Stuff

Song of the day: “Hit the road Jack” by Buster Pointdexter, fun song, and not bad to have in your head on a day like today.

Well, let’s start with yesterday, shall we. It started off a little late, considering I didn’t manage to get to bed until three in the morning. I hate it when that happens, but there you have it. No amount of “hating” is going to help one bit, now will it? So I overslept by half an hour, and then had to rush through the morning rituals to get ready in time to drive caregiver, tenant and Sally to the local infirmary for their appointment.

Loaded tenant into the car, along with her wheelchair, drove to the village, helped them all out and then went to look for a spot to park for a bit. I’d taken my computer along so I spent the majority of the morning reading in the book I’m trying to review. Got quite a way through too, well past half, by the time I got the call that the ladies were ready to be picked up again.

The sun was out, nice and warm, but the northern wind made it not at all pleasant. Very nippy. Did some mild cleaning in the carport and on the road up to the gate, since everything has become a massive mess during our sickness this past month.

Since mom’s birthday arrived (I gave her a nice scarf for her birthday) she had a couple of friends come over for supper, which was nice for her. I got to play with a visiting dog for a bit, bound a mattress onto the visitor’s car and then went for a much needed nap, prior to leaving to pick up a nice sizeable donation in town. Took us quite some time to load up, but what the heck, it was well worth it.

Didn’t get home until it turned dark outside, so while big brother went down to light the stove and start cooking the dog food, while I went to the kitchen to cook our own dinner. Had some leftovers from the day before, and added some fresh cauliflower to that, making a rather nice meal.

Editing didn’t go all that bad both yesterday and today. Managed a total of thirteen pages, I think, so that’s a good thing. This morning went best, in fact, so in that regard I’m pretty happy. We’ll get this book worked out yet, despite that we will have to do some research on WWII.

Nanook, one of our last huskies, is not doing well. Considering she’s almost fourteen years old, has cancer in several spots, that is not a strange thing, but still, it is sad to see a proud husky that way, so old, getting skinnier and grumpier every day. Time’s passing oh-so fast.

Knight II did it again yesterday. He’d wrecked his sock, and by the time I noticed he had licked open his skin again, until it bled, darn it. Had to clean it all out, bandage it up, and put a new sock on, just to keep his persistent tongue away from the newly created mess. Darn it, what is wrong with that dog. Sometimes I fear he’ll just keep licking until he’s eaten away his friggin’ paw.

Did laundry, which luckily dried again these past couple of days. Though the temps are low, the sun is out and the wind is blowing everything dry. The dogs had to be fed, of course, and they loved it. This variety of fresh veggies, spices, bread and an occasional batch of meat is really working for them.

As for today, we had planned to work some on the window for the future kitchen, but didn’t get to it since we first had to unload the car (took more than an hour) and put everything away in storage. Then, just as we were about to start, mom called if we could come to town with the Land Rover to pick up a donated fridge. So we locked up the dogs, drove down the mountain, picked up the machine, and got a nice big aloe vera plant as an added bonus.

Once at home I once again cooked supper, broccoli, peas, potatoes and a herbal sauce, that worked out even better than yesterday’s meal. So there was some more editing, which was of course interrupted by today’s blog that had to be done. *sigh* Nothing really fun to share, is there. Well, can’t have it all.

This is it, I’m ready to call it a night.