A Good Movie, Weird Dreams and a Wonderful Winter Walk, A Selfie Kind of Day

Paisley, On

Sunday, Jan. 3^rd, we did it again. Slept in until 8 but why not, eh? We were both up watching movies last night until 11 and then read until 11:30. The rest of my night was filled with dreams. Nancy K, Rose G and my girlfriend from school, Ruth P were all in one of them, 3 people who don't even know each other. LOL The movie that I watched in our room is one of my favourites.

I mentioned this house at the point of two streets meeting
Here it is from the west point
the only house in the pie shaped block

It’s a chic flick and it fulfills all the emotions. It’s happy, sad, funny and aggravating but all that to me = adorable. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. If you ladies like these things in a movie, watch it. Sandra Bullock, James Garner, Ellen Burstyn and Maggie Smith from Downton Abbey.

Walking down Mill Street

A great lineup in itself almost makes it worth watching, not to mention the eye candy of Angus Macfadyen and Matthew Settle. I wouldn’t know their names without the help. 😊 I’m watching my dvd’s in alphabetical, maybe I’ve said that, but I skipped Dances with Wolves and Déjà vu because I’ve seen them fairly recently.

Along the Teeswater River

After our coffee and tea, I had my shower and we read blogs. Bill got into a project on his laptop, updating maintenance done on our vehicles for the past year. I like that he keeps track of things like that for his own reference if nothing else. At 11:30, I fried up eggs and some peameal bacon for brunch. I’ve planned chicken leg quarters for supper. These were our ‘cheap’ purchase and we hadn’t had them yet.

Walking towards the trestle bridge to get on the trail

One way, is the bridge with
a family walking across

I turned in the opposite direction towards the Book Barn

Time to go for a walk. The temperature was reading -1C/30F and there was no wind out there at all. I saw that there could be some precipitation around 2ish, first snow then rain, so better to get out now. I slipped my tall boots on and then added my boot grips to the soles since I wouldn’t be taking my ski poles. I had that bag full of 8 books to drop off at the Book Barn. I hope they all fit!

I was hopeful for new books when I saw footprints
in front of it but nope!
Now there are and ours just fit!

There is something about any day I get out for a walk. Even if I have to talk myself into sometimes, as soon as I start out, I’m refreshed and a burst of energy overtakes me. It’s a great feeling and perhaps I’m being rewarded for closing that door behind me. I walked to Mill Street, along the river up towards the trestle bridge. I could hear voices and then saw that there a few people crossing it.

I dabbled with the self portrait
I guess I'm the flash of colour here

I followed the trail to the south as far as the red barn and, with some maneuvering, managed to fit them all in. I used the open barn to try and get a selfie but for some reason any selfies I tried to get were washed out. I've had to doctor them a bit to give them colour. I carried on walking on the streets skirting around town and ended back on Water Street, close to home. It was a great 45 minutes and that was enough for today. 😊

Isn't this pretty?

Running out of flat surfaces to set my camera
This one on the steps of a slide

Back inside, I brought us each a cold drink upstairs and while Bill finished what he was doing, I stretched out on the bed with my laptop. I started my blog and then searched for an oven recipe for the chicken for a change. I don’t usually have the option so today I can take the time and bake them. At one point, Bill went down to clean the snow off Black Beauty so she would be ready for tomorrow morning.

I wanted one with the trees so had to do it by hand

I did a bit of crocheting until I had enough of that and then read a couple of chapters of my book. At 4, I put both away and curled up beside Bill for a 20-minute siesta. At 4:45 I went down to prep veggies and the chicken. It kind of feels new to me, having been over 4 years since I’ve used an oven for baking chicken or meats. LOL Once more, Bill is my guinea pig and he was willing to forego Madame IP today.

Walking towards Water Street and the Saugeen past the Dead End sign

Even with snow, this 'no' stream water fall still amazes me

I cut some red, yellow, orange peppers and onions before covering them in a spice marinade with honey, lemon juice and olive oil. I’ll just make up a salad on the side since there is a lot of meat on each portion. Then after popping them in the oven for 50 minutes, I returned to our room with a timer set on my phone. With about 15 minutes to go, I went down and cut up salad stuff and when I tested the chicken at 45 minutes, they were done and smelling wonderful!

Black Beauty needs to be cleaned off

Popping a text up to Bill with a ‘ready’ message, I got everything out on our plates. I don’t know why I was worried; everything was delicious. Neither of us cares much for picking meat off chicken bones but it was cooked perfectly and tasted good with the spices they recommended. We savoured the last 2 pieces of pecan pie, lightly warmed in the microwave. Yummy. After dishes, I came upstairs but Bill had to make his lunch for tomorrow. ☹

So Bill took care of her

I needed to check on something regarding Mom’s estate and once I got that straight in my head, I finished with my blog. Jeopardy is showing the last 5 episodes starting tomorrow night, the ones that Alex Trebek recorded before his death. I'll have to get in and watch at least a couple of them. This was another wonderful day spent with my sweetie. I’m going to miss having him around but I’m sure he will be glad to get back to work with the ‘boys’. Ha ha

Supper turned out perfectly
Bill doesn't like cooked onions like I do
so I gave him most of the peppers

Say goodbye, pecan pie
Good night everyone!
stay well!

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Just the Two of Us, Bill Leaves in the Rain, Indoor Purging, PVR Stuff

I heard the alarm go off at 5:15 on Wednesday, Aug. 8^th but somehow it just managed to blend in with my dream. I knew the sound was meant for Bill and he responded by getting up and hopping in the shower. I assumed, because I never really heard him. He is very quiet. Next thing I knew, he was coming up the stairs to say goodbye at 6:30. It would just be Clemson and I manning the fort until tomorrow.

The rain started lightly as Bill went out the door and picked up momentum as he drove off. No point in rousting myself up out of bed just yet. It was a morning to go for a walk anyway. Pathetically, that makes me lazy because I tend to not go for as long a walk later on. Old lazy bum, that’s me some days. I made my tea after getting up a couple of minutes before 7 and sat at my laptop. I caught up on what our friends were up to and read comments that I’d missed.

And my Kobo is up and running

I focused also on checking out the free e-book site that Suzie and Gayle recommended. Now that my Kobo Touch is visible, sitting right beside me, I remembered to register and get a peek at how the site works. Gayle and I chatted for a bit about how it all comes together with books going into Downloads and then I transfer them into Calibre and eventually into my Kobo. I’ve done it from the old book site, Tuebl, many times but it has been a while.

I had to refer to my Book List to refresh my memory
what I'd read in order to download new books

I successfully got one book downloaded and then got error messages on the other 2 I tried. Oh well, another day when my patience isn’t already stretched to the max. I thought I only had about 130 books on my Kobo but there are 225 so I’m good for a while. I’ll just keep on top of it so I can take advantage of this new site. Thanks sis! After doing that for a while, I felt like I should eat something but without any eggs in the Suite, I was seriously befuddled on what to have.

Time for a selfie

I had a bit of my 9% Liberte yogourt and a half an apple. Nothing else appealed to me. When the rain stopped around 9:30 or so I debated going for a walk and soon after thinking that, I could hear more spatterings on the awnings. The nice thing is that the winds are almost non-existent so it has been a steady gentle rainfall, straight down into the thirsty terra firma.

In between the dark clouds, we got this

Around 10:45 I saw the UPS truck slow down and stop at the end of the lane. Well, I saw him coming up to our lane entrance and then I saw him drive down the road past our place. There is too much greenery blocking my view from up here on the hilltop. I knew that meant the Avon order for Gayle and myself was dropped in the mailbox. Bill called to check in and fill me in on his confusing mixed up day. LOL For one reason or another, customer time slots get shifted around helter-skelter on the job site and that affects a host of staffers. Bill included. He bides his time, on the clock because his presence was required, and does his job when he can.

I decided to chance the sky and walk down the lane to retrieve my package and the weekly flyers were also there. Since I finished my book last night, finally, I could read the junk mail and peruse the Avon books before starting another. This wasn’t a book I’d recommend for Bill to read. It was good enough that I had to finish but something about it didn’t have me anxious to keep at it. I’ve initialed it and will drop it off at the book box in town.

We enjoy the geese just not the mess they are still leaving behind

At 12:30 I once more tried to decide what to eat. A salad did not appeal to me, even though I was trying to be good and got all the ingredients out. I felt like I would be forcing myself to eat it so put everything away and opted for soup. It was cream of celery which I used to love but this sure isn’t something I’d buy again. It is Compliments brand and pretty UN-tasty. The leftover bowl will go on my chicken thigh for tonight’s supper and I’ll have a salad then too.

Our red maple is still alive but little insects seem to be eating the leaves

I did the few dishes up and went upstairs to my closet. Yup, time for more purging. Since I brought things home from our Sister’s Fest, I’ve added a few more things. Each time I open the closet door, I see something that I haven’t worn for a while. Why is it still there? If it isn’t a favourite item or if it isn’t one of those special items that you can only wear for certain occasions, I shouldn’t have it. With a September clothing exchange coming up, now is the time.

"Do you like this dress, Clemson? Oh never mind"

Clemson joined me upstairs, naturally but he wasn’t much help. As you can see, he slept through it all. When I told my girlfriend, Brenda, that I was purging ‘again’, she replied ‘Purging? Will I have anything left?’ Too funny, but what she doesn’t see is what I bring in. Anyway, I made progress and finally talked myself into getting rid of some of my older dresses, even though I still like them a lot, in lieu of the newer ones that I have to replace them.

More clothes for exchange

It was around 3:30 when I carted two piles of neatly folded clothes out to the bunky to add to the other bag. The nice thing is that these have never seen a clothing exchange before so I have really impressed myself. I went outside for a walk down the lane and Clemson didn’t budge. It feels humid again and the temperature is still hovering around 75F/24C. There was mail, well, mostly junk mail except for the Canadian Tire flyer which we like to look at.

Fresh cut sawdust

 After I came back, I stopped and cleaned up what I could gather easily of the fresh sawdust that was in a pile at the new shed site. I filled our Restroom bucket a couple of times easily and then went back down to pick up the wood that was strewn all around. I know Bill wanted to do that but ran out of time. I don’t know which pieces are re-usable for anything so just tossed them all together and brought the small chunky ‘fire starter’ stuff up to the pit.

Looks a little better with the wood cleaned up

I sat in the King chairs for a bit and chatted on text with Donna and Pat and then came inside with Clemson. Yup, still snoozing. He came down once at 4:30 and I figured he was going to nudge me for his supper. Nope, he walked around and went right back up on the bed. Such a goofball but we love him! I caught up on my post and grabbed a handful of nuts to munch on. The sky has been crazy today, with heavy dark clouds one minute making me think rain is coming and then sun and blue pops through them.

And the clouds had me guessing 

I turned the tv on so I could watch either NCIS reruns or start my recorded Bachlorette. Being in charge of the remotes is foreign to me but I honestly don’t mind. With 2 tv’s we all have options! I decided on putting the PVR to work and watched 2 ½ hours of my program. Somewhere between 5:30 and 6 pm, Clemson came down from the bedroom for his supper. That’s unusual! He must have been having good dreams.

A dandelion for Deb D. Look at how long the stem is!

Then, somewhere between 6:30 and 7, I heated up the chicken thigh in cream of celery soup for my own meal. There was enough cabbage salad just for one and I cut up one of my tomatoes and a chunk of Carol’s cucumber and dished up some olives. Voila! Supper is served. The fridge is looking pretty empty these days, I’m not sure how that happened. I might have to go shopping for some fresh veggies to fill the crispers.

Supper was good and I cleaned up the dishes soon after. I had a movie called Eat Pray Love on the PVR as well so decided to watch it. I like Julia Roberts so settled in to enjoy it. The sunset was pretty tonight and kind of perfect since the movie was about a trip to Italy. The sun dropped below the horizon as the actors drank their red wine and ate their Rome pizzas. Good grief!

This has been mostly a lazy day for me but I’ve enjoyed another peaceful, quiet one to myself. I hope you have had a good one too.

Good night from Clemson and I at the Ridge

Thank you for popping in to see what my day was all about. I do enjoy hearing from you, if you so choose.