A Pretty Easy Day, Black Beauty is Home

The Ridge

Wednesday, Aug. 24^th we followed our routine from home. Bill and Gibbs were up early and then back to bed until 6:30 when we took turns getting up. Gibbs was the last to get off the bed, sleepy little bum. I washed, dressed and was on my way to clean the Mat by 7.

I actually got a morning sunrise today
It's quite spectacular too!

Things didn’t quite go as planned, after cleaning, I drove to Foodland for a ‘quick’ stop to get milk. My patience was tested to the max when only one cashier was open and of course I got behind an elderly person (I really tried to grant her space and time) who stretched what should have been 3 minutes to 10 at the minimum. LOL, absolutely no concern for anyone else and no apology from her or the cashier. Grumble over.

My Moon Flower is not done yet!
It loves this location! 💓💓

Back home, Gibbs quietly greeted me at the door and Bill had taken Black Beauty to Grey Bruce Fleet. She would be staying there until Thursday night to get the ball joints done and alignment checked. Billy picked him up on the way to their job site in Durham. Neither of the guys like working for this ‘man’, he is not a pleasant client, but at least they were in town.

I mentioned in an earlier post about making
little gift bags from glass cloths
They are mostly a rectangular shape
so I just stitched with the ribbon around the edges
and pulled it all together to be tied.
At least now they won't get wasted!

I drove to M’s at 9:30 and had a pretty good morning. Some papering/taping, and painting touch ups. I’m not sure where the time went but it seemed to zip by quickly and I was on my way home with $$ in my pocket at 12:30. Today was another warm day of 25C/77F with a slight breeze but with the humidity, it felt more like 31C/88F. I’m not complaining, but I imagine it was hot for Bill and Billy working on soffits and eaves. ☹

Stir fry for lunch

I worked on the puzzle after lunch and Gibbs hung around on his rope outside in the shade. He was good and I tried hard to keep on him when he barked at the neighbours’ and traffic. Actually, he doesn’t bark at cars on the road as much, which is nice. I made good progress on the pieces and when I heard Billy driving up the lane with the work trailer, I did my best to control our little greet monster.

We had a call back from Billy saying that our truck was sitting outside the shop at G.B.F.S. so after a phone call, we went to pick her up. Everything is done with the exception of the alignment. We’ll take care of that another day at a different location. G.B.F.S. doesn’t have the appropriate set up. Back home, I made a cup of tea, even though it was 5 o’clock. Bill and Gibbs had a snooze and we didn’t start supper, fish and chips, until 6:30. Tonight, we’ll try the peach pie. 😊

The puzzle is a great challenge
I'm enjoying it

Supper was very good as fish and chips usually are. It’s nice to be in control of our own cooking, sometimes in a restaurant the fries are never quite to my liking. Our Fry Daddy does them good. ♥ We did have the pie for dessert with whipped topping that I made up while things were cooking. Oh yum, the pie is a no-bake and it tasted fresh and wonderful.

Fish and chips

We loaded the dishwasher and Bill packed his lunch. I hadn’t decided whether I’d go to the Bunky for a few more pieces of puzzle by the time I wrote this so at the very least, I will go and close windows and the door for the night. Gibbs is eating his food better these days. Sometimes with incentives, sometimes without. We aren’t worried about him anymore. He’s getting enough to eat. 😊

A pretty special dessert
and it was delicious
Good night!

This was a good day and we’re sliding towards the end of the week. Thank you for the visit!

Borrowed Wi-fi, Black Beauty Gets Attention, Another Slow, Lovely Day

I was awake and up at 7 on Tuesday, Nov. 14^th and downloaded pictures from yesterday onto my laptop. If you read my blog regularly you will have noticed that I didn’t post last night. I decided to take advantage of the park’s wi-fi occasionally. So, after letting Clemson out, I took my laptop and phone and hi-tailed it up to the EAST clubhouse. I met Annette and she crossed her fingers that I would have good luck.

I didn’t have luck at all so I took my laptop the extra steps across the road to the WEST clubhouse. I opened my ThinkPad hit the button and it connected right away. Yes! (hand pump in the air) I had already written my post so proceeded to add the pictures and hit publish. Since I was there I figured I’d read the blog posts of others. When I noticed that Bill had commented on something from the Suite, I texted Good morning to him and told him where I was.

The EAST clubhouse was comfy but not Wi-fi friendly to me

On the way home I chatted to a couple of rv’ers about the park Wi-fi. Everyone has had different experiences with it. It was 55F outside and I was not properly dressed, not thinking I’d have to walk that far. I was chilled by the time I returned and Bill had my cup and teabag in the Keurig waiting for me. It sure hit the spot and warmed me up.

Looks like some kind of a rose bush but not thorny

Whatever it is, it is very pretty

Soon after, Bill got his cereal and cleaned up to go into the city. Black Beauty needed a replacement fuel filter and we spotted the location of the Ford dealers not too far down the road. When he left, I had my yogourt, banana and granola before I cleaned up too. When I saw Steve and Kathy pulling out with their trailer, I ran out to say goodbye. I hope we meet up with them again. They are working their way to Quartzsite, Pilot Knob and finally Indio, California.

This cactus is flowering, awesome!

I had received a form for Mom from Service Canada that needed to be filled out. Duh. I don’t understand the need and tried calling a couple of times to see if there was an issue. After listening to their formatted voice message ‘if you want this, press that’, ‘if you want that, press this’, I hear ‘if you wish to speak to someone in person, press “0”. Okay, that is what I did.

As I left the clubhouse, these folk were getting into a game of what
I used to call "Grunt"

A couple more prompts and then silence. I’m cut off. Twice! Not wishing to be any more of a sucker for punishment, I filled out the form, wrote a note on the bottom relaying the difficulty and asked them to contact ME if they were having a problem.  I walked up to the WEST clubhouse and office, dropped the letter in the mailbox and went inside to work on the puzzle. Other than one fellow playing pool by himself, I was alone and made great progress on the puzzle.

When Bill texted that he was home after an hour and a half, I walked back. We had a second coffee together and decided today would be another day of rest. I do “rest” like a pro. The sky has cleared out nicely before noon so I’m sure I’ll visit the pool again after lunch. Supper has been decided so what else is there to do? Outside I went with my tea and book.

Doggie hydrant in the doggie park

The rest of the day skimmed by and I’m finding it really hard to put my book down. I read for quite a while and changed to go up to the pool at 1:00. No one was there so I took the required shower, set a noodle at the edge with my hat and did my laps. I only do a couple and then I noodle float for the rest of the time. I was probably alone for 30 minutes before one fellow who always comes up at 1:30 joined me. We exchanged pleasantries before I got out and stretched out on my chair. More reading transpired.

Bill arrived around 2:15 and we had both vacated the pool and the area by 3:30. I came back to continue reading outside. It was such a nice day out there with clear blue skies. Having a swim in the pool is the perfect thing to do on an 83F day. I didn’t get back up to the puzzle, I’ll go in the morning and hopefully it isn’t finished yet. Seldom am I the one to put that last piece in!

Shortly after 5 we set about preparing for supper. Bill cut up two potatoes, skin on and I dipped the Tilapia filets in Fish Crisp for frying. The oil in our small deep fryer was soon ready. Because our fryer is so small, we need to do the potatoes in two lots so once one lot was done, I began frying the fish. We both regret NOT getting the next size up, trying to keep things small and light for the Suite. Food was ready at the same time, hey, we’re getting good at this!

and then I did what I do best
Relaxed outside with an iced tea, an ice cream bar and my book

Supper was yummy. Bill likes his fries the traditional way with ketchup, salt and pepper. I like mine with butter, sour cream, salt and pepper. We both enjoy tartar sauce for our fish. Bill likes milk and I like water to drink with our meal. It is awesome, when we are so different in some things, how we hit it off with this whole full-timing thing. As my bracelet says, Lucky Me.

After supper was done we cleaned up the dishes and at 6 MT we were ready to sit down and watch our Tuesday night shows. Starting with NCIS, then Bull, NCIS New Orleans, and The Voice. This is Us will be recorded for another night. I’m the only one who watches that. This has been a progressive day, getting the truck taken care of, as well as a totally relaxing day too. I can only hope that you got some relaxing in as well.

I should have added my little tomatoes before taking the picture
Another bland looking (but delicious) meal

Thank you for stopping in to read my day’s events. I hope you don’t mind terribly that I am posting in the morning now to take advantage of our free Wi-fi. Your comments are appreciated.