A Two Job Day, The Wet(ish) Cool Days Continue

 The Ridge

On Monday, Aug. 24th it was back to work for both of us. I left the Suite first, around 7:00, and Bill left at some point after me, leaving Gibbs in charge with his special doggy bone for incentive. 😉 The wipers were on, off, intermittent, on, off and repeating the whole way into town.

Good morning!
Depending on your perspective,
that greeting is questionable.

The Mat was empty so even though I had no customers to clean around, it was another day of testing machines with notes on them. Three today, and each time, except for one with the coin receptor jammed, they worked. 

This is the washer that people keep
leaving notes on that it takes their
money but won't start.
3 complaints, 3 times for me, it works.
I did replace the front screen, it is
stick on and the machine needed it.
I hate to toot my own horn, but I believe
I do more for the Mat and its customers
than the owners do.
🤷‍♀️Just sayin'

I contacted one lady who lost $7 and although against all rules (🤫), I'm meeting her Wednesday to refund. She sounds very honest on the phone and it's the 3rd time a note has been on that machine..........and worked for me each time. LOL

The gate and entrance look very
gloomy, right?

Not sure what is wrong with it but she is the only one who left a name and number. I notified Sandy of the one that needs attention, finished up and returned home. Again with the wipers, at least they work, that's a plus! 

Upstairs in the single bed-room,
this is Robin's light touch of
decorating. Not over-powering
in any way.

I sat with Gibbs and played my games until 10:30. Then I put some cheese, crackers and yogourt in a baggie, made a coffee and left for Williamsford. With Robin away this week, I have 3 days to clean for her. Yay! It's $ in my pocket and I don't mind at all.

This quilt is so big it would
drag at the corners so to avoid
a tripping incident, I tuck
them in.

Returning home by 1:00, it was still a dull, wet, dreary day. I began boiling eggs for Bill's lunch sandwiches, since we have plenty now, and he was home by 2:15. The rest of the afternoon went by fairly quickly, the boys snoozing, me quilling and before I knew it, it was time to start supper.

Look who is tired today.
He is such a little cuddle-bum.💕
I want to hug him but won't
disturb his nap.

We just had leftover roast beef, potatoes, gravy along with a kale salad. Plenty of food and it finished things up in the fridge. We did the few dishes, loaded the dishwasher and since he'd made his lunch before we ate, he went to the Hangar.

Leftovers = filling = tasty

This was a kind of miserable day if you wanted to be outside but for me, for us, it wasn't a hardship. I decided to work on cards and earrings for the October Harvest show. We're lucky if we made it to 18C/64.4F and we'll be dropping to 13C/55.4F overnight. Good sleeping weather.

I finished a cd coaster
and 2 pair of earrings yesterday.
Nothing fancy but fun.
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by. PS, thank you for the comments regarding my cards. It means a lot! 🥰 

And the Rains Came, The Sun Followed

The Ridge

It was 6:15 on Sunday, Aug. 23rd when I rolled over on to my back and first opened my eyes. Gibbs was asleep between us and Bill was still sleeping as well. So, I laid there and planned my day, quietly. Gibbs did his little squirm a couple of times but I didn't acknowledge him.

Good morning.
Starting the day with last night's
mediocre sunset.

When Bill woke and made a stretching sound, Gibbs was right there on his chest with hugs and kisses. It was 6:35. Good boy, letting the family sleep in. 💗 They went out and it was raining lightly so Bill stood under on the stoop while Gibbs did his business. He was back up in bed with me after his feet were wiped.

Two Moonflowers today
I only see one more bud. 🤔

I was done sleeping, we had all crawled into bed last night at 10, but I still waited until 7:15 to come downstairs. It was dull, and rainy outside so we knew it would likely be an inside day. I never mind that, with my craft table right here. 🤭 After my tea, I hopped in the shower.

And the rains came.
Surprisingly, the laneway didn't wash away
as much.

Bill spent time on line in the bank and Quicken, reconciling our accounts and then paid our fee for winter travel. Good thing we save for it all year as it continues to go up. Can't stop getting older though so it is what we expect. It is an increase this year of around $840. 🤷‍♀️We need the insurance.

So, on the left, the fair theme card.
Pumpkins, Plaids, Scarecrows.
On the right, my 'handmade hanging craft' entry.
Bill changed the bottom one with A,B
to the top for me.
I wasn't sure what I was going to do when
I started. 
🤷‍♀️

I worked on a couple of cd coasters and then started putting things together for the fair. Writing on my tags and packaging things up. I need to call, apparently, to get an exhibitor's # and ask a couple of questions about what 'regular classes' are and whether I qualify as a senior citizen = free entry. ??

The Richards family rested.
They slept and I read.
Gibbs is slipping off the pillow!

In the meantime, I made 2 more pair of earrings, just because. Bill and I had lunch of toasted tomato sandwiches (homemade vegetables, of course) and when the sun made an appearance, he went out to cut some grass. The rain seems to be done, lane (!) and vegetables well watered.

Time to get some grass cut

When he ran out of gas, he and Gibbs hopped in Black Beauty and went to town to get the gas can filled. I started supper when they returned and he went back out to cut the south (back) field. Tonight, I'm having Madame IP cook our blade roast with potatoes and onions. 

I made these earrings a
while ago and what better time
of year to use them as an
entry?

I could have used the oven but she does it so perfectly in such a short amount of time. I'm not about to fire her, until I have to! We are connected to power today so no point in using the propane stove. I husked the last 2 cobs of corn for our side dish.

Supper was wonderful! Perfect Sunday night meal on a .........you guessed it, a Sunday night. I could have set the IP for about 6 or 8 minutes less and the roast would have been even better but with gravy mixed with leftover vegetables, it was yummy with leftovers. Gibbs even got to enjoy some when we were done eating.

Delicious!

We cleaned up the dishes, Bill's lunch was made and the sun was shining. Funny, that at midnight, another round of rain showers is expected and into the whole of Monday. Brother! Once it starts, it doesn't know when to stop. Oh well. 

The Hibiscus are going crazy now.

Competition from the Dahlias

This has been a great day for puttering inside and Bill got a lot of grass cut, including some of my area. 🙏 thank you, Sweetie! I hope you all had a nice Sunday too.

Good night
from the Ridge!

Thank you for the visit.