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Kind of a quiet day. Slept intermittently, as usual, and got up about 9:30. After breakfast I wandered around outdoors. Beautiful. Sunny, a good breeze, mid 70's that got up to 80 today.
I cleaned the birdbath and put it out. Swept the walks and the decks. Bob backed down my driveway--come see what I've got...
The local nursery/garden shop is going out of business, and he got a whole back of his blazer full of plants. "Pick which ones you want," he says. Evelyn was grinning. Such beautiful plants, it's really sad that the business is failing. (I wanted to buy my plants local. Wal Mart in West Branch is not local enough... . I feel bad) While I was getting the bird bath out I came across some 14" planters. I went and got one and chose 4 plants to put in it. 2 begonias, a gerbera daisy, and a double bloom impatients. Now I need dirt.
We unloaded his truck and they went on their way. An hour or so later, they're back--with another truck full. This time, they got 2 birdbaths, an electric fountain, and several decorative bird feeders, along with 2 bags of dirt. (The bird baths and fountain and feeders were for her son) I gave them $5 for my plants and dirt, and they gave me a 4 disc cd set of showtunes as a bonus.
I got my plants potted and took the remaining half bag of dirt back to them.
By now it was getting hot outside. The lake was busy with the boat action, and the wind and waves had caused my speedboat to pull against the tie-out stakes and move them enough so that the boat had started bumping against the dock. Hm. I guess I'll have to get in the water and reset those.
I did. As I was doing the second of the three, the clouds were gathering dark and the thunder was starting. I had finished the second stake and put the cover back on the boat and it started raining.
It rained pretty good for maybe an hour. Not much wind, just rain with occasional thunder. I had a bite to eat, read a while, and closed my eyes for a while, too.
I went down to the GC, as there was to be a fire tonight. Jim, Kris, and Ariana had come up for an overnight. The fire had just been started, so I was just in time.
Kris and Jim had brought instruments, 2 guitars and a violin; they were played and we sang and had s'mores. The temperature had dropped to low 60's. It was a nice evening.
Tomorrow we're planning to play with the speedboat--water skiing and tubing. I hope the wind is down and the lake is not so busy.
I was still kind of icky today, but I feel somewhat better having had a quieter day.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Friday 07.09.2010
I didn't rest as well as I would have liked, but I got up about 8:30 and started the day. Washed up, breakfast, dressed. I had to go to Rose City to the car dealership to see about repairing whatever it was that broke on the car.
It's a beautiful day, sunny with high fluffy clouds.
The guy at the GM dealership says they don't work on Pontiacs. Huh? Isn't Pontiac a GM car? He refers me to Hart Automotive in West Branch. Ugh. Ok, thanks.
I really don't want to go to West Branch, but the GPS says it's only 20 minutes away. Ok, here I go.
I get there, and I wait. I'm third in line. And, as with car issues, each issue is different. When I finally had my turn, the girl, Diane, was very nice, saying that they had a G6 with a broken top just recently. She got the guy Chad, who worked on that one, to come look at mine. But he was busy with other jobs. Could I wait a half hour or 45 minutes or so? Ugh, again.
I had heard that there was a Wal-Mart in West Branch. She told me where it was and the best way to get there. I thanked her and got going.
I was interested in the flowers and plants they have for sale.
I walked around, found a clearance area. These don't look so bad, and the price is right, 50% off. After seeing what was there, I went back.
Just in time. I drove right in, and Diane took the car and drove it into the service bay area, while I went into the customer lounge, just a little tacky, but better than sitting out in the hot sun. Maybe 15 minutes later, I see Chad, the guy that was going to look at my car, come in the counter and get on the computer. Another 15 or 20 minutes later he's done, and Lori came in to get me with the estimate.
Only $349 and some change. Ha. Of course, it's out of warranty. And if it were covered by insurance, we have a $500 deductible. The good news is that the part is available, and the work can be done Monday. I signed the estimate and made the appointment. I'll figure out the logistics of getting the car and me back and forth.
I went back to Wal Mart to select and purchase some plants, then went back to the lake.
I was hungry, tired, irritable, and just plain grumpy, mean, and hateful feeling. And hot. Temps got up to mid 80's again today. I knew I would feel better after eating, and I started the food prep after getting the plants out of the car.
Dan called while I was doing that. I ate, wanted to lay down, but putzed around with the plants again. dipping the hanging baskets in the lake to water them. Jim and Jacob were out on the sailboat, enjoying the breeze that had picked up. The lake was busy with "weekenders", too.
I went down to the GC with the van, as we had decided to put Jim's boat in the water this evening. They were fixing their supper, so I took my mean and hateful feeling self back home. I think I was just frustrated that the first part of the day took so much time to deal with. I sprayed the exterior perimeter of the house with bug spray again, and finished soaking/watering the plants. Close to 7 o'clock, I went back to the GC, where they were ready.
Jim changed the hitch ball, attached the boat trailer, and we were off. I backed the trailer down the ramp, the boat floated, Jacob and Jim got in, fired up, and were off. I went back to the GC to drop the trailer, and after a brief visit, went on back home.
I was starting to feel a little better. I had a lite snack and sat out on Evelyn's pontoon with her and Bob and the dogs. Funny how those unsettling moods happen.
I came back in and searched my files for a photo that had been asked for, but to no avail. That too is odd.
Tomorrow is unplanned--maybe I'll see about getting the pontoon brought over. Maybe.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
It's a beautiful day, sunny with high fluffy clouds.
The guy at the GM dealership says they don't work on Pontiacs. Huh? Isn't Pontiac a GM car? He refers me to Hart Automotive in West Branch. Ugh. Ok, thanks.
I really don't want to go to West Branch, but the GPS says it's only 20 minutes away. Ok, here I go.
I get there, and I wait. I'm third in line. And, as with car issues, each issue is different. When I finally had my turn, the girl, Diane, was very nice, saying that they had a G6 with a broken top just recently. She got the guy Chad, who worked on that one, to come look at mine. But he was busy with other jobs. Could I wait a half hour or 45 minutes or so? Ugh, again.
I had heard that there was a Wal-Mart in West Branch. She told me where it was and the best way to get there. I thanked her and got going.
I was interested in the flowers and plants they have for sale.
I walked around, found a clearance area. These don't look so bad, and the price is right, 50% off. After seeing what was there, I went back.
Just in time. I drove right in, and Diane took the car and drove it into the service bay area, while I went into the customer lounge, just a little tacky, but better than sitting out in the hot sun. Maybe 15 minutes later, I see Chad, the guy that was going to look at my car, come in the counter and get on the computer. Another 15 or 20 minutes later he's done, and Lori came in to get me with the estimate.
Only $349 and some change. Ha. Of course, it's out of warranty. And if it were covered by insurance, we have a $500 deductible. The good news is that the part is available, and the work can be done Monday. I signed the estimate and made the appointment. I'll figure out the logistics of getting the car and me back and forth.
I went back to Wal Mart to select and purchase some plants, then went back to the lake.
I was hungry, tired, irritable, and just plain grumpy, mean, and hateful feeling. And hot. Temps got up to mid 80's again today. I knew I would feel better after eating, and I started the food prep after getting the plants out of the car.
Dan called while I was doing that. I ate, wanted to lay down, but putzed around with the plants again. dipping the hanging baskets in the lake to water them. Jim and Jacob were out on the sailboat, enjoying the breeze that had picked up. The lake was busy with "weekenders", too.
I went down to the GC with the van, as we had decided to put Jim's boat in the water this evening. They were fixing their supper, so I took my mean and hateful feeling self back home. I think I was just frustrated that the first part of the day took so much time to deal with. I sprayed the exterior perimeter of the house with bug spray again, and finished soaking/watering the plants. Close to 7 o'clock, I went back to the GC, where they were ready.
Jim changed the hitch ball, attached the boat trailer, and we were off. I backed the trailer down the ramp, the boat floated, Jacob and Jim got in, fired up, and were off. I went back to the GC to drop the trailer, and after a brief visit, went on back home.
I was starting to feel a little better. I had a lite snack and sat out on Evelyn's pontoon with her and Bob and the dogs. Funny how those unsettling moods happen.
I came back in and searched my files for a photo that had been asked for, but to no avail. That too is odd.
Tomorrow is unplanned--maybe I'll see about getting the pontoon brought over. Maybe.
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thursday 07.08.2010
It was a good day today.
Started out that I slept pretty good, and woke this morning feeling much better than I did yesterday. Praise the Lord for that. I don't like feeling punky. And though the wrist is still sore, it didn't hurt so much that I couldn't move it.
I got up shortly after 10. Just as I had gotten dressed I heard voices--Polly, Jim, Aaron, and Jacob. They came down to see if I needed help with the speedboat to get it in the water. Well, it hadn't been waxed or cleaned yet...
They went on to get bait and to check out the revisions/upgrades at the public boat launch. When they came back, we all went out to the garage and got started on the boat. What a great crew! With everyone taking turns with the wax on/wax off process, nobody was really overworked. Aaron and Jacob did a great job and worked hard. We did have a fan on in the garage to move the 80 degree humid air around.
When that job was done they left, and we were going to meet at the Bear's Den for supper. I was happy to be able to put the top down on the car, (a 2007 Pontiac G6 hard top convertible) but in the process, the dashboard ding dinged and I heard a snap-crack from the back. Uh oh. I stopped the lid and looked. Everything looked ok in there, but I pushed the button to put the top back up. Fortunately, it went into place and latched and everything. So I popped the release for the trunk. When I opened it, it sounded like a piece of plastic rattled and fell. It took me a minute to find it, but it looks like a cable snapped, and the housing or tube that it was in is what fell off. The end of the cable is frayed, and it looks like it's frayed also further up the cable. Fortunately there is a GM dealer in Rose City, about 12 miles away. That trip is first on my list tomorrow.
So we have a good supper at the Bear's Den, pizzas for them (Polly, Jim, Aaron, Jacob, and neighbor Anne) and a sandwich for me. Yummy stuff. We decided to launch the boat after dinner.
I get the van out of the garage and it has 2 low tires. With the compressor, and minor complications, we blow them back up. We got the boat hooked on and went into Hale to fill the gas tank on the boat, which only needed 5 gallons, then on to the launch.
Jim backed the boat into the water, with Jacob, Aaron, and myself in it. We were floating, the engine blub-blubbed, and we were off. Woo Hoo!! I think it was the easiest launch I've ever done with that boat. Thanks, Jim.
He saw that we were ok and went on back to the JC, where Polly was waiting for us. There were also dark clouds forming quickly. I tested the boat a little; slower, faster, medium, then...hold on....I turned in a quick circle. Jacob laughed; Aaron wasn't quite sure. I did that once more and headed up the lake. Those clouds were getting pretty dark.
Back at the dock, the boys got out and helped Polly hold the boat while I got into the water to get the tie-out posts screwed into the bottom of the lake. Jim had just gotten back, too, and with the two of us in the water we got the three posts in and the boat secured just as it started to sprinkle. I got the cover on the boat in a light rain. But it's in the water and sure looks good at the dock. Thank you, Jacob, Aaron, Polly, and Jim, for all of your excellent help today.
We chatted a bit, picking things up and putting things away, and they went on back to the GC. I finished closing up the garage and moving the car back so the lawn guy could mow tomorrow, and went in and had a lovely shower before writing here.
I've had to go look at the end of the dock several times. The boat's still there and still looks good. The rain has stopped and the lake is quiet. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you God, for this gift of this life.
And thank you for reading. Hugs.
Started out that I slept pretty good, and woke this morning feeling much better than I did yesterday. Praise the Lord for that. I don't like feeling punky. And though the wrist is still sore, it didn't hurt so much that I couldn't move it.
I got up shortly after 10. Just as I had gotten dressed I heard voices--Polly, Jim, Aaron, and Jacob. They came down to see if I needed help with the speedboat to get it in the water. Well, it hadn't been waxed or cleaned yet...
They went on to get bait and to check out the revisions/upgrades at the public boat launch. When they came back, we all went out to the garage and got started on the boat. What a great crew! With everyone taking turns with the wax on/wax off process, nobody was really overworked. Aaron and Jacob did a great job and worked hard. We did have a fan on in the garage to move the 80 degree humid air around.
When that job was done they left, and we were going to meet at the Bear's Den for supper. I was happy to be able to put the top down on the car, (a 2007 Pontiac G6 hard top convertible) but in the process, the dashboard ding dinged and I heard a snap-crack from the back. Uh oh. I stopped the lid and looked. Everything looked ok in there, but I pushed the button to put the top back up. Fortunately, it went into place and latched and everything. So I popped the release for the trunk. When I opened it, it sounded like a piece of plastic rattled and fell. It took me a minute to find it, but it looks like a cable snapped, and the housing or tube that it was in is what fell off. The end of the cable is frayed, and it looks like it's frayed also further up the cable. Fortunately there is a GM dealer in Rose City, about 12 miles away. That trip is first on my list tomorrow.
So we have a good supper at the Bear's Den, pizzas for them (Polly, Jim, Aaron, Jacob, and neighbor Anne) and a sandwich for me. Yummy stuff. We decided to launch the boat after dinner.
I get the van out of the garage and it has 2 low tires. With the compressor, and minor complications, we blow them back up. We got the boat hooked on and went into Hale to fill the gas tank on the boat, which only needed 5 gallons, then on to the launch.
Jim backed the boat into the water, with Jacob, Aaron, and myself in it. We were floating, the engine blub-blubbed, and we were off. Woo Hoo!! I think it was the easiest launch I've ever done with that boat. Thanks, Jim.
He saw that we were ok and went on back to the JC, where Polly was waiting for us. There were also dark clouds forming quickly. I tested the boat a little; slower, faster, medium, then...hold on....I turned in a quick circle. Jacob laughed; Aaron wasn't quite sure. I did that once more and headed up the lake. Those clouds were getting pretty dark.
Back at the dock, the boys got out and helped Polly hold the boat while I got into the water to get the tie-out posts screwed into the bottom of the lake. Jim had just gotten back, too, and with the two of us in the water we got the three posts in and the boat secured just as it started to sprinkle. I got the cover on the boat in a light rain. But it's in the water and sure looks good at the dock. Thank you, Jacob, Aaron, Polly, and Jim, for all of your excellent help today.
We chatted a bit, picking things up and putting things away, and they went on back to the GC. I finished closing up the garage and moving the car back so the lawn guy could mow tomorrow, and went in and had a lovely shower before writing here.
I've had to go look at the end of the dock several times. The boat's still there and still looks good. The rain has stopped and the lake is quiet. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you God, for this gift of this life.
And thank you for reading. Hugs.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Wednesday 07.07.2010
I made it. I'm at the lake. On vacation. Ahhh.
I was disappointed that I didn't sleep very well last night. Even this morning, I only dozed a little after Dan had gotten up to go golfing.
I got up. Hot, tired, ache-y. I decided I wasn't going to hurry to get on the road.
I walked back and forth through the house, collecting the items I wanted, repacking the suitcase, going through the dresser drawers and the closet. I paid a couple bills online, had breakfast, watered plants, showered. That felt good.
Dan said he might be home around noon. It was now 1:30--I began carrying things downstairs and loading the car. He came in shortly after.
We visited a bit and he carried the last couple items down for me. I was on the road a little after 3.
I wondered what Diane was doing this afternoon--I called and left a message. She called back saying Please come by!! She was having a rotten day and was very stressed. I went into the Nimkee Fitness Center and into her office. She certainly was frazzled. I got her house key and went there to wait the half hour or so.
I ended up taking a half hour nap on her couch; I was just waking when she came in.
We had a good visit, I think. She was so wound up--but after talking a while she settled down some. I'm glad I stopped. She fed me, too, some of the best tuna/macaroni salad. Thanks, Diane, I enjoyed our visit.
On the road again, I had an uneventful rest of the drive. I got to the JC 8:45-ish. It's still hot and humid. 80 degrees with 90% humidity. I'm glad we had an air conditioner. I first opened the house, then closed the back half after I had unloaded, and turned on the ac. That's really nice.
I had a bite to eat, then wrote here. I'm pretty tired; I hope to sleep tonight.
My wrist has been sore when the motrin/tyenol wear off. Darn it, I want it to get better,
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
I was disappointed that I didn't sleep very well last night. Even this morning, I only dozed a little after Dan had gotten up to go golfing.
I got up. Hot, tired, ache-y. I decided I wasn't going to hurry to get on the road.
I walked back and forth through the house, collecting the items I wanted, repacking the suitcase, going through the dresser drawers and the closet. I paid a couple bills online, had breakfast, watered plants, showered. That felt good.
Dan said he might be home around noon. It was now 1:30--I began carrying things downstairs and loading the car. He came in shortly after.
We visited a bit and he carried the last couple items down for me. I was on the road a little after 3.
I wondered what Diane was doing this afternoon--I called and left a message. She called back saying Please come by!! She was having a rotten day and was very stressed. I went into the Nimkee Fitness Center and into her office. She certainly was frazzled. I got her house key and went there to wait the half hour or so.
I ended up taking a half hour nap on her couch; I was just waking when she came in.
We had a good visit, I think. She was so wound up--but after talking a while she settled down some. I'm glad I stopped. She fed me, too, some of the best tuna/macaroni salad. Thanks, Diane, I enjoyed our visit.
On the road again, I had an uneventful rest of the drive. I got to the JC 8:45-ish. It's still hot and humid. 80 degrees with 90% humidity. I'm glad we had an air conditioner. I first opened the house, then closed the back half after I had unloaded, and turned on the ac. That's really nice.
I had a bite to eat, then wrote here. I'm pretty tired; I hope to sleep tonight.
My wrist has been sore when the motrin/tyenol wear off. Darn it, I want it to get better,
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Tuesday 07.06.2010
Vacation has officially started!
I slept as usual, interrupted. The good thing was that neither Dan nor I had to get up this morning. I listened to the radio for a bit this morning before getting up about 8:30. Dan was still sleeping.
I got the laundry together and started the first load, and was fixing my breakfast when Dan got up. With the laundry changed over to the second load, I went in and showered.
About 11:00 I called the hospital to see if I had to work. Yup. Ok. I decided to mix up a batch of brownies to take in.
I got myself ready to go, and after the brownies were done and almost cool enough to handle the pan, I went down to Jackson, stopping at the credit union before going to the hospital.
We had a good afternoon, and they enjoyed the fresh treat. We were a steady pace, on the medium side of busy, with the potential to blow up. And it was going to for the night shift, by what was in labor and delivery. 'Cuz you know what they deliver, we get.
And at 7 pm, I clocked out. Officially on vacation. Woo Hoo!!!
I changed clothes because I wanted to do a few errands while I was in Jackson. I drove through a car wash and got a layer of bugs off, filled the gas tank, and shopped at Wal Mart. After I had gotten back in the car to come home, I realized my bladder was full; McDonalds was just across the street. I went there and took care of business, and on the way out, I remembered my friend Miss B lived right around there. Although I had never been there, I drove down the street where I thought the house was, and I found it. She has a unique decorating style; I recognized some of the items she had in the yard, and saw her car.
When she saw it was me who had knocked on her door, she was pleasantly surprised. We visited for a half hour or so, and it was really good to see her. I'm glad I stopped.
So now I'm going home in the dark. I haven't done that in a while. And I went through another bug hatch--the windshield looks like it was sprayed with rice sized droplets. Great.
Dan was home, happy that a friend had given him a cable box. (we have a weird situation with the cable wiring of the building and our cable status) He now has the golf channel again.
He stayed up flipping channels for a while before going off to bed.
My wrist has been sore today, though the motrin does a good job with the swelling.
Tomorrow I'll be going north for a couple weeks. Woo Hoo!!!!
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
I slept as usual, interrupted. The good thing was that neither Dan nor I had to get up this morning. I listened to the radio for a bit this morning before getting up about 8:30. Dan was still sleeping.
I got the laundry together and started the first load, and was fixing my breakfast when Dan got up. With the laundry changed over to the second load, I went in and showered.
About 11:00 I called the hospital to see if I had to work. Yup. Ok. I decided to mix up a batch of brownies to take in.
I got myself ready to go, and after the brownies were done and almost cool enough to handle the pan, I went down to Jackson, stopping at the credit union before going to the hospital.
We had a good afternoon, and they enjoyed the fresh treat. We were a steady pace, on the medium side of busy, with the potential to blow up. And it was going to for the night shift, by what was in labor and delivery. 'Cuz you know what they deliver, we get.
And at 7 pm, I clocked out. Officially on vacation. Woo Hoo!!!
I changed clothes because I wanted to do a few errands while I was in Jackson. I drove through a car wash and got a layer of bugs off, filled the gas tank, and shopped at Wal Mart. After I had gotten back in the car to come home, I realized my bladder was full; McDonalds was just across the street. I went there and took care of business, and on the way out, I remembered my friend Miss B lived right around there. Although I had never been there, I drove down the street where I thought the house was, and I found it. She has a unique decorating style; I recognized some of the items she had in the yard, and saw her car.
When she saw it was me who had knocked on her door, she was pleasantly surprised. We visited for a half hour or so, and it was really good to see her. I'm glad I stopped.
So now I'm going home in the dark. I haven't done that in a while. And I went through another bug hatch--the windshield looks like it was sprayed with rice sized droplets. Great.
Dan was home, happy that a friend had given him a cable box. (we have a weird situation with the cable wiring of the building and our cable status) He now has the golf channel again.
He stayed up flipping channels for a while before going off to bed.
My wrist has been sore today, though the motrin does a good job with the swelling.
Tomorrow I'll be going north for a couple weeks. Woo Hoo!!!!
Thank you for reading. Hugs.
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