Sunny Sunday Plus 19

Another beautiful day awaits us with full-on sun. We started our day as usual, with S practicing his Spanish before dressing and heading to church. I made a second cup of coffee and headed to marketing, catching up on the blog and working on tutorials. I then headed out to work on my projects. It was sanding and drawer repair day.

Kaylin sent the desk back in action at work today photo.

I sure prefer doing repairs than trying to chisel off hack glued repairs like this :(

B was out and asked if I would ride with her. But first, she raked some old hay around the house shelter. I donned my cowboy hat and joined her for my first ride of the year. Dave arrived at the same time as B was catching the horses. He hooked up to our dump trailer, and S loaded five bales for him. One of the bales had the strings explode, dam! Dave was then off to the track where he has moved back to. The rental place track wasn’t working, and the dynamics were challenging now that the residents were back from their winter place.

B and I rode for over half an hour. I spotted places we needed to fill with dirt while we circled the pasture. It was a balmy 19 out but a bit of wind. S brought the skid steer to the pit to push stuff around, but it was too wet  to get it contoured. So, he pushed the remaining hay off the field. The BBQ parts had arrived earlier so S started redoing the BBQ. This required a lot of cleaning and resetting, but he managed it. B headed home after feeding, and I was back to my projects. More drawer repairs were done. This is quite the dresser project.

new burners going in and new heat plates (R) the old ones are nasty

This may not look amazing but it sure looks cleaner than it was and the new pieces are below the wire brushed grates (below)

On the newly restored BBQ, S cooked the last of our beef steaks while I roasted potatoes in the air fryer and sautéed buttered cabbage. It was a delicious and satisfying Sunday meal. Looking at out the paddocks the grass was really kicking into grow season.

Dave stopped before 8 p.m. to return the dump trailer. He had unhooked it and was off. After our busy day, S and I went to soak in the hot tub in the golden hour. Back inside we did our Spanish lessons in bed and finally took a break after 10 to finish the season of 1883.

Busy Saturday

It was a bright, sunny early morning when I woke up at 7:30. It seems Renn and I have the same sleep schedule LOL. I read my library book. Once S woke up, I made us coffees to enjoy in bed. I jumped in the shower, and S followed suit. We then had breakfast and fed the pets. I quickly tidied up and hauled the drop leaf table up, ready to load it later.

At 11, I headed out to town. I stopped to drop off a box at the thrift store before heading to my facial peel appointment. It’s always nice to catch up with this young woman who was a school friend of Kaylin’s. After my appointment, I jetted home at 12:30. S had taken Harley for a walk since we had a busy day ahead. He also whipped around in the ranger looking for gophers. He had roast pork sliced for sandwiches, which we quickly devoured before our 1 p.m. workshop. I loaded the table and the painted desk board to take to the city.

B was out with Cooper to do horses things. She fed then lunged Roo and took her for the first ride of the year. At 4 p.m., we headed to the city. B finished up with horses then fed Harley and left shortly after us. We arrived at the Boysis’s home before 5 p.m. and were greeted by the hyper dogs and dancing Renn. She and I took the dogs for a walk, stopping back to say goodbye to her parents as they left for their date night celebrating Amanda’s birthday. The lady arrived at the planned 5:30 p.m. to pick up her table.

ready to walk dogs with her poop bag in hand

S and I loaded Kaylin’s car with the desktop, liquid glue, and Renn. We headed to her shop to install the top. It took a bit to clean up the oozing glue, but once it was done, we set plants on the tops to hold them down and went to the mall. I dropped my Saje diffuser off for them to troubleshoot it, while we ate supper at the mall. S had pho, I had a noodle bowl, sharing noodles with Renn. We didn’t plan well and didn’t have bibs, plates, or beverages, but we managed using a napkin as her plate.

Lollipop dance coaching

She is a people watcher :) and signing more

We then picked up the diffuser and headed back to the townhouse for playtime and S to watch hockey. Renn had cheese, a bit of nan bread, and a “milkshake” - a supplement drink before her bath. We read a book, sang a few songs, and she was put down just after 8:30. She rolled and chatted to herself in bed with no fuss and eventually fell asleep. I did some Spanish and wrote today’s blog while S watched his Flames.

Frenchie sandwich

Nate returned home after 10:30 p.m. and joined S to watch hockey. Kaylin stayed out with Amanda to celebrate her birthday. Unfortunately, the Flames lost in overtime. We headed home after 11 p.m. and arrived at the ranch after midnight. I let Harley out, who went and found her bison leg. S fell asleep quickly, while I read until 1 a.m. before having to make Harley come inside and go to bed.

Fish Friday

Sunny yet -7 when we woke up. It was a good time for coffee in bed, followed by the second cup with breakfast.

At 10 a.m., S headed out to scoop the pile of hay and poop while the temperatures were still below freezing, as a warm spell is coming. I ordered the BBQ parts he found and wrote a Hometalk post for the drop leaf table. Now, I need to get the coffee table posted for sale on all the sale sites.

S had his load ready and took to the pit with his “new to him” skid steer mover implement.

He finished up and was back in before noon. I made salmon sandwiches, completely forgetting that I had taken a salmon out for supper. It seems we are very much upholding the fish Friday of Lent. S left for town at 12:30 p.m. to drop off a return parcel and hit the ice at 1:45 p.m. He claims his hamstring is feeling much better.

I started working on the bluegrass jewelry box tutorial. While doing so, a customer inquired about the coffee table I had posted less than two hours ago. Of course, she wanted to negotiate the price and have it delivered!

this child melts my <3

I headed to the garage to begin stripping the furniture. I hand-scraped the nightstand edges, flipped it over, and applied the product. I then vacuumed, removed the hardware, and applied stripper to the other three curved drawers. The drawers had two steps of stripper, with the faux yellow finish layer coming off first. I scraped and neutralized one side of the nightstand, leaving the other side to work. Back inside, I made an iced coffee and continued working on tutorials.

I returned to the garage to scrape the three drawer fronts and the other side of the nightstand, scrubbing and drying them. I was finishing up when S arrived home from hockey and picked up the monthly jumbo veggie box at 4:30 p.m. He put them all away before I snapped a photo of our bounty. I must say, this program is amazing, and everyone should participate if they’re looking to get fresh produce at a better deal.

He cracked a cold beer, and I joined him once I was done. We had our daily staff meeting, then I went on with making the salmon supper. As we were eating, Britt and Coop were out at 5:30 p.m. with Britt home from work early still not feeling well. She left after 6 p.m. just as the neighbour pulled in to drop off a case of beer for Sheldon’s yard grading service. Britt had brought an Amazon parcel delivered to her house—it was cat food! This gave us a large enough box to ship the three Bell receivers, so we boxed them up, weighed them, and got a shipping quote for the buyer.

As I was getting ready to take Harley for a walk in the golden hour sun, S remembered at 6:40 p.m. that the Easter Mass service started at 7 p.m. He rushed by the seat of his pants to change and rush in to make it on time. Harley and I enjoyed our walk, but it was a hustle with a bit of a chill even at plus 5 degrees Celsius. Back at the house, I worked on Spanish lessons taking advantage of the super duo week.

S was home after 8:30 p.m., and we wrapped up the night watching another 1883.

More snow but sunny

The ground had another fresh coat of snow when I woke up. It was also sunny! Bonus. Such a lovely setting for coffee in bed. I think I’ve had yogurt for breakfast four days in a row, so I’m hoping this will become a new habit. I applied a second oil-based clear coat to Kaylin’s desktop and hope this will be the final step so S can affix it on Saturday when we go in.

We set S up to learn Spanish, and while he was practicing, he realized it was almost noon. He needed to hurry up because hockey is at 1 p.m. He’s going to try hockey again, but let’s see if he can skate despite his hamstring limitations. Skate like you're 60 and in a beer league Sheldon. :) I worked on yesterday’s blog and tutorials before heading out to sand the drawer front and prep projects.

B was out at 2 p.m. to feed the horses because she stayed home with her cold again from work today. While she supervised the horses, I took Cooper and Harley for a walk. Even though it was sunny and -1, there was a biting wind, so I walked along the north tree line. Once we got back, B and Cooper headed home.

I brought the desk wood inside and sent photos and videos to K to get her approval. It is a go ahead, yay. Photos were added to the new project tutorials as I have a few on the go now.

S returned at 3 p.m. without any injuries. We celebrated and had a staff meeting over a cold beer. Afterward, we took a soak in the hot tub under the blazing sunshine. I worked on preparing supper while S measured and sourced new BBQ parts. It appears that we need a new burner, heat covers, and possibly grills. I suggested that we simply buy a new one, but after reviewing the prices, I now agree that it would be more cost-effective to purchase the parts.

Additionally, he programmed a new garage door opener, and it turned out to be an excellent Amazon deal, costing only $13 compared to $53 through the garage door dealer. After supper he also spray lubricated the garage door rollers and such getting it back in spring ready shape following an hour and a half phone conversation with Craig! The Flames game then consumed his evening while I relaxed in bed reading Let Them.