The sun is shining and the wind is calm, quite unlike late afternoon yesterday. It was like the Dirty Thirties ! The wind was blowing all the dirt from the sub division being developed a block away . I see a few branches down from the birch in the front.
I tried a new recipe to use up the gigantic zucchini I was given. It is delicious. So delicious in fact, that I ate it with bread and butter !
Hubby and YS tried to repairtheleanto but decided that it would be safer to tear it down and build a new ones materials have been purchased.
More produce was gathered. I think the corn is ready.
YS treated us to Chinese food for supper and I made Tina macaroni salad for his potluck today as their team does some Maintainance on their field. Roast beef for supper;must decide what to wear for school tomorrow .
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
The Last Week
It was the last week before school ! Wow that was a fast summer.
We had the YGS on Friday night as both mt sons were playing in a baseball tournament. His other grandma was taking him for the rest of the weekend. She took him to watch his father play as was asked which was very good of her.We no sooner had YGS leave and the other two arrived for a sleepover. GD helped me make Pounded Pork which she thought was a lot of fun.We did the usual, park,games hot tub and they went home around noon.
Monday morning a metal picture frame fell off my computer shelf hitting and spilling my coffee mug. A large coffee mug. What a mess ! Unfortunately the Zagg keyboard for my ipad is fried! Oh well could have been worse. I had tomquickly get the mess cleaned up especially all the glass vedore the dog and YGS arrived. ThT might I baked some fish for supper YGS told me he didn't like fish. While he is eating he says the chicken is delicious. I asked him if he would like some tartar sauce with his chicken . "It is delicious, more than delicious ! ". When he left togowas his hands, we said it was fish. His reaction was priceless. Needless tosay, he still insists he doesn't like fish !
Tuesday I finally has my hair cut ....10 inches to donate ! Wednesday was a quick dental appointment to replace an old filling.
Then I scrubbed out and bleached the lazy Susan as there was evidence a mouse had feared on coffee beans and chicken noodle soup.with the new subdivision being built, the mice are on the move. I have seen the neighbourhood cats trotting along witha mouse in their jobs and yesterday a magpie was feasting on one in the front yard.
I had a lovely phonecall from my friend in Lodi California . She has improved a lot from her stroke.
We have spent the rest of the week trying to keep up with squirrel who is dropping spruce cones like mad. I've dug up the potatoes from the pots a d made sweet zucchini relish this morning.I grates the zucchini yesterday some to process and some to freeze.
Am I ready for school ? No. But it's. Here
We had the YGS on Friday night as both mt sons were playing in a baseball tournament. His other grandma was taking him for the rest of the weekend. She took him to watch his father play as was asked which was very good of her.We no sooner had YGS leave and the other two arrived for a sleepover. GD helped me make Pounded Pork which she thought was a lot of fun.We did the usual, park,games hot tub and they went home around noon.
Monday morning a metal picture frame fell off my computer shelf hitting and spilling my coffee mug. A large coffee mug. What a mess ! Unfortunately the Zagg keyboard for my ipad is fried! Oh well could have been worse. I had tomquickly get the mess cleaned up especially all the glass vedore the dog and YGS arrived. ThT might I baked some fish for supper YGS told me he didn't like fish. While he is eating he says the chicken is delicious. I asked him if he would like some tartar sauce with his chicken . "It is delicious, more than delicious ! ". When he left togowas his hands, we said it was fish. His reaction was priceless. Needless tosay, he still insists he doesn't like fish !
Tuesday I finally has my hair cut ....10 inches to donate ! Wednesday was a quick dental appointment to replace an old filling.
Then I scrubbed out and bleached the lazy Susan as there was evidence a mouse had feared on coffee beans and chicken noodle soup.with the new subdivision being built, the mice are on the move. I have seen the neighbourhood cats trotting along witha mouse in their jobs and yesterday a magpie was feasting on one in the front yard.
I had a lovely phonecall from my friend in Lodi California . She has improved a lot from her stroke.
We have spent the rest of the week trying to keep up with squirrel who is dropping spruce cones like mad. I've dug up the potatoes from the pots a d made sweet zucchini relish this morning.I grates the zucchini yesterday some to process and some to freeze.
Am I ready for school ? No. But it's. Here
Friday, August 21, 2015
Neighbours
I've talked about our next door neighbours that have turned their property into a construction storage zone. Our good friends and neighbours used to live next door. They loved their house and took such good care ofit. Since they sold and moved, we've had one other owner, and then two sets of renters. The first renter was an RCMP officer who rented while their house was beineg built. Then this family arrived. Now they are not loud or noisy, no raucous parties; just fairly ' normal ' activities. But it is the yard and number of vehicles ! Sometimes 7 cars and trucks, plus two long trailers used to carry small bobcats. Then in their yard which is smaller than ours--one aluminum boat on a trailer, a black work trailer and a tent trailer ! Two lawnmowers sitting in the yard, rarely used. A pile of wood to be used in construction which looks like it has been scavanged. And now some new w indows leaning up on their little deck. Thistles 4 feet tall amongst all the other weeds ! We are constantly battling weeds coming through the fence.
Our neighbours on our other side just moved in last year. There was a lot of yelling and screaming lasat summer. oh the fights !! Quieter this year although their children do cry a lot ! I did feel sorry for the wife, new city, new province pregnant with a toddler and no vehicle. It is hard for a young family to move into an establishd neighbourhood with older families.
Now there is one neighbour I worry about. About 3 ? years ago her husband was having an affair with a co worker. She would park up the street and as soon as the wife would leave for work, she park in front of the house, hauling in her bed linens with her ! This went on for quite a while and finally the marriage broke up. Occasionally I'd see him drive by. From where I sit during the evenings, I can only see a small portion of the street, and cannot see this house unless I stand up and move. For me to see his paramour and now his stalking is just providential. Goodness knows what I have missed. about a year ago I heard shouting and went to look out the front door. My son was just returning from a short job on a Saturday and was entering thehouse. The ex husband was banging and shouting on the front door. Her boyfriend was there. At one point he returned to his car to grab and ax. My son grabbed a baseball bat as we watched- just in case. The ex returned to the door and seemed to hesitate , deliberating whether to damage the boyfriend's car. He'd drive off and then return. The boyfriend made a hasty exit. We opened our door and stood to let her know that we were ready to help. We let her know where he was driving and when we saw him turn into the alley is when the boyfriend made his exit. She didn't call the police.
This summer he has been turning up more and more, ringing the door bell, banging on the door. Sometimes she lets him in, other times not[ very rarely] He is stalking her and harassing her. I think he has even been to her work at a large grocery store because my husband noticed two of her co workers driving her vehicle home. It looked like she was reassuring them that she had protection with her dog. I feel it is accelerating. He is an alcoholic and therefore unpredictable. One day as she wouldn't let him into the house, he went in the side gate . Since he didn't come out, we are presuming he got in the side door. Since then she has locked the gate ! We do notice his car and keep an eye on the house. My daighter says we should inform police, but really is it not up to her to contact them ? I do not like the woman, but no one should live with fear.
I have another neighbour who is a con artist suing people for injuries when she is out chipping and shovelling ice, mowing the yard and daily walking her dog ! She was always sending her kids over to borrow a can of tomatoes, or a cup of milk etc. Funnily enough my pantry supplies suddenly dropped and I had nothing to lend. Our good friends did the same thing ! She knows absolutely everything that goes on in the neighbourhood, who everyone is, where they are from, what is happening in their families. She hasn't met a person that she doesn't talk to and pump for information !
I really needed to get down on paper some things aboaut ' Dot' because I do fear for her safety.
Our neighbours on our other side just moved in last year. There was a lot of yelling and screaming lasat summer. oh the fights !! Quieter this year although their children do cry a lot ! I did feel sorry for the wife, new city, new province pregnant with a toddler and no vehicle. It is hard for a young family to move into an establishd neighbourhood with older families.
Now there is one neighbour I worry about. About 3 ? years ago her husband was having an affair with a co worker. She would park up the street and as soon as the wife would leave for work, she park in front of the house, hauling in her bed linens with her ! This went on for quite a while and finally the marriage broke up. Occasionally I'd see him drive by. From where I sit during the evenings, I can only see a small portion of the street, and cannot see this house unless I stand up and move. For me to see his paramour and now his stalking is just providential. Goodness knows what I have missed. about a year ago I heard shouting and went to look out the front door. My son was just returning from a short job on a Saturday and was entering thehouse. The ex husband was banging and shouting on the front door. Her boyfriend was there. At one point he returned to his car to grab and ax. My son grabbed a baseball bat as we watched- just in case. The ex returned to the door and seemed to hesitate , deliberating whether to damage the boyfriend's car. He'd drive off and then return. The boyfriend made a hasty exit. We opened our door and stood to let her know that we were ready to help. We let her know where he was driving and when we saw him turn into the alley is when the boyfriend made his exit. She didn't call the police.
This summer he has been turning up more and more, ringing the door bell, banging on the door. Sometimes she lets him in, other times not[ very rarely] He is stalking her and harassing her. I think he has even been to her work at a large grocery store because my husband noticed two of her co workers driving her vehicle home. It looked like she was reassuring them that she had protection with her dog. I feel it is accelerating. He is an alcoholic and therefore unpredictable. One day as she wouldn't let him into the house, he went in the side gate . Since he didn't come out, we are presuming he got in the side door. Since then she has locked the gate ! We do notice his car and keep an eye on the house. My daighter says we should inform police, but really is it not up to her to contact them ? I do not like the woman, but no one should live with fear.
I have another neighbour who is a con artist suing people for injuries when she is out chipping and shovelling ice, mowing the yard and daily walking her dog ! She was always sending her kids over to borrow a can of tomatoes, or a cup of milk etc. Funnily enough my pantry supplies suddenly dropped and I had nothing to lend. Our good friends did the same thing ! She knows absolutely everything that goes on in the neighbourhood, who everyone is, where they are from, what is happening in their families. She hasn't met a person that she doesn't talk to and pump for information !
I really needed to get down on paper some things aboaut ' Dot' because I do fear for her safety.
Working Day
Some days you wake up, full of energy and plans, and the plans actually come to fruition. Yesterday was such a day.
On Wednesday evening as ED was leaving she happened to notice some tree seedlings growing in a part of the gutter. I had been up on a ladder doing the staining, but asthis was 'around the corner' from the front entrance, I never noticed ! So while Hubby cleaned all the gutters, both front and back, I edged the front lawn, ending up with a couple of blisters ! Two front flower beds were edged as well. I now very clearly have a demarcation line by the front sidewalk, separating our yard from the hillbillies' next door. Even when we rented our first two homes, we kept them pristine. We may not have owned them, but they were our 'homes'.
After that we cleared out almost all the needles from the Colorado Blue Spruce in front, filling up the city comopost bin. YS and I had filled 2 compost bins last year and there is only a little bit left to do next week. The bin is full ! Then onto the back yard trimming more off the MayDay tree and another Spruce. We had to haul the trimmed branches out back and will load them into the bin after pick up on Tuesday. I wanted to get all this done as it is supposed to rain today. Lighter pine needles aare much easier to shovel ! [ So where is the rain ?]
When Hubby renovaated the bathroom before my operation, he put in a new bathtub and tub surround. There were a few spotss where the paint had been chipped off. We had no paianat left over for touch ups and I really didn't want to repaint the room. Wednesday I used some craft paint, mixed splotches till I had the colours as close as possible and touched them up. Not perfect, but not glaringly white !
Hubby got a break from work yesterday as he went with ED[ who has 2 PD days to work on a Master's paper] to pick up a small table and chairs which have to be white for Diner Blanche.
As a retired employee from a major Hardware chain, he gets an employee discount for ourselves and family. When they opened the package it didn't match the picture or advertisement ! Off she went again to f ind pur white and was successful. [ I kept edging !! ]
We had home grown tomatoes, cukes and green onions with our chicken supper. More beans are ready for supper tonight. We have YGS overnight as our two sons are in a baseball tournament, and the little one loves beans. Don't know what else we'll have. We may actually go and do some groceryshopping today.
Today I"ll hunt for my semi gloss white paint to do othe baseboards in the bathroom and continue knitting the shawl. I sure do love the pattern, easy but very attractive. I have started counting the number of rows I get done, just to spur me on !
On Wednesday evening as ED was leaving she happened to notice some tree seedlings growing in a part of the gutter. I had been up on a ladder doing the staining, but asthis was 'around the corner' from the front entrance, I never noticed ! So while Hubby cleaned all the gutters, both front and back, I edged the front lawn, ending up with a couple of blisters ! Two front flower beds were edged as well. I now very clearly have a demarcation line by the front sidewalk, separating our yard from the hillbillies' next door. Even when we rented our first two homes, we kept them pristine. We may not have owned them, but they were our 'homes'.
After that we cleared out almost all the needles from the Colorado Blue Spruce in front, filling up the city comopost bin. YS and I had filled 2 compost bins last year and there is only a little bit left to do next week. The bin is full ! Then onto the back yard trimming more off the MayDay tree and another Spruce. We had to haul the trimmed branches out back and will load them into the bin after pick up on Tuesday. I wanted to get all this done as it is supposed to rain today. Lighter pine needles aare much easier to shovel ! [ So where is the rain ?]
When Hubby renovaated the bathroom before my operation, he put in a new bathtub and tub surround. There were a few spotss where the paint had been chipped off. We had no paianat left over for touch ups and I really didn't want to repaint the room. Wednesday I used some craft paint, mixed splotches till I had the colours as close as possible and touched them up. Not perfect, but not glaringly white !
Hubby got a break from work yesterday as he went with ED[ who has 2 PD days to work on a Master's paper] to pick up a small table and chairs which have to be white for Diner Blanche.
As a retired employee from a major Hardware chain, he gets an employee discount for ourselves and family. When they opened the package it didn't match the picture or advertisement ! Off she went again to f ind pur white and was successful. [ I kept edging !! ]
We had home grown tomatoes, cukes and green onions with our chicken supper. More beans are ready for supper tonight. We have YGS overnight as our two sons are in a baseball tournament, and the little one loves beans. Don't know what else we'll have. We may actually go and do some groceryshopping today.
Today I"ll hunt for my semi gloss white paint to do othe baseboards in the bathroom and continue knitting the shawl. I sure do love the pattern, easy but very attractive. I have started counting the number of rows I get done, just to spur me on !
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Beautiful August Day
The house smells absolutely lovely -- French Pear Preserve and Blueberry Jam. I had bought pears because YS and YGS absolutely love them ---- and then they didn't eat them. The blueberries were past their prime so now both lots are simmering away on the stove. The smell fronm the fruit and spices is wonderful !Tomorrow I may make some zucchini relish.
This moring while I was fiddling with the fruit DH was cutting the lawn. Right now he is using boiling water on some anthills. It seems they have become quite a problem this summer. Fortunately after having the tree cut, we no longer have a wasp problem.
Yesterday I went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned. I had lost an old filling so will have that replaced next week- or sooner if there is a cancellation.DH was home with all three grandchildren. YGS stayed with us as he knew that his cousins were coing over. Off they went to the park and then he showed them his present favourite movie Box Trolls or something. They eat us out of house and home; treats, fruit, vegetables, it doesn't matter what it is !
When I came home from the dentist the alley was blocked by a garbage truck. The driver was talking to our next door neighbours. So to park in front of the house I had to do a circuit down another back alley . I was appalled by some of the garbage sprawled over some people's yards, spilling into the alley. We have had one mouse so far this summer. They are being displaced from the field with all the c onstruction in the new subdivision. With people leaving trash around, the mice have something to eat and someplace to hide ! Some of the back alleyway yards are pristine with lovely flowers. How discouraging for those people to have some slobs as neighbours. Although my neighbours have lots of 'stuff' in their yard, there is no garbage. I overheard them talking about building a house so I think they are storing construction materials. Unsightly though it may be, I realize it could be worse !
I read Diana Galbadon's books years ago and have througohly enjoyed the Outlander tv show.They are doing an amazing job on social media keeping us up to date and teasing as well. I have been voting on Radiotimes for ' Jamie' LOL It was fun ! I can vote, watch a show, knit all at the same time.
Tonight there is a possibility of a severe thunderstorm. We will see if the job DH and YS did on the sidewalk blocks holds up. There was a 'dip' where the water pooled. DH is off to the dogpark with Marley. It's her first time . He loved to take our dogs there so they could run free !
Back to jam making and knitting !
This moring while I was fiddling with the fruit DH was cutting the lawn. Right now he is using boiling water on some anthills. It seems they have become quite a problem this summer. Fortunately after having the tree cut, we no longer have a wasp problem.
Yesterday I went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned. I had lost an old filling so will have that replaced next week- or sooner if there is a cancellation.DH was home with all three grandchildren. YGS stayed with us as he knew that his cousins were coing over. Off they went to the park and then he showed them his present favourite movie Box Trolls or something. They eat us out of house and home; treats, fruit, vegetables, it doesn't matter what it is !
When I came home from the dentist the alley was blocked by a garbage truck. The driver was talking to our next door neighbours. So to park in front of the house I had to do a circuit down another back alley . I was appalled by some of the garbage sprawled over some people's yards, spilling into the alley. We have had one mouse so far this summer. They are being displaced from the field with all the c onstruction in the new subdivision. With people leaving trash around, the mice have something to eat and someplace to hide ! Some of the back alleyway yards are pristine with lovely flowers. How discouraging for those people to have some slobs as neighbours. Although my neighbours have lots of 'stuff' in their yard, there is no garbage. I overheard them talking about building a house so I think they are storing construction materials. Unsightly though it may be, I realize it could be worse !
I read Diana Galbadon's books years ago and have througohly enjoyed the Outlander tv show.They are doing an amazing job on social media keeping us up to date and teasing as well. I have been voting on Radiotimes for ' Jamie' LOL It was fun ! I can vote, watch a show, knit all at the same time.
Tonight there is a possibility of a severe thunderstorm. We will see if the job DH and YS did on the sidewalk blocks holds up. There was a 'dip' where the water pooled. DH is off to the dogpark with Marley. It's her first time . He loved to take our dogs there so they could run free !
Back to jam making and knitting !
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Ticking off the Chores
It was a very busy week and the timing was perfect ! Following the the shade I was able to get the staining done at the front around the front door and the pillars. As I was up on the ladder I happened to actually lookk at the sign with our family name. It is 35 yeaers old and I noticed the colour orange ! The stain and varnish were peeling off. Because the sign has always just been hanging there for so long, we don't notice it. Hubby sanded it down and then painted it a cream colour to match the stucco. The front is now so much smarter looking. I can't get up on an extension ladder to stain the rest, I'll have to wait until one of my sons can get up there and do the rest, but it still looks okay; jut a little faded. The staining was done in the back and the fence boards that were replaced last fall after the trenching, and the ones in the alley that had to be replaced after the tree was taken down were also stained. Hubby scraped and sanded down the deck and stairs and on Thursday we were able to get it all stained. Looks so mouch smarter.
While we had the BBQ down on the patio, I gave it a good scrub and shine. Hubby replaced the tray, which catches the fat , with three of my old cookie trays. He used special screws, grinded etc and they fit like a glove ! Course the job probably went so well because he had YGS as a helper ! Now we have to wait for some man power to get it back up on the deck,
I need to thin out my Bergenia in the flower bed by the deck. I transplanted 5[ so far] to put on the shady side of the house in front of the house where the grass will not grow. Even though we had quite a bit of rain on Friday night, none landed on the plants so I still had to go out yesterday and water ! The Mayday Tree was trimmed although I think more could be taken off. I hate the black berries which drop all over the patio and patio blocks. They say that when trees are under stress they produce lots of berries and cones for survival. Our trees must be under a lot of stress ! In fact some trees in our area are already turning colour and dropping leaves because of the drought.
Our corn is about 8 feet tall and the cobs are there ! Now whether there is enough summer left to get some good cobs is debatable. Next year I will start the corn inside. We were late planting this year. We've had one good sized cucumber. It was growing on the back side of the planter ! There are a few more that are nearly ready to eat. We've also had one tomato !! with several more getting ready to eat. There is nothing like fresh produce ! I was given a huge zucchini that I will grate and freeze or maybe make some relish. The summer squash I will use up for supper as it is just a nice size.
The sweater is finished and wonders of all wonders, it fits ! I read the comments and other people were having trouble with some of the directions and stitch count. Should have read the comments first ! However I have enough knitting expertise that I had changed it as I went along ! Then I searched all my knitting books that I had organized for a shawl pattern to use up some ore fine wool. Coudln't find anything so I searched on the web. i started one pattern but realized that I could not work on it and watch tv or talk while doing it. That's not for me ! So that was taken off the needles. Finally I found a pattern I could adapt ! I'm thinking with this pattern I could make a snawl for YGS's other grandma who has been very good to him and my son. We are teaching YGS to give to other people.
I am thinking this week I will thin out more of the perennials. The wife of the man who installed ED's air conditioning says she will take anything that I want to get rid of. I think I listed 12 different perennials ! I am pleased with the front flower beds. They should look really nice in a couople of years. The back gardens need work but that'll have to wait till next spring.
ED is hiking the Tonquin Valley in Jasper National Park. YS was supposed to as well but he could not get the time off work. With the way the economy is going, one has to work while there is still work ! YD was having a garagae sale today. We'll be having those grandchildren next Saturday. ES is in a lot of pain with his back. He has a bulging disc and it incapacitates him.
Not sure what we will do today. Dusting and floors seem to be in my future !
While we had the BBQ down on the patio, I gave it a good scrub and shine. Hubby replaced the tray, which catches the fat , with three of my old cookie trays. He used special screws, grinded etc and they fit like a glove ! Course the job probably went so well because he had YGS as a helper ! Now we have to wait for some man power to get it back up on the deck,
I need to thin out my Bergenia in the flower bed by the deck. I transplanted 5[ so far] to put on the shady side of the house in front of the house where the grass will not grow. Even though we had quite a bit of rain on Friday night, none landed on the plants so I still had to go out yesterday and water ! The Mayday Tree was trimmed although I think more could be taken off. I hate the black berries which drop all over the patio and patio blocks. They say that when trees are under stress they produce lots of berries and cones for survival. Our trees must be under a lot of stress ! In fact some trees in our area are already turning colour and dropping leaves because of the drought.
Our corn is about 8 feet tall and the cobs are there ! Now whether there is enough summer left to get some good cobs is debatable. Next year I will start the corn inside. We were late planting this year. We've had one good sized cucumber. It was growing on the back side of the planter ! There are a few more that are nearly ready to eat. We've also had one tomato !! with several more getting ready to eat. There is nothing like fresh produce ! I was given a huge zucchini that I will grate and freeze or maybe make some relish. The summer squash I will use up for supper as it is just a nice size.
The sweater is finished and wonders of all wonders, it fits ! I read the comments and other people were having trouble with some of the directions and stitch count. Should have read the comments first ! However I have enough knitting expertise that I had changed it as I went along ! Then I searched all my knitting books that I had organized for a shawl pattern to use up some ore fine wool. Coudln't find anything so I searched on the web. i started one pattern but realized that I could not work on it and watch tv or talk while doing it. That's not for me ! So that was taken off the needles. Finally I found a pattern I could adapt ! I'm thinking with this pattern I could make a snawl for YGS's other grandma who has been very good to him and my son. We are teaching YGS to give to other people.
I am thinking this week I will thin out more of the perennials. The wife of the man who installed ED's air conditioning says she will take anything that I want to get rid of. I think I listed 12 different perennials ! I am pleased with the front flower beds. They should look really nice in a couople of years. The back gardens need work but that'll have to wait till next spring.
ED is hiking the Tonquin Valley in Jasper National Park. YS was supposed to as well but he could not get the time off work. With the way the economy is going, one has to work while there is still work ! YD was having a garagae sale today. We'll be having those grandchildren next Saturday. ES is in a lot of pain with his back. He has a bulging disc and it incapacitates him.
Not sure what we will do today. Dusting and floors seem to be in my future !
Monday, August 10, 2015
Heading Into a Hot Week
Slept in until 6:30 this morning ! After a couple of cups of Peeeet's coffee, I quickly washed the kitchen and downstairs' bsthroom floors, hoping they' d be dry before Marley and GS arrived ! There had been quite a storm last night.Thunder, lightening, hail... and I didn't hear a thing ! I must have been tired from the four hours I spent outside working in the yard. I tidied up around the trailer. We have to keep watch on the suckers coming up from the tree we had cut down. Tools were put away properly, more tidying under the leanto and of course watering and weeding.
ES brought over more loads of dirt so we're nearly getting there. We should have a nice sized vegetable garden next year. I was able to get a fair amount done in the yard yesterday because YGS slept in til past 8 ! His dad, who is suffering from a bulging disc, didn't get up til noon. It has been years since he has slept that late.
YS asked for spaghetti for supper so I set to and made the sauce. Then ED invited us over for supper . We were taking our time[ I was taking my time] until I noticaed a storm watch so we boogied on over. It was lovely sitting in her gazebo that she and her Dad put up on Saturday .
Today I was looking for one piece of paper to mail off and spent 4 hours going through our files. A garbage bag was filled ! Now we will burn it all because it is just too much to shred. Mailed off the stock certificate and also completed my CPP form. There 3 jobs finally done !!
Now to sit and knit for a bit. I may have to turn the fan on as the temperature is still climbing.
ES brought over more loads of dirt so we're nearly getting there. We should have a nice sized vegetable garden next year. I was able to get a fair amount done in the yard yesterday because YGS slept in til past 8 ! His dad, who is suffering from a bulging disc, didn't get up til noon. It has been years since he has slept that late.
YS asked for spaghetti for supper so I set to and made the sauce. Then ED invited us over for supper . We were taking our time[ I was taking my time] until I noticaed a storm watch so we boogied on over. It was lovely sitting in her gazebo that she and her Dad put up on Saturday .
Today I was looking for one piece of paper to mail off and spent 4 hours going through our files. A garbage bag was filled ! Now we will burn it all because it is just too much to shred. Mailed off the stock certificate and also completed my CPP form. There 3 jobs finally done !!
Now to sit and knit for a bit. I may have to turn the fan on as the temperature is still climbing.
Friday, August 7, 2015
Time Flies
The week has gone quickly ! On Sunday we picked abaout 5+ pounds of cherries. I washed and froze 44 cups, not pitted though. YS made his own batch of cherry liqueur and I made two using up leftover wine and liquor, even some champagne ! We'll see how it turns out. I also made a sour cherry sauce to go over ice cream and I can attest to the fact that it is delicious !
On Monday, as it is a civic holiday here, we went over to ED's and had a BBQ. It was very nice, especially eating all our vegetables from the garden.
I'm on the second sleeve so hopefully by this time nxt week I'll have the sweater finished. A lot of knitting was done as I watched Suits on Netflix. As I usually watch British and Australian TV I was pleasantly surprised at how good the show iss, or maybe I'm really desperate !
Today we started relaying the bricks under the leanto and by the side of the house. They were all taken up last year before the house was 'trenched' I can only do a bit at a time as my back literally grinds after a while. So I come in and knit a bit and then out I go. Did some weeding, pulled out some day lilies, found a couple of deep purple irises which I'll transplant into the front and picked some peas. The grass transplants seem to be doing well which is quite amazing. The front yard actually looks pretty good considering what it looked like, all torn up, last September.
We are supposed to be having nice weather this weekend so we'll see if we can get those day lilies out and maybe some tree trimming.
On Monday, as it is a civic holiday here, we went over to ED's and had a BBQ. It was very nice, especially eating all our vegetables from the garden.
I'm on the second sleeve so hopefully by this time nxt week I'll have the sweater finished. A lot of knitting was done as I watched Suits on Netflix. As I usually watch British and Australian TV I was pleasantly surprised at how good the show iss, or maybe I'm really desperate !
Today we started relaying the bricks under the leanto and by the side of the house. They were all taken up last year before the house was 'trenched' I can only do a bit at a time as my back literally grinds after a while. So I come in and knit a bit and then out I go. Did some weeding, pulled out some day lilies, found a couple of deep purple irises which I'll transplant into the front and picked some peas. The grass transplants seem to be doing well which is quite amazing. The front yard actually looks pretty good considering what it looked like, all torn up, last September.
We are supposed to be having nice weather this weekend so we'll see if we can get those day lilies out and maybe some tree trimming.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Rain, Glorious Rain !
There was quite the thunderstorm Frriday night around midnight which continued well into the early morning hours.It wasn't predicted so I had left some windows open, but fortunately no rain came in ! Some of the thunder jolted us out of a sound sleep. I went out to the front garden and worked on the front beds, weeding and trimming. Another round of thunder and lightning prompted me to head indoors. When that storm was over, I was back to transplanting grass. Decades ago we lived next to a family from Kenya. Shiraz told me that in Kenya , grass is transplanted blade by blade. They had not known about sod. So as stray seeds had sprouted in one of the garden beds[ we had to redo the front after we had new weeping tile and a sum pump put in last fall], I have been transplanting grass- blade by blade. Most of them have 'taken' Now if our neighbours would control their weeds and suckers, our lawn would look a lot better !
ED and I took a trip out to YD's acreage to check on their cats and to take some plants. ED came home with five and I came home with 4. My mother had bought me some pink sedum 35 years ago. I had shared it many times, and then I lost mine. It was good to go and get a couple of sprigs; the sedum came 'home'. It didn't take long to get the in the ground once I figured out the spot !
Supper was meatballs. I added some finely mminced ham to the beef- and no one noticed. They glazed with some of the cherry jelly I had made 2 years ago, along with some spices. Looks like I have enough for supper tonight, along with leftover chicken and coleslaw.
Both sons went out last night to watch a fight on tv and were home before midnight. ED came over to relax in the hot tub. One paper is giving her a lot of trouble so she needed to relax and then home again to work on it. So we weren't in bed until late !
My knitting is giving me fits. I have found a couple of problems with the pattern because of course it cannot be me who is making mistakes ! Hopefully I can finagle and get it done. Looks like I have to lengthen the armhole openings for the back. We'll see what happens ! It is a frsutrating pattern.
Today hopefully the cherries will be picked. I wanted to do them yesterday but they were too wet with the rain. Then we need the slabs moved into place near the hot tub and beside the new garden. If I am lucky I'll get the boys to take out the day lilies as they have taken over. When that is done we can fix the borders, ready for next year. Hubby can then rearrange his rock garden in the side garden. Who knows what will be acomplished !
ED and I took a trip out to YD's acreage to check on their cats and to take some plants. ED came home with five and I came home with 4. My mother had bought me some pink sedum 35 years ago. I had shared it many times, and then I lost mine. It was good to go and get a couple of sprigs; the sedum came 'home'. It didn't take long to get the in the ground once I figured out the spot !
Supper was meatballs. I added some finely mminced ham to the beef- and no one noticed. They glazed with some of the cherry jelly I had made 2 years ago, along with some spices. Looks like I have enough for supper tonight, along with leftover chicken and coleslaw.
Both sons went out last night to watch a fight on tv and were home before midnight. ED came over to relax in the hot tub. One paper is giving her a lot of trouble so she needed to relax and then home again to work on it. So we weren't in bed until late !
My knitting is giving me fits. I have found a couple of problems with the pattern because of course it cannot be me who is making mistakes ! Hopefully I can finagle and get it done. Looks like I have to lengthen the armhole openings for the back. We'll see what happens ! It is a frsutrating pattern.
Today hopefully the cherries will be picked. I wanted to do them yesterday but they were too wet with the rain. Then we need the slabs moved into place near the hot tub and beside the new garden. If I am lucky I'll get the boys to take out the day lilies as they have taken over. When that is done we can fix the borders, ready for next year. Hubby can then rearrange his rock garden in the side garden. Who knows what will be acomplished !
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