Well... the temperatures will be lower again with possible rain...
Our daughter's deck is being demolished...the dogs are being boarded. There is no way for the dogs to reach the backyard for poo and pee without the deck and its stairs.
So this weekend will mean more hole filling..and tired daughters , Bob and myself. Monday the new deck goes up.
If the deck is done and its stairs, the dogs return. Wonder if they will be surprised??
I finally was brave enough to try making a new ( to me) shrimp recipe for dinner tonight.
After thawing and peeling a bag of raw shrimp I followed the recipe ! First was a wine and melted butter for the bottom of the baking dish. Then the shrimp was coated with melted butter, garlic and lemon juice and this was topped with panko crumbs, grated cheese and melted butter. Into the oven till the shrimp turned pink and the crumb mixture topping browned.
It was good... Bob even had seconds!!
Yesterday... it was split pea soup with carrots, celery, potatoes and a can of chopped ham. Soup means fall doesn't it??
Next soup will be a new recipe - chicken and rice ( a blend of white and wild). Kind of looking forward to that one... lots of veggies and spices!!
Bob, elder daughter and I spent the weekend doing work!! She is having a new deck next weekend and wanted to repair the "dog dug holes" along the house's back wall. ( More to do next weekend when the old deck is gone!).....
so we removed old plant roots, moved bags of new dirt from her trunk into the back yard and generally cleaned up. None of us can manage long spurts of labor!
I'd say we accomplished quite a bit! The weather was great... at the end of the day we treated ourselves to Chinese on Saturday and Mexican on Sunday. No cooking to cleaning up!!
More holes next weekend when we won't have to be underneath the old deck!!
My daughter and I also made a trip to the Vet's thrift store to leave a trunkful !
Our daughter has a Bradford pear in the back yard. This year it has loads of little "berries" - pears?? The dogs love them and will stand on the hind legs to pick them.
It is also where a squirrel loves to sit ... on the very highest branches. The dogs watch it avidly... hoping to catch it as it jumps down onto the fence and escapes.
I slept for 9 plus hours last night...Never do that!! But I feel much better today. I even went to a craft show in Lee's Summit which is a 20 minute drive.and found some little things for our Christmas gift exchange
Today Bob turned on the furnace! When he woke up this morning the temperature was in the 40's and there was a frost alert. Now it is 56!
Guess we won't be needing the air conditioner till next year!!
Spent way too much time sorting through all my jewelry for an opal pin... which was my grandmothers. Lili and her mother wanted to for Lili's wedding... something borrowed. At one point I was afraid it was lost but just as I was about to give up I found it in a little jewelry box! Big sigh of relief... partly because I found it and partly because I didn't want to disappoint both my daughter and grand daughter.
Tomorrow we have a "dirt moving" planned... filling the holes that my grand dogs ( Harper and Scout) have made. I can't decide whether it will be too cold or whether to be glad it will be cold. Oh well... at least it shouldn't be raining!!
The covid booster shot made my night absolutely rotten.. including nightmares .Bob's was just an achy arm.. lucky him. Today hasn't been too bad though I am prone to go to sleep at the drop of a hat. No more temp!!
Our CVS seems to have plenty of vaccine...just a drop in and fill out some paperwork.
RSV takes one's doctor sending in a prescription.
Think it's back to snoozing on the recliner
While we were at Target's pharmacy to pick up Jack's ( the striped gray cat) pills we checked into the availability of the new COVID booster and the RSV vaccine.
The COVID booster with or without a flu shot was available right then... the RSV has to be prescribed by one's doctor. I am allergic to the flu vaccine.... so after filling out paperwork I received the COVID booster.. Bob filled out the paperwork and received both.
We both felt that a little more protection for COVID was a good idea since we are headed out to San Diego the beginning of November.
BTW I started feeling a little wonky right away...so am taking it easy this afternoon.
Taking it easy wasn't enough... ended up with a temperature , goose bumps, shivers and felt rotten. A short nap helped ... food didn't!
Think I will wait before getting the RSV vaccine
We went to the "handmade market " even though the temps reached the low 90's. Only a couple of food trucks so it was a good thing that I had planned something for dinner on a "what if" basis!!
There were lots of crafts etc vendors.. spread out in the BS movie theater parking lot.. under the theater's entrance over hang and in the lobby. Those inside and in the shade were the lucky ones!
We came home with wonderful "specialty" flavored cinnamon popcorn, local honey. local red raspberry jam and a tasty banana, craisin and pecan loaf ( which we had with our dinner!). I also picked up a few things for Christmas exchange presents.. won't say what since who knows who will read my blog!!
There were several young booth vendors... one offering salsas etc .. one making jewelry... two manning the popcorn booth. Good for them!! Nice stuff too!
Hearing fireworks outside .. checked the Chiefs score. They won !!
