Vacuuming, dusting, and bathroom cleaning took up most of the morning along with sweeping off the porch and steps and watering the hanging pots on the porch.
After lunch I mixed up a pan of the homemade granola bars. I took out some of the home grown green beans to make up a skillet meal for dinner tonight.
It’s another mostly cloudy, cool day but humid with a slight chance of rain/storms this afternoon.
I made a trip down to Winston this morning to look at outdoor chair cushions on sale at one of the stores I shop. I found four, two solid blue and two flowered blue, to match the blue cushion on the bench. 75% off made that worth the trip by itself. But, I was also meeting Frances and Al at Costco. We did our shopping then ate lunch at the food court. I took them the tomatoes and zucchini I picked this morning. I stocked up on more water, my cereal, juice, and a few other items I like to keep plenty of on hand at all times.
It was cloudy and humid down there. It’s cloudy and humid up here. We had a light rain shower at some point and it rained off and on coming up the mountain.
I am reading On Her Majesty’s Frightful Secret Service by Rhys Bowen.
This morning I used two bags of Scott’s Lawn soil to patch the two areas in the yard by the driveway where they killed the grass doing the rock project; reseeded the areas then watered.
Then it was off to work at the Wellness Center from 10:30 to 3:30.
Looks like we might get a stray storm this evening but otherwise it’s been partly cloudy and warm today. Guess I’ll put in a load of laundry.
Our plumber from Shaw Brothers came by this morning to chance the water filter for well. After he left I picked a few tomatoes and pulled up the green bean bushes and cucumber vines. I pulled a few of the bigger clumps of grass to keep them from taking over the garden.
We have another nice day of weather with temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s and lots of sunshine.
I am reading Once Upon A Spine by Kate Carlisle
We had a pretty good storm yesterday afternoon with very gusty winds and lots of blowing rain. When I took Colin out after dinner I had a huge limb down under the black walnut tree. It was too wet to mess with it last night.
This morning I went to the gym then came home and hauled the limb and brush to the brush pile and picked up all the black walnuts that came down with the limbs. I will see if Janice wants them again this year.
I had enough time to get that mess cleaned up before getting ready to go back to the gym to work my middle of the day shift. So far today has been cooler and dryer with not much of a chance of storms this evening.
Fun weekend. Frances and Marcy arrived Saturday around noon. We fixed a light lunch then went into Sparta to do the shops, etc. Back home, we rested awhile, I fed Colin, then we went back into town to Muddy Creek for dinner and to listen to music; a cover bank from High Point. After off and on showers all day it cleared up nicely for us to be able to sit outside and enjoy the band. We came home about 9:30.
This morning we picked what is probably the last of the beans from the garden. The zucchini may have a couple left to ripen but the cucumbers are finished. We picked a lot of tomatoes with a lot more left to ripen. We harvested four to five one gallon buckets of apples.
We ate lunch here before they took off back down the mountain to Winston. Off and on showers ‘s for the day. It rains, the sun comes out, it rains, the sun comes out…Temperatures are only in the 70’s but it’s very humid.
Gym this morning, back home, shower, change, and back to the gym to work. Whew, I’ve had a busy week and both yesterday and today were very busy at the gym. Friday’s are not usually steady busy but busy in spurts. Today, it was a steady stream of folks all day.
Cool and cloudy most of the day. It’s drizzling now with a chance of thunderstorms early. I put a load of cloths in to wash while I tidy up the kitchen and do a few things around the house.
Bath day for Colin. He keeps his paws and legs, and “other places” he can reach very clean; much like a cat. But, his back and head fur needs bathing once in awhile. I hate doing it outside with the hose and cold water. He is terrified but I finally am able to wrestle his 75 pounds into the walk in shower. Once in there he is pretty good about letting me get him soaped up and rinsed. He is shedding a lot right now and scratching which means it was time. Fortunately, he only gets a bath every few months. It’s a full aerobic work out for me.
And, the bathroom itself gets a good washing down as well once he comes out of the shower and shakes water all over the bathroom. It takes me half an hour to clean up the water and hair all over the shower, the cabinets, and the floor.
