Dull and Wet, Good Day to Purge and Repair

The Ridge

On Wednesday, May 8^th, hump day arrived with a different view out of our windows. Clouds, mist, fog across the land surrounding us. Yeuch. Bill was up at his usual time and Gibbs returned to bed with me so Daddy could go about his morning ritual of getting ready for work. I got up at 7 and went through mine. 😊 We were both out the door at 7:30 leaving our responsible security guard on duty with a yummy milk bone.

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Good wet morning!

Bill goes one way in Ptooties and I head towards Durham. The Mat was empty, just the way I like it. I had texted Sandy last night about picking up a couple of items that were needed for me to do my job and he gave me the information to charge them at the hardware. Bill had asked me to pick up a coupler for our fridge water line so I was going there anyway. I was on my way home by 9. The sky showed a couple of blue patches but they didn’t amount to anything good.

Hope?
Unwarranted hope.

Gibbs and I were basically stuck inside for the day. I could’ve gone to the Bunky to paint stones or start a puzzle but Gibbs would have to stay in the Suite in order to be happy. So, I stayed with him. I sorted through the books that I brought home yesterday and was pleased that 16 of them were ones we had not read. Yay! That was a worthwhile haul! 😊

My lunch was a poached egg on keto toast
Yummy!

With that done, I went upstairs to the bathroom and cleaned and purged the cupboards. With a family/friends clothing exchange coming up, I was able to put a small bag together of donations. Then I moved to the bedroom closet. That was a bigger bag and I have 3 weeks to work on the drawers. It is always a fun time and we all seem to find new things to wear while abandoning things we’re tired of or that don’t fit.

Not neat at all, but my goal was
to stitch the hole up so I could wear it.
This is the front

I’m holding onto a couple pairs of pants that are snug but hopefully in a month, I’ll be slipping into them easier. Fingers crossed! A girl can hope. With that done, I decided to take on the challenge of fixing my ‘mouse-eaten’ sweater that I crocheted last year. This’ll be fun. (said tongue-in-cheek) I actually surprised myself and did better than I expected. Mind you, this sweater was never to be worn out anywhere but around the campfires so if it looks messy and disjointed – that’s okay. I hope you’re not laughing! 😊

This is the back

It was 3:15 and time for tea so I made one and sat to start my post. Today, rather than listen to Sirius XM on our radio, I turned on YouTube country music. It was Awesome with a capital A! A lot of my favourite songs with videos but it wasn’t until Toby Keith’s video came on that I broke down. Oh my. We love Toby’s music and ‘Don’t Let the Old Man In’ is a heart breaker with Clint Eastwood. ♥♥ Gibbs kept looking at me because of the tears. Wow! It hit me.

It was an inside day and Mr. Fluffy
spent a lot of it sleeping.

The day didn’t get any better as far as the weather but I did enjoy a quiet day without any interruptions, if you know what I mean. Bill was home by 5:15 and for supper I planned small sausages and beans with toast. Not too elaborate but I knew Bill would be quite fine with that. The birds are crazy out there again today, lots of Blue Jays, Doves and Grackles. The biggest surprise of the day was when I saw a Hummingbird at our new feeder!! Yay! Our plan worked!

Woohoo!
The Hummers are using our new feeder.

The instructions we were given this winter (because we whined and said they didn’t ever come to the new feeder) were to hang out our old ones empty beside the new full one. After 4 days, I’m seeing progress and that’s all I hoped for. This was an expensive feeder that Bill bought me before Covid so we’ve been trying it for a long time. I will be seeing them again this winter to let them know! 😊

This made my day.

Supper was good and after clean up, Bill made his lunch. He is doing okay, being back to work but it is hard on his not so young body. He’s a trooper and doesn’t complain much. It usually takes him a while to get into the swing and remember, he hasn’t put in an 8-hour day since last fall! ♥ We watched country videos together and enjoyed the time together for a while.

Gibbs knows that it must be time for Daddy to come home
and jumps up into his 'watching' chair.
Oh, he still needs his tummy scratched though. ♥

He hears him pull into the lane long before I do.

He may pop down to the Hangar, depends on how damp it feels. We only reached a high of 13C/55F today and that is just ridiculous for May! Oh well, hopefully we’ll have a dry day tomorrow. This has been a good day.

A simple supper but we enjoyed it.
Bill had toast with his.
good night!

Thank you for the visit.

Success! Too Nice to be Indoors BUT….

The Ridge

On Tuesday, May 7^th I was up just after 7 and went downstairs to join Bill in my jammies. I usually get washed and dressed but I was going to hop in the shower this morning so I lounged first. I had my tea and he finished up getting his things ready. It’s nice that he doesn’t have to leave so early with this job, 7:30 is just enough time to get him to the site by 8:30.

Good morning!

It must be time for more rain, the bird bath
needs water.

Look at the length of that grass!
I do love the contrasting colours here.

It was a blue sky again and remained so until about 4 when a light blanket of clouds moved over us. My morning was spent still trying to get M’s phone up and running. That would eliminate drop ins and give me the option to at least to not answer or cut the conversations short if I needed to. I know that probably sounds terrible and I don’t like being that way but it sounds like I have support from the majority of you. Thank you for that. 😊

I had to get on a 45-minute wait list for Virgin Plus to call me back on my phone in order to get him connected with the new phone. Then, I had to drive over to M’s so the ‘account holder’ could verify that I was working on his behalf. I get that. We soon figured out that he needed a new SIM card, the old one was not compatible with the new phone. Bill has been saying that since Friday and yet M was too stubborn to listen.

How comfortable was it for this 
turkey vulture to sit on the peak of this dead tree?
that's where he was perched.

So! Back I go to Hanover to the Bell/Virgin Plus outlet and get him a SIM card and also an Otter Box (case to better protect the phone). It was 9:45 when I first went over and as I returned it was 12:30. I was hungry so came straight home for a chicken salad sandwich. While there, unbeknownst to M, I nipped back into Walmart for a few groceries. 😊

He's huge!!

After lunch, I went back over and we called Virgin Plus to get on their wait list again to get the new SIM registered. It was a short 15-minute wait and voila! Finally, it worked. There is one app called What’sApp? That he wants installed and of course, that can’t be easy. I kept hitting stumbling blocks when it asked for his Google password and here we go again. Anyway, he is set up with a phone for now and I drove home.

My spirits were perked up when he asked if I wanted to check out the box of books that his previous tenant left in the apartment. Are you kidding me? I almost skipped back to BB carrying the box, I was so happy! 😊 Sometimes you just never know how you’ll get rewarded, right? I’ll go through them and take out any that we’ve read for the book sale or Robin’s yard sale. A gold mine with books by Dale Brown, Catherine Cookson, Lee Child and mostly James Patterson!

My bonus from M after leaving him
with a working phone.
There are 25 books in this box.

The day had warmed up considerably and I wanted to see if I could do something around here for us. Bill cut the lawn last week but with the big mower was unable to get the full area up here where we sit. Let’s call it our front lawn. 😊 So, with my little battery mower charged, I took care of it. I wasn’t well enough equipped to deal with the black flies so there will probably be more itching tomorrow but it is done and looks good.

too many clouds for a sunset view
but it was still pretty.

This morning, Bill mentioned burgers for supper and we didn’t have any so that was something I picked up in town plus a few other necessities. The fridge was looking a bit bare. He didn’t get home until 5:30 so I hoped he still was keen on them for tonight’s meal. We reached a lovely high of 23C/73F today and it is a shame to miss it by being inside but the flies are too hungry.

It looks much better after the cut.

M just called and had another friend drop by to set him up on What’sApp so I’m off the hook, woohoo! Things will improve now and I can get back to ‘regular scheduled programming’. Ha ha. 😊 I need to get serious about what I want to plant this spring and where as the time is slipping away. We have over a week of cool days coming again, what the heck is going on? Not much we can do but talk about it and carry on.

Very filling but guilt free!

Supper was good, my burger was with 2 keto bread crusts, slightly warmed, and Bill had a normal bun, heated on the Weber. I’m trying hard to stick to my plan and 2 grams of net carbs is better than 33 in my book. I saw the Chapman’s Premium ice cream on sale today for $4.97 and I forced myself to walk on by. Temptations like that, this early in the game, are not good for either of us. I left it in the store. One day, we’ll indulge for a treat.

After supper, the Blue Jays gathered.
There are at least 6 in the tree.

Because they are too big for the feeders
they cleaned up the droppings.
there are 8 here but we counted a total of 10 at one time.

I wonder if they are from Toronto?
Get it? 😂

Bill made his lunch and keeping with his plan to stay awake after work, he went to the Hangar. I’ll finish my blog and settle in for the night. This was a good day with a bit of morning frustration but at least we had success.

We've been invited to a special birthday party
later in the month.
Guess who's? 💗
Good night!

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