June 13, 2014

Friday the 13^th…always a fun day especially around superstitious people… none in this house though…It was 40 degrees out this morning… 45 in the trailer…I had left the heated mattress pad on the bed which I had turned on low when I went to bed…just enough warmth for the night…

Sun is already out…it's going to be a fantastic day…Dan had planned to come for the Testicle festival tomorrow…hope he comes today.

I had finished my book by Lisa Scattalone and started another one from Pam by Lisa Jackson …was just starting to take a cat nap and Steve said that Danno was here… he got an early start it was only 9:30..

It was good to see him…his hair had grown and his beard too… he had on his bibs… ready to work!

Steve and he changed the oil in the lawn mower and then they came in for lunch …waiting for the grass to dry…the sun was out so it shouldn’t take long!

At 1 the Bayfield Zoning arrived… 2 people got out of the truck ..Beth told me Rob got promoted and Jenny took his job.. Rob stayed in the office…but he did come… I had talked to him before we bought this land to make sure it was build able with the ravines… turned out his Aunt and Uncle live in Hutch and I know them from church.. such a small world.

We got the info we needed along with all the forms we needed to fill out… what sequence things had to be done..turns out with a modular you don’t need to deal much with the State ..except for the foundation…Rob brought up the horrible dealings Beth had to go through with Inspector Randall Berger… he said that was totally uncalled for and I told him how it really did scare me.  The guy sounded delusional and I was really surprised he hadn’t been fired…Rob agreed and Beth wasn’t the only one that he acted inappropriately with… the County is working on eliminating the state inspections and they would handle all of them…which will be good.

After they left I made lunch and then started my 2 ingredient cake… angel food cake and pie filling…using apple this time…did peach last week and it was good!  I forgot my 9x13 cake pan but I did have an Angel food pan… just have to watch the baking time.

Steve went out to start mowing…and soon Dan took over…he sure loves to mow.. 

Steve did some trimming…

The cake did take allot longer to bake… but when it was darker on top and it collapsed I knew it was finished… I don’t think there is anyway getting around that, happened on the first one too…and to Pams… the picture we saw it wasn’t though… I did try folding in the pie filling this time instead of stirring it up.. didn’t seem to matter.

The guys came in and we sampled it… tasted great but did need some Readi-whip on top..When they went back out to continue mowing I went to the store for some.

I ran into Judy …her shift was done but she had done a run to the bank…she is still working at the Fishery and the Store…she said she doesn’t have any hobbies and working is all she knows… so glad I can think of lots of things to do!

I came back and planted some Cana Lilly’s…the lawn looks so nice…Dan cut more too…which I like!

I got the carb feed hot dish put together… ravioli lasagna … pretty easy and sure smells good…

Heidi, Dillon and her parents are coming up for the weekend..her Dad loves the Testicle Festival…Heidi and Dillon are going to walk the 5k too…Rachel when she cut my hair let it slip that Heidi was pregnant…Beth said Heidi wanted to surprise me with the news…. Beth was going to tell then to stop here on their way to Corny…

I put the hot dish in the oven and went and sat outside by the fire pit…Dan and Steve joined me…and then I decided to start a fire… course Steve wanted to throw some excelerent on …but I was persistent that I could get it started…Dan helped me with the kindling and soon we had it going…

The hot dish was done …I shut off the oven and  just left it in the …maybe the pilot light will keep it warm.

Beth and Josie arrived…she had her on a leash because she goes so crazy when she sees people…she was pulling on it so hard… she sure loves people…I asked Beth if she wanted to try Murphy’s pinch collar… and she did…so I put it on Josie and showed her how to  use it…it didn’t take long and Josie did respond            quickly to it…I had Beth take over and use it…better for the master to do it…

Heidi and family had gone directly to Corny and would be staying there… it was a long drive and I don’t blame them… we will be together tomorrow…

The fire was nice and I brought out the Jalapeno jelly dip I made… I had bought crackers but they were herb garlic…didn’t taste right with the dip…the blue corn chips were good with it..

We ate supper …or rather Beth and I did…the guys weren’t ready… and Beth and Josie left ..they were going in to Corny to see Heidi… she borrowed the pinch collar … it shouldn’t take Josie long to figure out how to act…she is still a pup..

I went in and cleaned up the kitchen… went back out and said good night to the guys… I was tired and ready to go to bed.