The Ridge
It was crazy unbelievable when we woke up on Wednesday, July 22nd. The clock read 7:10!! I did open my eyes at 6:45 and couldn't believe that but when Gibbs and Bill didn't move until later, I was amazed. We've not slept like that for ages!
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| Good morning! My first picture of the day. Our lovebug. 💘 |
Bill was off today so he didn't need an alarm to wake him, thank goodness. He doesn't sleep well at the best of times, and often it is in his recliner for short cat naps (sometimes longer ones too) that he gets his best sleep. I did sleep for an hour yesterday and still was very tired when I went to bed at 11 last night.
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| A peek of blue sky at 11:45. The wind kept the flags straightened out too. |
No problem sleeping, obviously, for me. 😉 Bill had a couple of things he needed to do and one that he wanted to do so he made his coffee in a to-go thermos and went out to close up Mike's trailer. It is an old one so he pumped the tires, manually put the jacks up and hooked up to Black Beauty.
Mike asked if he would take it to a friend's place, (Murray's in fact - where we store our vehicles) for a weekend event and then he takes it for a vacation with his girls and their families. Bill is always happy to help. Within an hour he was back and drove over to pick Dot up.
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| Coming home early afternoon. |
They went in to the hardware to pick up more paint supplies so he could work on that this afternoon. I had my own plans with my Buddy, Pat. I picked her up at noon and we drove to the big downtown of Durham to West Grey Auto Parts.
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| Two more Moonflowers today. |
They had a big expansion to their building last summer and today was their Open House. The weather looked 'iffy' this morning but by 11 am, the sun came out as forecasted and they were able to bbq burgers and hotdogs outside. Everyone who attended filled out a ballot for a Blackstone bbq.
Bill was prepared to go with us but at the last minute got a message that our stove was en route from Oakville.......7 stops away. He stayed behind and waited until 12:30 before he popped into town to enjoy a burger for lunch too. They were on the house.
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| We peeked at it but it will stay in the box for now. 🫣 |
When he left, the delivery van was 2 stops away (we've never had that kind of notification before!) and by the time I dropped Pat off, picked up bread and milk at Foodland and returned home, I met the MyCarrier truck as he turned onto Baptist Church Road.
Bill was smiling at the top of the lane, happy that such an easy purchase took place after all the run-around from the first one. They offloaded it right into the shed for now and we will wait until next week to 'unwrap' it.
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| The freezer fits perfectly here in the corner. I just shifted my desk down to the window. |
In the meantime though, I will start moving things inside from the 2 drawers that I am sacrificing. 🤭 That's when Bill told me about a 5 cu ft chest freezer he saw at the hardware with Dot that was on sale for a great clearance price. We've talked about one for the Bunky so drove in and brought one home.
He changed into shorts and went next door to do some painting before supper. Since this was totally unexpected, I had to do some rearranging in the Bunky to get it inside tonight. There are things I've been hanging onto.....kids toys, in case little visitors came. That doesn't happen often enough so out they go.
I got the freezer inside, it is actually very light, and although it is still very crammed in there right now, everything is in its place and I can still walk in and work on a puzzle if the mood arises. LOL I need to get rid of 2 large bags of clothing that I've gathered for the exchange.
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| The Bunky is still jam-packed but it's neat at least. |
I don't know that I can wait until the end of September so may take them to town. Not sure what else to do to make room. I'm sure I'll have more by the time Joanne, or whoever, has the exchange. I came inside around 4 for my cup of tea and had a yogourt cup.
For supper, we had fish and chips/onion rings. I got a text from Pat that she won an Amsoil tool tray from the draw today. That's a $55 win! She was lucky but neither of us won the bbq. 🤷♀️ We had an enjoyable time together for a little over an hour. It was very nice.
Bill got back home at 5:30 and had a wee snooze while I started supper. Fish in the air fryer first, then when they were done, onion rings went in. Bill was waiting until I gave him the word to start heating the peanut oil for his fries. I'm so anxious for our oven with meals like this! 😉
Supper was so good, it's almost better home cooked than store bought. We cleaned up, Bill made his lunch for work tomorrow and went next door for a couple of hours. This has been a great day. Time with Pat, time with Gibbs and time with Bill. I call that a great day!
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| Sometimes I use sayings from other cards we've received. This one now is really finished. |
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| Sometimes I write on the outside |
I got a bit of quilling done this morning, finishing another card. This one could be entitled 'to the moon, Alice!' I suppose but that's not a nice birthday greeting. 🤭
We had a high temperature of 17.22C/63F and if you weren't in the sun, it felt quite chilly. I hope you enjoyed your hump day! I did hear from my oldest grandson today so I'm happy that Taylor (Tj) is doing fine. 💕
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| Such a good supper! Good night! |
Thank you for popping by.
