Fun With BIll and Rhonda

The other night I had Bill (my ex-husband) and Rhonda (his girlfriend) over for dinner. We had a great time even though my casserole came out a bit dry and the dessert did not live up to my expectations. I had tried to create something new and now know, I think, how to fix it for the next time.

After dinner we sat in the living room enjoying wine, Bill was drinking scotch with lots of ice(see below).

Like everyone else who meets Morgan, Rhonda just fell in love with our handsome little boy.

I believe that Bill was trying to make a point,,,or he was pointing at the clock and commenting on how late it was getting.

What ever it was he laughed about it.

Tyler came up and sat with us for awhile. He got Kele to sort of cuddle with him. He is making great progress in earning her trust.

I also got a lovely floral arrangement from Bill and Rhonda. It was a great night and I would like to do it again sometime just without the hangover.

Memorial Weekend

Memorial weekend, a time when we honor those who gave their lives for our country. The "official" start to the summer. A time for parties, barbecues and going to the beach, the lake or what ever, unless,,,,,,,,,

Unless you are the mountain girl who has LOTS of things to get done over the summer, and since the weather was gorgeous it was a long weekend for all outdoor chores.

When I got home from work early on Friday I changed clothes, took a quart of water and went out to split wood. After 3 hours this is what I had accomplished.

I decided to treat myself to an everything but the kitchen sink pizza. This beauty had pepperoni, sausage, bacon, onions, garlic, black olives and portabella mushrooms with lots of cheese. It was wonderful.

Saturday I headed back out to spend the day with Tonto, the tractor, and split more wood. This is where I quit after 5 1/2 hours. You need to refer back to Friday's photos to realize the amount that I got done. Actually if you go back to "A New State of Normal" You can see the whole pile before I began splitting.

I promised myself that Sunday would be an easy day, no more wood splitting for this girl. Nope, no way! Instead I cleaned the front porch area. The siding was covered with grime and mildew. Check out the raw wood frame around the storm door on the far left of the photo.

After I scrubbed the siding clean I got the paint that Richard had left me and painted all the trim around the storm door. When Richard saw this photo he thought I had painted the siding also because it looked so good.

Now being the somewhat crazed person that I am I could not sit back and relax for the rest of the day. I had to push myself and chop kindling. This box was absolutely, positively completely empty when I started. It only took me 90 minutes. But now I have a blister on my left palm and a severe case of tendonitis in my left hand. I should have quit when I started to get the blister but no, I was too stubborn.

Monday, Memorial Day, I did real easy stuff like sprayed Round-Up on the weeds and did laundry. I got my two male college tenants to stack all the split wood for me. Now I have room to split the rest next weekend. Maybe it will rain and I can do easy chores indoors.

Mother' Day Weekend

Since I was going to be alone on Mother's Day weekend,,,,except for my three four-legged furry kids I decided to treat myself to a road trip to the boat. The weather forecast was for perfect weather the entire weekend.

As I was sitting in the cockpit enjoying a cocktail on Friday night I was surveying my surroundings and looking to see what, if any, damage was left from the direct hit Oriental took from Irene last fall. As I was driving down I saw several house with tarps still on their roofs. But the most interesting thing I saw was this gazebo across the creek from us. The storm surge had pushed it over some and then the owners lashed it so it would not fall any further over.

On Saturday as I was relaxing in the cockpit and learning how to knit a father and son came over to do some fishing.

I was not the only one relaxing on Saturday. Morgan assumed his position on the cabin roof and dozed in the shade while the breeze ruffled his coat.

Kele soon got tired of guarding her territory from everyone who came near and gave in to a nap in the sun.

But of course Lili kept watch.

It was a wonderful weekend with the "kids".