Settling In, Foggy Start, Saturday Movies

The Ridge, Priceville, On

On Saturday, Mar. 27^th, Bill and I were really beginning to relax here, back on the Ridge. Weekends were for just that, right? Sleeping in as long as we want and for doing whatever we want. So, we slept in until 7:30 and when I noticed that fog was pretty thick, I had my tea with Bill rather than walking – yet. We read blogs and did some online stuff and then I dressed for my walk.

Walking on the country roads in fog is not
a great idea so I waited until it cleared a bit more

It was cool, around 0C/32F but there was no wind to make it feel any colder. I wore my long winter coat, tall warm boots, a scarf, my hat and gloves. I felt that I should be extra cautious since the fog wasn’t completely gone, so I slipped on my safety vest and headed out. It was a great walk but I was feeling winded by the time I got to Turbine Lane. Not sure why, maybe the air was heavier, maybe because I was overdressed, but I turned around and had a better walk back home.

The fog looked worse ahead until I got to it 😀

Mother and Father Goose scurrying across our front field

On Baptist Church Road

I managed to get over 2 miles in before I got back. Inside, I started a ‘project’ on my laptop that I’ve wanted to get to. I have so many pictures that are duplicated, too hard to explain, so began removing one set. It will take a long time but free up a lot of space when I’m done. 

With no leaves on the trees, I saw a lot of little nests
Look at the buds on these trees!

This one is definitely a hummers nest

I worked away at that for a while and then walked down to see what Bill was up to. He was in the Hangar going through the tool chest he bought last summer from Mitch.

A new discovery in every drawer, all drawers were full

It was full of tools and all kinds of things that needed to be sorted. Some things he can sell, some to keep, some stuff for the metal recycling and some junk. Lots of little drawers so it was quite time consuming. I stayed down there for a while with him and helped box and/or discard things. 

Top of the hill first

This is where our new shelter will go for the lawn
tractor etc. 

And the second load went down here by the Hangar to widen it the space
where his cargo trailer sits

We mentioned getting some gravel and we were expecting Alex anytime with a load or two. When he arrived, Bill directed him to the two spots where it needed to be dumped.

Stopped at Donna and Gerry's for a visit

Once that was done, we drove in to Hanover to pick up our new portable shelter at Canadian Tire. While in town, we stopped to say hello to Donna and Gerry and had a nice visit for about an hour. They have had a houseguest for a couple of years that has moved out and we’ve just moved back to our home so there was a lot to talk about. We were all quite elated with how things are moving forward. One day we'll all toast to the changes. 👌 We were home within 20 minutes and I started supper right away.

After my shower, I trimmed my hair again
Getting rid of more brown

Checking to make sure the back is straight

Tonight, Bill is a guinea pig – again – with a new meal that I’ve never made. It isn’t difficult and most of you have made it before but I had a new recipe for stir fry. I’d bought steak strips a while ago and forgotten about them. 

Spring greeters
My winter geranium has popped to reach the sun

And the blue spruce trees Donna planted in 2015
are growing like crazy and so healthy!

Just some pictures from my walk

Doesn't look like an easy walk through here

When we moved, I found the 2 packages in the freezer and Googled an easy stir fry recipe ‘without’ broccoli. Bill has to eat this too and he doesn’t like that green tree vegetable. 😊 It turned out great and even better for me when I got to try cauliflower rice. For me. I cooked regular rice for him.

I have a wee Mom wall beside where I sit with my laptop
which has nothing to do with our wall plaque btw

We've had to detour these guys from getting too close
to our living space 
I speak goose in case you didn't know

Next to no wind today which was really nice

Marilynne called when we finished eating and got caught up on our living arrangements. She was very happy for us to be back home. After dishes, we finished watching one of the Hallmark movies together. I actually didn’t mind this one and have planned to watch the 9 o’clock one with him later. It is the title that appealed to me so I’ll give Love Stories in Sunflower Valley a try. If I’m not enjoying it, there is always the upstairs tv.

I'll definitely make this again
I enjoyed the cauliflower rice and it was an easy 60 sec. in microwave

Too cloudy for a beautiful sunset
but still nice to see

This was a good day, we managed to get a few more things done. Without the wind, it wasn’t too bad outside and we were happy to have the gravel dumped. Alex will return on Monday to spread it for us with his front loader. That makes me very happy. He knows what we want in case I’m not home.

Mar. 27, 2019
Travelling through Atlanta, GA to our
overnight destination - Cracker Barrel
Heading to North Carolina to pick up Bill's plane kit

Good night!

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Our Weekend Starts Quietly, Snowfall, Hallmark Movies

 

Paisley, On

Bill and I were up shortly after 7 on Saturday, Dec. 19^th. I felt quite rested so it was another good night’s sleep. We brought our morning brew upstairs. I felt like some cereal and he had some toast so we had an early breakfast together. The weekends are the only time we can do that right now, since we’ve gone back to work again. Yup, retired my foot. Ha ha 😊

Shall we walk along the river?

We are both looking forward to some time off together. Well, Bill will get the week between Christmas eve day and New Years Day off from his work and I’ll take Christmas Day and New Years’ Day off from the Mat. He will likely come with me for the mornings that I do go that through that period. Nothing is in stone and I can always take a few more days off if something interesting comes up.

Yes, we shall!

We had a lazy morning and puttered around upstairs. I mopped ALL the floors in our room (ha ha) while he read his book. There is the bathroom, the closet and our main living area. I moved our things that sit on the floor in order to do a thorough job. I can tell Bill is hooked on the J.A. Jance story; they are quite addictive. The book I’m reading isn’t as exciting as Bourne’s movies but it is keeping me turning the pages.

I wondered if the green grass around the tree base would pop in this photo
but it is losing the battle to the white blanket

I also did a fair bit of crocheting today too, should be finishing up the project soon enough. The last ball of yarn is almost gone so then I’ll be done. We both did a fair bit of online surfing, some of it just going through our own pictures but most time passers. I could hear my tummy grumbling around 12 noon and wasn’t surprised because cereal is just a bowl of empty carbs. The only thing really good is the cream. 😊

This one pops!
An empty campsite waits for spring as we do

So, we went down and I opened a can of pea soup, one of my favourites. Habitant has always made a good split pea soup but it isn’t anything Bill likes. Therefore, I had a bowl and put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow. He made himself a sandwich and was just as happy. Earlier, some time in there between all that busy-ness, I had my shower. I don’t need to do any more baking today even though the shortbread cookies are all gone. We’ll give it a rest for a few days.

Obvious trails of snow machines
Someone is enjoying the snow

Around 1:30, I got dressed and headed out for a walk. It had started snowing before lunch hour but light fluffies, nothing that was really sticking to anything. It was mild at 2C/36F and they were more like rain flurries than anything. At least that is what seemed to be hitting my glasses as I walked. I went down along the river and could see a few more ice floes floating to the west before making my way through the back streets to the south and up to the main street again.

One store at the corner near the Go-Co Gas Bar & Variety store was having an indoor garage sale but I had no cash on me so there was no need to go in. Just on Saturday’s by the look of it. Back home, after 2 miles, I grabbed a Zero Coke for Bill and a diet Gingerale for me and came upstairs. My bookworm was stretched out on the bed and getting really close to finishing another book.

I walked to the edge of the bank when I saw
this unique formation of snow and ice
Just 'hanging' there
Soon, it will break up if this mild weather stays for a few days

We dozed for a little over half hour and when we woke were happy to hear that Sweet Pea (next door’s pooch) had stopped barking. I hope she’s alright, as looking out the window I see that they aren’t home yet. It’s a wonder that little dog isn’t hoarse from barking all afternoon. ☹ We were fortunate that Clemson wasn’t a barker and if he had been, we’d have done what we could to break the habit when we were away.

I see a family of bear across the lane
Ssssh! :)

For supper, we had some of the big sausage I’d bought on Thursday. We had hash brown potatoes and vegetable so a traditional type of meal. When we went down we were surprised to see that we were alone in the house but found a note that our landlords had gone out. We later learned they had called up to us but with our Christmas music playing and noses in our books, we didn’t hear them.

And further down, someone has renovated
and joined a park model home with their sticks and bricks
It is actually attached

Throughout our meal we watched the last half of a movie Bill had seen previously and thought I would enjoy. When it finished and after dishes, we moved directly into the games room to watch the 7:00 Hallmark movie. It was comfy in there tonight and I had my blanket over my knees. This movie wasn’t too bad, it improved in the second half.

Food for the winter creatures
These apples, although in rough condition, still clinging

My camera button got switched accidentally at one point
so it gave me several variations of each picture
This one is pretty

Yum, this was a tasty meal

The cherries made a nice 'sweet' addition
to my cheesecake

I was feeling tired so when Wes and Susan returned and told us they’d be watching the 9:00 movie upstairs, knowing that I liked the main character, I decided to sit in there with the ‘group’ and watch it too. Wow! 2 ½ half Hallmark movies is way over my limit but these were enjoyable enough for me to stay awake. 😊 There are two more on Sunday night but I think I’ll stay in our room and read/crochet and/or watch a dvd.

I don't think I showed you our Christmas presents to each other
If I did, sorry, here is a repeat
They are making for comfy seats while watching tv in the games room

Bill's bragging rights
Oldest daughter, Yvonne and her family

Here are those handsome young men in living colour

Bill's 3rd daughter, Krystal and Matt
Thank you to all of you for sending family pictures
with your Christmas cards

The snow didn’t seem to last or if it did, it was light enough not to be a hindrance. Susan mentioned that the roads weren’t bad at all. Being it was 11 pm when the movie ended, we both crawled straight into bed. Hence, the late blog posting. It was a nice easy day for us and we enjoyed the quiet time together.

Dec. 19, 2017
We were staying at Rose and George's in Lake Havasu City, AZ
What a view!
Soon to move on to Pilot Knob RV Resort, CA
Good night!

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Nice Easy Day, Clothes, Rocks, Paints, Movies

On Sunday, Feb. 24^th I woke 2^nd again and when I came downstairs, Bill was already drinking his coffee and reading blogs. It was almost 7. The temperature on our weather station told me that it was 48F outside with no wind. I knew from that how many layers to wear and went out for my walk. There were low scruffy-type clouds to the east so I didn’t really see much of a sunrise. The sky was pretty though.

Sunday morning

 When I returned home, I made my tea and read my own share of our friends’ blog posts. What was on the agenda today? Not much but after a while, I made an omelette for breakfast. No bread this time, just bacon, eggs, onion, peppers, radishes and cheese. It was very good. After dishes, Bill went out and folded my bike into the bag and re-stored it in the back of Black Beauty. I won’t be riding it until we get a new inner tube.

To the east, it was a blurred sky painting

While he did that and cleaned the chrome on the truck (at least I think that is what he was doing – I was busy myself) I got my rock painting stuff out and texted Pat. I was making use of the nice round table that I ‘saved’ from destruction. It was perfect for us. We brought a chair from inside our units so we were at the right height for painting and set to work. I think we worked away in the sun’s warmth for a couple of hours.

By that time, we had each painted 3 rocks in our own way and it was fun. Even though I’d originally thought it would be a pool day, it turned out not to be. There is always tomorrow. The sun was hot today and we got to 68F by mid-afternoon. I sprayed our rocks with clear gloss and let them dry before getting my crocheting out. I sat outside and managed to complete a lot. Pat and Rob sat out at their site and Rob read while Pat worked on her own crocheting.

Cheesy omelette for breakfast was just enough

This was something that she wanted to improve on. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an expert, heck, I just learned to crochet myself in December! But if I can assist her in any way, I’m grateful. It was Deb D. who first inspired me to learn. Last winter, I watched the amount of blissful time that she spent sitting outside, by herself, at Quartzsite and I could tell she was enjoying the hobby. I mentioned to her a few days before we parted ways that I would be interested in learning.

Our glazed rocks drying in the sun

Then, this winter, it was Rose who actually sat beside me at their home in Lake Havasu and handed me yarn and a hook. She reminded me of the basic slip stitch that I used to know years ago and before long I was crocheting! I hope Pat gets the bug too, there are things she wants to make as well. We skipped a together Happy Hour today, the time passed and we were all comfy in our own space.

My rocks

 I forgot to mention that this morning Bill and I spent an hour together in the bedroom. Don’t blush, he was purging his drawers and closet. He just needed a bit of an opinion on certain things ‘Do I keep? Do I donate?’ He got rid of quite a few things and they will go to Goodwill tomorrow. I also have one appliance to send away, I’ll never use the rice cooker again now that I have an IP. Yay!

And Pat's rocks

For supper we had loaded burgers. You know, bacon, cheese, onion, tomato, lettuce, mayo, mustard. I had relish and Bill had ketchup. They were delicious! We watched a couple of Hallmark movies, the second one was actually very good, I enjoyed it. Then instead of turning the Oscars on (which we’re never really in to watching) we watched a cute movie called The Intern with Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway.

This is the sky we had around 4:30
Beautiful day!

The day was drawing to a close and we had a creamy raspberry jello for dessert. Another good choice. This was a nice calm day and I loved it. I hope yours was just as nice.

Our loaded supper burger
Yum!
Good day all!

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Snow Returns, Bill Puts in 8+ Hours, I Get Lazy-er, Special Birthday

When I woke up on Tuesday, Apr. 17^th, the clock read 6 am so I happily rolled over to go back to sleep. I knew Bill was in an awake state as well, when his feet stretched across the expanse of our king bed to touch mine. That is kind of our silent ‘good morning’ before first words are spoken. With Clemson in between us, there has always been that separation, especially in this large bed. Let’s face it, we couldn’t remain curled up together for too long anyway, body heat doesn’t allow it.

His alarm went off before 7, I think and he rose and got into the shower. I don’t remember when I crawled out but it wasn’t soon after and we had our first drinks together. Soon enough, the snow returned erupting a groan from each of us. Come on! Enough already! We are really getting the itch/urge/craving to move on to our ‘home’ ground at the Ridge. We checked, once more, the forecast for London as well as Durham for the next few days and made a decision. Friday, come hell or high water, we are leaving this spot.

at one point today, I couldn't find Clemson
He was sound asleep on my pillow sham and blended in so well

So, Bill went in to CanAm around 8. He had 2 orientations to do today, one this morning and one this afternoon. At one point he called and told me that he had heard from our mechanic and they are still waiting for our Hankook tires to arrive. The good news is that it means I don’t have to take the truck out in this weather. Remember, I haven’t driven in snow for quite a while. Hopefully though, they will arrive today so we can take care of it tomorrow or Thursday.

“Lazy” took over. I grabbed a banana, cleaned up the dishes from our hot chocolate last night and Bill’s cereal bowl before popping one of our newly purchased cd’s in. It was fun listening to some of the tunes we heard last night and knowing the artists in person. Then I switched to one of our Bee Gees dvd’s. We’d been trying the other night to get the dvd player working without success but lo and behold, I figured it out. Yay! Sometimes, you just frustrated with stuff and that increases the problem.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful Mom!

Around 10 I made a phone call to Mom. Today is her 92^nd birthday. My first call got a zero response so she wasn’t back up from breakfast yet. I waited 15 minutes and tried again to get a cheerful ‘Hello’. She thought it was so great that I called to wish her a Happy Birthday, otherwise she would not have known. Bless her heart. We had a nice chat and I told her I would see her in a few days. Sunday, our family is having a belated Easter and birthday celebration with her at Rockwood.

Mom, she can't believe she is 92!!
No wonder, she looks awesome!

So, I enjoyed the 2-hour special and then since I was on a roll, popped in one of our movies. Autumn in New York with the ever-handsome heart throb, Richard Gere and sweet Winona Ryder. Just what I needed, a romantic film, sitting here by myself. Ha ha! Bill isn’t often keen on the same movies I want to see so this is actually perfect for me. At one point, I paused it to take Mr. Clemson out for a piddle/poop and both of us felt the frigid cold wind hit us in the face. We weren’t out long, let me tell you.

The snow has been off and on all day, so not much is accumulating. We saw Bill doing the hitchwork on the Imagine but I don’t know if that was his morning appointment or his afternoon one. It was 1:30 so who knows? Back inside, I finished the movie and dug out a recipe for a chicken casserole of some kind. At least being hooked up to hydro/electric, I can bake using my oven or even electric appliances.

It turned out not too bad

I prepared the boneless chicken breasts and placed them in the baking pan. Spiced according to taste and poured a mix of soup, mushrooms and milk overtop. It is a little variation of the last time I made one. Instead of mixed vegetables from the freezer, I only had corn to add. There were some potatoes left over from the other night so Bill can eat those on the side with this dish. He still hasn’t returned from his full work day so I have no idea what he did for lunch. I don't worry about him, if he needs to eat, his home is not far away.

Clemson sat with me in my chair all afternoon, between my ups and downs and never once bothered me for his dinner. Finally, at quarter to 5, he moved and he got supper. He was a very good boy today. That means after he chows down, a walk out into the cold. By the time I bundled up good, I figured we would take a longer walk than usual. So we walked along the fence and then up the drive to the front lawn.

Bill returned just after 5 and had a full day, moving from one customer directly to the other. We sat together in our chairs, while supper cooked and it wasn’t long before his eyes were closing. Supper was ready at 5:45 and the chicken came out pretty moist. I added cottage cheese, olives and tomatoes to my plate and the meal went down well. We didn’t waste time cleaning up the dishes tonight.

And this has been the story all day
Cloudy, dull, some snow and only -4C

I apologize for the lack of pictures today. It just wasn’t the kind of day, again, to get out to snap photos. Same old same old. This is Tuesday, our favourite tv night so we are hoping to get reception on our antenna for the right channel. We missed the shows last week and survived so there are certainly no repercussions if we miss them. This has been a quiet day, we’ve had word that our tires are in and Bill has an appointment for Thursday afternoon. Yay! I hope yours has been a good one and mostly that yours was warmer than ours.

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