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rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 06 Saturday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa “And the morning breaks eternal bright and clear.” Not! Communal breakfast at the clubhouse this morning. Followed by a trip to Union Park UMC to retrieve this week’s bulletins. What day it’s complete without another trip to Wal-Mart? Ella had prescriptions ready for pickup, which wasContinue reading “2019 July 06 Saturday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 05 Friday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 70° and cloudy. Work was nuts today. And tomorrow promises to be even crazier. And to quote Forrest Gump, “And that’s all I got to say about that!” God bless and g’nitem Visit my daily devotions blog https://musingsdevotions.wordpress.com My sermons blog http://thomasewilliams.blogspot.com/?m=1 Random Thoughts/ https://thethomasewilliamsnewsletter.wordpress.com AllContinue reading “2019 July 05 Friday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 04 Thursday Independence Day in Des Moines, Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa Some Red, White, and Blue inn this morning’s sky. I didn’t sleep well. I had some stomach issues that kept me moving until 2:30 when I was finally able to lay still long enough to go to sleep. Bacon, eggs, and toastContinue reading “2019 July 04 Thursday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 03 Wednesday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa . . About 4:30 in the afternoon the clouds stopped threatening us with rain. Instead it came through with gale force winds and driving rain that moved like curtains all astound us. It dropped from 88° to 78 ° in 10-15 minutes. It continued to coolContinue reading “2019 July 03 Wednesday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 02 Tuesday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa I don’t think that the sun had enough strength to throw off her quilt of clouds and get out of bed today. Let’s just let her sleep in … she has been working extra hard lately. There is a very drained sun in the sky today.Continue reading “2019 July 02 Tuesday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 July 01 Monday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa Today started at 71° and reached 91 that felt like 98°. Mostly cloudy but still too bright to stare at the sun directly. However, through a lace curtain of leaves, it it’s viewable. I worked 8-2:30 today. Jim arrived at 11. We had very little traffic.Continue reading “2019 July 01 Monday”

2019 June 30 Sunday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa It was still hot and muggy at midnight. It barely dropped below 80° overnight and the sun rose white hot this morning. The humidity is at 85% so that is a tiny amount of relief. 91° in the shade slightly after 11 pm. Coffee at the cafe,Continue reading “2019 June 30 Sunday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 June 29 Saturday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 70° humid and mostly clear The sun hadn’t cleared the horizon, but the heat was already rising. 95° and humid for the high today. This is sweat in the shade weather and I can’t say that I really care for it. Here is a fun triviaContinue reading “2019 June 29 Saturday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 June 28 Friday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa 74° humid and cloudy to start the day. Today topped out at 83°. Another day when the sun had to climb over the dark clouds to glow through the hazy clouds. Pranked by the great grandkids. {Ella wrote} If we didn’t already know the great grandkidsContinue reading “2019 June 28 Friday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 June 27 Thursday in Cutty’s, Grimes, Iowa So much for sunrise. The photo makes the white sky brighter than it appeared to my eyes. Just brightness without the sun. Slightly after this the sun did burn through that haze. I knew last might that I wanted pancakes for breakfast. With that in mind,Continue reading “2019 June 27 Thursday”