Clemson and I left Donna and Gerry’s
on Friday, Apr. 21st around 8:50 am. Both of our hosts had morning
jobs so we wanted to be out of their hair and their driveway in plenty of time.
It was a great evening, Donna and I never have a hard time filling the hours
together.
Before I left, Donna printed off a
page with the Sunflower’s Marchers for Memory logo on it so I can try and make
my own tank top. I left with a recipe in my head and all my overnight ‘stuff’
including my Christmas cactus and orchid that Donna ‘plant’ sat for over the
winter.
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| No blooms all winter.............I think my orchid is a dud |
The sky looked bright this morning
for a while. We all looked out the window in Hanover and wondered what that ball
in the sky was. No sooner did we think that and it disappeared behind the
ever-persistent clouds. Gerry was helpful directing me out of their driveway,
it is a short street and traffic tends to whip around their corner.
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| Looking east out of Donna's dining room window |
Arriving home I found some things
were tipped over from the strong wind but the worst being our satellite dish.
Darn! Hopefully, it won’t be a challenge setting it up again. Bill might have
to add his water jugs like we did in Arizona for support. It is nice to go away
but the feeling when you walk in the door of your home again is indescribable. *sigh*
I’m sure Clemson feels the same way although he is such a good boy there with
his buddy, Gerry.
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| Grey sheds on a grey day |
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| Dull spotty day |
I ventured out a couple of times,
telling myself that it wasn’t that cold. I realized pretty quickly that I was
lying to myself. It was darn cold and I was happy to get back inside. I dallied
on the laptop for a while, played with some pictures and waited for Bill to call.
He was keeping me informed of where he was so I knew when to expect him. This
afternoon he was actually delivering a 40’ travel trailer to Parkhill and
bringing back a smaller one. Someone is upgrading!
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| McGowan Falls |
In the meantime, at 3:45 I drove into
Durham to pick up the little buttons I’d ordered from a local business owner.
Instead of ordering them by the 100’s or even 25’s I was able to order 8 for our
walk. I picked them up and then drove down by the dam in town. It was really
rushing today!
Back home again and it was around 5
when Bill’s call came in. He was on his way home. Since I had pork chops out I
figured I’d just wait and we’d eat together. I was going to try a recipe from Marlene and Benno's suggestion. Maybe I’ll enjoy my chops yet!
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| Strong enough to move a couple of downed trees |
We had taped a movie called The Heat
with Sandra Bullock way back in December. Since the satellite signal was lost
for the moment, I turned the pvr on and watched it. It is filled with ‘language’
but quite entertaining. One of those nonsense movies that you don’t have to dwell
on but it got some good LOL’s (laugh out louds) from me.
At about 7:10 I looked out and
noticed lights on a vehicle coming up the drive. Wow, thinking Bill made good
time, I watched. Quickly I noticed it was a black suv, then soon after a sign
on the side door POLICE. The things that
run through your head but the final one was ‘oh-oh, Bill’. I walked out and met
the officer as he drove up towards the Suite.
He rolled down his window and smiled “hello”.
Boy, was I relieved when he said “nothing is wrong”. The timing was just bad,
my heart was in my chest until he spoke. He was looking for Bill to talk to him
about trailer choices. He couldn't apologize enough for scaring me. Ha ha. Phew! is all I could say!
We chatted outside for about 15 minutes and my body was
telling me to get my butt inside but he is a very pleasant man. A friend of Rob’s,
so I’m not surprised about that.
As I said goodbye and invited him to
stop around again, he started down the drive only to see our little Toyota
coming up. The two of them had an opportunity for a brief chat themselves before he left.
I was prepared to start supper so baked a potato, coated the chops (flour,
beaten egg and bread crumbs) before frying them up slowly in bacon grease.
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| The gravel pit down the highway |
I had my jewels leftover from Tuesday
night’s meal so had those with my chop. I must say, it tasted pretty good,
Marlene! Thank you for the suggestion. With supper over, dishes done, Bill
caught up on his reading of blogs while I finished this post. The sun that didn’t
appear all day made a point of leaving me with a sliver of a sunset. Weird.
With no luck finding a satellite
connection in the dark, it will be a book night. I doubt my traveler will last
long anyway and he’ll be asleep in his recliner. I hope your day went well. I
am happy it is over, simply because it was so cold and dull outside and I’m
happy to have my hubby home again for a while.
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| Goodnight from The Ridge Richards, all home together |
Thank you for reading today. I love
receiving your comments.
Been doing some catch up reading. We spent three days traveling and for the first time it wiped me out. Looks like you have been busy. Love your daughter's older home. What a cute grandson. My first thought when I see the sign about remembering they are kids at children's sporting events...is to bad we need it. Unfortunately to many adults need reminding. Truly enjoying your pictures of your place and area around where you are. Keep warm...I know I am trying, it is hard to believe Tuesday we slept with the windows open and now we are running the heat.
ReplyDeleteYou've been busy too! Travelling does take its toll for sure, you need to rest and sleep when given the opportunity! :)
DeleteThank you for your comments, I'm happy you are still reading along, it keeps us close.
It is chilly some days for sure, craving that warm sun again!
You have been keeping busy and hopefully you satellite dish LNB (head) is not damaged to replace ours was $100.00 but think Bill just bought a new one the other day. Nice that he is a bak home again. Another great way for pork chops is done in the oven like scalloped potatoes with out the potato, sliced onion, spices, a bit of flour and mostly covered with milk even cheese if you like, it was a real favourite in my restaurant.
ReplyDeleteYes Bill bought a head for our 'free' dish. It was $100. Let's hope this one doesn't need replacing! OUch!
DeleteThanks for that pork chop tip, it sounds good for these without a bone. I'll have to try that too!
Hi Patsy,
ReplyDeleteYes, that would be a scare to see that police car coming up the driveway when your hubby is away. I can relate to everything you said you felt when your hubby was away and called to let you know he made his destination. My hubby does a little of that traveling too, and I feel the same way you do during those times. Seems like I don't even sleep as soundly as I do when he's home.
Your blog writing reflects the love that you have for your husband and that is uplifting to read. I too am blessed with a wonderful husband and I know that feeling.
(I am going to try that scalloped pork chop recipe that George passed along to you. I learned so much from his blog.)
Have a blessed day. Thanks for sharing!
Karen
Thank you for your comments Karen, it sounds like we have commonalities between us. Especially how we feel about our men and our life. :)
DeleteYes, I am going to try George's recipe too! I have printed off a lot of his recipes.
thank you once again for the read. Sounds like Bill is keeping busy and you are relaxing and keeping busy... Did you catch that term??? "thank you once again for the read" muah!~ good night!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Lori. I'm always thrilled when you pop in. :)
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