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We have had our new stainless stove top for I believe going on 7 years now.  Although I still love it dearly, I have not been fond of the staining/burning/cooked on stuff that has developed on all the burners and have been meaning to give the Mr Clean Magic Eraser a shot at it.  I remember using it years ago to remove marks on walls back in our home in PA and hubby had gotten me some a few months back at my request.

So before plowing into work today I decided to tackle the stove top with it.  Here are some Before and After pictures of one of the burners and then the photo of the finished 4.  It took a little elbow grease (lol) but did a phenomenal job!

August is almost half over!

Hard to believe tomorrow is mid-month, although it is easy to believe that it is August as we hit the 100 degree mark for yet another day (if not close to it)..haven't heard the weather yet this evening to know for sure.  Anyway, it is Friday, YEA!!!  And had my pizza and beer, am done work for the day and life is good!

I heard it may drop down to the mid 90's next week. Wow a cold front..lol.  Really do wish it would rain though.  Every time I walk outside the grass is crunchy.  Today it was Merlin's turn to walk with me after my first walk and he got a bunch of burrs in his paw.  I got them all but these were nasty!  Each one I pulled out pricked ME while I was pulling them out and I had to flick them off my finger to get them off. My thumb and index finger hurt for a while after that. But main thing was I got them off of Merlin so the rest of the walk went well.  I'm going to try to keep all the dogs in the street when I am near any house that has any cactus or growth like that near the edge!!

So it is going to be a work weekend this weekend but that's okay. Last week was the visit from the youngest so I can work this one. I;m hoping to get some time to organize my office better.  There is getting to be too much clutter.

Well off to relax for the rest of the eve.

Okay I forgot...

..to blog yesterday but yesterday was sort of a blur....to me.  Got up early for a walk. My foot only hurt the first minute or so. Then took hubby's truck out to the mechanic we use out a little in the country (not too far from here though) to get inspected. Here in Texas they are doing away with the two sticker system (one for inspection one for registration) and you now have to have your car inspected BEFORE you can renew the registration. Sure glad they weren't too booked up because I was going to just renew the registration Tuesday (the 11th) to get it by month's end.  Then found out the new 'process'.  Wonderful. But now it is done and registration renewed online so hopefully will come by August 31st. So there will just be one sticker now (not two).

Anyway I am getting off my day yesterday.  When I got back from dropping hubby's truck off I had to wash up quickly because it was about time to get to work (remember we had gone walking and I was sweaty and stinky from that still).  After that it was a regular work day until 4:15PM.  Hubby's truck was ready so I stopped work to pick it up. Then it was time for dinner shortly after that so rather pointless to get back to work. Then after that I went to my mom's to make her dinner, do her dishes, get the front of her lawn sprinklers done (it is getting really dry here again), and got back home around 7:30PM. Then I had work to do which I didn't finish until just after 10:30PM.  So yah..I forgot to blog yesterday.

That wore me out all over again just reading that. :)

Today will be a bit easier on me. There is no truck needing inspection and it is hubby's turn to help my mom.   Well my lunch 1/2 hour is almost up so better get back to it.

Got through it..

I was able to do my regular exercise today with the Aerobics.  My foot did bother me a little when I first starting the aerobics part but then it felt a little better after a minute or two.  It was the same as walking. At first it hurts a little then gets better.  I don't know if it is the way my sneakers fit or what but my toes look pretty good except one small red mark at the part of my 3rd toe that meets the rest of the foot (not sure if I am making sense).  So I may not be at 100% but I am dealing with the little bit of pain when I first start walking (with sneakers on), etc. Hopefully by next week it won't hurt at all.  It has been a week and a day since I stubbed it.  That is one thing that does suck about getting older. Every injury seems to take longer to heal.


We finally broke down and are having an exterminator coming on Thursday.  Seeing those huge black bugs they call wood beetles (look like roaches) every day practically is the last straw.  If it was once in a while, ok. But it has been way to common and starting to see other unwelcomed bugs too.  Hopefully the extermination will do the trick.  There is suppose to be no risk to any of the fur kids although I still plan to keep them away from the places being sprayed while they're being sprayed. 

Turning in soon. Night!

Too funny!

Now Merlin decided to keep the new family member company this morning. 

Today it got up to 105 in Austin so it probably got that high as well here. I went out back tonight (while it was still light) and the ground is crunchy and brown and cracked!  It is getting to be drought times again here, even with all the rain we had in May.  We didn't get any to speak of in July.  Hopefully we'll get some sometime this month.

I did take a walk this morning and took Molly. But we didn't get far around the bend when she started to go after something in her paw.  Then we started walking again but within a few paces she was at her paw again (the underside).  So this time I felt around and there was a burr, so I pulled it out  I can see why it was bothering her because it had a lot of prickly sharp points. We started walking again but she went after her paw again.  I felt around again and didn't feel anything.  After a few more times of her stopping and digging with her teeth, I decided to pick her up for a little while and we headed back toward home.  I put her down a few times (because she is around 25 lbs and I wasn't going to carry her the whole way back).  When we got home hubby got a flashlight and looked around her pads. She had yet another burr tucked up behind one of her pads. He got it out and then she was fine.  I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. 

A new friend!

I just got a cute cast iron Boston Terrier bank and put it on the floor next to the railing in the dining room.  When I first set it down yesterday afternoon a few of the dogs came up and sniffed it.  I tried to pretend it was barking (although it was obviously coming from me), but they weren't convinced.  Anyway while I was visiting my mom early this evening, my hubby took a few pictures.  Isn't this adorable?  Tika is trying to keep the 'new kid' company.  :-)

I successfully walked today.  My toe hurt a little when first started but after a little bit it was okay. Took Ditzy for a walk afterwards too.  Then I washed Stac's car.  She's hasn't washed in at least a year I think. Instead of a nice darkish teal it looked black for the most part. I was really sweating by the time I was done. And it still wasn't hot yet. I got done before 9AM. She has been planning on washing it but hadn't gotten to it.  So I took the opportunity to do it. It is a small car at least. :-)  It was nice having Stac visit and it was even better that she only had a little over an hour to drive to get home.

Sunny Saturday

It was very sunny today but also very hot!  So what did we do ?  My youngest came up to visit and we went to see the new Mission Impossible movie.  It was good and Tom Cruise appears to be timeless.  He doesn't ever seem to age much. And he does his own stunts I think I read. Wow! There were more movie goers today than usual, so we weren't the only ones who thought about taking in a movie to get out of the heat! 

My toe injury is healed enough I think to handle a walk in the morning. So will see how that goes. And if that goes well, I will do my regular aerobic exercise come Tuesday.  Here's hoping it all goes well tomorrow!