25 YEARS! The Big Squeeze x 2

The Ridge

On Tuesday, May 3^rd, we didn’t get up until 7:15. Without moving too much, earlier, I whispered “Happy Anniversary, Sweetie”. I was trying not to get Gibbs too excited as he takes our talking as time to wake up and play. 😊 I wouldn’t trade the little gapher for the world. Oh, and I wouldn’t trade my big gapher either, it took me too long to find him! ♥ Yes, today, we made it to 25 years of marriage!

Happy Anniversary, Sweetie Pie

So, in the title I mentioned the Big Squeeze. My first one was from Bill and the second one was after a drive to Hanover for a 9 am mammogram. Yeouch! Well, no not really. I have found them to be as uncomfortable as all the jokes and stories make them out to be. Tammy was very sweet, as they all are, in handling my ‘things’. 😊 Sorry, I had to say that! It all took 30 minutes or less from parking in the lot to driving out of it. That meant I didn’t have to pay the $3 fee.

Finally, full bloomed daffodils
after all the false starts

From there, I drove to Dollarama and picked up a few things that would be cheaper than if I’d bought them at Walmart. Gibbs has managed to chew two of his leashes into oblivion – almost. So, he got new ones today so he can start over. 😊 Actually, he doesn’t get the same opportunity to chew them now that he is mostly off leash up here. Then I drove to Walmart and bought just the basics that we need for the week.

Gibbs has a piece of dowel that he plays with outside
He doesn't get to bring it in the house so he searches
for it as soon as he goes out for his business ♥

I made a 10-minute stop at M’s around the corner to send one more email for him. He’s terrible at attaching pictures and it was important. Back home, Bill hadn’t returned. He had a check over appointment for Black Beauty at the same time so it was when I was sweeping our stoop off that he pulled in. Gibbs was outside and ran down to meet him. With me outside, he was pretty good and Bill drove slowly, both of us watching. The little guy tends to run around and around and around the moving vehicle. ☹

Today's project, updating our
'advent' calendar
I have since changed the # on the bottom line to 25, I don't
want to be alive at 107!!

We came in and my job was to update the framed ‘poster’ that I made for Bill a few years ago. I don’t remember when I started it. Bill worked on the Wordle and WordHurdle games on my phone while I did that. We did well, guessing them both in 3 tries. He made a sandwich but I only had cheese and some avocado for lunch. I’d had a granola nut bar on the way home so wasn’t hungry.

I got my $5 garage sale find hung the other day
Bought it at the residential area

I thought that I might plant my dahlia and gladiola bulbs today but I felt chilly outside so instead got my sewing machine out. There were a couple of things needed to be sewn so I took care of those and put it back in the closet. It goes with us all winter and even though it never got used this winter, I have no regrets taking it along.

Is this a new toy for me, Mom? No, Gibbs.

The rest of our special day went by like any other day. Bill down in the Hangar and Gibbs and I up in the Suite. Good place to be with the drizzle going on out there. Our fridge repair people are coming back Thursday afternoon but I’m not feeling too positive about any of that anymore. Day by day, we’ll play it out. Instead, we focused on celebrating, so, we got dressed up and a few minutes after 6, left Gibbs in charge of the house.

I felt cool this afternoon so I covered up in my quilt
and soon got warmed up with the Afghan and a puppy on top of me!

Needless to say, the crocheting came to a halt

Chuck’s Roadhouse Bar & Grill is a typical sports/grill type restaurant but we sat on the ‘non-sports’ side and had a fairly quiet booth. Their food is always great and you get your money’s worth. We’d decided to skip the alcoholic drink tonight both still feeling the effects of our colds and had a nice hot cup of tea. 😊 We have all summer to have the hard stuff.

A cool motorcycle display as you walk in
Only one bike I know of would be prettier! ♥

Bill ordered fish and chips and I stepped completely out of my norm and ordered 2 fish tacos with fries. Oh, my goodness! Everything was so good and I will order these again. I only ate one with my fries and brought the second one home so I would have room for dessert. 

The fish in the taco was beer battered cod
and the whole thing was yummy!

Skip the drink and order the divine! Ha ha. We each had the bread pudding with walnuts and toffee/brown sugar sauce topped with ice cream. I came close but couldn’t quite finish mine. Bill had no problem. ♥

If my entree didn't make you drool, this surely will

It wasn’t a very nice day but weather doesn’t come on demand. It was a similar day but a tad bit warmer than our actual wedding day 25 years ago. We watched recorded episodes of 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star and I chose to cuddle with my sweeties rather than finish my post. Today, I got my Afghan out and worked on it for a while, a good indoor project. 😊

Me and the love of my life 
Good night!

Thank you for all the anniversary wishes on Facebook and for your visit here. ♥

Squeeze and Hold, Last Extreme Heat Day, Golf Cart Run, Dinner Out

On Tuesday, Sept. 26^th Bill and I woke up late, together. I say late but it was probably just 7:20 or so when we got up. I had a strange night’s sleep but according to my Fitbit app I slept lightly (which is the most any of us do) for 5 and a half hours.

My Fitbit recordings

If you've never seen one, this is how it advised me of my sleep times

I was awake 1 hour 30 min. and in deep sleep for 54 min. It just seemed that I woke up a lot more last night but the app shows otherwise. I got 6 hrs. and 54 min. of sleep last night between 10:30 and 6:30. Not much wrong with that! There, don’t you all feel better knowing about my sleep? You’re welcome!

This morning's cloud burst

So, while Bill made his coffee and sat at his laptop, I took a shower. We needed to be in the car and on the road to Hanover before 9. Once I finished getting ready, Bill did the same and we put Clemson in charge of the place. There was no wind but we brought the awnings in and closed the windows up before we left. Bill turned the a/c on so it would be comfortable for our Master.

Arriving at the hospital

By the time we got to Hanover it was already 23C. Bill dropped me at the Emergency entrance to the hospital. I was there for my mammogram. From there he had a couple of errands to do while I was inside. These gals inside the hospital are so kind, very special. I’ve never had an unfortunate experience of all the times I’ve been there with Mom or by myself. Well, maybe once with Donna and I.

As I drove back home,  I followed this truck into Durham

Lara put me right at ease and we fell into a comfortable chatter. I wonder if this is just another example of small-town experience. It doesn’t seem to be ‘quantity’ as much as ‘quality’ when talking about the number of patients they deal with. They are quick without rushing and have time to answer questions without really holding anyone else up.

 Because my last test was done in London, even though this hospital had my information, they did not have the results of that test from 2011. This just meant the Radiologist could not compare and give me my results while I waited. She was so apologetic about the delay but I was quite fine with it. I told her that I don’t plan on hearing from them anyway since she said no news is good news.

I texted Bill and he was there to get me in a matter of minutes, having just left the Bell store. Another nice experience in dealing with Melissa again. She helped us get our phone plans last year and Bill was pleased with the information she gave him. She is quite knowledgeable and that is key with any of this ‘tekky’ stuff. We drove to Gerry’s and I left Bill there while I headed to Walmart. I needed a few things for Saturday before heading home.

Bill and Gerry borrowed Rob’s utility trailer to pick up Gerry’s H.D. golf cart from being repaired. He will be tired when he returns because of driving and the heat. At home, I didn’t even notice that my Avon was dropped up here, snug under the Suite until Clemson walked over and sniffed at it. Such a smart dog! I’m happy my regular UPS driver is back on duty and it wasn’t left at the gate.

So, my birthday present arrived. To me from me. I saw this little garden stool on sale in the book and it is exactly what I need. I have yet to find comfortable knee pads that stay in place and I can’t locate my foam pad from the house. Maybe I didn’t keep it, but this is perfect. With pockets all around the sides and underneath, I have room for garden tools as well as my phone, camera and gloves. Even my sunglasses when I’m not wearing them. Yay!

I sat outside in the shade of the awning and the beautiful breeze. Gerry drove in around 2:45 to drop Bill off after finishing their job today. Not really a job but it was something on Gerry’s list of things to do and he needed help to do it. 

Today's harvest

We agreed to drive over to the Acreage for 5 pm and he left. Bill and Clemson went inside for a nap and I continued reading. Walking down the lane this afternoon produced no results from the mailbox. Still watching for a couple of delayed cards.

Gerry leaves after dropping Bill off

 We are still fighting with the house pests, our windows inside are a disaster but I’m not cleaning them until they are all DEAD! As it is, they are dropping like flies, imagine that. At 4:30 we changed, brushed our ‘toofies’ and headed over to the Acreage as planned. Gerry was treating us to supper. He sure doesn’t need to do this but wants to thank Bill for his help with a couple of teeny things while he was laid up.

The Acreage pond

So, we drove to Kettles on Hwy 6, the north side of Chatsworth and were able to be seated right away. Donna ordered chicken, Gerry and Bill ordered the hot beef and I ordered liver w/bacon and onions. 

A very reasonable family style restaurant
And very popular too!

Dinner!!

Oh my, it was a big meal. I knew as soon as it arrived that it was more than I could possibly consume in one sitting but I delved right in. We enjoyed our meals and the conversation flowed. With 2 ‘doggie bags’ we drove back to the Acreage.

Donna and Gerry getting into our car

And a bit of sky performance tonight

After dropping Donna and Gerry off with hugs and thank yous for the lovely meal, we drove home to the Ridge. It was 7:15 and the air had cooled to 25C so we shut the air conditioning off and opened windows. It was going to be a nice night for sleeping we think, dropping down to 16C. We settled in for the evening. This is the night when many of our new shows begin.

NCIS, Bull, 2^nd Premiere of The Voice, This is Us all on Tuesday night. This is where PVR and staggered programming comes in handy. We have had a good day and enjoyed the hot weather for one last day. I hope you have too!

Nighty night!

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