Vaping on the Front or back Porch

[SteveS45]

Have a great night, Steve.

Oh, we sure did~! An excellent dinner a few glasses of wine, and a double Espresso before a walk on the Boardwalk~! Then a ride West to check out some Rental Properties for a little vacation close to home~! Came home and sat on the front porch for another glass or two of wine and now having a nightcap~! I was a little shocked when I checked the mileage I drove tonight.

 

[2WhiteWolves]

Oh, we sure did~! An excellent dinner a few glasses of wine, and a double Espresso before a walk on the Boardwalk~! Then a ride West to check out some Rental Properties for a little vacation close to home~! Came home and sat on the front porch for another glass or two of wine and now having a nightcap~! I was a little shocked when I checked the mileage I drove tonight.

Sounds like an excellent evening ! Good luck on finding a rental for vacation. I'm sure you'll rent a good one . You trying to find property by the beach/ocean or some where else ?

 

[SteveS45]

You trying to find property by the beach/ocean or some where else ?

Yes, but not for this year for next year.

 

[SteveS45]

 

[SteveS45]

So I had some fun last night when we went for a walk on the Boardwalk after dinner. There was a group of Truth People standing there with signs and a large display with something about cows. So I walk up and yell Vaping is 95% Safer than Smoking~! One of the Truth people came up to me and starts saying they are not here about vaping and I told her since they are spreading misinformation concerning vaping and being Paid by BT or BP to do it they no longer get any respect from me. I at one time thought they had a good message but no more.

 

[SteveS45]

Off to the beach in a few minutes and hopefully it is as deserted as the picture~!

 

[2WhiteWolves]

So I had some fun last night when we went for a walk on the Boardwalk after dinner. There was a group of Truth People standing there with signs and a large display with something about cows. So I walk up and yell Vaping is 95% Safer than Smoking~! One of the Truth people came up to me and starts saying they are not here about vaping and I told her since they are spreading misinformation concerning vaping and being Paid by BT or BP to do it they no longer get any respect from me. I at one time thought they had a good message but no more.

I have to say the same thing to my dad and anyone that smokes. They, non smokers and smokers, listen to all the bs that the media is spewing out. No one wants to or take the time to do their own research ! I don't understand people that "believe" everything...what they see or hear from the boob tube media

 

[2WhiteWolves]

Off to the beach in a few minutes and hopefully it is as deserted as the picture~!

That looks so inviting. Enjoy !

 

[Jinx'd]

Hey @Jinx yesterday I was sitting on the front porch and I noticed a bunch of Crabgrass popping up in the front lawn~! I was like WTF? With all the Crabgrass Preventer I have put down it should not be but the neighbors have tons of it so it blew over from the Landscapers. Had to use the Old Fashioned Crabgrass Treatment which was pull it out by hand. Since it wasn't established it cam out very easy like Onion Grass and I think I got it all or most of it.

my weed killer is working, just taking time. and it does kill crabgrass, along with the regular grass ask me how I know

sorry bout your friend.

 

[SteveS45]

Beach was Great~! They had music and it was pretty decent but I was listening to I-Heart on my Pixel.

 

[SteveS45]

 

[Jinx'd]

Morn'n Steve, and other random porch dweller's

 

[SteveS45]

Good Morning~! This heat is killing some of my tomato plants.

 

[Jinx'd]

Good Morning~! This heat is killing some of my tomato plants.

I had to keep the ground wet, will prolly have to water today. mine are doing pretty well. going to pick some today and have wife make some pico for the chips = yummy.

 

[Jinx'd]

here is my humble garden. just maters, cherry maters and jalapeno's. looks kinda mangy in the pic, but it's ok.
the shed and fence I built, and you can see how the killer tainted the grass, but it also needs rain.

 

[SteveS45]

I picked a couple of Tomatoes this morning but only starting.

 

[Jinx'd]

just started raining !

 

[SteveS45]

 

[SteveS45]

So decided I was tired of looking at the chipped paint on the side door this morning so I took it off and brought it out to the back patio. Sanded with a belt sander and scraped it down to bare wood before repainted it. Was 100 degrees and I got a lot of color along with the door~! Took a picture of it painted in the back yard on saw horses and sent it to my Sweetie and she thought I bought a new door~! LMFAO

Nothing but Iced Green Tea tonight because with this heat a glass of wine would put me right out.

 

[SteveS45]

 

[Jinx'd]

lol, your not sorry ...

 

[SteveS45]

Well after doing the side door I put marks in the paint on the inside from the saw horses. I should have padded them before sanding so I had to paint the inside of the door and also do the frame of the door on the outside. Which led to painting the foyer inside and the trim down the stairs. So once you start you know how it goes painted all the trim in the kitchen and the dinette which is less than half the wall because of the wallpaper. Tired now but tonight it is Wine Time~!

 

[susieqz]

around here, when it gets hot tomatoes go dormant.
flowers drop off.
with luck, they wake when it cools n make fruit.

 

[SteveS45]

around here, when it gets hot tomatoes go dormant.
flowers drop off.
with luck, they wake when it cools n make fruit.

Here when it gets hot the Tomatoes get ripe and ready to make Sauce~!

 

[susieqz]

hot is over 100 degrees.

 

[SteveS45]

hot is over 100 degrees.

Describes the last 2 weeks here, maybe 3 weeks I would need to check.

 

[susieqz]

your tomatoes aren't dormant?

 

[SteveS45]

your tomatoes aren't dormant?

Not, that I know of hey are ripening because of the heat.

 

[SteveS45]

 

[MyMagicMist]

Over here pushing myself a bit. Need to get started with some writing. Feeling dreadful of it. Although, I'm going to be going about it a little different. That difference might prove helpful regardless my doubts.

Need to go below & set up dishes too. While there, I figured a cup o' Joe might materialize. Yes, yes, I am procrastinating. *sighs* Been putting writing aside too much and I know that. Also know a writer doesn't wait for some mystical muse, or inspiration like I've been doing.

Bah. Dishes need set up, coffee in hand. Writing using the Butt.In.The.Chair.Homer method, begin!

 

[SteveS45]

Good Morning M,M&M~!

Having coffee trying to get my ass in gear hear also. Have to take Dad to the Pulmonary Doctor so will hit Subway for a sandwich and go sit at the park while I wait. Not easy to find a parking spot so I wait at the park.

 

[Jinx'd]

Morn'n folks

 

[SteveS45]

Good Morning Buddy~!

 

[SteveS45]

Well Dad's appointment didn't take long so I only needed to kill an hour. Used the time at the park to get the Bluetooth Audio working in my vehicle~! Now I can listen to iHeart Radio on the stereo in my truck and need to hear some suggestions of other free Music Apps for Android. All suggestions welcome~!

 

[SteveS45]

Hey @susieqz I actually found a nice little harvest today, a few still need to ripen but got knocked off by the T-Storms we had. Too much rain in the beginning of the Season has stunted the growth of the plants.

 

[MyMagicMist]

Good Morning M,M&M~!

Having coffee trying to get my ass in gear hear also. Have to take Dad to the Pulmonary Doctor so will hit Subway for a sandwich and go sit at the park while I wait. Not easy to find a parking spot so I wait at the park.

I hope that went well as can be expected for your dad. Being honest, today didn't see me writing per say. I was giving a lot of concentrated thought to it. My dog and I wound up sitting on the couch looking at the tube. He was scared by the storming it was doing.

Before that I had looked over two different methods of outlining a story. I was kind of trying to decide how to sync up a few kernels of ideas I have for stories with whichever method of outlining. I'm kind of stuck with my little idea snapshots being of the horror, dark story variety although I think they might also be light as well.

And therein lies the rut. I'm over thinking the ideas and not able to set to just tossing a draft out, messy as it may be. I'd like to be able have something half way workable, still a solid story, which doesn't require a full rewrite. Keep telling myself "shit or get" to no real avail. Starting to loathe my editor up in my skull. He's a royal a-hole.

I'll get there, or I won't. *chuckles* Did get our dishes done, house tidied up. So at least there's that. Subway is yummy every now and then.

 

[SteveS45]

BBQ'in some Salmon Steaks with Lime Butter on the Charcoal tonight for dinner. Now to Vape on the Back Patio while I watch the fire~!

 

[SteveS45]

Subway is yummy every now and then.

Never got to Subway because they were out of the Doctors so fast but I had a big breakfast of 4 Poached Eggs on Toast. Yeah I know the Cholesterol~! OMFG but I don't eat eggs every day~!

 

[SteveS45]

 

[Jinx'd]

Subway is yummy every now and then.

yes it is. I like the meatball on Italian, with jalapeno 's.

 

[SteveS45]

I like the Spicy Italian with Oil and Vinegar~!

 

[SteveS45]

Good Morning Porch Dwellers~!

After dinner last night I spent a couple of hours on the Front Porch enjoying Iced Green Tea and a nice cool evening for a change. Light Breeze and temps in the 70's~!

 

[Jinx'd]

Morn'n

 

[SteveS45]

Morn'n

Going out to the front porch with my coffee to enjoy some of the nice cool morning air because it is already starting to get hot. 79°F currently.

 

[MyMagicMist]

Current conditions at: Charleston, Yeager Airport (KCRW) Lat: 38.38°N Lon: 81.59°W Elev: 981ft.

That'll put you near Fairplain, WV where we're located. Our apartment complex is booked up. Property manager told me yesterday 24 on the three bedroom and 14 on the two bedroom waiting lists. She had one opening come but it was rented out just as quickly as it appeared.

There's another complex North of us a few miles that gets called Rolling Ghettos, it's actual name is Rolling Meadows. What its called should cue a person in to how habitable it presents itself. People rather come here to Suite View.

The property manager has taken to blaming me. I write good reviews for our complex. "Everybody wants to live where you live, Ben," she told me, "It's all your fault I keep a waiting list." I just chuckled and asked her if she rather not have a waiting list. She shut her mouth then.

Think I've got one of those things which you're not supposed to have because its usually "a list of things that don't happen". Going to set out for trying short stories a while. Need to be able to have some means of gaging what I'm doing writing wise. I'll tell you too, writing is more difficult than it gets credited. Would rather do hands on physical work I'm finding.

 

[SteveS45]

Would rather do hands on physical work I'm finding.

Yeah I know the feeling nothing better than a work out from doing something constructive versus riding a bike or using a machine at the gym. Going to wash Mom and Dads cars for them. While I was sitting on my ass drinking coffee on the porch I said they need some shine.

 

[SteveS45]

So after 5 hours of cleaning cars I am done~! Now relaxing a bit before I take a shower and we are all going out to dinner in Long Beach. Still no T-Storms here like they predicted? Everybody have a great nice and stay safe.

 

[SteveS45]

Just came in from the front porch. Was a really mice evening after dinner with the folks and then hanging out with my sweetie.

 

[SteveS45]

 

[MyMagicMist]

Need to go to health department today, have a nurse give me the .5 ml intramuscular injection of testosterone. Then later on, go see the mental health therapist to discuss anhedonia. Hopefully, I'll find a way to apply a useful strategy against it. The goal is getting back to writing short stories without losing interest, botching them up.

I need to do the short stories a bit prior to going all in for writing a novel. There are some good markets available over the Web which pay around $0.06 to $0.08 per word. I'm figuring a 6,000 word story which can possibly see $360 to $480. Either would let me give my wife $200/$300 to help out & leave me roughly $100 for some vaping/mad money funds.

Not considering this a plan or something to do as there's always bound to be "something" against it beyond merely passing editorial standards. It is just a thought so far, one that's looking over some ideas regarding plots, characters, pacing, writing in general. I'm germinating with hopes to find a key for getting into it.

Not even so much about the money. Sure it would be nice to give my wife as means of helping out. It would also help my confidence.

So we'll see.