Dull and Wet, Good Day to Purge and Repair

The Ridge

On Wednesday, May 8^th, hump day arrived with a different view out of our windows. Clouds, mist, fog across the land surrounding us. Yeuch. Bill was up at his usual time and Gibbs returned to bed with me so Daddy could go about his morning ritual of getting ready for work. I got up at 7 and went through mine. 😊 We were both out the door at 7:30 leaving our responsible security guard on duty with a yummy milk bone.

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Good wet morning!

Bill goes one way in Ptooties and I head towards Durham. The Mat was empty, just the way I like it. I had texted Sandy last night about picking up a couple of items that were needed for me to do my job and he gave me the information to charge them at the hardware. Bill had asked me to pick up a coupler for our fridge water line so I was going there anyway. I was on my way home by 9. The sky showed a couple of blue patches but they didn’t amount to anything good.

Hope?
Unwarranted hope.

Gibbs and I were basically stuck inside for the day. I could’ve gone to the Bunky to paint stones or start a puzzle but Gibbs would have to stay in the Suite in order to be happy. So, I stayed with him. I sorted through the books that I brought home yesterday and was pleased that 16 of them were ones we had not read. Yay! That was a worthwhile haul! 😊

My lunch was a poached egg on keto toast
Yummy!

With that done, I went upstairs to the bathroom and cleaned and purged the cupboards. With a family/friends clothing exchange coming up, I was able to put a small bag together of donations. Then I moved to the bedroom closet. That was a bigger bag and I have 3 weeks to work on the drawers. It is always a fun time and we all seem to find new things to wear while abandoning things we’re tired of or that don’t fit.

Not neat at all, but my goal was
to stitch the hole up so I could wear it.
This is the front

I’m holding onto a couple pairs of pants that are snug but hopefully in a month, I’ll be slipping into them easier. Fingers crossed! A girl can hope. With that done, I decided to take on the challenge of fixing my ‘mouse-eaten’ sweater that I crocheted last year. This’ll be fun. (said tongue-in-cheek) I actually surprised myself and did better than I expected. Mind you, this sweater was never to be worn out anywhere but around the campfires so if it looks messy and disjointed – that’s okay. I hope you’re not laughing! 😊

This is the back

It was 3:15 and time for tea so I made one and sat to start my post. Today, rather than listen to Sirius XM on our radio, I turned on YouTube country music. It was Awesome with a capital A! A lot of my favourite songs with videos but it wasn’t until Toby Keith’s video came on that I broke down. Oh my. We love Toby’s music and ‘Don’t Let the Old Man In’ is a heart breaker with Clint Eastwood. ♥♥ Gibbs kept looking at me because of the tears. Wow! It hit me.

It was an inside day and Mr. Fluffy
spent a lot of it sleeping.

The day didn’t get any better as far as the weather but I did enjoy a quiet day without any interruptions, if you know what I mean. Bill was home by 5:15 and for supper I planned small sausages and beans with toast. Not too elaborate but I knew Bill would be quite fine with that. The birds are crazy out there again today, lots of Blue Jays, Doves and Grackles. The biggest surprise of the day was when I saw a Hummingbird at our new feeder!! Yay! Our plan worked!

Woohoo!
The Hummers are using our new feeder.

The instructions we were given this winter (because we whined and said they didn’t ever come to the new feeder) were to hang out our old ones empty beside the new full one. After 4 days, I’m seeing progress and that’s all I hoped for. This was an expensive feeder that Bill bought me before Covid so we’ve been trying it for a long time. I will be seeing them again this winter to let them know! 😊

This made my day.

Supper was good and after clean up, Bill made his lunch. He is doing okay, being back to work but it is hard on his not so young body. He’s a trooper and doesn’t complain much. It usually takes him a while to get into the swing and remember, he hasn’t put in an 8-hour day since last fall! ♥ We watched country videos together and enjoyed the time together for a while.

Gibbs knows that it must be time for Daddy to come home
and jumps up into his 'watching' chair.
Oh, he still needs his tummy scratched though. ♥

He hears him pull into the lane long before I do.

He may pop down to the Hangar, depends on how damp it feels. We only reached a high of 13C/55F today and that is just ridiculous for May! Oh well, hopefully we’ll have a dry day tomorrow. This has been a good day.

A simple supper but we enjoyed it.
Bill had toast with his.
good night!

Thank you for the visit.