Brain Cloud, Surprise Visitor from London!

The Ridge

On Tuesday, Sept. 2nd my morning was not rushed for the purpose of cleaning but I didn't dawdle either. Bill and I left the Ridge within minutes of each other. He went to work in Hanover, and I went to shop in Hanover. 😀

Good morning!

Walmart is open at 7 so arriving there just before 8 am was perfect! Hardly any cars in the lot and few customers in the store. Yay! I cashed out after $230 with 7 full bags, drove to Independent Grocers for my yogourt and popped into Giant Tiger and Dollarama.

I like our entrance.

That is definitely the time of day to be shopping. At Dollarama, I found 5 or 6 pieces of wooden decor to create more quilling pieces. At this stage they are just 'ideas' but if that doesn't work out, I only spent $10. My mind is spinning, Jess had no idea she was going to create a quilling monster last winter with her classes!

Settling outside with my book,
a hot drink and my puppy dog.

Back home at 10, Gibbs and I spent time together until his appointment. But wait! Even though my calendar says Wed. Sept. 3, and the email reminder yesterday said the same............my brain continued to be confused on what today was and Kate politely informed us when we entered "I'm sorry, I have Gibbs down for tomorrow". Duh, head smack!!

(sorry, that was an incredibly LONG sentence!)

It was here that I was telling
Gibbs, he'd have a haircut and
feel cooler this afternoon.
Woops!

So, with our tails between our legs we hopped back into Ptooties and returned home for lunch. I fried up some liver and onions and that was delicious! 😉 I was readying myself to finish cutting the lawn up here, when a friend from London called. He was in the area (kind of) and wanted to stop for a visit.

My yummy lunch.

Perfect! I put a picture of Derrick and his lovely wife, Kathy, just a few days ago so this is like deja vu. We haven't heard from him since we returned home. Kathy passed suddenly in 2021 and we are all still shocked about that. So, apparently things happen for a reason. I needed to be home today!

I had plans to dust, vacuum and cut grass while Gibbs was away so now, I really had a purpose! Derrick arrived from Southampton (not really on his way home but I'm still thrilled he came!) around 2:30 and we had a really nice catchup chat over a cup of coffee.

Gibbs poses with Derrick

As he was leaving, an hour and a half later, Bill called that he was on his way home and bribed our friend into staying for supper. 💗 I didn't even have to cook! We took Derrick to Pebbles on Hwy 6, which puts him about 20 minutes closer to London. It was a great buffet meal and we all had our fill.

My entree plate was full,
mostly with meat. Yummy ribs,
deep fried chicken leg, roast beef
but the potatoes with gravy 
topped it off.
This is my 'trying to be good' dessert.
So many choices!!

It was around 6:30 when we parted ways and for some reason, I was just too tired and full to sit and write my post. There's always tomorrow! (today). It was an awesome day, even with the brain cloud, and the Suite and Ridge are tidied for the week. We reached a beautiful high of 24C/75F.

It was a great visit!
Good night!

Thank you for YOUR visit! Your comments are welcome.

Labour Day (with a 'u' because I'm Canadian) 🤣

 The Ridge

On Monday, Sept. 1st we were up by 6:30. Bill was in the shower when I started my stretches. Gibbs was rolling around on the bed trying to get my attention although he had already been out. 

Good morning!

I left with my tea for the Mat, just around 7 and it was empty of customers. About 20 minutes in, the 2 local homeless people came in and sat for about 10 minutes.  They always put me on alert, especially Renee, as you can tell she is strung out on something. 

The drive to town.
Look at that sky!

I finished up within the hour and drive to fill the water bottle before returning home. Bill had already left for flying with the boys and I think it is a beautiful day for it. I'm glad he is enjoying his weekend. Yesterday, his friends had gone to another field but Bill opted to stay home and work. 💕

Last night, someone was in my chair,
so I sat in Bill's. Would you disturb
this little bum?

I wasn't done my laboring yet as I was cleaning for Robin again. She is desperately trying to get an apartment cleaned in Wingham. One of her houses (w/2 apartments) has sold.  Sounds like another mess for her. 😪

He was in a deep sleep and rolled\
over in his slumber.
No shame, no modesty.😂

My job was easy in comparison. After I got home she got a booking for tomorrow night and wondered if I could clean again. Darn! I've got a full morning with shopping and taking Gibbs to the groomers so I had to turn it down. I hope Jessica can do it for her. 

Everything is green and lucious
along Baptist Church Road.

Bill wasn't home until 1:30 so I heated the leftover taco meat and wrapped in a soft tortilla. Yum. The remainder of the day was doing our hobbies. I'm planning ahead with some ideas for next year's fair. Practicing and making things to sell. 

So, this year, one of the categories
to enter was a homemade greeting card
related to a milestone birthday.
So, I practiced. 
May be different next year but
that's okay, I enjoyed a new technique.

I started supper; ribs, fried potatoes and sweet corn, so had to turn the power back on. It has been nice for a few days to use our solar. Madame IP does the ribs but I didn't brown them on the Weber tonight. I like them browned a bit but Bill isn't fussy. 

I took more pictures on my drive
than anywhere else.

Everything tasted great and he made his lunch for the inevitable work day tomorrow. This has been a good day. Working 3 days in a row for Robin helps bump my bank account and I like seeing how the guests leave things after I've cleaned. If that makes sense. 😏

The corn, ribs...well,
supper, was great!

Today, we reached a pleasant 25C/75F and who can complain about that? Not us! Just lovely. We're back to enjoying it while it lasts since come Thursday we drop down again to 13C/57F!! 

I love this and it excuses me
for all my sillyness-es. 😍
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by on this long weekend. Happy Labour Day and Happy September!