BIKERS NIGHT!!

 It's morning.  Spring disappeared overnight.  About the best I can muster is I'm still breathing on this chilly morning after a long night at the lodge.  Mr. Cooper agrees we should have had at least another 3 hours of sleep!!

Update on the eagle babies ... they are still hanging out, but are now covered in REAL feathers.  Mom and Dad feed them on occasion, all of which I have missed lately.  The adults don't seem to stay at the nest for long.  Boy are they growing FAST!!  You have to stare at this for a bit to actually SEE them.

I spent the morning making yet ANOTHER quilt.  I now have three ready for quilting, so that will be the project for this weekend.  I think I only have 3, maybe 4 left to stitch together ... and I'll be done for the year.  Of course there are still those six embroidery ones to finish up also.  Lucky for me, the center squares on those are all done.  This turned out to be a LOT more work than I thought.

In no time, I was off to yet another initiation at the lodge.  I'm beginning to loathe these nights.  Wearing a tuxedo for six hours straight is a pain in the neck.  Literally.  Those starchy collars and bow ties are as uncomfortable as it gets.  

I started off selling tickets for Bikers night at 5:00.  Yes, each lodge dinner night has a sponsor group who does most of the cooking and serving.  I bet you didn't know we have a big contingency of bikers in our lodge.  They are the best ... and most all of them veterans.  

Oh yes ... ANOTHER steak.  Now you know why steak isn't my favorite.  It was bad enough that we had it on the ranch every other meal ... mostly because something died and we had to butcher it immediately.  Into the freezer it went.  Oh for a nice Mexican dinner!!

Although we do occasionally have corned beef and cabbage ... and Cinco de Mayo day is coming up (when we actually DO have Mexican food) ... every other meal at the lodge, which happens twice a month, is STEAK.  I ate half the meat, half the potatoes (which were highly questionable on this night) and half the green beans with bacon.  So much for the diet!!  This is just what I brought home.

I snuck outside to leave my takeout box in the truck.  The last time I didn't do that, it got left on the lodge room floor overnight.  Not a good smell in the morning.  This beauty was parked by the back door.  

The meeting was long as we were up, down, up, down ... going through the initiation of ten new members.    At long last it was close to over when I had to stand up and present the budget.  It took all of ten seconds to call for a vote of approval.  One guy voted no.  Really?  

And so I literally RAN out of the room and headed straight for my truck.  As much as I'd rather be out and about instead of sitting home, I'm beginning to question my choice of being this involved.  Add to that, Mothers Day is coming up ... and of course they have no one to take over.  This was going to be the year I said no.

I think I need to go back to eating for energy.  I only have 23 days to prepare for this one ... feeding 300 people!!  YIKES!!

Right now?  I'm headed for the couch!!  Hope you have a GREAT day!!

Work Smarter

 It was very cool, very breezy and very overcast on this day.  Mother Nature is trying to get in one last hurrah before the hot flashes begin.  

Mr. Cooper and I were out early, smelling the smells and leaving emails for the rest of the critters in the neighborhood.  

Don't say it out loud, but there is a  K. I. T. T. Y.  that lives under this bush.  Cooper checks up on him every day we walk by.  

With a drained and happy Mr. Cooper in the house, I left for a 2 miler.  It's amazing to me just how fast that "fitness" goes away when you sit for a week.  Everything starts to creak and hurt.  If I can force myself to get off my phone and out the door, I feel SO much better.

I pass by this very cool tree every day.  It's a crazy kind of eucalyptus, and reminds me of the ones we had on the ranch.  Terribly messy they are, as they drop all their bark and lots of leaves, followed by tiny little round berries.  GREAT missiles for playing war games in the corrals with your cousins that you wish would just go home.

Work smarter, not harder was something I heard a lot on the ranch.  So when I found out the water faucet that would be watering these tomato plants was leaking WAY too much when turned on, I opted to move them to the other side of the yard.  

Gosh ... wet sand and potting soil weighs a LOT!!  This is not the best for moving pots .. better for appliances, but I got the job done easily using the dolly.  

Here's where they ended up.  Yup it's dark outside at 5:30 when you forget to take pictures.  There was a little snafu when I discovered the new drip line is NOT the old drip line, easy to poke holes in for tiny drip lines.  I guess the hole was too big, because when I turned the water on, I got blasted in the face with a too small connector in a too big hole!  

Maybe I'll water them by hand after all, since I couldn't get the timer to work.  Only the on and off buttons.  

After a mediocre lunch of leftovers, I spent the next hour trying to fill out some dumb form on the California DMV website.  Anyone who has lived in California, knows how ridiculous THIS department is.  All I need is my drivers license renewed.  They already have all the info, so why am I filling this thing out all over again?

The letter said all I need is a picture, an eye test and $45.00.  How hard can that be?  Apparently the REAL test is if you can navigate their crazy website because you MUST have an appointment.  It's a good thing I tried now, because the next appointment time is mid May.  That's really unacceptable ... over a 30 day wait.  And don't forget a copy of your mortgage and PGE bill.  I don't know why, since any illegal can walk in the door with nothing and get a license for free.  Makes residents pretty mad, so say the least!

So let's just go sew!!  Stitching the right side to the wrong side makes all those DMV problems go away, because now you have FABRIC problems!  This one is ready to quilt. 

And one more almost done.  Another border row and I can chalk another one up on the bedroom door.  I'm doing these while I wait for more embroidery info.  I'm hoping I can deliver the five pieces of fabric for that work next week.  Time is flying by so fast, I want to be sure I get them done on schedule.

There was one last angry phone call in the afternoon.  Yup it was ME.  I've been waiting for those Bank of America papers to show up so I can get this account transferred and this group off my plate.  Nothing ... I've received nothing.  I called in extreme anger and asked for a Supervisor.  This is ridiculous to wait two months and get nothing!!!

Nothing personal I said, but your bank STINKS WITH A CAPITAL S!!!  Come to find out, in spite of my giving them the correct address TWICE ... they sent all those papers to the WRONG ADDRESS twice!!  You know, the one that we told them to delete four years ago.  All the statements come to me at my address ... so why in the world would you send it to Southern California?  

And don't you wonder WHO got those cards with our account information!  She deleted every address on there but mine, asked for the new names (that's a first) and promised I would have them in 5-7 days.  We'll see if that happens!!

A little San Angelo Texas rodeo bull riding distracted me for the rest of the evening, along with a tiny piece of cake.  Sugar is good for the soul.  I feel all better now!!!

BINGO DISASTER!!!

 Welcome back to sunny California that is NOT so sunny.  Temps are back down in the COLD area, with unwelcome breezes.  Winter has decided to give us one more kick in the pants ... and we are ALL feeling it.

You're not going to believe THIS  Bingo night ... it was a record setter.  But first, I had to get through the morning!

It was rather ugly out, but the roses don't seem to care.  They are starting to bloom like crazy, as is everything else in the general area.  That includes pistachios.  

Here's a little info for you.  Pistachios don't need bees to pollenate.  There are male trees and female trees.  Every fifth tree in an orchard is male, that puts out so much pollen it covers you if you walk too close.  With the slightest breeze, it also covers every rooftop within miles.  You can hear the neighbors sneezing every morning.  Me included.  Love the weather, hate the pollen!

Here's my faucet timer.  It's the most amazing thing ever.  I haven't used this thing in well over 15 years.  The batteries were still in it ..... NOT exploded.  How could that be?  I took them out, put in two new ones and it roared back to life.  That's just crazy!  Yesterday the drip line that will fit it arrived, so you know what I'll be doing with it today.

And THEN IT WAS BINGO TIME!  I picked up the $27 cake  at Costco (pretty cheap in my book) and headed to the lodge.  The party was scheduled for 3:00.  I guess I should have checked with the guest of Honor.  He didn't arrive until 4:30.  But wait ..... that's when we start selling bingo cards!!

Oh but the best is yet to come!  My Fairy Godmother showed up at 11:00 in the morning to set up, then left for her grandsons baseball game.  Everything was just hunky dory.  Too bad it didn't stay that way.  

Panic set in.  They could not get two of the four giant TV's to work.  Someone had gone around and changed all the wiring.  Two of the Knights tried to fix it while we all sang Happy Birthday!!  It's CAKE TIME.  So much for that diet I was on.  

By now, we are all running quite late as folks came in the door to find nothing working.  Try as they might, the Knights could not get it to work.  YIKES!  The pitchforks ... the swords ... the flaming torches were EPIC!!  Even a brilliant techy electronics guy could not figure it out.  

By 5:00 there was complete panic in the building.  The camera on the machine refused to work.  It's mandatory since it gives the players a chance to see the next number BEFORE that number is actually called.  

At 5:30, the King called an audible.  We were OUT OF BUSINESS for the first time in the history of Lodge Bingo.  There would be NO bingo tonight.  Oh the howls of pain coming from the audience.  A new camera will be ordered.  In fact, TWO new cameras, one for a backup.

I put all the money and cards away and headed upstairs to the bar for a final birthday wish.  I can only say I was shanghaied!  In a flash, there was a glass of wine in front of me, followed by two supreme combination pizzas.  How could I turn THAT down.  My diet died a horrible death.  Wine, pizza, cake .... OH NO!!

Three hours later the party ended.  Gee ... we should do this more often.  Now just how did that camera break?  No one could figure it out.

I got home late, way too full of pizza, to a very happy kid because really, I was two hours early.  This will be a night talked about around the bingo tables for years to come.  Remember when we had that birthday party and cancelled bingo??????

AND I have leftover cake in the fridge!!  SCORE!!   

Gardens - How To Spend More

 This gardening stuff is hard on an old lady.  Add to that absolutely NO sleep last night.  I've no idea why this time, other than I thought I heard the sprinklers running all night long.  That's not possible, so I guess I'm just getting old.  I thought you slept better when you got old???

Or maybe it was the SECOND day in a row that I was out the door BEFORE 9:00.  That's epic for me!  I was off to the sprinkler store.  No walking down the aisles looking for something, when I don't even know what it is I'm looking for.  This store is full of tall hunks who jump at the chance to help you.  Now you know why I REALLY go there.  

Anyway, I got four new sprinklers and a light wiring repair kit.  Only recently did I discover why they keep giving me those plastic things in the center.  The wiring kit?  Oh yes, he cut the landscape lighting wires in half and tried to fix it with electrical tape.  No bueno!!  I guess it's up to me.

I hit up Home Depot for one more pot and the tomato cages.  This little project has now cost me $86.00.  I can buy a lot of veggies for $86.00.  

Since I was in the area, I made a quick stop at Hobby Lobby, the only place to buy fabric within 10 miles.  This will be perfect for backing on the Air Forde quilt, but hoochy mama ... it was $13.00 a yard.  Pretty pricey for Hobby Lobby.  Sadly, they had no other patriotic fabric in the entire store.

Hobby Lobby is like Costco.  It always gets me in trouble.  Of course everything is made in China, so you know what's happening there.  However ... I've been looking for a tumbler to take to Bingo since they have been forced to use paper cups.  How is that any different than styrofoam?  The paper cups get squishy after a few minutes, collapsing like those paper straws.  They also sweat a lot, so when you pick it up, there's a quarter cup of water on the table.  Not kidding ... what a mess!!

No pink or flowers for me ... it's COW all the way ... or I would not have bought it at all.

Back home, I planted the last of the tomato plants.  Four in all.  I'll hook up the automatic water to these when I get the new tubing I ordered from Amazon.  What I have is too big for the timer.  So yes, we are now up to $119.00.  I better get 60 pounds of groceries out of this!!

I spent the afternoon working on this quilt.  It's been a nightmare.  The backing the nice lady used is horribly thick since she doubled it ... and embroidered it crooked.  I did my best to cut the fabric accordingly and stitched it on.  

That's when I realized there is no more red for the top border, because they never USED a top border.  That goes against my sense of design.  Nothing I have matches that color.  Big sigh.  One more trip to the fabric store where hopefully I find a match.  If not, it will just have a black border at the top.  I will definitely be redesigning the other five.

Dinner was simple.  Keto bread ... the thick one ... grilled cheese.  Not bad at all, though you need a big glass of water to eat it.  That bread is DRY!!!

I'm exhausted and hoping for a nap this morning before I head out to the Magic Castle.  But first ... a stop at Costco to pick up a birthday cake for one of my best friends, the Knight of the Day.  He just turned 81!!  HURRAH!!!

Spring Planting

 It was Palm Sunday ... a day of rest and celebration.  I spent it working my butt off.  Who knew spring could be so labor intensive.  

Just because I didn't know about this moon we are having at full size for two nights, here is the pink phlox that it is named after.  A definite reminder that it's time to plant your plants.

Here it is ... I made it pink for you!!  

This is what it DID look like and not the least bit pink as they advertise everywhere.  

Instead, it's all about the planting season.  Back in the ancient days, Patty Chance and I used to plant crazy big gardens and grow most of our food.  Tomatoes ..... oh the fresh tomatoes that tasted as sweet as sugar, red and purple potatoes, onions, garlic, peas, beans ... even peanuts.  Everything you can imagine, we grew it.  Where we got the energy to do that while working full time is beyond me!

I tried to be smart, and unlike waging war with the Costco crowds, I was out the door at 7:45 to Home Depot.  That's WAY too early for me to be out and about.  I had decided, with lots of pushing and shoving from Patty who grows a garden every year ... all year long ... to pick up a couple of things to grow in my flower beds.  Nothing big, just a couple easy things.

Who knew there were so many different kinds of little tomatoes?  I picked out three varieties just to see which was best.  I forgot about how much work it was to PLANT these things.

Here they are .. four containers of soon to be delicious food in my mouth.  No one said growing your own was cheap.  Each one of these was $5.00.  Seems to me they used to be $2.00 and you only got one kind called LITTLE TOMATOES.

I had a pot already half full of sand from something that died.  That happens a lot around here ... they die.  I have more funerals than anyone on the block.  Sadly, I forgot the tomato cages, but I did remember to get two bags of mulch for $16.00. 

I also picked up some squash seeds that will be planted in between my rose bushes.  Oh yes ... by the time I got out of there it was $47.00.  You can buy a lot of squash and tomatoes for $47.00.  

I seem to remember only the good part about PICKING the veggies.  I forgot about all the hard work to PLANT the seeds.  Lucky for me, I have very sandy soil ... in fact ALL sand.  I dug two holes, mixed in the mulch and planted the seeds right along the rose bush drip lines.  Later I added hedge drip lines so I don't have to worry about watering them.  GOSH ... that was a LOT OF WORK!  Maybe I'm just old!

A pot ... a pot ... I need another pot, yea none could be found.  I scrounged through the garage to find this perfect size tub.  Of course it needed drain holes, so I dug out my handy dandy mikata drill and went to town on the bottom.  It amazes me every time that I charged that thing up almost a year ago and the battery STILL works.

More planting ensued.  To water these, I thought to set up a faucet timer like one I used way back when ... and I mean WAY back.  Amazon is my friend, so maybe I can find one like it.

SHEESH as my grandmother used to say ... did I mention that was a LOT of WORK!!  It was even worse as I tried to program the sprinkler system to work every other day as normal, but also to turn on the drip section EVERY day.  I got it wrong.  I heard it scream to life at 1:00 am.  I'll be back out there today trying to figure it out.

Where's the fourth tomato plant you ask?  Sitting on my kitchen counter.  Yes I need another pot for that one, a timer and more drip line, so I guess you know what I'll be doing today.  I sure hope these things are worth it!!!!!

I spent the late afternoon watching the Bristol Motor Speedway race, mostly uneventful.  There was no pink moon, but there certainly was pink exhaust as Larson burned off the last of the rubber on his winning car.  Funny, because the entire time, I thought #11 Hamlin was in the lead.  It was pretty much the only car shown on the tv screen.  I'm not one for burnouts, but I had to admit this was epic!!!!!  

And so my day ended with a little extreme bull riding on the telly as I lay on the couch exhausted.  How could that be?  I didn't really work that hard at all!!!!  More spring planting to come!!

STAG PICNIC

 Sitting in the dark.  It's what we do in the morning when the lights are just too bright.  Okay, that's EVERY morning around here since we are up at 0-Dark-Thirty.  I guess you know who rules THIS house!!  When you gotta go, you gotta go ... and Cooper is the early bird in the family.  

In return for his "services", he is well taken care of.  Here he is keeping watch for burglars and otherwise critters like spiders or lizards.  My WatchPup does an excellent job making sure no one walks on the gray rug.  He parks here the entire time I'm at my computer.  What a guy!!!

The morning didn't last long since it was Stag Picnic day at the RV Park.  What female would not want to attend THAT!!  We have one of those amazing Elks RV Parks where you can hang out in the country where it's quiet as a mouse, except for the occasional moo from the cows next door.  Lots of green grass, trees, pickleball court, bocci ball court, a huge two sided building to hang out in, laundry room, restrooms, and even an amazing kitchen you can rent with two of my favorite big ovens.

They call it Stag Picnic day because the Elks Lodge used to be all men.  No women allowed.  We all know where that went, but they never changed the name.  The caveat ... only members (no spouses or kids) get to go to this event ... a free steak dinner and FREE BEER!  As you can imagine, that draws EVERYONE.

Here's two of my favorite men ... Knights of the Roundtable, who not only help with Bingo every Tuesday, but they are on the Honor Guard who perform at least 2 or more funerals every week.  I can barely keep up with them!!

We spent most of the time looking at and laughing hysterically at old pictures we all had on our phones.  We seem to be the first generation who has very few if any pictures from when we were kids.  Nowadays kids have memories by the thousands from all the phone pictures we take.

So this shindig started at 11:00.  I figured to be home by 12:30.  Heck they didn't even light the BBQ until 12:30!!  We were all STARVING!!  And it was WAY past my fasting schedule!  WHERE'S THE FOOD!!  Finally, at 1:30, we saw the steaks coming off the BBQ.  

I have to admit, if MY kids were looking for memories on my phone, they wouldn't find much because I always forget to TAKE any.  Here's what's left of my steak that covered the entire huge paper plate.  There was cole slaw, the BEST homemade chili beans and garlic bread to boot.  YUM YUM!!  People were taking bowls of the chili home!!  Truly, this was one of the best steaks I've ever had.  Maybe I was just extra hungry.

I usually feel kind of out of place at things like this, but I had a GREAT time getting to know the ten guys at our table.  We laughed a lot until I had to go.  Costco was once again calling my name. 

Here's my tip of the day.  Never EVER go to Costco on Saturday at 3:00.  No kidding ... I drove around for 15 minutes before I found a parking spot.  It will be worth it in the end.  My goal was just to walk to the back, order a cake and sprint back out the door.  One of our Knights is having a birthday soon, so Bingo is going to celebrate big time!   

It's going to be a royal pain to pick up a cake on Tuesday at 2:00.  Too bad you can't prepay.  Anyhoo ... you all know I'm looking forward to THAT!!!

Finally back home, I got out my camera for the event of the night.  The Pink Moon was coming to town, though it seems no one could decide if it was going to be full on the 12th or the 13th.  I went outside, set up, and promptly said forget this!  It was a slow rise and not visible ... not to mention the fact that it wasn't the least bit pink.  

It is actually not named after its color, but after the pink phlox of the Northeastern U.S.  They only bloom in spring ... April as it were ... around the time of the full moon.  So when someone shows you a picture like this of the PINK moon, it's not really pink.  It's white, like a normal moon.  

Well if there's not going to be any pretty color, I'm going to bed.  I put everything away and hung out with Mr. Cooper for the rest of the night.  

What's up for today?  I'm hoping absolutely NOTHING!!  Oh wait ... except for our walk.  Mr. Cooper is already chomping at the bit!!!

A Small Costco Run

 We could not have asked for a more beautiful day.  Cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon.  So warm in fact that I decided to sit outside and read.  Yeah that's not true, but it sounded good.  This little note sounded familiar, but I was determined to stay on the diet.  No Cadburys have entered the house ... so far away.  Though I'm pretty sure there are still 10 of those school candy bars and maybe 15 snickers left, I'm ignoring their "snickers" from the bottom of the fridge.

We had a beautiful sunrise, just enough to get me up and running.  It's Costco shopping day.  I was second at the door at 8:15.  It opens at 9:00.  

I made a beeline ... like everyone else ... to the eggs.  There were so many people I barely got my 5 dozen before the room was full of shopping baskets.  Of course no one left a way out, and I had a terrible time turning around.  It was the second coming of toilet paper!!  

Seriously folks, there were five pallets, stacked as tall as I am.  Costco is making a fortune on eggs, being the biggest supplier and charging $5.00 a dozen (normally $2).  So if there's an egg shortage, WHERE is Costco getting them?  I would certainly NOT want to be the truck driver bringing them in.  Can you imagine an entire load of eggs on your truck?  

Then it was off to roasted chickens.  Unfortunately, they were on the opposite side of the egg line, and no one would let me through.  No kidding .... apparently it's panic egg buying every morning.  

Next on the list ... a nice Easter ham.  It's not really for Easter, it's just MEAT, and it's on sale.  I will however, have fun cooking it up for Easter.  

I also splurged and got some salmon, though I'm highly disappointed with it.  You used to be able to buy gorgeous skinless salmon.  This was the biggest pain EVER to cut up for freezing.  That skin was SO thick that even my sharpest chef knife wouldn't make a dent.  I had to use a box cutter.  This I can share with Mr. Cooper as a treat.

I was so proud ... that is ALL I had in my basket.  Until I went for the Skinny Dippers, a peanut butter cup alternative with dark chocolate and few calories.  Of course they didn't have them.  Costco is like now you see it, now it's gone forever.  I saw this product advertised in several places, so decided to give it a try.  

I am not a coconut fan, but you can't taste that at all.  It's like a chewy marshmallow covered in dark chocolate.  I'm not a fan of dark chocolate either, but by golly these are not bad at all.  Better for you than a snickers bar anyway.  Of COURSE they have more carbs than I wanted, so we shall see.  I'm actually not craving sugar like I normally do.  What's up with that?

Back home, I got a call from the embroidery lady.  It's done.  Gosh, that was fast.  I was kind of holding my breath that it came out okay.  WOW!  Wasn't I surprised that it's PERFECT!  Amazing!  What a great job.  But then .......................

I asked how much, since previously she said she couldn't tell me until she finished one.  I know my mouth dropped open and YIKES came out!!  You're not going to believe this.  She charged me $130 for this one piece of fabric and I supplied the fabric.  I'm sure I passed out before squeaking out "say that again?"  $130 ... Cash only.

Good grief ... well that cancels the other five pieces I had in the truck.  Not having enough cash, I had to go to the grocery store for salad and some moola.  I paid her and left, making a panic call to the Veterans Chairman.  I won't tell you what HE said.  And so the hunt is STILL on for an embroidery person.  Big sigh.

The rest of the day was uneventful.  I deboned the chicken ... Mr. Cooper loved that part since he got a chicken dinner, and later I pulled a few weeds in the yard out front.  I still haven't gotten that sprinkler replaced though I carried the old one in my purse all day.  

Today I'll be off to the Stag Picnic at the Elks RV Park.  Members only get a big fat steak and all the beer they can drink for free.  As you can imagine, it's always packed to the brim.  I'll skip the beer.

Riled Up

 It's 50 degrees this morning, and heating up quite nicely.  We are looking at 82 for the next few days, which is surely a dramatic change.  I may even have to turn the air on!  The good news is I've had no heat and no air for about two weeks now.  SCORE!!  No electric bill!  

Of course the State of California is broker than broke, so now they say they are going to cancel all those solar contracts ... you know, the ones they forced you to sign in order to get the solar they forced you to get!  They are now going to charge everyone some crazy amount to bring electricity TO you, as well as pay for the new fire damage in Southern California.  They are losing Federal funding for just about everything because they refuse to comply.  It's getting dicey in old Cali!

In the meantime, this ...........

turned in to THIS!  This picture is straight out of my phone.  I just can't believe the colors of these beauties.  Sadly, they don't last long, but boy are they gorgeous!

My diet is going as well as can be expected.  I actually read up on what I SHOULD be doing versus what I WAS doing.  Sixteen hours without eating isn't bad at all since I'm asleep most of the time, or at least TRYING to sleep.  This morning I was rollerskating outside on the concrete before being commandeered to drive to Brazil, to a casino where they were killing off folks right and left.  Yeah, that's a new one on me!  I'm pretty sure that is caused by not eating.  

So now I'm off food for 16 hours, then back on for the next 8, eating when I'm hungry, but no carbs allowed.  I guess I won't be eating that little bag of stale popcorn after all.  I'll let you know how THIS goes!!  

This is what I did most of yesterday.  It's SO true, because already I couldn't find the cord to the vacuum cleaner or that quilt pattern I had in my hands yesterday.  

After picking up stuff everywhere, I watched a little telly until time to hit the road for an Elks Board meeting.  It's a new year with new people who are not familiar with the process.  I went to present the budget, but got lambasted because they didn't get to see it first.  Well there was a meeting ........... but no one attended, so there's that.  

A lot of loud hassling went on, which makes me question why in the world I do this, other than I'd rather they yell at me and not the bookkeeper.  Can't we just be adults?  It seems that's becoming a lost trait.  The budget passed, things were discussed and I was out the door in a flash.  Actually I was trying to bypass the very nice gentleman who wanted me to work Kiddieland, where we bring 1000 kids (kindergarten to 2nd grade) to our tiny little amusement park, to the tiny little zoo, then feed them all.  I literally snuck out the back door!!

Back home I was greeted with lots of barks and puppy kisses.  That makes all the nonsense go away.  We watched a bit of rodeo before heading off to sleep.  There really wasn't much sleeping, as I was too riled up.

Today, if I can get my act together, I'll hit up Costco for some supplies.  Salmon, roast chicken of course, and eggs.  I will close my eyes and hold my nose when I go by the bakery!!!!