We're on a Countdown!

 The Ridge

On Friday, Oct. 16th I stayed in bed until 7:30. Before I got up, Mr. Gibbs made sure I received my fair share of doggie cuddles and kisses. Yes, I love you too, little bum. 💕 I made my cup of tea and we just 'chilled' until 9:45.

Good morning!
Dreary as it is. 

Yesterday, I'd reported to and heard from Sandy that I could pick up my October earnings from his shop. It is just across the highway from Baptist Church Road and since we were meeting Donna and Gerry for brunch in Hanover at 10:30, we headed there first.

It was a delicious brunch!

We arrived at Stacked on this chilly, heck no, this cold, damp morning. My body is not ready for such a change in temperature. Remember, Tuesday was in the high 20's/low 80's. That's a fast change. We secured a table for 4 and within 5 minutes, my sister and hubby came in.

What a great picture of
Donna & Gerry!

It was a great meal. This restaurant is only open for breakfast and lunch, 7 am to 3 pm but if you can't find anything on the menu, you might have a problem. 🤭 I had one of my favourite breakfast meals, a Peameal Benedict w/spinach. Delicious! We had a nice last visit before snapping a picture and saying goodbye.

And a pretty good one 
of these two. 🤭

On the way home, we stopped at Impact Tire where Lee slipped out and torqued one of Black Beauty's tires for us. Sorry that I (we) missed a final goodbye from Jackie, we headed for home. Bill loaded a few of our 'junk dump' things in the truck and took them into town and then took a trip in to Robin's to drop off an old mower for Andrew to fiddle with over the winter. Like he doesn't have enough to do! 🤣

A funny picture, yes.
But.....it was a spark of sunshine
coming in through the windows.

Back home, I had Madame IP boil all of the eggs we have in the fridge to make egg salad sandwiches for our journey. Then, we went on our laptops and planned the very first few nights' stops. A couple will be Harvest Host destinations which will be fun. Now that we're down to the wire, I'm getting anxious. 

There were still a lot of clouds.
But nice to see some brightness.

Once I confirmed with Bill that we had nothing else going on today, I went upstairs to watch NCIS New York's latest episode. It was good and then I had myself a nap. I'd woken up through the night with a nasty Charly horse in my lower left leg. Yikes, you all know they aren't fun. It passed but interupted my usual 8 hours of beauty sleep!

Bill and Gibbs dozed downstairs at the same time. A cup of tea when I got up held me over until an early supper. We had leftovers of ribs, rice and cauliflower in the fridge plus I baked the last of the questionable freezer foods. 4 small fish 'sticks' disappeared quickly. 

Lots of food.
Still love the baked onions.
(Nancy, baked in some local maple syrup!)

I had 3 withery apples, a similar green pepper and 6 clementines also. I peeled the clementines and will eat them before we leave and the others went in the compost bin. Supper was good, although we didn't clean everything up. Some cauliflower and some rice ended up in the trash. Enough of that.

Just one more serving of
the carrot cake.
Neighbours didn't get any.
Woops!

We did dishes by hand, as we have for the last couple of weeks. Trying to conserve the water that we have in our tanks by not running the dishwasher. Tonight's entertainment started with Sheriff Country and maybe Survivor's latest after that. 

Then it got really pretty

We only reached 13.8C/57F for a high today and dropping to a cold -1.11C/30F. Brrr, hoping the white stuff isn't going to find us on the Ridge. 🫣🥴

Someone north and east of us
might get 'something' tonight.
Good night!

Thank you for coming by!

Counting Down, Minds A-Flutter, Sad Goodbye

The Ridge

On Tuesday, Oct. 10^th, when I got up before 7, I got washed and dressed for work. Bill was already up and downstairs in the living room. I waited until 7:15 before I left for Durham mainly because I wanted to see daylight begin. Driving in the dark on these back roads is no treat. When I arrived, and the whole time I was at the Mat, I was alone. Works for me! 😊

The turbines were looking spooky this morning

It was messy again, recycle bins and garbage bins crammed to overflowing – for no reason other than just plain carelessness. I sorted through them and then did the normal cleaning. I finished within the hour with a wet mopping and found my way home. It was cool and wet and windy. Seem to be the order of the times right now, almost as if we’d requested it. LOL

A vase of dahlias
while they last.

Back home, Gibbs was inside and although spitting, Bill was puttering outside with more clean up. There’s the hand pump, the water pump, the rain barrel all dealing with water that needed to be drained and prepared for winter. The barrel is tipped upside down as are any of the pails we have around to catch the rain. There isn’t a lot left to do, but he managed to get the mower into the storage shed and finished stacking my bins in there as well.

This is a brief moment when the
sun made an appearance on the way to Hanover

At 10, I took M into town for a quick run, there will be a few more before we pull out and if that is what he needs to get stocked up for a few days, I (we) don’t mind helping out. Back home, just before noon hour, we got the call from Jess that her mom had passed, somewhat peacefully. It’s very sad for Jess but I think we all agree that it is a mixed blessing. ☹ No more pain, no more fight and she is finally at peace. Jess is a strong young lady and will get through this with family support.

Rest in Peace, Sandy

After lunch, Bill and I drove to Hanover. We like to pick up the greeting cards for all of the birthdays that take place over the time we are away, so Bill dropped me off where I could take care of all of the names on our list. 😊 It took me a while but he went to Pet Valu for a big bag of dog food for Gibbs and then waited in the parking lot for me. I think he said he dozed a bit.

Even a wee bit of blue sky peeking through

We went to Walmart for a grocery stock up and returned home. The sun tried a few times to make an appearance but it never stuck around. We did a few more things outside after we got home and came in just before the dark clouds opened up again. It had been off and on all day and by evening, that had not changed. Gibbs doesn’t like the rain so every time he thought he wanted to go out and piddle, he turned around and came back in. Eventually, he HAD to get wet.

I'm sure he wonders what's all the commotion
about these days.

We had leftover stew for supper with apple crisp (& cream for me) for dessert. Oohh! Now that tasted yummy. This has been another successful day with a few more things taken care of. 

Gibbs and I walked down to bring the
wheelbarrow up the hill.
There will be no more dirt moving this year.
It is just too wet.

Although we are very disheartened for Jessica, it was not unexpected. There seems to be a lot going on and our conversations are constantly, 'what are we doing tomorrow? what's going on Tuesday? what are we committed to on the weekend?' Frazzled, just a bit. 

What a pretty shade of blue when the sun
was reflecting in the pond

I hope you’ve had a decent October day in your world. I finished my book and by doing that in 2 days, tells you how much it was enjoyed. 

Hmm, the sequel.

There is a sequel but until I find a copy,  I have to find what's next on my reading list.😊 

Yum, apple crisp
Good night!

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