A Whirlwind Day

 

The Ridge

On Wednesday, May 28^th I was on a roll from the minute I got out of bed at 6:30. Bill was getting ready to leave for work and after a kiss, and a cuddle, he was off. That statement reminded me of a picture that came across my Facebook page.

Luckily, Gibbs doesn't shed.
Good morning!

I wasn't far behind Bill to go out the door, and arrived at the Mat at 7:05. At least Sandy has reset the timer that had me arriving in the dark for the past 3 mornings of work. After a power outage last week, a breaker seemed to be tripped but turns out it was the timer that was off.

Last night's sunset was quite pretty
even without clouds.

It was a bigger clean today, mainly because I needed to pick M up on my way back to take him in to town for some quick errands. I would be too early so took my time with some 'extras'. I wiped the difficult to reach cupboard tops behind the washers, washed the windows, door jambs, things like that. It was 8:30 when I texted him I was on my way.

This is the morning sun as I
get ready to pull out of the laneway.

He was scatterbrained today, had changed his original plans up and that makes him a challenge to communicate with. LOL He's a nice enough guy with a good heart but he is also a pain in the you know what some days. Asks advice and doesn't take it, then complains about it.......that kind of guy. He's a friend and he pays me, usually, on time so I put up with him.

As I was on my way to Hanover
these 2 guys were grading our road
again. Hopefully, a better job than last time.

We were back home at 9:45 giving me a few minutes to go outside with Gibbs and let him get some fresh air. Then at 10:05, I left with what seemed to be a long list of groceries and other things. Going to Hanover is a once a month thing so when I go, I like to stop at some of my favourite stores – just because I can.😁

There are things I want to look for at the Dollarama and Giant Tiger and I was also looking for a lilac tree that is going to go in our little garden and scent up our life! We had a beautiful dark purple lilac bush at our sticks and bricks home in London. People who walked by often asked for clippings. Sadly, it is still there. At least we hope it is!

So, I priced a tree.

Here are my stops, a bit chaotic but all with purpose.

Canadian Tire (to price the trees & hanging flower pots),

Dollarama (clogs for Bill, quilling supplies eg. small google eyes & Origami sheets, bicycle grips, garden pruners and plant clips),

Giant Tiger (a pair of semi-dressy black pants for me {I seem to have given all of mine to our exchanges for some reason!}a red shirt for Bill to wear on Canada Day, some food items),

Independent Grocers (food items that I can't get at Walmart),

Canadian Tire (again, where I bought my lilac bush),

Walmart (the long list of remaining groceries not previously bought at the other stores),

Canadian Tire (again, I forgot Lysol cleaner at Walmart and was not going back into that busy store!),

It was 1:20 and I hadn't had
lunch so.....
What would you do for a Klondike bar?
It hit the spot and was so tasty.

This is when I realized I forgot toothpicks but was NOT going anywhere else and headed for home. You know how you skim past items on a list and then get distracted? Yup, happened to me. I dropped M's 3 items off and came home to unload. It was 2:15. I made a tea and began finding room for everything. I'm very glad we have the Bunky freezer and fridge for the overflow!

The Garden Centre at Canadian Tire
had a nice variety to choose from.
I may buy my hanging planters there too.
The road home, all graded.

I was quite pleased with the end result. All the meat I bought, about 25 meals at least, not counting leftovers, plus everything else tallied up to $285. We are stocked up good. Even Gibbs got some new dog cookies! He has had one and they are puppy approved. 

I hate to wait for the perfect moment
for this shot. Aren't they adorable?

He was home at 5:30 and needed to relax after a full day of work. We've had a pleasant but windy day today. 18C/65F and they've been calling for rain all afternoon. The sky has been cloudy since before noon and other than a few spits on my clean windows, nothing yet. The radar shows quite a bit this evening and through the night so the plants we've all planted should get a good soaking.

I'll never tire of this view. 💖

I need a computer tekky! I bought Microsoft Office when I got my new laptop and that enabled me to use Word to write my blogs. All was well until I started getting a notice 3 days ago about my 'product not being activated'. I'm afraid of scams and getting direction from a non-human so did nothing but closed the pop-up. Now I have no access to the Microsoft documents. Where's my son when I need him?

Lots of meat, and a full freezer.

So, I'm back to writing in OpenOffice Writer, which came already installed on the laptop. It's not great but I'm working through it. So frustrating, this computer stuff! On the bright side, supper was easy. We finished the leftover lasagna and I fried some garlic bread. Using my sour dough bread, mmmm, it was good! (bad but good).

While Bill caught a cat nap,
and I began prepping supper,
Gibbs was lacking attention.
What a goof!😅😍

We cleaned up dishes, and Bill got caught up in his Quicken program on all my spending today. I could do it but I'd probably mess something up! The rain started just before Bill got home and will be an on again off again thing all night. This has been a busy day but a good one. I always feel so good when we have a full fridge and larder.

This was delicious!
Even my 'first-time' garlic bread
turned out great. 
Good night!

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