“Life Happens, Coffee Helps!”☺️ “Latte or Mocha….Pepe-yette?”🐸 Leave it to my green friend to bring an espresso machine on today’s Mountain hike Lol!😇 Silvertop, don’t even ask where PEPE plugged the machine in Lol!”🥰 Like a breath of fresh air, the rain stopped last night, and rays of sunshine filtered through the trees in the forest!🤗 After the storm ended, Liz checked the rain gauge…… almost three quarters of an inch of rain in just six hours!😅 Silvertop grabbed his dark sunglasses, and headed out the door with Liz!😍 We passed Chris one of our neighbors outside with a Lady friend. Silvertop was making small talk to this new acquaintance of Chris………… “We certainly need some MORE rain Lol!”😇 This Lady responded………… “Well it is “Warsh-in-ton”…………. Silvertop immediately perked up!😳 “Liz, did you hear how that Lady pronounced the State we live in! She must be from the Midwest!”😊 The Mrs and Silvertop were born and raised in Cincinnati, and as far as I know, this pronunciation is very unique to Cincy!😊 “Honey if she is outside when we return, we need to ask her if she is from Ohio!” We never did get the chance to speak to Chris’s Lady friend, PEPE was too busy entertaining his new lady friend! “Silbertop, Liz can join Pepe-yette fer a Latte, I plug in outside dis house, they

“Can we Go Outside and Play?” Sometimes you need to know when to “Cut your Losses”!😇 The Doppler radar screen looked intense!😳 The long range forecast for the next week was calling for pure Sunshine everyday…….. Just NOT today!😮 Silvertop was hoping to split some firewood this morning, and finish my other outside chores, before the storm arrived!😇 Less than thirty minutes into my firewood splitting, the sky opened up, and all “Outdoor activities” for today were immediately canceled Lol!😅 My weather app stated that in six hours we received over .25 inches of rain! I think where we live we had much more than that!🙄 “I guess you can call today a rain date honey!”🥰 Apparently shopping during rainstorms is an official Northwest activity Lol!😊 The barista at Starbucks was cleaning tables nearby us, and said………….. “I just love the rain, it breaks up otherwise boring days!” Hmmm………………🤔 “Liz, they must be putting something extra special in the Latte’s here Lol!”😇 “Look honey, do I see a little bit of Sun peaking out from the clouds to the West?”🥰 And just like that the rain stopped………….. Ahhh………………… Till tomorrow Silvertop Mike 😊 _This report was published via Actifit app (Android). Check out the original versi

Are You Feeling A Bit Upside Down?☺️ Weekends have a way of setting you free, Cot certainly is happy it’s Friday!😻 Silvertop is in the “Friday” mood as well!🤗 The weather was to nice to stay indoors, I was ready to head up into the Mountains! Before I could relax with a nice long Mountain hike today, I told Liz I would upgrade her kitchen faucet!😍 “Silvertop I found this brushed stainless steel faucet on Amazon prime!”🥰 When we shop on Amazon, I try to gravitate towards products that are “shipped from Amazon”!😇 That way if there is a problem, you can quickly and easily return the product for replacement. That’s exactly what happened to the first delivery of this kitchen faucet ………… “Liz, I opened the box and it looks like a very nice,quality built faucet, but”……………….🙄 See that large black part in the upper right hand corner, this is a large nut that tightens the faucet to the counter top……..It was missing!😮 Along with the instructions, and the counter top deck stainless steel plate, that covers the original double cold/hot holes in the counter!🤔 “Silvertop, I went into our Amazon account, and they immediately shipped a replacement, we just need to take the defective unit back to the Amazon drop off store in town tomorrow!”🥰 In two days the second package arrived, with all the c

“Cool, and Green, and Shady!”☺️ “You hear that Silbertop, fast moving Big Pond is up trail ahead…..Man!”🐸 Water is always on my green friend’s mind, and it was also on Silvertop’s as well today!😊 “First things first PEPE, we need to finish setting up the Hot Tub, so we can start filling it next week! Costco sells 3/4 inch interlocking foam flooring. Perfect for cushioning under this hot tub!👍 Then I reconnected all the water fitting…..😅 In the past Silvertop has had several fiberglass hot tubs………… A beautiful two person tub, sunk into a private second story master bedroom deck in Ohio…………….. In Colorado a large six person fiberglass tub, looked out over the Mountains, and the valley far below! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we started with a large fiberglass hot tub, as well!😊 All these tubs required chemical maintenance, and balancing, at least every other day, preferably every day! 🙄 After each use I had to shock the water, and then run the air bubbler to bring the PH back down to normal………. They ARE a lot of continuous work!😅 I was skeptical when Liz surprise me with this inflatable hot tub……🤔 I soon learned that “Living” with this type of hot tub, was so much easier!😇 Built i

Push To Exit!☺️ Sometimes you need a little push, and sometimes you need a shove Lol!😇 Weather in the Pacific Northwest can be challenging for hiking in the Wintertime!😅 Silvertop always carries a raincoat in his backpack……… Just in case!😊 This morning as I passed our indoor digital weather station, I saw clouds, and raindrops flashing on the display…….. The barometric pressure was showing 29.59🙄 I glanced out the window only to see brilliant blue skies!😎 Hmmm……………… A “Standard Day” barometric pressure is 29.92 Being a Pilot you always keep this in the back of your mind………….. Pressure lower than “Standard Day” is almost a certainty to bring bad weather!😅 Silvertop was glued to the computer this morning, the end of the Month is when I do my heavy crypto trading………….. “Silvertop, are you going to finish setting up the hot tub today?”🥰 I closed my laptop, I was finally finished trading! “Yes honey, I just pulled two shots of expressive for my second latte of the day, and I’m heading outside to work in the hot tub!”😍 “Hike with me PEPE, after I finish setting up our “Big Pond”?😊 “You hike Silbertop, I stay here and wait fer Lady to join me in dis new Big Pond……..Man!”🐸 OK my green friend, I will be back soon, have you seen my raincoat anywhere?”☺️ Till tomorrow, enjoy today’s

“Please Don’t Eat The”………..😇 “Lamb, you can eat dis, It’s all natural……Man!”🐸 My green friend has been hiking regularly, building up his strong green frog leg muscles………………. He was trying to show little @actifit-lamb, that he is a skilled Mountain frog!💪 Hmmm……… I’ve heard of “Tree Frogs”before, what exactly is a “Mountain Frog”?🤣 Our neighbor Adam, and his father, were working hard yesterday hauling logs up to the lumber mill!😅 Silvertop thought for sure Adam was going to get his truck pulling a fully loaded trailer filled with logs, stuck in the perpetually wet field!😳 “See dis log Lamb, I can pick up and carry dis log………PEPE Strong!”🐸 It looked like @actifit-lamb was very impressed Lol!☺️ “Silvertop…… are you watching the “Kids” Lamb is going to get all dirty!”🥰 “Ladies not understand guys Silbertop! How you hike without getting dirty an wet in da “Big Pond”!🐸 “PEPE, we are in the forest, there isn’t a Big pond anywhere near here Lol!”🤣 “PEPE take Lamb, we hike far, we find Big pond……..Man!”🐸 “Liz…. how about just the two of us hike together tomorrow, and leave the “Kids” at home Lol!”😍 “That’s definitely a plan Silvertop!”🥰 Till tomorrow Silvertop Mike 😊 _This