed to get a few things done yesterday despite a headache, had a headache on Wednesday too. Got out and mowed a bit of the front yard yesterday, would have done more but the headache zapped my strength.

Have been doing okay this week.

How do you say good-bye to a dog that you've had for thirteen and a half of her fourteen years on earth? How do you say you're sorry to see her put to sleep? It is hard to see a dog that was once so healthy, happy and active take a nose dive.

We love you Sasha.

Went out last night after Mom got home from work and went to get her some cigs. Well we tried to get to the place we normally go.

First off, they have a chunk of 635 closed to make repairs to the bridge that goes over the Missouri bridge, so to get to the places we need or want to go we take detours. And one of the detours sucks, in vain we tried to find another route to get to another bridge that crosses over the river and we failed. Of course the car temperature started to climb, it didn't help that closer to downtown there seems to be stop lights on every block....couple that with the fact Mom feels she can drive as if she's in the Indy 500 doesn't help. The heat, the hills and the stop and go traffic left us nearly overheating the car and so we pulled over and sat for a bit. Also add a truckload of construction that makes it impossible from getting from a to b.

Once we got started again, we decided to scrap trying to find a route to the other bridge and head to the video store to return some DVD's rented over the weekend and then go to the grocery store. While we headed that way we, turned the heater on and the cars temperature went down. If we hadn't hit seemingly every red light, hadn't hit the construction areas and Mom had gone a little easy on the car...I doubt the car would have gotten as hot as it did. But trying to explain stuff to Mom is not easy. Not to say she's stupid, because she isn't, but she feels that near home even in heat she can drive the car hard. I have to bite my tongue not to remark that unless she has a way to pay for a new car she outta take it easy. I don't think she'd talk to me for awhile is I said that.

Went to bed thinking of the London summer Olympic games of 2012 and woke up to news of bombings in London. Sad, sad event. I hope they find the people that did it.

Rest in peace, Hank Stram. Thank you for what you did.

We got half an inch of rain over the weekend. Managed to do some work in the basement despite the rain and the humidity. Looked like it was going to rain today but so far nothing.

Lots of fireworks yesterday but not as much today. WIll have a subdued display tonight.

We got three inches of rain yesterday, mostly in brief but heavy downpours. The power was out for nearly two hours in the afternoon. I had just turned off the computer and not a minute later, the power was off. My timing was perfect yesterday. Maybe I should have purchased a lotto ticket too.

It is cooler today then it was earlier in the week. In fact, yesterday was like 20 plus degrees cooler then it was Wednesday.

Had a headache yesterday and have a headache today.

Forgot to mention that I saw "Star Wars-Revenge of the Sith" on Saturday. It was actually better then I thought it was going to be. None the less I am happy that the Star Wars franchise is finally dead. Lucas can do great effects and do great things (sometimes) with the guys. But its like he is clueless as to what to do with women. I wonder what the films, and I mean all six, would be like if it was just totally men and men only. Not saying Lucas is gay, but I wonder he would have preferred that. Even then I think the dialogue would still be clunky. Guess Lucas has to big of an ego to ask for help in creating a great script.