Mr.Alffe (my shiney knight ) took me to Sears and bought me a new stove...which is being delivered tomorrow! Now I have to try to clean under the old one.

Loved the mail today...it's usually all for him but I got a card from Scrabble, who is having a real adventure on her trip. I'll let her tell it. Also got a card from an old friend who is on a cruise with her hubby up the Dnieper River in the Ukraine. Also, got the recipes promised me by the hostess of the dinner/theatre. Mr.Alffe was astounded...I gave him the bills.

Made Borsht....and Gaspacho. going out now to cut the grass...it's a beautiful day...no humidity for a change!

What's on your plate?

I'm off work today. Somebody is suppose to come work on our air conditioner so i'm pretty much stuck at home waiting for them to call.
Rebecca has an appt at 4:30 to get her bangs cut. I told Rick if the air people arent here by then and gone then he'd have to come home from work.

Saturday here, so I'm up for almost anything really.

It was cool this morning but will heat up by mid morning I think. Winter is over. I can put my socks away I guess. Was cold for a few weeks early morning though.

I'd like to buy a new scanner/printer. They're so inexpensive these days and my old printer is as slow as a wet week although I've forgotten what a wet week is like. I yearn for many wet weeks. No rain still. Going to level 6 restrictions very soon I guess. Combined dam levels for my region are now down to less than 17%. Our daily target of water use per person per household is 140 litres. The current usage in the area is 133 litres... so people are finally getting the message. Yay!

I need to get the sewing machine out. I have some caftans/shirts I want to make for summer. Have the materials, just need to start drafting and cutting and all the rest. I doubt that'll be today because today I might actually have some ALONE time at last... that's as long as daughter doesn't have me babysitting her new puppy that I've been babysitting now for 12 out of 14 days. grrr. I love the puppy, but she didn't discuss the purchase of same puppy prior to arriving home with her. That's a big no-no. Did I say grrr already?

I also have some really neat projects underway. I'm making a special cook-book for my daughter who thinks she's going to find a partner for life who does all the cooking. ha!

I'm having trouble navigating the photoalbum here. I need to spend a little while checking that out so I am familiar with it. I always forget to check there for photos. Once I get a scanner organized I'm going to maybe add some in there myself. I am not fond of these digital cameras. No idea why really. Just prefer the old style with the different lenses and such...

What's on my plate? Lamb probably.
Edited to add: Lamb = the great australian roast. My apologies to any vegetarians viewing.
There used to be an ad on the tellie here by the meat boards and the girl in the ad decided to stay at home with the family to eat the lamb roast rather than go on a date with Tom Cruise (when he was single this ad ran... after his divorce from Nicole). Personally, I'd stay at home to eat gruel rather than go on a date with Tom Cruise, single or not single.

Speaking of Lamb. I saw a snippet on the tv yesterday which mentioned that yukky Mel Gibson has made some scary movie about killer sheep. ???? Say what??? sheesh. I hope it wasn't true.

Lara! I'm so glad to hear you are making the cookbook for your daughter. I remember you talking of it before. I think it would be a fun idea (if you haven't already thought of it) to take a photo of each recipe and put it into the book. I plan to do this for my sons one day... what a wonderful gift!

Alffe - I love getting mail! real male ooops freudian slip

I am up to my ying-yang (whatever that means?!!) with company here in my neck of the woods. A friend visiting from Puerto Vallarta (moved there ); setting up my online business; yard sale tomorrow; vacationing... and lots of walks, swimming, sun bathing and wonderful happy times with friends!

Goof, I hope your air is fixed .... its very cool where I am... ocean breezes this week makes it feel like fall ... far too early! I hope your day off was eventful for you. ((hugs))

xo to all
Addy

"as slow as a wet week!" Love the way you express yourself Lara. Our days of rain finally greened things up here..hopefully your draught will end soon. I loved making scrapebooks for our grandkids....memories of trips we've taken them on.

My new stove is supposed to be delivered early this morning and I'll be glad to have it. Mr.Alffe's sister is coming on Monday for a few days so I'll get to try it out. I hope it looks ok...all of our appliances are Almond color and of course they quit making that color 8 yrs ago...so we went with black.

I used to like that almond color - mom was more into burnt orange. I can see you two are nothing alike. You're just a nut.

My husband wants to get me a new door, so he's going to swap some phone work with someone who apparently has a nice door to spare. I'm not sure if it's the front or back because neither one of them want to stay closed, but we'll see.

I don't have much confidence in this. He installed a screen door in the back to keep out the flies and mosquitos. Did a good job too - but it's 2 inches too short. Oh well, a little screen is better than no screen at all. Whatta guy - wouldn't trade him for the world.

yep that's me alright! Nutty as a fruitcake. LOLOL

I had my Friday night with daughter, son-in-law and of course granddoody. They have taken him off his nite nite bottle so this week has been rough for him. He was crying and we couldn't stand it so SIL told us to go take a walk, and we did.

Came back at least 1-1/2 later (Long friggin walk, I ached), and he was crying, so daughter couldn't stand it. She went in there and he jumped up in his crib, went to the side, pointed at the floor and said, "Kitty mommy!" And there was his nitetime buddy, his white kitty soft kitty toy.

Poor baby, wanted his kitty. So she sat with him for a bit, rocked, told him a story and told him it was nite nite and he went right down.

I woke up this morning, everyone else asleep, then heard horrible wretching sounds. Poor doody was vomiting. He vomited several times throughout the morning but finally quit. Has a low grade temp, a little snotty nose. When I left late today he wanted to hug me and blew kisses all the way out the door.

My babies.

Poor little guy...I'm sorry..hope he feels better this morning.

Mr.Alffe cooked me a burger on the grill after church. I just opened my email and received this from an old friend who knows how much I enjoy going to the basball games with Mr.Alffe.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/anabw/ballgame.html

Alffe

Nice friends you got there. Have they ALWAYS been Can-Can Girls?