I don't like the word "staycation" so I don't use it. I'm just having a vacation at home this week. Mostly by myself, Bill had had to work. He is off today, but that's because he wasn't feeling too good this morning and he's been pretty much doing nothing today - kind of like me! :) Except that I'm goofing off by choice and he's just not 100%.
Anyway, I'm glad that he was home today (although I wish he hadn't been feeling icky.) Because the electric company showed up unannounced this afternoon. They figured out that last Friday's problem was caused by a line in my yard (they're buried where we live) and that it might need to be replaced. They brought their backhoe and got right to work digging a fairly deep hole. Pretty close to one of the maple trees and they did have to break through roots to get to the line. The line did have some issues, it was probably nibbled on by voles and they'd eaten into the insulation which exposed the actual line to the dirt. They had to turn our power off for about 10 minutes while they replaced the line. They did that, put all the dirt back in the hole and took the cable that they'd laid all over my yard last week. I think that we are finally done with the problems. Although I won't be surprised if there are other problems with the lines, considering how many underground rodents we have to deal with!
Yesterday, I went to a fabric shop to get something for Froggy. I also went to 2 antique-ish stores I had been meaning to get to but just never quite did. They are both booth-type stores and are in a neighboring town. I wasn't impressed with either of them, but it was still fun. I also went to the library and to our old booth store looking for something specific and then Bill came home early because he wasn't feeling too good. I went to the post office, also. Big exciting day! Actually, except for the part about Bill not feeling too good, it was an enjoyable day.
Today I went to another fabric store for Froggy, but I will be going back there for something else she needed but I'm not sure when because I think Otter wants to go with me. I had a couple of other stops, I went to Atwood's because they had coffee on sale and then I went to Wallyworld for misc. grocery items. But I've spent more time at home today than I spent out, I did some crochet and had time to just sit and read.
I'm enjoying the stay at home vacation. Yesterday, after Bill left for work, I went back to bed for about an hour. Actually, I curled up on the futon and snoozed, and Maggie Moo went underneath it for her nap. It was pretty comfortable, although the beagle snores! Maggie Moo has enjoyed being able to stay in the house and not get put out into the garage, but she's slept just as much inside as she probably does in the garage! She has access to the outside when she goes to the garage, but she doesn't seem to like being outside nearly as much as Frasier did. Her water dish always goes out with her and she has two padded places in the garage which she snoozes on. And she gets to visit her treat can...
I'm not sure about tomorrow, I'm thinking I'll probably just hang around the house and read, craft, crochet and possibly take a nap. I might also make a loaf of bread, the one I made on Monday is just about gone. On Friday, Bill will be off and he'll be at home working on pachinko machines but Otter and I have a shopping day scheduled. Destinations depend on the weather, we could get rain. Until then, it's just hot and humid! But it might affect fireworks displays Friday and Saturday evening. Bill wanted to grill steaks on Saturday, but they might be broiled in the oven instead of grilled.
Maggie Moo went out to the back yard with me this morning. And she went straight to the shed. She did not want to listen to me when I told her no, so she came back inside. She was funny when we took our early-morning walk today - there was a lady who was walking 3 dogs (and carrying a 4th) one and at least one of those dogs is not friendly to other dogs - which Maggie apparently knew, because it started barking at her at pretty much the same time she was angry barking at it, with a beagle baroo thrown in for good measure! We haven't walked the last few evenings, the humidity has been too bad for me to be able to breathe. But I don't think she particularly has wanted to, I don't know if the heat is why or if she's just lazy! Probably both.
There is a mockingbird that is building a nest inside the trellis on the back deck. I saw it several times but I haven't seen it since we were outside with the electric company. It's possible that mama bird decided that there was too much traffic and went elsewhere, but I'm not sure yet. I did finally get my hummingbird feeders refilled this week, after they were empty for a while. At least one hummer was on one of the feeders this afternoon. We also have had two very large squirrels playing chase across the top of the fence. Not sure if it was a boy chasing a girl, if they were just playing or if one was annoyed with the other one. But I've seen more squirrels since we lost Frasier, I think they know he's gone and maybe they feel safer now.
Since I was home and had time, I made a pecan pie this morning. I found a frozen pie shell in the deep freeze when I moved everything from it to the kitchen freezer. I figured that was a sign that I needed to make pie! We're having mini pizza for dinner tonight, I think pecan pie will go very well!
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