Seriously, we have now had enough rain!

HAHA!!

We've broken records for rain fall in OK in August, so it can stop now for a couple of weeks, and let things dry out!

The grass is growing so fast that we had to pay someone TWO TIMES this past week to come out and mow.

We had planned to do it ourselves yesterday, but it rained again (twice) after the crew we hired did it for us on Tuesday.

The grass was deeply wet, and had grown so much in a few days.

We would have to have waited until afternoon for the grass to dry out enough to mow, and by afternoon, it was 98 degrees and insufferably humid outside.

Neither one of us wanted to have to mow in those conditions, given the fact that we had so much that had to get done yesterday, and there wasn't time to spend recovering from the inevitable heat exhaustion.

So yesterday morning (when it was already 85 out), Dave flagged down the guy who the neighbors use to do their yard work, and he came over and mowed for us when he was finished with their yard.

That was $80 we REALLY DIDN'T WANT to spend in one week.

We're trying to save as much as we can in the event that we can go to Britain next year.

We had friends over last night for dinner to thank them for taking care of our house and pets for a week back in July.

SO, since I didn't have to mow the back yard, I was able to get all of the laundry and cleaning done, and even relaxed a little to watch part of the Cubs game.

This morning, we leave for our eclipse adventure up in Missouri.

Other Radio Paradise People are coming from around the country. Some are camping at our friends' place, some are lodging elsewhere, and some (as in "we") are staying in our regular room at their house, as we were the first ones invited to this gathering.

Our house sitters are coming later, and all is set.

We just have to shower and throw our bag in the car.  Oh, and I am taking a big batch of my crowd- pleasing broccoli slaw.  I will get the dressing put on, and get it packed in its insulated cooler/carrier right before we leave.

The only draw back of this trip is that our friends do not have HBO, or a smart tv that we can cast to (which is what we do with an app on my phone), so we will miss Game of Thrones tonight! We won't be able to see it until we get home on Tuesday!  GAH!!