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 Wow!  the sun is shining brightly, that's nice, however the temp is a crispy cool 48 (F).  Clouds are going to be rolling in later this afternoon.  Hopefully, I'll be able to get my little lawnmower out and hit the front yard, otherwise the grass will be growing for another week before it gets a trim.

I found a dead mouse floating Howie's water bowl this morning.  This is the second time I've found one and for the life of me I don't know how they can climb up the sides of a shiny, porcelain bowl to take their final swim.

Work was interesting yesterday.  Mondays are usually a slow day, and we had steady foot traffic in the flooring department.  I got a measure, a credit card, and had over $5000 in sales, and I was not alone.  I have no idea why so many are having things done.  Perhaps it's because things are going to be getting more expensive.

In a way, I'm doing the same thing by buying a new printer.  Prices are going to go up and I don't want to pay a higher price.  Later this morning I'm going to be having 4 new tires put on my car.  I believe that May, 2025 prices will hurt my bank account less that July or August prices.  Since I'm going to need new tires for my car to pass inspection, I'm buying them now.  It's those stupid tariffs, you know?  The ones where the American consumer is going to be screwed over so the wealthiest people in the country can get a tax break.  And, in case you're wondering how many trade agreements have been signed since the tariffs were announced, I have a small graphic which will explain everything.

Of course, they do have concepts of deals, and concepts of frameworks for deals, but when it comes to the signed, sealed, and delivered, signature on the binding document deals there is zilch.  Nada.  Not a single deal.    At first Orangie was spinning the lie that countries would pay for the tariffs, but, after Walmart told the world they were passing those tariffs onto the consumer, he started shrieking how corporations, not countries, were going to have to swallow those extra charges.  Those prices should be apparent to his cultists by the end of the month, a short 11 days away.

Orangie's also going to push for the cuts in Medicaid because the 1% need a tax break.  Their belief is that because they employee so many others who are paying taxes, they, themselves should not have to.  I'm starting to see articles shouting out the warning that these cuts will be suicidal to the Republicans.  Instead of understand, however, they're hell bent on giving the 1% whatever they want.  Remember, the Republican party is the party of Selfishness and Greed.

Bucket Garden

 We have sunshine for the time being.  The outside temps are in the mid 50s (F), so this morning was cool, but nice.  However, clouds and showers are on the way.  They should be arriving sometime this afternoon, but that's okay, I'll be at work.  Tomorrow, however, is another story.   If the forecasters are correct we should have showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, and temps are supposed to drop.  The nighttime low is predicted to fall into the 40s (F), and that's cool.

I'm pleased to say that yesterday was a good day for getting things done, including a mowing of the yard.  My bucket garden is complete.  Laundry was done, thought I used the dryer for the bed linen, the wind blew the drying rack over onto its side the last time they were dried outside.  I got in a nice 25 minute rowing session, and cooked a nice chicken/veggie soup for dinner; leftovers will be dinner tomorrow, when we have a rainy dinnertime.  

Before I go to work, I'm going to mow the backyard.  It's small and shouldn't take long, but Howie will need to be in the house.  He loved yesterday.  I've said this before, and I'll say it again, fencing in my backyard was one of the best things I've done since moving into this house 32 years ago.  He wants to be outside all of the time, and that's fine with me.  And he has started lifting his leg to pee.  Biggie rarely did that.  I had to laugh the first time I saw Howie do it.  He wasn't next to a tree, or a bush, or the fence.  Nope, standing in the middle of the yard, he just lifted his leg.

And instead of posting a pic of Howie watering nature, here's one of my bucket garden.  Some of the buckets I bought at the store; I get a military discount.  There are 13 tomato plants, 2 green peppers, a zucchini, and a cucumber.  Here's hoping I get to harvest some veggies.

And Orangie is going to announce some "super, great, stupendous" tariff deal with the UK this morning.  He does love those glorifying adjectives, doesn't he?  While the details have not been released, I'm betting there's not much difference between this trade deal and the one that was in place two months ago.  Of course, his cultists will gleefully dance around shouting "see! see! he's such a great negotiator!"  All the while ignoring the fact that we have yet to sit down at the negotiating table with China.  Those products we need most do not come from the UK, but from China.  So, while his cultists will be kicking up their heels in joy, a majority of the country will be waiting to see what kind of deals his administration strikes with our Asian trading partners.