Cool April Day

This morning we were cold again - 30 at 5:30 AM and so Honey and I moved quickly! It's warming up and the sun is out. We expect to have lovely warm weather by mid week. I've been trying to upload a video I took using the new iPad but I'm doing something wrong...so back to the drawing board! Maybe tomorrow!

A busy day and a few pictures

It seems that when I intend to sit down and blog I get sidetracked. So, it moved to the list of things "to do" today. I've been working off and on to pack up winter stuff and get out and iron, if needed, spring stuff. I store much of the out of season clothes in totes that are kept in the large storage area in the heater room. Today we were having the heater serviced - the yearly spring tune up. So Honey and I went into the bedroom and I unpacked and ironed and Honey paced and watched what she could from the bedroom windows. She wants to help when someone is here to do something around the house and her helpfulness is not very helpful! I got a lot of things ironed and after a long walk for Honey we headed out to our local Wegmans which is located near the Viewmont Mall - about a 45 minute drive. I love that store and can find things there that are not available locally. We got a hoagie there - one of the best in the area - and then stopped in to Sam's to pick up some chuck roast and rotisserie chicken. While there we saw flags and since our flag is starting to show wear, we added that to the cart along with some large yellow onions and some cans of chicken. The chicken was because they were serving tastes of this chicken wing dip with blue cheese dressing, canned chicken, hot sauce and cream cheese. It was good and since we had all the ingredients but the chicken, we bought that. Then out to get some gas and home to eat half the hoagie and catch up on email and such. Below are some pictures of the lake - this past weekend the docks went in. Also some pictures of Honey.

 

The docks in a very tranquil lake.

From where I took the picture above, I shot over to the right and you can see the second section of docks where we will have our boat.

Now, Honey really isn't supposed to sit on the chair...you can see that that rule is NOT followed. She is a hoot! B was out the other day and I think this is where she spends much of her time when we are gone. She had this look on her face when I came in as if to say, well, what cha gonna do??? Clearly, I did nothing!

So she curled up and relaxed. She does hang out a bit but seems comfortable.

Soooo cute

On Monday it was HOT up here - we were in the 80s. This deck is narrow and runs around the house from the front door to the breakfast area. She uses the back sliders to get out. B found these mesh curtains that hang on the outside that lets Honey go in our out but keeps (for the most part) bugs out. These are only open when we are in the living room. Lately, with the lovely warm weather, she has been going out and laying down in the sun to get a tan along with her Zzz. Total relaxation!

Cooking with The Chew

We have gotten in the habit of watching The Chew a cooking/talk show that is on at 1:00. Yesterday's dinner was a recipe we saw this week. We also watch The View that is on at 11:00. Aahhh, retirement

Tonight's dinner was asparagus soup followed by leftover rump roast and gravy. B had his over bread and I had mine over some chicken flavored stuffing that needed to be eaten. We enjoyed our meal, even though it was not spectacular. The soup was great made with asparagus we got from SAMs the other day.

Tuesday

As Honey and I went out this morning for her morning constitutional, the temperature was 29. Gone are the warm days of March! This Sunday is Easter and we sure hope it warms up!

Last night we had The Chew's macaroni and cheese. This was from Michael Symon and the cheese was Goat Cheese. It looked good and I had goat cheese that needed to be used. B was OK with the idea. I cut the recipe in half for just the two of us. Cream, roasted chicken and goat cheese with rigatoni. Simple and very good! I'd do that again. Really enjoy watching The Chew.

Palm Sunday

Here it is April first both Palm Sunday and April Fools Day.
I'm still trying things out on the new iPad including the camera that is both front (takes my face) or back view which is how I took the picture below. I'll post this to see if the picture shows up