Hmmm... a couple wispy clouds have popped up (Th-Fri) in our otherwise clear-as-a-bell 10-day forecast. Not going to lose a wink of sleep over it -- unless the storm track were to change dramatically.

Preparedness buys priceless peace of mind. As do the city tree cutters who are coming tomorrow to take out a sick one across the street.

My fuel tank is down a quarter so will top that off today or tomorrow as I normally would, anyway. Have plenty of food already -- refrigerated and non-refrigerated -- water, loads of camping gear that's handy in a power outage. Lanterns, flashlights, headlamps and batteries galore. Portable radios.

I've been at this so long my inventory is packed with plurals.

Reminds me to retrieve a tarp I lent out a couple weeks ago to a neighbor.

Most important: have three boxes of Greenies and just bought a new bag of dog food so Gidget's in good shape.

And DC this week is about as quiet as it gets, people have already evacuated -- to the beaches. Ooops....

And that reminds me I'm part of a group of friends taking care of the dog of another friend who this morning started a two-week trip overseas.

Wouldn't want to be on the other side of the world with no one to prep the house and a hurricane bearing down.