Adventures in PEI: Happy Anniversary Patti and Greg

Hey everyone. More than one person questioned why there was no post last week. Turns out I got my days all mixed up with the holiday and I missed it! Not much of an excuse, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

A big happy anniversary to Patti and Greg. Hopefully they might find some time to go out for a nice
dinner or something. Although I know what that family's schedule is like so it's doubtful. Regardless, hope it was a great one.

Last week I was busy planning and prepping for our home town hockey function. Then on Friday I was advised that due to circumstances beyond their control, they were withdrawing their request for our services. Seems they moved their operations to a local hotel and said hotel wouldn't allow an outside caterer in the place. It would have been helpful to know that a few weeks prior, but that's business I suppose. We hadn't asked for any kind of a deposit (didn't expect to need one) but in retrospect, we should have. Lesson learned. We're still new at this and we still have a lot to learn. Just one of the many hurdles we are likely to encounter along the way.

The up side is I think we have a booking for a Christmas party in December. We'll be asking for a deposit this time!

Other than that little set back, it's been a good couple of weeks. The weather has been great for the most part. We're working on getting all the outside stuff done before it gets cold. We worked on wood on the weekend and now have the wood shed packed to capacity. One of the less enjoyable jobs done and out of the way. Lloyd had booked some vacation days later this week for the catering event, but I think he's still going to take them. Good opportunity to finish up a few more chores. One of the big ones is clearing out the barn. He's taken out all the pens and is in the process of removing all the old straw and manure. Our neighbour has brought over a manure spreader and parked it in the back. When it's filled, the manure will get spread on the fields. Win/win for everyone.
Once that's done, we'll be able to use the barn for storage for lawn tractors, etc. Rumour has it my little car will also fit in there for the winter. Yay!

Lloyd had a few guys over for a BBQ on Friday night so Brenda and I made ourselves scarce. We watched a movie in the house and had snacks while Lloyd BBQ'd three chickens on the spit, with supervision of course. They turned out really well, in spite of the cooks having quite a few beverages. By all accounts a good time was had by all.

Brenda and I are going to community school on Tuesday nights for an exercise class. It's not too bad - mostly low impact so my poor old knees don't suffer too badly. Of course the tea and cookies at the end are the added bonus.

In keeping with the fitness efforts, she and I and Meghan went for a hike in the woods on Saturday afternoon. It was a decent kind of day, not too cold or hot, and the leaves are just starting to fall. It was a lovely day for a walk and we got some great photos of PEI in the fall!