SUPPER CLUB - Wed, June 29th
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:17 am
Good morning,
We're to be about 67* and cloudy today. Yay!! We have two sets of Boondockers in the yard - a single woman with 2 dogs, and 2 women with 3 dogs and 2 cats. Everyone is just sitting for their allotted 3 days (our limit). For the most part they all stay to themselves, sometimes going out for a few hours or all day. I kind of miss our "kids" of last week! They've texted us a few times, sharing pictures of places they are visiting. Today they start down the Oregon Coast.
Bill is 1/3 done quilting Irish Chain but mostly he's been working on brake lines on the trailer. Apparently this is a huge process and he's replacing all the original and improving on it. I've been cutting more little star block pieces and still trying to organize all the Christmas stuff for all my Colorado family. Since they have to travel, I'm trying to find boxes for everything, and most of the time our shop, where the boxes are stored, is blocked by Boondockers, so I had to wait until they left for the day. Then I had to wash some things, decide which gifts are Nov birthday and which are Christmas. Most gifts my sisters and I exchange come from thrift stores, and most are just for laughs. So there is a pile to wrap. They have taken over my sewing room. I hope to finish that up today and then hide all the gifts in our trailer - to get them out of the house.
BECCA!!! So good to see you here! I've been thinking of you a lot and praying for healing. You have really had a time of it. I bet it felt good to get outside yesterday - and you had a wildlife show to boot! I'm pleased to hear that CA is showing some improvement. Adding shingles to all his other problems just wasn't fair. I remember my dad had them for 10 weeks. Very painful. If CA can get up, even with assist, a few times a day and walk with the walker, it will help strengthen his muscles which are probably weak from being in bed so much. Glad your family has been helping out. And glad you are here!!
TINA - One good thing about dishwashers, if they go out, they aren't TRULY necessary to live like a stove or fridge. But I find them extremely desirable! Ours is only 9 yrs old but Bill says he's done with it. Other than the difficulty in cleaning it, it works fine but it ticked Bill off one too many times. Every single dishwasher we looked at has that shallow third rack on top for utensils, silverware, travel mug lids, etc. Most still have an upright basket for silverware, too. None have the basket in the door anymore. We've never had a Bosch appliance but have only heard good things about them. Crossing fingers. Thanks for the recipe. We gave our air fryer away, so we just bake things now.
CAROL - the more fancy features on any appliance, the more can go wrong. That's our philosophy. We bought the base model. I didn't feel like paying an extra $500 just to get a quieter one. I actually like the sound of the dishwasher running. It's the last thing I do when the chores are done and the sound of it makes me feel like the house is clean and all my work is done, and I can play without guilt. I'm easy to fool that way! lol!
JANA - wow! That must be a heck of a fee U-Haul wants to charge to make it worth while to pay for the fuel to return that trailer back to California - 1,300 miles RT. Especially at today's fuel prices and double especially CA's fuel prices! Maybe Kate will have to settle for a traveling birthday party for Aaron, like those dinner parties where everyone travels to different homes for different courses. Congrats to both you and Michael for teaching/learning the new phone!
I'm making homemade pepperoni pizza tonite. Nothing fancy. It's my go-to when I don't feel like really cooking. I make the dough early in the day, then put it in the fridge until it's time to assemble. I also have salad ready to go, leftover from last night.
What's the plan at your house?
We're to be about 67* and cloudy today. Yay!! We have two sets of Boondockers in the yard - a single woman with 2 dogs, and 2 women with 3 dogs and 2 cats. Everyone is just sitting for their allotted 3 days (our limit). For the most part they all stay to themselves, sometimes going out for a few hours or all day. I kind of miss our "kids" of last week! They've texted us a few times, sharing pictures of places they are visiting. Today they start down the Oregon Coast.
Bill is 1/3 done quilting Irish Chain but mostly he's been working on brake lines on the trailer. Apparently this is a huge process and he's replacing all the original and improving on it. I've been cutting more little star block pieces and still trying to organize all the Christmas stuff for all my Colorado family. Since they have to travel, I'm trying to find boxes for everything, and most of the time our shop, where the boxes are stored, is blocked by Boondockers, so I had to wait until they left for the day. Then I had to wash some things, decide which gifts are Nov birthday and which are Christmas. Most gifts my sisters and I exchange come from thrift stores, and most are just for laughs. So there is a pile to wrap. They have taken over my sewing room. I hope to finish that up today and then hide all the gifts in our trailer - to get them out of the house.
BECCA!!! So good to see you here! I've been thinking of you a lot and praying for healing. You have really had a time of it. I bet it felt good to get outside yesterday - and you had a wildlife show to boot! I'm pleased to hear that CA is showing some improvement. Adding shingles to all his other problems just wasn't fair. I remember my dad had them for 10 weeks. Very painful. If CA can get up, even with assist, a few times a day and walk with the walker, it will help strengthen his muscles which are probably weak from being in bed so much. Glad your family has been helping out. And glad you are here!!
TINA - One good thing about dishwashers, if they go out, they aren't TRULY necessary to live like a stove or fridge. But I find them extremely desirable! Ours is only 9 yrs old but Bill says he's done with it. Other than the difficulty in cleaning it, it works fine but it ticked Bill off one too many times. Every single dishwasher we looked at has that shallow third rack on top for utensils, silverware, travel mug lids, etc. Most still have an upright basket for silverware, too. None have the basket in the door anymore. We've never had a Bosch appliance but have only heard good things about them. Crossing fingers. Thanks for the recipe. We gave our air fryer away, so we just bake things now.
CAROL - the more fancy features on any appliance, the more can go wrong. That's our philosophy. We bought the base model. I didn't feel like paying an extra $500 just to get a quieter one. I actually like the sound of the dishwasher running. It's the last thing I do when the chores are done and the sound of it makes me feel like the house is clean and all my work is done, and I can play without guilt. I'm easy to fool that way! lol!
JANA - wow! That must be a heck of a fee U-Haul wants to charge to make it worth while to pay for the fuel to return that trailer back to California - 1,300 miles RT. Especially at today's fuel prices and double especially CA's fuel prices! Maybe Kate will have to settle for a traveling birthday party for Aaron, like those dinner parties where everyone travels to different homes for different courses. Congrats to both you and Michael for teaching/learning the new phone!
I'm making homemade pepperoni pizza tonite. Nothing fancy. It's my go-to when I don't feel like really cooking. I make the dough early in the day, then put it in the fridge until it's time to assemble. I also have salad ready to go, leftover from last night.
What's the plan at your house?