Winding Down? Seems Like a Busy Week

The Ridge

It was 6:15 when I got up on Thursday, Sept. 25th. Bill was downstairs and I had actually woken up when he got up to hop in the shower shortly after 5. I was happy to feel no pain, seems like one day with, one without. Better than every day!

Good morning.
The drive to town before 7
and
The drive home at 8:30.
Cloudy day.

It looked to be a dry but cloudy day in the forecast but Bill was ready and off to work around 6:45. I was maybe 5 minutes behind him on my way to clean the Mat. It was still locked so I let myself in and got to work. I was happy when Trudy bustled in, that lady doesn't mosy! 😊

I was able to fill her in on the market table situation so she is hoping someone cancels so I get in. She showed me 3 of her new creations and I am just so in love with them all. 

She is a master at crochet (although she won't admit it) as it is all without a pattern, just teaching herself as she goes. 💕 Of course, I shared a few of my latest in photos, which she was very enthusiastic about too. 

My lunch today was leftover
shepherd's pie and fries. 

My plan was to head to Walmart when I finished but left the grocery list at home. Rats! Oh well, I was in my grubby jeans and tee anyway, and I like to spruce up a bit when I go shopping. Bill called that he had another 'no work' day, too bad he drove all the way to Mike's to just turn around and come home. Missed communication. 

My Buddy gave me a lovely homemade
card from a craft sale with 2 scratch tickets.
I got lucky! $8 cha-ching!
I should let her pick all of my tickets. 
Thanks Pat!💖

He was okay though to come home and start cutting more brush down the lane. He was raring to go by the time I changed and headed out to Hanover. I took my time and popped into a different Dollarama across town. I seem to find different things of interest at each one and came home with more 'accents' to the hobby. 

After lunch, we got to work.
It got the big garden cleaned up
for the winter and added to
the brush pile.

Bill and I met on Baptist Church Road, him going to the dump and me going home. He was back by lunchtime so we ate together. I finished the leftover shepherd's pie and fries, the fridge is full again now after a new shopping spree. All under $200 so I was quite pleased.

Bill went down the lane for
more cutting and a second load.
He was getting tired so when I
finished, I did a wee bit to help.

I changed back into the grubbies and while he went down to cut and load again, I crawled around the big garden and cleaned up the hostas, lilies and iris leaves. One big hosta is left, just because the leaves are so big and still pretty to me. Bit by bit, the other gardens will get done, I don't want to overdo it and be sore later.

You know where the boss was....
I have some wood pieces that I want
to burn and today was a good day.
We got it going and then helped Bill.

Bill took a second load to the Durham dump while I went up and got washed and dressed for our dinner out with my siblings. A birthday supper for Gayle, bil Bill, my Bill and myself. Tonight, Noah's Inn in the small berb of Neustadt.

I ordered a shrimp quesadilla for
the first time. It was very good!

My sweeties had their snooze after Bill showered again and we left Gibbs in charge around 5:20. Last night, we watched the first episode of Survivor and already they kicked the wrong person off, in our opinion. Going to be a great season! Ha ha.

There were 3 choices for dessert,
certainly adequate, and they were all
made by the local bakery.
Yummy!
Bill had the carrot cake which looked
awesome too.

It was a great meal, I had quesadilla, Caesar salad and coconut cream pie. Filling but I wasn't overly stuffed. We all had a drink so it was not an inexpensive night out. Hey! It's our birthdays!

Gayle took individual pictures
of each of us.
Woops! She forgot to send ours.

The owner/manager/waitress took the
group picture but it is poor quality.
I think she should stick to management!
Ha ha but it is still a memory.

We were home shortly after dropping Donna and Gerry off and it was 8:15. Gibbs was happy to see us and brought us his ball. We only reached 18C/66F again today but it felt warm especially when working outside. It was a nice day.

She sent it this morning.
There we are!
Good night!
(check in tomorrow for some news)

Thank you for stopping by.

Another Fun Day with the Girls. Jazz Returns

 The Ridge

On Wednesday, Sept. 24th we woke up to a cloudy morning. Bill was up early and had his shower, getting ready for work. The weather is iffy but since he hadn't heard from Billy, he said goodbye and left around 7.

Good morning!
Gibbs is watching Daddy leave.
Same pose that we love.

I had my tea but was uncomfortable for a couple of hours this morning. Hmpf. I did numerous stretches, blocking and what seemed like rolling around on the floor. Ha ha, quite a sight but I wanted to feel good for 10 o'clock.

Sitting at a construction zone Stop,
I noticed this on an upper building.
Love it!

Dot arrived on the 'dot' in her nice white Ford (of course) truck to pick me up. We drove to Durham and got the 3rd Musketeer, Pat, who was waiting outside for us. Today, we went to Mount Forest for some thrift shopping and lunch.

This interesting moth was sitting
outside the thrift store.
I had to use Google lens to find out
that it was a Maple spanworm moth.

We don't want to have to drive too far but there HAS to be a thrift store and a restaurant. 😍 I'd never shopped in Mount Forest so this was a treat. It wasn't until we crossed the street to their dollar store that I spent money. Craft stuff! 

Lunch time!
It doesn't look like much from the outside
but quite a bustling place indoors.

It was around 12:30 when we came out and drove down the street to the Tipsy Fox for lunch. We were dodging some rain each time we were in and out of stores but no downpours at least. Lunch was awesome, quick and reasonable.

A good lunch for $17

Dot couldn't say enough about her Chicken Parmesan, Pat had Chicken Club w/fries and I had Shepherd's Pie with fries. So much food that we each brought half of it home. Then.........Dot said we had to have dessert for my birthday. Oh my, yummy!

A birthday treat for dessert.
Carrot cake with something else 
but it was yummy!
3 forks so we shared!

We stopped at the Liquidation store on the way out of town and didn't spend a lot of time there before Dot and I found a few things to bring home with us. I'm pleased that I only bought 2 pieces of clothing today, the rest was hobby related. That's good for me! 😊

We pulled up to 6 Cycles
and all these bikes were outside in the
rain but Jazz was clean and dry inside.

Bill was waiting for me when Dot dropped me off as he had word that Jazz was ready to come home. In light rain, we drove to Varney to pick her up. Sherry had her all cleaned up, my she sparkled, only to get wet on the ride home. Bill was dry in his rain suit. Now our fuel gauge works again. Yay!

I followed Bill on the way home
and thankfully the rain wasn't too heavy.

The rain was on and off all day, so he had returned from work by 10 am. He helped Robin and Andrew get some wood for their wood stove, using Black Beauty and their dump trailer. Helping each other, the way it should be.

Baptist Church Rd. is changing
colour but in the rain, hard to tell.

It has been a great day and the best news is that all my stretching this morning had me feeling great by the time we picked Pat up at 10:15. 💗 We hope to get out once more, the week before we leave. Fingers crossed that works out! 🤞

A little play time before supper.
Bill made fries, I had a tea biscuit
and hot chocolate.

Today was mild, a high of 18C/65F but no wind so it felt quite warm. I hope you enjoyed your day.

Starts tonight!
Good evening!

Thank you for the visit and all the wonderful birthday wishes.