Catching up from the weekend

I'd taken Friday off to run errands, get the house chores done, etc.

What I didn't post before was the reason: Robin of A Bird's Life and her husband came up on Saturday morning for a visit. (They're about an hour away from me.) They had offered to help with a few things in the house (he's an electrician), which was so kind.

I didn't start to stress until Wednesday/Thursday, because meeting people you know only via cyber-space can be dicey. They could have been psycho killers disguised as decent folks (hey, it's happened too many times). Or for all they knew, I could have been a psycho killer!

Anyway, they are what they seem to be: lovely, decent, generous and kind people. I had a lengthy list of questions for Chuck and really appreciated his willingness to answer, make suggestions, etc. They brought a huge pot of mums for my garden, and Robin brought cookies and a muffin too, all home-made, because she does cook and bake. (Yeah, I gobbled everything down over the weekend.)

Oh and don't let Robin's blog post fool you: They're easy to feed and of course I didn't cook. Salad, some bread, cheese and dessert, that's all.

Now I'm on the hunt for a small (36" - 40") white ceiling fan to replace the ugly one that I currently have, because Chuck offered to install a new one for me, but that's like finding a needle in a haystack. Small ones are hard to come by; small, attractive ones impossible.

So that was the highlight of the weekend for me; Sunday was spent doing more errands, more laundry, and drinking too much wine (while anticipating the return of the fleas after their summer away at the grandmother's). However, I discovered this morning that the neighbours hadn't returned yesterday after all. Maybe they were waiting for this morning. I hope they'll come back when I'm at work, so that they'll be unpacked and settled in before I'm home again. At least I still have leftover wine in the fridge to drink!

Now I'm just plodding through Monday and wishing I hadn't been quite so bad, diet-wise, over the weekend.  :-D

Peace.

August 21 evening clouds (thinking of Robin here)

 August 23 morning clouds