Tuesday I was meant to help out our friends bottling wine but due to some slight technical difficulties they had to postpone to Wednesday. Unfortunately that didn't work for me as I was meeting with my card boss that day. Fortunately they found someone else to fill in for me.
Wednesday was an interesting day for Lloyd. Not only did he go to a cooking school and had what amounted to a private lesson, he met a fellow traveler while at his morning coffee/breakfast place. They got chatting about where they were from. Turns out this fellow was from Cape Breton. Interestingly enough, we know exactly one person in Cape Breton, and of course, this fellow knew our friend Seward. It truly is a small world.I was fortunate to be invited to the VanGaals for supper that night so I took my Ipad with me. Lloyd called while I was there and he had a chance to have a chat with Bernie. We both were able to catch up with them on their recent trip to Arizona.
Thursday he was going to Hualong Bay (not sure of the spelling of that one!). Patti and Greg had been there last year so now they'll have something to compare notes on when he gets back.
Our friends Jens and Linda came over on Friday for coffee and to see how Lloyd was doing so far. When they arrived, I was in the middle of painting a small shelf. I had picked it up at Value Village so I could display the T-towel that Brenda bought for me.( Not sure what made her think of me when she saw it!) The shelf was burgundy when I bought it and not so pretty, but not something a coat of paint wouldn't fix, and I just happened to have some on hand.I had committed to driving our friends Charles and Laura to the airport for their early Saturday morning flight to Montreal, and then on to Toronto. We were discussing what time I should arrive and in order to get there in time I was going to have to leave pretty darned early. There was also a threat of snow overnight so in the end I went out to their place at 9:30 Friday night so I could be there. Good thing I did. We went to bed at 11:30 and got up at 2:45 in the morning. It had indeed snowed and it was still coming down pretty heavily. Driving was quite slow due to the poor visibility so I was ever so glad I'd come out the night before. After dropping them at the airport, I headed home. The snow wasn't quite as bad out our way so the second leg of the trip went a little smoother. When I picked them up, I also picked up their dog, Abby, who will be staying with us for a month. She's really a sweet dog, and no trouble at all, and Cooper loves a run through the back fields with her.
Saturday was a fairly quiet day. Some cleaning, laundry, etc so I called Brenda and Sharyn and they came over for tea mid morning. It certainly was a nice little break.
Patti had been chatting with me off and on during the week concerning an event she was helping with. The air cadets were hosting a fund raising spaghetti supper that was initially expected to be about 60 people but by Saturday the numbers had swelled to 175. That alone was a challenge but throw into that mix the fact that the venue it was being held in has zero kitchen facilities. She's very creative and came up with a plan that for all intents and purposes worked beautifully. She says it was a success because they had a great group of volunteers but the fact that they've asked her to return next year to help out, even though James won't be there anymore, speaks volumes. Only she could have pulled that off. In reality, SHE'S the one who should be running a catering company! She's much more organized than I am....and of course there was piping!
When I was painting last weekend, I had taken the spice rack down off the wall to paint behind it and it was still standing in a corner. That was this Sunday's job. Wrestle the rack back onto the wall, and clean up the spices. The jars needed washing and some things didn't have labels, etc so it took most of the day to chip away at that job. But it's really nice to get those things done. No one sees your efforts but you know it's completed. Another thing to cross off the to-do list!
Sunday evening it started snowing - again - and I was the only one out to craft night at Sharyns. I left a bit earlier than usual and good thing, as the roads were a tad slippy on the way home. 2nd snowstorm in 3 days. Dear Mother Nature - please check your calendar.
Monday I just couldn't seem to get warm. The temperature was below freezing and the wind was just howling, I spent the first half of the day cleaning out cupboards upstairs and the rest watching TV in front of the fire. I guess I can do that, I'm semi-retired!
One more week till Lloyd returns and I head off on my own adventure!
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