Wednesday May 15, 2024

Sunny and warm with temperatures in the low 70’s until the storms and rain arrived. Just some big booms and a some lightening but torrential down pours, Had about an inch here but there is more on the way through tonight.

A moderately busy day at the store. Not a lot of sales but enough to make it a good day. Mostly locals or family with friends visiting. Worked on donations and filling the kids and YA books sections.

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Monday May 13, 2024

Mostly sunny today and warm with temperatures in the upper 60’s to low 70’s and calm winds.

I went to the gym this morning then from there drove over to Boone to get oil change, tire rotation, and inspection on the car. On the way back I stopped in Jefferson at the garden center to pick up a couple more plants I needed for my log planter and one more hanging basket. Also added  couple more to the butterfly garden now that I am redoing it.

Planted that stuff then weeded the beds along the porch and in the butterfly garden and watered the pots. Swept up the mess in the garage and filled the bird feeders then called it a day.

 

 

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Saturday May 11, 2024

Mostly sunny today and breezy with highs in the low 60’s. A few clouds have rolled in this afternoon possibly bringing a shower.

A busy day at the store with lots of out of town folks, locals with families, etc. We made over $200.00 to cap off a good weekend.

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Wednesday May 8, 2024

Sunny and low 70’s when I left for Winston this morning.

I met Betsy and Nancy for lunch at West End Cafe. Warm and humid down the mountain with temps in the 80’s.

Back home, it’s still in the low 70’s with rain. Hit and miss storms through tonight, hopefully none severe.

 

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Monday May 6, 2024

Sunny this morning when I left for the gym.

Clouds rolled in this afternoon bringing a couple of heavy downpours and some thunder. I had a Friends of the Library meeting then went to Donna’s to visit with her and the dogs. Debra stopped by later so stayed to chat with her as well.

Now the sun is back out. Temperatures are in the upper 60’s but it’s humid.

 

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Saturday May 4, 2024

Cloudy this morning before the rain showers started around 1 pm. Temperatures in the low 60’s and breezy. So far, here at the house, almost 2 inches. May get some more tonight.

We had our store wide half price sale yesterday and today. Made almost $1000.00 for the two days. Today we made a bit more than yesterday even though it was sunny and warm yesterday.

Mainly because today was also the Apple Pie Festival. At least they had good weather this morning before the rains came in. It did clear up a little this afternoon but so I hope they had a good day at the fair grounds.

 

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Thursday May 2, 2024

Warm and sunny today with temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s and mostly calm winds.

Went to the gym and the library this morning.

This afternoon I swept and hosed off the porch and the wrought iron furniture before putting on the cushions and my little porch decorations. Then I watered all the plants and did some clean up in the garage before calling it a day.

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Wednesday May 1, 2024

Warm and sunny today with highs in the mid 70’s and breezy.

A moderately good sales day. In between customers we worked on sorting and pricing books. With our big store half price coming up a lot of our regulars customers will be waiting to come for that. Today was mostly out of town folks  up for the day or have been here and leaving tomorrow.

 

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Monday April 29, 2024

Sunny with temperatures in the mid 70’s and a light breeze.

I went to the gym this morning. Came home and checked the long range forecast. Looks like we are not supposed to get any below freezing temperatures so I headed outside. I hung the hanging baskets that were already planted then finished planting the remaining stuff in pots and in the ground.

I still have a couple of things that I had not been able to find as yet to fill a couple more pots that I will look for in the next couple of weeks.

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Saturday April 27, 2024

Mostly today with temperatures in the upper 60’s and breezy.

A couple of really good days at the store bringing in well over $300.00. We are covered up in donations so time spent between customers was pricing and shelving books. I keep the back storage area organized with the over flow of books yet to be priced which right now we do not have room for out on the shelves so I also tried to work on that as well.

Lots of folks in town for the weekend for various events or just visiting.

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