A ME Day/A Lot of Chatter!

The Ridge

It was a funny start to the day for me on Tuesday, Aug. 25th. When I first heard Bill, it seemed like the wee hours of the morning for some reason. However, it was the normal 6 am when he got up and took Gibbs outside. 

Good morning!
Your guess is as good as mine.
Rain? Sun? Clouds?

Hark! It wasn't raining, although the grass was wet enough for Bill to wipe his little feet. The dew has been very heavy this month. I don't think it rained overnight. 🤷‍♀️I don't know, I was sleeping. 

When the Suite is closed up, after a chilly night with no windows open, I grab a sweater when I come down. Bill was almost ready to leave when I made my appearance. He was making his coffee. I'd forgotten that he was taking Black Beauty today for her yellow sticker check. Cha-ching!

Bye Daddy.

Billy would pick him up from the shop in Hanover so I didn't have to take her over. 😀 That meant, I had a free day to do with as I pleased. I just lazed with Gibbs and my book until 10:30 when I had my yogourt (w/beetroot) and got cleaned up to go out. 

My plan was to go into town, check Foodland for our Carbonaut bread and maybe pop into the thrift stores. I was also going to drive the 15 minutes to Markdale to check out the thrift store there but when I discovered it was closed today, I changed my direction.

The slug beat me to today's
only Moonflower

Instead, Mount Forest, 25 minutes away, was on my radar. They have a really nice thrift store, a really nice Foodland and a really nice dollar store. Durham's Foodland still didn't have any bread so Tammy offered to check with the supplier for me. 

In Mount Forest, I stopped in their store and the shelf was full of the seeded bread we like. What the?? Now that we have a freezer, I bought 3 loaves, just in case. It was cheaper by $1.20 too! If it wasn't for the drive, I'd get it there all the time.

Looks like the clouds are
breaking up. Yay!

I carried on to the Thrift Store and found too many things but I'm happy with the purchases. A small roasting pan, slippers, a plaid hooded flannel shirt, a really nice lightweight open jacket for anytime, a book, a pair of tongs, a smaller sized pitcher for my beer margaritas and a packet of rubber stamps. 

These stamps will come in handy.

I had more stuff in my basket but I put some things went back - for now. 🤔Still debating. Across the street, the Looney, Tooney Plus store satisfied a few more things for crafts, and a couple of munchies for Bill and I (for those nights I crave chocolate!) Then, I headed for home.

I'm very happy with my purchases.
My oval roaster isn't here, just a
small one.

It was enjoyable, peaceful and pressure-free with no reason to rush. Back home, our little guy was happy to see me and we went out to stretch 'his' legs. We walked down to retrieve the junk mail, I'd noticed the flag up when I drove in. The exercise is always good for both of us.

The good news is that even though we're cloudy for the most part, no rain has fallen. The sun is shining and there is a slight breeze keeping the temperature around 21C/69.8F today. We can't complain about that! 

These are not for the fair, but
instead to add to my card collection
for the Harvest show.

I worked on quilling, called the Durham Agricultural Society and got my Exhibitor's #. I'm in! 😃💕 From talking to Sara, I found another grouping that I can enter in called Senior Citizens, imagine that! I have enough items (5) to include those in my entries. 

I went out to fill the bird feeders now that the rain seems to have slowed down a bit. While we were outside, Bill came home with Black Beauty. It was shortly after 5 and he relayed to me how she made out at the mechanics. Well, she passed the safety BUT we need to invest in a couple of back tires.

The drive home was dry also.
My wipers didn't come on once!

One has a slow leak and because they need to be exactly the same, being dually, we will get both before we head south. 🤷‍♀️ No real surprise, she has....what did Bill say? over 55,000 kms (or miles 🤔) on them. He stopped at Impact Tire to get a feel for their stock availability.

While Bill dozed, I started supper. I gave him a choice of burgers or pancakes and bacon. He thought the pancakes sounded good so that was easy to do. I used my electric frypan for the cakes and did the bacon on the stove top. We'd been unplugged all afternoon so plugged in first.

With local maple syrup, of course.

Supper was good and after we washed up the pans, Bill went out to cut the front field. Who knows when it will rain again? Likely tomorrow!! It was supposed to be a hot, dry summer, so we're laughing about that. I haven't minded too much but Bill has missed some weekend flying because of rain.

This was a good day. I had fun shopping and I'm thrilled that I found our bread again. I hope you've enjoyed your day too, mid-week is upon us tomorrow already!

When I went looking for a memory
from Aug. 25th, I found this one.
The Sunflower girls from 2023.
Good night!

Thank you for the visit.

 

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! 🥰