Just Plain Miserable!

The Ridge

On Wednesday, May 13th it was a slow start for Bill. That was nice, he tried to sleep in past 6 but Gibbs had other ideas. It was still better than the 5:30 wake up he's been scheduled on for 2 weeks. I got up just after 7 and my sweetie left at 7:30.

Good morning!
(even though it isn't very nice)

The job is only 20 minutes away and at our friend, Murray's place. That is where we store our vehicles over the winter and a family connection to Mike, the boss. 😉 When he left, it was a dull, cloudy day with rain expected for the better, if not whole, part of this hump day.

Mr & Mrs. visit my feeder
Taking turns, isn't that special?

The pleasant thing is that it was mild when we got up. It just kept dropping all day. Gibbs and I never went out all day, other than him running out to piddle and me to the Bunky to take something out. It was an inside day with heat on to ward off the dampness.

See them both in the picture?

I made more of the pecan drop cookies I'd made the other day. They turned out well even though I had to use butterscotch chipits instead of chocolate. Yum. So, today, I made some of the same and some with white chocolate chips. A nice little snack.

I made more earrings and watched YouTube videos oI had ton tv for the whole afternoon. A lot of nice videos and songs that I am very familiar with. Many Bon Jovi tunes, some Bryan Adams and Neil Diamond. 

I had to re-register for my online mobile banking app and start a new Pedometer-step counter and last night we had to download the OneNote app to sync our previous data. Just nuts but I think we are almost there, back to normal.

An opportunity to
wear my fascinator again.

Bill was home by 4:30 and he delved right into the Wyze security camera issue. My phone still isn't connected but at least he has his working. We left Gibbs in charge at 5:40 and drove into town. A stop at the bank got us cash to pay for our dinner at the Lion's meeting.

The rain hasn't stopped and it is really depressing! It's light but consistent - and it's cold! Only 3.88C/39F, good grief! So, tonight, ladies were recommended (at the last meeting) to wear a hat with a flower or flowers. I was told Friday night. 

It gave me an opportunity to wear my purple fascinator. That fell right in line with their gold/black/purple colours. Not all the ladies followed suit but there were probably 8 flowered hats in the room. The rest had to pay a .25¢ fine to the 'tail twister'. It's all Lion's Club stuff. 😉🤭

It was a good meal put on
by Mamaz Diner in town.

Our meal was Chicken parmigiano, mashed potatoes, carrots, Caesar salad, bun & pie. Bill isn't a fan of chicken, we know that, but with sauce and cheese on it? Well, he ate it but (what's that commercial?) he 'coulda skipped it'. 🤣

We were home a few minutes past 8 to catch the last hour and 10 minutes of Survivor. It is getting tense! This was a crappy weather day but I finished 3 more earrings and that's a positive thing. I hope your day was nicer than ours!

The turbines behind us were
half hidden in the fog.
Good night!

Thank you for your visit.

Some Errands, The Rain Returns

The Ridge

On Tuesday, May 12th Bill had the day off. He had an appointment in Markdale for a follow up ECG on his heart murmur. It was for 8:45 am so I opted out of an early 6 am cleaning at the Mat and went with him. It is such a nice hospital and I waited outside of the Imaging Room while he was taken care of.

Good morning!
This is a bad picture but
we were thrilled to see our geese
had babies.

We left there just after 9:35 and drove the 40 km to Owen Sound for our appointment at Service Canada. We had our paperwork all filled out and our pictures in hand to renew our passports. Today, it took 20 minutes for the young lady to finish processing and send it off.

It was so surprising that I
wasn't prepared with a camera.

When we left there we walked through the mall to the Bell store. We've been talking about upgrading our phones for a year so this was as good a time as any to check it out. Especially since the two staff had no customers inside. 

Waiting for Bill

We left the store with new phones about an hour later. You all know the joy of that, I'm sure but we were quite pleased with the cost and the fact that our monthly service payments are less than what we started with. 

I was quite impressed with this
hospital.

We are not great at all the transfer stuff so glad she did it for us, however, I had to download an app that was lost and Bill has to set up the Wyze security cameras again on my phone. Not sure what is going on with that but he'll figure it out.

Waiting at the Bell store for our
phone transfers

Back home, I went in and cleaned the Mat. It was busy with 4 customers, in and out, so I finished and got out within the hour. Today was a cool day but a couple of degrees warmer than yesteray - well 3 degrees. We had frost on the vehicles and the grass this morning.

By late afternoon, we reached 13.3C/56F and Bill drove over to turn the pump on at the Acreage. It was to be the last night below freezing so we could get water now from their well again. He got a bladder of water and by the time he returned, the rain had begun.

Lunch was yummy.
Deep fried onion rings for me!

It didn't last, which is good. for supper, after lunch at A & W we opted for grilled cheese sandwiches. It fit the bill. We watched a couple more episodes of Bosch before switching to NCIS. NCIS Origins is done for this season. 😮‍💨

Supper

Bill is back to work tomorrow, closer to home so he can take Black Beauty. Yay! This was a good day, with more things taken care of. The rain returned and is expected to last until 10 pm.

The view from the hospital.
It wasn't busy this morning.
Good night.

Thank you for popping in.