June 2, 2013

  • A Quiet, Relaxing Saturday...With A Bit Of Rain

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    It was a nice day today.  Well, for most of the day anyway.  The Beast and I sat out on the deck with our morning coffee, chatting.  Mostly we talked about what we ARE going to buy in the next week or so.  Our new mattress.  A metal roof for the house since it will be due to be replaced soon.  A metal roof will last us much longer than shingles.  Paying for the new riding mower.  Laminate floors in the guest room and my computer room.....I decided I can get an area rug once that's done.  The Beast wanted me to put my new desk (yes, that's another thing we agreed was needed.  This one is falling apart) on the wall opposite from the closet but I told him *No!*  I like it by the window.  He wasn't happy with that but he can't control everything, sorry buddy!

    But the conversation was a quiet one.  We did discuss the heavy condensation that formed on the outer wall of my computer room.  You can see it up near the ceiling where it looks like there's no insulation up in that area or something.  He says he's going to check it out before this next winter sets in.  Who knows?  The contractor that was responsible for that might not have cared if he got it all the way back under the eaves.  If it's not their house, they just aren't all that careful.

    Since I am quitting smoking, we will repaint this room before the Beast puts down the laminate.  I'm not looking forward to moving everything out of this room since it involves moving all my cd's and dvd's, too.  If the Beast tries to do that alone while I am in Chicago, I know what will happen.  He will try to move my DVD case without removing the DVD's from it and it will bust apart.  He has to move the cd's because the bookcase he made for those has no back.  Plus it has fewer things in it.  I think I only have 60 or so cd's.  We have a case with about 24 cd's in the car but those don't count.  The Beast and I picked out our favorites to play if we travel any distance and put them in a nice case.  We filled every single pocket in it so there might be more than 24 in it.  I wasn't really counting....LOL.

    The weather was beautiful, as I said.  I was glad since the kids were canoeing today and I wanted them to enjoy themselves.  I think they did because they hit the sack early (around 7:30pm or so).  I had called to let the Princess know that the Beast wasn't going to church tomorrow since he was still sick so let Chewlee sleep in if she was tired.  Then, shortly after I had called, I heard the boomers.  Then the rain came pouring down and my weatherbug started tweeting.  It seems we were under an alert for dangerous thunderstorms moving into this area.  The alert lasts until 6am Sunday.  It seems like there are a lot of lightning strikes associated with the storm front.

    I made us a nice salad today complete with cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes and lettuce from our garden.  I didn't put any dressing on it because I like ranch or bleu cheese and the Beast likes thousand island or french dressing.  I had planned on our having the salad, then have the Beast make up the two tenderloin steaks I bought yesterday while I made us some nuked sweet potatoes (with cinnamon butter) and some corn on the cob.  But, since the Beast felt lousy and only wanted soup, we'll have that for dinner tomorrow instead.

    Got to get this posted.  It's late and I need to get back to bed.  Love you all and enjoy your Sunday.