A Puppy & A Two Walk Day

I was soooo tired this morning.  I was actually having a very rare wonderful sleep when the phone rang around 10 pm last night.  It was my Rob with "oh sorry were you sleeping".  Back to sleep I went when the phone rang at 11:30 pm, it being my Rob AGAIN with a "could you go do this for me?".  I got back home after 12:30 am, and back asleep when my Rob came home after 1:30 am waking me up for the 3rd time.

Yes things do happen in threes.

Lexus could not break her usual let's bark at 5:30 am, even though she doesn't go out until 6 or shortly after. Oh boy I was tired, but had to get a move on since people were going to be starting to arrive around 9:00 am.

Once all the Aussies were looked after first thing, and I picked up the "chunks" in the way of some housework, I gave the Extraordinary 8 a good breakfast then got them all cleaned out before my BFF, Shannon arrived with her two grown boys, Brad & Jordan.

I had not seen Shannon for almost 20 years, and we have been friends since 15 years old, so I was rather excited.  When they arrived I was thrilled !!!  unfortunately we never had much time together as they had barely been here 1/2 hour when people arrived to see their pup about 10:00 pm.  Shannon was here visiting her Mom and Dad, so she had to be off to see them.  Next visit we will make a day of it for sure.

The new puppy owners had traveled over 3 1/2 hours to see their puppy, and stayed for about an hour and a half.  Just before they left my Niece Joanne arrived to bring Ty along so they could see the puppies.  Ty had a blast with each and every puppy before we headed downtown for a look around and a bite of lunch.

I don't think Ty wanted to leave our house.  Once downtown we could not help but notice the local OPP detachment was doing a Prescription Drug Drop-off Day, what a great idea.  I am pretty sure you can also dispose of old prescriptions at your Pharmacy or Doctor's office as well.

Joanne, Ty and I had a good lunch at Subway and a really good walk downtown.  They left back for home after 1 pm I am thinking.

Once home again I felt myself dropping off I was so tired, however I forced myself to call my neighbour and friend, Pari, to go downtown with me as I needed a tomato to go along with our dinner this evening.  We got down there and went for a really really big walk.  Other then the wind being a bit on the cool side it has been a beautiful sunny day !!!

So beautiful in fact that Wiarton Willie was out in his house rolling around in the fresh hay that had been laid down in there for him.  I even got a bit of a smile from him.

When I got home, after finally getting some tomato, I had to get going on making our Dinner.

One of Rob's favourites, Layered Enchilada Bake.

Oh yum it really hit the spot.  Not too overpowering on the heat, with the coolness of the lettuce and tomato balancing it all out.

Recipe please?  FOR A PRINTABLE RECIPE PLEASE *CLICK* HERE.

Just as I was about to put our Dinner in the Oven I had a phone call about our two remaining puppies.  They were interested in the last Red Tri Female.

We will know by noon hour tomorrow whether or not this little sweetheart will be going off to a new Forever Home in Thunder Bay in 3 weeks time.

Isn't she adorable, and perfectly marked with her colouring I might add.  This would mean that there would be one perfectly marked Black Tri Male looking for a Forever Home.  Wish him luck as he is a doll, and if I don't watch it I know my girlfriend Shannon might steal him away from us.

I was also pleased to have found a wheelchair today in good condition and reasonably priced for my friend and her husband who had been looking for one.  Isn't helping people a "good" feeling?  I think it is.

The story of my Life is that I am always tired, especially with a puppy & a two walk day behind me, Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard.

Can I Say EXCITED ????

Reflecting back on last evening before my Crabby Cabbie Rob left for work.

The sky darkened in the North with the Sun still shining in the West, and a Rainbow faintly appearing in the East, while .....

.... my Rob was over in the South with our Buddy Boy Australian Shepherd dog.  Oops I was spotted by Buddy before he got himself some loving from the Master.

I was so tired last night I do not remember going to sleep once my head hit the pillow.  I woke up at 2 am to Rob watching TV in the livingroom waiting to go out for a scheduled 3:30 am pickup with the Cab.  I barely remembering him returning home; he had been there beside me when I got up at 6:30 am.  

Our driver, John, arrived at 7:00 am this morning with a Timmies coffee for each of us in hand, and a breakfast sandwich.  At that time of the morning it was a good thing he came bearing gifts ... *smile*.

Our kettle was pooched and had been leaking water from the bottom.  This was not good at all, as surely I could not leave for the East Coast without making sure my dearest did not have a new kettle.  God forbid he have to take a pot out and heat water up on top of the stove !  Off I went downtown Wiarton to get us a new kettle.

My Great Niece, Erica, was married this morning ....

Friday she had Henna done, this morning her hair was done, and by this afternoon she was ready to be a Bride.  She looks like a beautiful China Doll in the last photo.  Congratulations Erica ! xoxoxo  Sorry I was not able to be there, but I am more then certain my Niece, her Mother, Joanne will fill me in on all the festivities of the day.

I wasn't home too long before heading back downtown again, as I had made arrangements with my Auntie Gladys to take her for lunch today, as she is always so GOOD to me, and to her "conniving for treats" nephew-in-law.

We went to my favourite little restaurant, The Green Door Cafe where I had the Loaded Chicken with a side Caesar Salad and Auntie had the Quiche Lorraine with a side of Tomato Basil Soup.  I really enjoyed our lunch together.

The Rankin River Trading Company was our next stop, as they had their women's clothing on sale for 40% off.  I thought Auntie would be able to find something there for herself.  Indeed she had found herself a lovely pair of black capri she had wanted for a very good price.

It just so happened our Wiarton Crabby Cabbie driver, John's wife works at Rankin.

When sitting in at Green Door I happened to see him go past with a take-out bag in hand, knowing he was going to have lunch with his wife.  I snuck downstairs to the lunch room at Rankin and ....

" ... snapped these photos.  Hahaha ... I got him good as he never expected to see me there.  I told him I was going to turn him into the Boss that he was slacking on the job, but didn't have to go far since I am his boss.  Ha ! had some fun with this one.  

After shopping, Auntie and I went to Lloyd's Smoke Shop to have ourselves a Homemade Ice Cream Cone for desssert.  I had Triple Chocolate and she had a Maple Walnut.  Funny thing is Maple Walnut was my dad's favourite, who was her brother.

Around 2 pm Auntie and I said our good-byes to each other and headed back to our respective homes.

When I had gotten home Rob had just gotten up from finally a fitful sleep, thank goodness.  I got going on making up some Dinner for him before he had to go back to work.  I got going on making him one of his favourites, Layered Baked Enchilada.

I got my Homemade Black Bean & Corn Salsa out and started putting it all together.

Layered and oven ready, after 40 minutes baking and 5 minutes sitting time to allow it to set it was ready to serve up.  Really? it is as good as it looks.

Recipe please?  FOR PRINTABLE RECIPE *CLICK* HERE.

Rob enjoyed his Dinner, three pieces later.  I passed since I had such a big lunch.  After a rest he gave me a Kiss and a Hug promising if he wasn't home before I left at 4 am tomorrow morning, he would call me.  I am feeling a little bit strange now at the thoughts of leaving him for a few days, as in 19 years I have only been away from him for 1 week, and that was when my friend Tim had both knees replaced two years ago, and I had gone to look after him when he had gotten home.

Despite missing Rob, can I say EXCITED???  I most certainly can, and it is starting to feel pretty surreal to me all at the same time, but I am pretty sure it is real that I will be heading out with my friend Toni with an "i" tomorrow on a jet plane, Eastward bound.

3:30 am is going to arrive early, so I am going to try to get to sleep (hopefully asleep) early myself.  I will be back posting hopefully tomorrow from Lawerencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, and not my home, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".

More 2013 Firsts Today

I went to bed before and am sure I was asleep before 8 pm last night.  Migraines knock the wind right out of a person, those people who suffer with them can tell you first hand.  Since the girls had been out, about and back in so early last night, Rob volunteered to take them out when he came home in the wee hours of the morning.

That did not happen as Lexus put up a fuss at 3 am.  The poor girl needed out and that was that.  I called Rob to find out he was still a half hour away from being home.  Up I got and took Lexus out, then Missy Mercedes.  Back to bed I went with Rob arriving home shortly thereafter letting Lexus out again ... she went again for him ! what a girl.  I went back to sleep and never got up until after 7 pm.  I could hardly believe it myself.

Rob and I have both been riddled with headaches again today.   Allergies have flared up with not only us, many people I am hearing are in misery as well with them.  The antihistamines will be flying off the shelves of Drug Stores again.

We did a couple errands late this morning, came home to lunch, then got going on the two things we had planned on getting done today.

"Rob got me the lawn tractor out as our lawns really needed cut with all the warm weather we have had the last few days it really GREW !  Lexus stayed out tied close by to the biggest Maple tree to keep cool while she watched on."

"Rob got our little Ford 8n tractor out and got our veggie garden turned over.  It is hard to believe a week ago it was under  almost 6 " of water."

The lawn, or most of it got cut as the lawn tractor broke down on me ... jeez, was cut, the garden plowed and turned over for the first time this year, and also for the very first time this year Rob and I ....

.... went on our very first Motorcycle Ride down the North Hill of Wiarton, through downtown and South further down Highway 6.

~Sharing What I Did Over @ Turnips 2 Tangerines with Lynn~

Once we went around "the block" we headed back into Wiarton.  Rob took us to Northern Confections and I got to have another hard ice cream cone.  Wow 2 within days of each other ... good thing I am being faithful to the "30 Day Squat Challenge" to help me work off those hips and butt with all that ice cream goodness heading to those areas of my menopausal body.. ha !  

When we did get back home, Rob headed to bed for a much needed nap.  Later on I got going on our Dinner, one of Rob's favourite meals I might add.

In celebration of Cino de Mayo Day I had decided I would make a Layered Enchilada Bake.

"Not only is this a one dish "yummy" meal it is also easy to make.  My favourite kind of meal."

Recipe please?  PRINTABLE RECIPE *CLICK* HERE.

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I still have a headache, so I am going to maybe leave the rinsed dished to do up tomorrow and call it another early night, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".

A Wee Bit On The Nippy Side

The alarm went off, Rob was up, dressed and out to the kitchen to make coffee for us.  I followed shortly getting the soup heated for him to take along in his thermos. 

It was "a wee bit on the nippy side" this morning as temperatures were down to -32*C with the Wind Chill first thing.  From what I had heard on Facebook was we had gotten off pretty easy as others had -40* .... and I know what that "deep freeze" feels like.

"Two of these things go together, and one of these things doesn't belong ... ha, remember that ditty?   I had to bring out the "big guns" in head gear this morning.  Really is there truth behind the saying, "you loose the most body heat through your head?".  There must be, as I do feel warmer with a hat on when out in sub-zero temperatures."

"Later this morning the temperatures did rise somewhat.  Still Bandit couldn't roll in the snow today and had to walk about at times on three legs, as they hadn't gone up enough."

"A little conferring and some loving going on here between Bandt and Lexus?  Maybe a bit of "how are we going to manage the kids when they arrive on or about the 6th of February?".  "

Lexus had to return to the house on three legs too.  With Lexus back in,  Missy Mercedes was ready to go out."

"Lots and lots of fun, until the cold finally got to Missy Mercedes' little paws too."

"Nothing holds back our "Go Dog Go" Buddy !"

In-between the out, about and in with the "Checkerboard Aussies" all day, I did manage to get our bedroom cleaned and the buffet dusted all off, before I tackled the "it really needed done" fridge as part of the Decluttering Mini Challenge for this week.

"Oh man, it is a lot of work taking everything out, washing it all down and placing it all back in, minus the stuff I was embarrassed to have had thrown out.  It was a feeling of relief once it was all done, "let me tell the World" !"

After putting every back, washing a sinkful of dishes once food from them had been discarded, it was back out with my "pack" into the deep freeze before I got Dinner started.  Just before starting Dinner I had this scenario going on in the kitchen ....

"Really Bandit?  Really? are you trying to double "guilt" me out here by saying 1) I don't feed you, and/or 2) I don't play enough with you?  Give it up boy, one or the other??  Never a dull moment in our days together."

"Tonight's Dinner did get underway.  Loving that I have my own Homemade Black Bean & Corn Salsa to grab from the shelf when the need arises.  Salsa into the browned ground beef and onion, followed by a can of Black Beans, Zesty Italian Dressing and Chili Powder."

"Layered goodness from out of the Oven topped with fresh lettuce and tomato ... "

Recipe please?  PRINTABLE RECIPE *CLICK* HERE.

Special Thanks to Alice for emailing me that today she tried the Chicken & Broccoli Braid from yesterday's post, with great success, as well as it being a "hit" with herself and her hubby.  I LOVE when I get some feedback to know others are trying the recipes and/or ideas I post from time to time.

Also a warm welcome to the newest four people who have chosen to join me here as followers of my daily journal, along with the odd, one, two, or three opinions and issues I might ramble on about from time to time.  It is nice to know others have the same interests I might have on occasion too.

Oopsie .... before I forget, another little reminder about what is happening down Saugeen Shores way in the Town of Port Elgin this Friday, as I am sure you won't want to miss out on a Homemade Luncheon should you be given the chance of one.

"Come Along to the Tolmie Presbyterian Church, located at 699 Goderich Street for an amazing luncheon.  How do I know this? of course by attending myself on previous occasions."

Would it surprise anyone that I still have dishes in the kitchen that need washed, or I am feeling very tired at the moment, or that my "Checkerboard Aussies" need to go out, about and in again one last time tonight, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".