Walmart Wednsday

I'm taking my peeps to Walmart tomorrow!
Oh joy!

I stripped the bed in the camper, and put the slide in.
The kids stayed in there Saturday night, and it had rained Friday, so I knew the water would still be sitting on the canopy!

I hauled cornmeal around to the 3 ant hills (that I know of). I read somewhere that the ants eat it, but can't digest it. It's one of those things that should work, but "No animals (pets) were harmed in the making yadda yadda!" One of the hills were red ants, and I know from hauling the 2 X 4's to the back 40, that the little suckers bite!

I threw bread in the dugout for the ducks.....I guess it wasn't swimming lesson time!
And Shadow thought she should have the soggy bread, but couldn't quite reach!

We stayed out around the campfire late enough Saturday night to see the fireflies!
It kinda freaks you out at first!
If you only see one, and it's a little ways away, it looks like someone is walking through the bush with a flashlight!
There were a lot out Saturday!

I've also seen really BIG hornets this year, like I've never seen before...they look like they could take a big Chunk!

K's renters aren't paying their rent.
I'll check it out before I'm done on here, and maybe I'll stop in tomorrow after work! I'm always a little testy after a Walmart day!

Better go, should make a few cards! Ray's not home and it keeps trying to rain!


Ta ta for now!

Seniors & Kids

Had a good old fashioned campfire Sing Along Friday night to wrap up Seniors week at the OFH!
Yesterday I mowed grass and whippersnipped until I was done the whole Yard!
I was outside before 10:30 am, and I was done by 2:20 pm, and that was with bathroom breaks, putting new string in the gas guzzling Stihl, etc!
This is my lawn mower.

This is the yard all done!

The CN storage container should be getting moved to the back 40 this summer!

This is Ray's mess!

I used to mow this whole area last year, now there's crap all over, and the willows and poplars are growing again!

Sure glad it's behind the woodshed, although we did get the 2 X 4's moved that are in the forground! The skidoo has to live somewhere else! It doesn't work.

There are swimming lessons going on in our dugout!

Isn't that cute!

Did all the yardwork yesterday cause V came home with her new man.

He wanted to meet her dad.

2 of her friends came out last night for supper.

One brought salad, and one brought wine.

The kids have to drink wine that tastes like pop or they don't like it!

I like mine a little dryer!

I also like wine with my Sunday night meal.

The kids were here one night, and no one wanted any wine, except me.

K: " Mom, you're drinking alone."

Me: " No I'm not, you guys are here!"

So C brought out 2 bottles of Boones, and we drank them both!

We also had some company while we were sitting out by the fire.

The guys that bought the 1/4 to the south of us.

They told Ray we had a beautiful yard.

I said, I guess there was a reason for the 4+ hours of yard work!

Just once, I'd like a yard job that doesn't require getting

1. Grass clipping in my bra

2. Dirt of any kind in my bra

And today when we cut up 4 X 4's for the horseshoe pits...

3. Sawdust in my bra

I had to undress out on the step when I was finished the yardwork!

Oh, I meant to tell you..... We have a lady who comes once a week to the OFH to teach us painting.

She said she's a cross between Donna Dewberry, Bob Ross, and some Gerry guy I've never heard of.

Here's the first project we completed.

I was talking to mom, and told her we finished our first project, and I'd send it to her.

What kind of card did she want it to be?

She told me: "Well I've had to buy some thank you cards."

So that was a big fat hint!

I'm on the fourth one for her. I'll make half a dozen and send them off!

I have some more (Horrors) stamps coming. Had to get the ones on my list that were retiring!

Thought they'd be in Friday, but haven't heard from her yet!

So, we finished 2 boxes for the sand and the horseshoe pits. I sprayed round up, and in a couple days I'll put down the ground cover nad fill them with sand.

We can only throw them one way, cause Ray's not done hauling trees out of the corner, but it'll be better than nothing!

I also used the push mower this week, and did by the Saskatoons, rhubarb that's over there, and the chokecherry trees!

I hope I get enough Saskatoons for a pie or two! mmmmmmmm!

The blueberry bushes I bought this year also have huge berries on them, but they'll just be for eating fresh, there's not gonna be enough for anything! Ray says there's water in the muskeg, so maybe I'll have blueberries there this summer!

Better go, have to iron a shirt, and make dessert for my meeting tomorrow night!

Ta ta for now!