Delivery

Another cold morning and it's going down into the 40s tonight.

Scott was here early putting more stuff in the dumpster.  We are going to add more too.

Mid morning Dunn's Furniture delivered our two new couches.  I had the old one ready to go and I'll bet some college kids will end up with it.

The two guys doing all the work did a great job.  They had to take the door off to get things in and out.

After they left I went upstairs to check out the loft....the mess met my expectations.  They told us this would happen when they ripped off the roof.

This is the upstairs bathroom...very farm like.  Have to go through it to get to the loft.

Bridge today.  It was my turn to make dessert for the birthday person of the month.  (Ann S.). Gary picked raspberries for me before he went out for coffee at Dan's.

I made biscuits and served raspberry shortcake. Yum.

My partner and I came in second.

So here is one of the couches.  (They are in our kitchen near the wood burning stove.  The room is 18X32 and it is where we spend most of our time).

The other, is protected from LW who likes to look out the window....especially when we are gone.

Didn't go crazy, and picked something very simple....classic.  I would have loved a gazillion dollar leather sectional but Gary would not have liked that.  Besides....they are way too expensive.

We went out for dinner and of course I pushed it.  Had a chicken Cesar wrap and a couple of onion rings.  Gary had to take over the majority of them.

Home before 7.

Before dark I checked out the back garden that was covered with hundreds of pounds of shingles yesterday.  It was not as bad as I expected.

Fortunately the majority of it was fine.

The moon appeared.

Night all.

Early to Rise

By 7am the Roofers started to arrive.  From then on, it was a noisy, crazy day.  As if that was not enough, a man came to do the fall check on our furnace and I had a couple people over for class.  The driveway was jammed and Little Wonder was not too hot for all the confusion.  The first thing they did...draped this fabric stuff over the sides of the house.

They started taking off the layers of shingles and soon thereafter Scott had to come over with another dumpster and took away the other.

What a mess.  While all that was going on my students arrived and Gary directed them to safe parking spots.

I only had two today as my next session is really supposed to start on October 7th.  It was extremely relaxing.  We listened to music and they made great progress.

Anita started adding colored pencil to her painting.

Little Wonder supervised.  I think he was happy to be out of the house,

Cassie added to two of her paintings.

I think she is really getting the hang of looseness.

By the time they left, almost all of the new plywood was on the roof.

I will be interested in seeing Gary's kitchen garden tomorrow as tons of shingles were thrown on it.

They worked their butts off and got everything done before dark.  I'll have a better look at it tomorrow.

Gary worked on his raised beds and kept an eye on things most of the day.

This morning he made another batch of sauce.

Little Wonder was definately interested in going for a walk to the Back 40 by late afternoon.

It's his little groove.

Dinner was very blond.  Pork medallions, sauted cabbage and.....more fresh applesauce.

I need some chair time!  Yay! tomorrow my new couches get delivered.

Roger!  Glad you and Tina enjoyed the pasta sauce.  More is on the way.

Night all.

 

No Roofers Today.

Another beautiful, frigid morning.  Had to close the bedroom window last night

Around 8am we had a knock on the door and there was a delivery of plywood, shingles and a bunch of other stuff as the roofers were supposed to be here this afternoon.

A little after 9 Scott stopped over with a dumpster to collect all the trash.  I can't believe how he was able to back that huge monster into our narrow driveway.  Straight as an arrow.

Gary skipped yoga as there was so much going on.  I decided to go for a trike ride before he left for lunch.  Wore a hooded sweatshirt and still needed a fleece jacket with both hoods up.  On top of the cold...it was windy.

Ride #35 and there still is a lot more Billy Easton music out there.

At 1 Little Wonder and I headed out to the Studio for some music.  The roofers did not show and should be here tomorrow.

There were three of us today and we just messed around.

Decided it was time to pick 10 songs and really learn them.  Now we have a list.....if we would just stick to it.

Shortly after I got back to the house, a neighbor dropped off two huge bags of peeled and sliced apples....the kind we have been turning into applesauce.

Threw one bag in a big pot....

and turned the other into Apple Betty.

         

I've been dying for something sweet.....moderation.  moderation.

Gary has cleaned out most of the tomatoes and is now redoing the beds they were in.

Little Wonder wanted my dinner.

Egg rolls, white rice and applesauce.  A strange combo and the egg rolls were not the healthiest thing for me, but I was still way below my sodium and potassium levels today.  Maybe I can do this again in a few weeks.  And I'm still going to have some Apple Betty.

Night all.