Sydenham Auction Pickup at Rockford, Lazy, Really Lazy Day

Paisley, On

On Saturday, Feb. 13^th I was awake at 5:30 from one of my recurring dreams. I know what constitutes these dreams but it doesn’t mean I have to like them. After seeing the time and seeing my sweetie still asleep, I rolled over, falling back to sleep. This time a different dream and it wasn’t pleasant either. Getting lost, apart from Bill is the basis and I wake up a bit panicked.

The drive to Rockford was cloudy but roads were clear
I'm sure I had this in focus until the telephone pole
jumped in the way, that was the blur

That was it for me, it was only 6:30 but I was done sleeping. I took my earplugs out and just rested until he woke up. I was going to slip into my lounge jammies but soon remembered that we were going out this morning. We had plans to take Black Beauty around 9 and drive to Rockford, to pick up our winning auction bids. However, Jell-o came into play as she wouldn’t start with either the remote or with the key. ☹ Oh-oh. I think she was looking forward to a 3-day weekend too. So, Ptooties was our ride today.

We pulled up in Spot #3
Look at these awesome gates!!
Too big and fancy for the Ridge but someone is getting them!

After we called, he brought Bill's ladder out first
and then my 4 cars
They are very polite

It was a nice drive down country highways to the small blip called Rockford and we found the red auction building easily, east of the stop lights. It was very organized, pull into one of 4 parking spots, call the number to verify payment and pick up and they bring it out and set it on the table in front of you. Easy! Bill got lucky with a Vulcan combination ladder and just for fun, I won 4 large die-cast collectible cars. Why? Because I could and they were cheap. 😊

1998 Volkswagon beetle

Heinz 57  racer

Another, smaller 1998 Volkswagon Beetle

Bill's favourite, the 1941 Willys Gasser
All for $15

From there, because we were going right by, we stopped to see my sister and her husband near Chatsworth long enough to have a coffee with them. We sat across the room, no hugs and still had a nice visit. They are way back in off the road surrounded by trees so no one even knew. We have all been very restrictive, them more than us, so no fear of any flying ‘virus’ bugs landing on us. LOL

Arriving at Cedar Haven (Gayle & John's)
Every trailer I've seen with snow has a sad face
Their Montana is no different

Heading out in the sunshine

Lastly, we drove to Durham and dropped off the ladder for Rob to store for us until spring. We have stuff all over the place!! On the way home, it was 12:30 and Bill asked if I wanted A & W for lunch or would we make lunch when we got home. It would be after 1 by then so I grabbed at another meal out. Trying to be wise, with how much I needed, I only ordered the Cheese and Bacon Uncle burger, no fries and no drink. I had water with me. That burger is soooo good and there is more filling than bun so I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Clydsedales eating lunch

This one is fenced off by itself
Nancy, do you know why they do this?

Back home, I carried my winnings upstairs after Bill tried Black Beauty again. Luckily, she started up fine but not with the remote. I checked our ticket numbers from last night and we were as lucky as the last time. Nada. Two numbers in a line gets you nothing. ☹ Oh well. I went downstairs around 2 and the house was quiet. I thought Wes and Susan were in the front room so quietly hand-blended up a vanilla cake mix for cupcakes. (Woops, a picture tomorrow, I promise!)

Except for one lone ski doo trail, a completely blank slate of snow

While they were in the oven baking, I went to the garage to dismantle the Art Parade puzzle and start a new one. That’s when I realized that our landlords weren’t even home. I chuckled about that. I got a good start on the next puzzle, border and some inside pieces. When the muffins were cooling, I made myself a tea and took it back out with me before I attempted icing them. I’m not very good at this fancy stuff and when Susan suggested icing in a bag, I tried it.

The next puzzle, I think it will take longer

But I got a good start on it

It was pretty funny when she came out and said ‘the hole’s too big!’ and I responded ‘well, it’s too late now, Susan!’ Bill will like them no matter what as a Valentine’s Day treat. I have no place to hide them so he’ll see them tonight adorned with some little red cinnamon hearts that he bought. We didn’t fall off the keto wagon this week, it never entered our neighbourhood! Ha ha

This is the lady's bundle from the first auction $3

Tonight, is Date Night for the 3 of them with movies at 7 (a rerun) and 9 so I think I will finally get to watch Hanging Up with Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow. At least that is the plan. After having a filling lunch, I’m not sure what is on the agenda for supper. We’ll come up with something even if it is toasted tomato or grilled cheese sandwiches. I think we’ll have a cupcake for dessert.

This is the bundle of head wear for a baby girl
I wonder who will get these?👶

I was lazy, really lazy today and didn’t walk. My afternoon was busy enough playing Betty Crocker, I guess. 😊 I will make up for it tomorrow. The snow started around 5 o’clock and it is looking, not only feeling, like winter again. I hope you had a nice day. Ours was full and enjoyed together.

Sunset in Arizona

A pretty cactus at the entrance to the Saguaro National Park
Feb. 13, 2018
Good night y'all!

Thank you for your visit!

Feeling Lazy But……This Weather has us Stuck Inside

Paisley, On

We were up at a decent time on Saturday, Feb. 6^th. I think it was 7 when we could no longer stay in bed. The house was quiet, although we knew Wes had been up because the 12v lights were on, lighting up the hallway and the stairwell. We went down and I made my tea. Bill dressed for outside and went out right away and shoveled the sidewalk out to the gate and across in front of the bank next door. The red brick building we are in.

He was a brave soul this morning before 8 am

Upstairs, we read blogs together and I felt hungry around 8:30 so made some oatmeal while Bill had some toast. Just enough to get us through until lunch. I went to the garage; I was anxious to work on the puzzle. I’m really enjoying the hobby and the freedom to do it whenever I want. It isn’t sunny today but with my small light on occasionally, I was getting enough to work away. Bill went downstairs to the basement for a while too.

I'm his supervisor, dontcha know?

In between doing those things, when Susan finished with her laundry, I did our two loads. Like she says, it is nice to have it done and out of the way. Maybe tomorrow I will strip the bed and do the sheets as well. The white liner of my coat needs to be sprayed around the collar and sleeves and perhaps given a wash as well. We’ll see, I hope to walk tomorrow at some point and I’ll need it.

I am so pleased with this picture of my finished puzzle
Doesn't it look 3 dimensional??

At lunchtime, or thereabouts, I heated up the leftover spaghetti sauce and sausage and we had them sloppy joe style over buns. Wow! They were very good and hit the spot. After dishes, Bill went up for a snooze and I went back to the puzzle. It was around 2:30 when I put the last piece in. Tadah! Not too bad at all, finishing it in 3 ½ days, she says, as she pats herself on the back. 😉

A delicious Sunday night supper on a Saturday night

With the clean clothes all put away, I hopped in the shower. The weather was pretty nasty but not because of heavy snowfall today. Today was just bitter cold at -9C/15F but mainly because of the wind chill. The winds were very gusty, between 25 & 40 km/h. I had planned on a walk to drop my library book off and then down further to the Fresh Mart for some bread and a couple of things on sale. My sweet, caring hubby said, ‘No, I don’t want you out in that’.

Because I don't have outdoor pictures today....
Let's have a look at this sweet Hadley, soon to be 1 month old!

She's growing like a little weed
and boy, does she look like her Daddy!

So, I didn’t walk. Outside or inside. For supper tonight, we had roast beef, potatoes, carrots and gravy with onions in Madame IP. It wasn’t the best cut of roast, we cut it off a tenderloin slab we bought, but it was still a really good meal. After dishes, we retired upstairs. Bill went in to watch a movie at 9 with Wes and Susan and when I finish this post, I'll be watching one of mine in our room. 

A proud big brother

This is my favourite
Can you say 
'A-d-o-r-a-b-l-e'?

We heard tonight that Hwy 21between Owen Sound and Port Elgin was closed so I guess it was a good thing not to be going too far today. The barricades came down around 5:30. We saw the county truck with the 'closure' signs go south. For us, even though 'barricaded' indoors, this was a good day. I have no real pictures to share today since I didn't get out but here are some that you might enjoy. I hope you are warm, healthy and happy where you are.

Tonight's memory
Kim, Keith, Ken, Bill and I leaving
Lin's Chinese Buffet
Feb. 6, 2020
Good night!

Thanks for the visit!

Stormy Enough, Plans Changed, Laziest Day Yet

Paisley, On

On Tuesday, Dec. 1^st we woke up to a snowy wonderland. Well, there is no ‘wonder’, just white stuff coming down. Overnight, about 3” had accumulated on the landscape and we could see that the snowplow had been down through town. There was a pile at the end of the laneway. Since Bill hadn’t heard anything about a cancellation of work, he left around 6:20. It took him about 10 minutes to clean Black Beauty off and warm her up.

A peek at the morning

I watched from the window, waiting to see him leave, and then crawled back into bed, turned the light on and opened my book. B.B. does not like snow (nor too much sand) since she is only 2-wheel drive. Who thought we’d need anything heavier when we bought the truck? Regardless, it is what it is (as everyone says) and we deal with it. He will have to put some sand or salt bags in the back for weight and for emergency use. Boy, was I surprised when our bedroom door opened an hour later and my sweetie returned!

You can see what the snow plow left

Work was cancelled because the roads were terrible out there. Lives do not need to be risked. Bill was just as happy for the break. I got dressed and went down for my morning tea with him and the house was still quiet. W & S were up when Bill left and then settled in the front room. When we went down, they were still in there resting, so, we were very quiet, so as not to disturb them. No work for anyone outside the household today.

Bill leaving for work

I talked about boots the other day so after showing Bill what I found online, I ordered a pair. They will be warm and have good tread for winter and they will also replace my other ones for anytime that I want taller boots with narrow leg jeans. I didn’t want a pair with obvious fur showing, designating them ‘winter’ wear. They are coming from Walmart so will probably be ready for pick up in a day or two. 

And as he goes down the main street, Black Beauty
is probably grumbling

There are a couple of birthdays in December so I addressed those cards and set them aside for mailing in due time. Then, I stretched out on the bed and read some more about Reacher. Bill also read and dozed, I read and dozed, and then we read some more. I could tell the way the pages were turning that our books would be finished tonight.

 Edward went out to brush his car off
He is W & S's son who lives in the apartment in front of us

His J.A. Jance story is moving right along and I’ll be reading it next. I imagine he’ll read mine next too. 😊 They are both good. The snow stopped for part of the afternoon and I debated a walk but that didn’t last long. I was too comfy inside today. I’m too embarrassed to even look at my Fitbit tally! I showered though, that was something that I did today. 

 I think I still see snow falling

For supper we went down and made it together. I fried 2 basa filets and Bill used the Fry Daddy for French fries. I know I’ve put a couple of pounds back on so I opted for Caesar salad with my fish instead. It was yummy. Funny, it seems like a weekend with both of us being home all day. After dishes, we came up and that’s when I finished The Enemy before going in to watch Jeopardy! 

This was a tasty supper

It was quiet again for the rest of the evening and looking out the window, I noticed the snow had started at some point. Yeuch.  We are trying to believe tomorrow’s forecast and are looking forward to a clear day. I hope that works out for all of us.

Finished
So, good night!

Hoping your day was a good one, full of only pleasant things. Thank you for popping in.

Whole Day of Lazyness, Bloggerfest? Star Gazing for Some

Quartzsite, AZ

I had good intentions on Saturday, Jan. 25^th when I got up but they kind of went to pot. Bill had his coffee and I got on and published yesterday’s blog post. Around 7:45 when I should have got dressed for our walk, I lazed out and said ‘nah, for some reason, I don’t feel like walking’. Bill would have gone but did say that his legs were a bit achy so he was just as happy to stay home.

The view from our south window

Trying not to feel guilty, remembering the ice cream last night, I made my creamy tea with coconut oil and just relaxed at my laptop. I have a system, as Mom’s POA for her finances, where I send Donna the Rockwood Invoices for Mom. We do three months at a time. She prints them off and sends a form with my signature on it to the V.A. office. It is a huge bonus for Mom that she gets back a nice chunk every month from Veteran’s Affairs. Every little bit helps.

I wanted to show you our new jackets
Bill models for me

Visa Versa
I should know better than to look down when I pose LOL
Is that one chin or two?

I took care of that this morning so she would have them at the end of the month. Bill wandered over to see what Keith was up to today. They wanted to go flying this afternoon but with a possible Bloggerfest at 1 pm, Bill said he’d hang back to go with me. 

The jackets are a hit, most of the guys picked one up

Keith and Oreo decided they would take a drive to Parker just for the drive. It is going to be a lovely 72F today and the wind is virtually non-existent. Bill went up on the roof to give our 6 solar panels a cleaning. As has been pointed out, (not mentioning any names, Dave), we agreed they were terrible!

Cleaning the solar panels

You have to agree - they need it

You can see the difference
Notice the hanging wind sock, another calm start to the day

When Bob left, he’d returned our portable panel so that is now in addition and can be moved around to follow the sun during the daytime hours. I did a quick run through of some blog posts to see what and where our friends were today. I then should have gone for a walk but instead I took a new book out to sit on the patio. This book is called The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. Sounds like it is going to be a page turner too.

The parade of the Entegra's have started
for their journey home

At 12:45, we loaded our chairs, Kim & Ken’s chairs and a cooler in Black Beauty. Tom and Deb followed us to the pavilion at the front of the ‘park’ to Bloggerfest. Paula aka ShadowMoss, Sandy aka Where are the Dixons? Doug and Yuma aka Miss Adventure Travels and John and Brenda from John and Brenda’s Incredible Journeys were just arriving. I didn’t look up their web addresses and don’t have them on my sidebar but if you check out Suzie’s Our Awesome Travels, you will find them.

A small group in comparison to other years
If the 6 of us hadn't gone, it would have been a different story
Left to Right: Kim, Tom, Deb, Bill, Ken (invisible), Doug, Sandy
Paula, John, Brenda

Far side, Paula (ShadowMoss), John to her right and Brenda

It was a small group but Paula was surprised at even the 11 of us showing up without any advertising at all. Word of mouth is all it took. She is hoping for more next year so we need to try and remember that it will be held on the last Saturday of the Big Tent show. We sat around for a couple of hours before splitting off for home. It was a bit different, everyone speaking about themselves in turn so we got to know something about each other. No food today which worked for us as Bill and I don’t usually eat at that time of the day anyway.

Introduction - sniff sniff

When we got home it was time for Happy Hour so we moved our chairs into the middle and carried on. Doug and Yuma joined us and Keith returned from his day trip with Oreo. The two dogs are of like mind, one male, one female and it was comical to watch them play and run around together until it was time to settle them down. They are both active yet very good pups.

I love the look on Yuma's face as Oreo ogles him

At 5:25, it was cooling down even though the sun was still above the horizon and I came inside to start supper. We only have a half rack of ribs for supper tonight but they are quite meaty. I rubbed them front and back and after Bill turned the generator on, Madame IP got plugged in and began her chore. I wanted to do some cabbage but because 30 minutes was too long in the pot, I steamed it on the burner while the ribs got browned on the Weber Q. Leftover corn to warm up for Bill and that should be plenty for tonight.

I do believe there are some sweet nothings being whispered here

By 7 we were finished eating and that was another successful rib cook-off. 😊 My oh my were they good. It was a small half rack so Bill had a dish of Lime Jell-o for dessert. I was quite content without any. He washed and I dried dishes and then Ken popped over to offer Bill some assistance with his Canon camera. They are planning to try to shoot star pictures. Not famous people, but the stars in the sky. I stayed indoors, mostly, finishing my post. Maybe enough people had left today that I could get published before bed.

During Happy Hour this Mobile Suite, our twin, went through
Quite the assembly line
Wonder why the gap between the truck and camper?

Now you should have your answer
That little red smart car is theirs too

I downloaded pictures, although there weren’t many today, and moved them into Picasa to imprint my logo on them. I stepped outside to see how the boys were making out and Ken has managed a very cool picture of a grouping of stars. There are so many! It’s a beautiful night, still 63F at 7:30. 

From insideI watch as the sun sets

The ribs were perfect!

 This has been a very lazy day for me. I didn’t get out for a walk worth talking about. Bill got the solar panels and vents all washed as well as the Suite windows. When the sun shone on them later, the insides needed a bit more wiping down so I took care of that. That wasn’t a criticism, windows always need a second going over in different light.

No words necessary

While the boys were star gazing, I liked the look of
our site without a flash

This one is with a flash

I hope you’ve enjoyed your day and had warm temperatures today too. It got to 74F here in the desert of Quartzsite and we are loving it!

with my little Canon powershot
This is my attempt at a star picture
Lovely, isn't it?
Good night!

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