It was 63F outside and 68F inside when I came downstairs this morning. I love these temperatures. It was cloudy all day, but they weren't calling for rain until later in the day. I left the windows closed and the A/C on but it didn't kick on until afternoon and then only for short periods of time.
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| Pretty cloudy skies on our way to the park this morning. |
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| But no wind! |
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| Such a pretty view! |
We went to the park to walk, but once Dean received a text they were playing golf this morning, we cut it short after we walked a mile, so he could come home and get ready.
Since there were several things I wanted to do this morning, it just means I can get started a little sooner. I made an appointment with the dentist for both of us in November. I was disappointed I could not get in during June since my dental insurance expires the end of June. I was hoping to have some other work done in November on my new annual plan. Instead I'll just wait until next July or so before I have the other work done. Neither are critical.
I noticed the Heartland Oklahoma Chapter Leader set a date in August for a rally. I called and made reservations for it. It will be held in Oklahoma City. We were not able to make it to the last one in Oklahoma, and we missed out on some great things to see and do.
We will be leaving for Wichita next Wednesday morning and reservations were needed for the park we stay at as well. Unfortunately I could not get a reservation for all 4 days we will be there. We have to move to another park about 20-25 minutes away for one night, but we haven't seen our families out there since January, so it's worth the effort. All of the RV parks seem to be busy!
Dean called me from the golf course wanting to know if I wanted to order ribs from Gale, one of the guys he plays golf with. SURE! I'm anxious to get them next week. We'll get them on Tuesday...supper is ready! I can't wait!
After making all of those calls and getting my normal morning chores out of the way, I rushed around to get ready for my afternoon. Dean didn't get home until about 1, so we had a quick lunch with the leftover spaghetti from last night. I cleaned up lunch dishes, then did a few last minute things. Just as I was ready to leave I received a phone call from the surveyor we asked to survey our property. He had been in Oswego a few days ago so he went by to look at the property. He wasn't able to find a pin that day, but he said he'd be back to do look around a little better. Mainly, he wanted to let us know he had not forgotten us.
I was a few minutes late when I pulled into Linda's. Peggy was already there, and they were sitting out on Linda's back porch visiting with Ronnie, Linda's husband. We chit chatted for a bit before he said he was headed to the garage. We visited for a bit before Linda took us inside to see her new to her home. It seemed quite roomy to me, and I know she'll be happy with the additional kitchen counterspace she has. She has done a beautiful wonderful job of decorating it. I loved the large screened in back porch. She and Peggy are wonderful gardeners, and she's already started working on her yard. She poured us some ice tea and brought a plate of cookies for us back to the porch area. Chocolate chip with nice sized pieces of pecan - what cookie can taste better than that? Delicious!
We had such a nice visit. Before we left Peggy said she had some starts of trees if either of us needed some. Linda didn't want any but I told her I was interested. She gave me a redbud, a dogwood and a Japanese Elm. I was elated! I took them to the lot where Dean was mowing. He stopped to help me get them out of the back of the car. He had to dig a hole to set one of them in, since it had a pretty long root. We just set them outside for now, until we can get them planted later this week. Tomorroow the rain is supposed to move away from us, and I think we'll all be thankful to see sunshine for awhile. Since it is supposed to rain, Dean wanted to finish mowing, so I came on home. We'll get the trees planted Friday or Saturday.
Dean made it home before it started to rain. It was getting dark, so we were checking our radars. They were not showing much at all, but the wind came up and then it poured - we looked at our radar again, and sure enough it had changed. I'm not sure if it was an issue with the the radar or it just moved in that fast. The wind really bent the willow trees behind us and the road was full of water in no time. Of course, there isn't anywhere for it to go, everything is so waterlogged.
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| In six minutes water was standing everywhere - and it was still raining. |
We had planned to grill some brats but that wasn't an option, so I made breakfast burritoes instead. I used the last package of sausage I cooked and put in the freezer awhile back. While we were at Brett's Sunday I mentioned I was about to run out of the "Blue and Gold" sausage that Dacy and Tucker sell every year for FFA. I wished I could buy some more. Brett said how much do you need? I told him two rolls - woohoo, he had extra, so I bought them from him. One more thing to add to my list, set one roll out to defrost and cook it up, so I can freeze it in small packages of 1/4#. I use the sausage for pizzas and breakfast burritoes mostly, but it's good for other dishes once in awhile too. It's so nice to have it precooked and on hand when I want to make a quick meal.
What a wonderful day, even if we did have more rain!
Sounds like a busy enough day. Nice score on the trees! You might want it to rain after planting them! Funny thing about the weather, eh? I was glad for our steady day of rain to water my veggies and flowers really well. :)
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