Thursday, March 22nd, 2018…… Weather
forecast calls for rain all day today.
Quince got me up and out even though it was coming down as a light
shower. We shortened the walk this
morning. I will take her out later if it
lets up. Today was a travel day - for
the girls. Penny has follow-up meetings
with her doctors in Salem. The rains
have let up a bit. I think we got the
most of it last night. So, the drive to
Salem wasn’t too bad. I stayed home and took Quincy out later in the morning.
She was happy. I opted to work in the
house today. First up was bills. Then I
did the floors, vacuuming and swiffering.
I got that done and the weather cleared. I needed to go over to Sweet
Home and to the Elks Lodge to turn in my membership request. Might as well go
now. It’s a transfer, really, from the Garden Grove Lodge to the Sweet Home
Lodge. GG released me and SH has the
option to accept me as a transfer for membership. I’m told there is a vote and I haven’t met
too many people there. I’m guessing it’s
more of a formality since I’m already an Elk member, but we’ll see…. While I
was out, I decided to take a drive to Foster Lake and Green Peter Lake (yeah,
that’s the name!) to check out some fishing spots. Tim had told me of a good shoreline place to
fish on Foster and I found that with no problem. But there is a problem – the
lake is way down, I’m guessing ten feet! They have been working on the dam for
some time now so I’m guessing that’s why it’s so low. There is still a channel with water in Tim’s
spot so I’ll try that when I get my license. Green Peter is up the road about
eight miles and feeds into Foster Lake. That lake looks full and the river
between them is flowing plus all of the streams that feed into both lakes will
probably fill them up by summer. Problem with Green Peter is access. The road only has a few areas – mostly where
there are launch ramps – to be able to get down to the shoreline. I found one
spot there I will go try as well. But I
see a boat in my future, especially if the fishing is as good as they say it
is!!! I got back and rested for a bit
then fed Quincy. She’s a really skittish
dog! Any unusual or loud sounds freak
her out. Today, we had some serious wind
gusts between and during the quickie showers.
She could hear the wind and was so nervous that she wouldn’t eat her
dinner. When she’s scared she goes into
my room and hides behind my recliner!
Lots of things freak her out. One
example is when Lydia starts the oven.
It’s not our stove that’s the problem really, but Penny’s that makes her
nuts. So, she associates all stoves as
freaky scary! Go figure!
The girls got
back a little before 5:00pm and they started in making soup and grilled cheese
sandwiches on sourdough for dinner. It
was tasty! Oh yeah, Lydia also got two more pics of the pups taken this
morning. This one shows only seven of eight. ???
This one shows the escapee! Probably our little girl! Looks like they’re getting more active now!
After dinner, I
went out and closed up the shop and the garage and let Quincy go for a short
walk and then it was back in the house and tv until bedtime.
Friday, March 23rd, 2018…… Rain
again today. I took Quincy out for a shorter walk than normal because neither
of us wanted to be out in the rain. She
actually beat me back to the garage so I could wipe her down and let her in the
house. After I fed her, I showered and went out and over to Penny’s to run her car for a
bit. Then I stopped and got us breakfast
and coffee and tea. After eating, I went out to the shop to work on my sawdust
vacuum system. I headed out again and
found most of the items I needed and spent most of the day figuring it out and cutting
holes and routing tubing to make it all fit.
Still need one section of tubing which I have to go to a woodworking
shop in Eugene to get. Road trip tomorrow! Meanwhile, Lydia has been working on
a new quilt and spent some time today getting her pieces cut and her layout started
on the craft room floor. She still has
to cut the border and figure out which pieces go in which row but hey, no
hurry, we have the time!
Penny is still
recuperating with us but is doing more and more each day. Today, they went out to the post office so
she could get her taxes sent off. She even went outside and played a bit with
Quincy. Each day she seems to gain a little more energy. She helped Lydia make dinner tonight and offered
to clean up afterward. But I was already
doing that (my job!). I’m sure she misses
her home and will want to go back to her own bed soon. No rush though. We watched tv programs and double-checked
movies we might want to tape on Showtime, which is free view (on DirecTV) starting
today and running through this weekend.
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