Sunday to Wednesday October 4-6, 2010

Sunday

It was nice and sunny this morning but I decided to forego my walk as Gordon wanted to go and hike one of the trails at the Marlborough Forest. The one we were on was the Cedar Grove Walking Trail at Roger's Pond.

Cedar Grove Walking Trail

White birches/blue sky

Roger's Pond

We didn't see anything of interest on the trail. Gordon wanted to see the pond and he decided it's a good spot for sunrise photos.

From there we continued traveling around looking for pretty leaves. It's funny that the prettiest ones are in town but then you have to contend with all kinds of wires.

Church at Burritt's Rapids/Tree with brightly coloured leaves

We arrived home around noon.

After a brief nap, Gordon got the new pressure washer put together and we washed the car. Then we took it to the front of the house to wash the dirt of the eaves. It looks soooo much better! I cleaned up a bit of the flower bed from when the deck was built. I'm still deciding what to do with the bare spot. I expect I will wait till spring now to do anything.

Monday

Although the day started out sunny it rapidly deteriorated to cloud. This whole week was supposed to be bright sun but that was yesterday's forecast! Now, not so much. I had a nice walk, even checked out a new street.

After breakfast I went out to get some groceries. While out I found some flannelette sheets on sale so I bought one set. We always used them in the winter in the house but I had gotten rid of them when on the road. I like that they feel all warm and cosy.

We found out last night when we turned on the furnace that our temperature control isn't working properly so Gordon called our electrician and he's coming tomorrow. In the meantime, the electric fireplace is doing a good job and the house, at least at this point, appears well insulated.

I managed to get my hair coloured this afternoon, got some laundry done and went to the library. That about wraps it up for today!

Tuesday

Today was pretty much a beautiful sunny day but other than my morning walk I was inside all day.

The electrician came today and put in our new thermostat control. He also changed one of our breakers as our microwave has been blowing the old one lately.

Laundry and cleaning got done today as well. YUK!

Wednesday

We had a lot of rain again today but it didn't rain this morning so I could go for my walk.

I ran a few errands this morning. This afternoon we headed into The Brick in Carleton Place to pick up our new bookshelves. We managed to fit them in the car although I was laying down for the drive home. Gordon put them together as soon as we got home.

Saturday October 2, 2010

I woke up to bright, beautiful sunshine although it was cold at 4C (39F). Luckily I had gotten out some winter things last night so I was able to cover my ears when I went for my walk.

Since it was sunny today the plan du jour was to go out leaf hunting. We had both cloud and sun on our drive toward Clayton, Almonte and Carleton Place. We got a few photos.

Someone was burning something. The flames were pretty high. Sure hope they were looking after it.

Lilac Lane, Franktown

Horse barns behind the church in Franktown

Along the back roads

Some turkeys - they'd better watch out, Canadian Thanksgiving is next weekend!

One of the Falls at Almonte

While we were in the area we stopped at Tranquil Acres but the trees on the other side of the river weren't as pretty as usual. While there we stopped by our former Titanium. Warren was there closing it up for the winter. He again reiterated how much they love it. That's good to hear. We didn't have any nostalgic feelings while we were there so I guess we've moved past it.

Then it was on to The Brick where we were looking at bookshelves that were on sale. We found ones that we liked and put them on order. They should be in on Wednesday.

Thursday & Friday, September 30 & October 1, 2010

Thursday

It was cloudy with the threat of rain in the air and we did indeed have rain and lots of it all day. I had a short walk with just a bit of drizzle but we had to get ready to go in to Ottawa. We had errands to run, I had an appointment with the eye surgeon and the company that looks after our retirement funds had a Customer Appreciation BBQ.

We got our errands done. I was at the surgeon's office in lots of time only to wait for an hour to be seen. Everything with the cataract surgery is fine but my optic nerves are not 'normal' looking so he sent me for a glaucoma test. He said to take it to my optometrist so when I left there we went straight to the optometrist's office to drop that off. We both have appointments in mid October.

Then it was on to the Customer Appreciation BBQ. They have these little parties about twice a year. We usually get to go to the one held in the summer. It was a bit late this year. We've only been to one Christmas one.

Retired people will show up even in the pouring rain for a free meal! LOL We did!

Apex Jazz Band

They had a good jazz band called the Apex Jazz Band. We had some food, spoke to our financial advisor to say Hi and then left to go to my sister's for a few minutes before heading home in the rain. While there I picked up some of my china that she had stored there. It's my grandmother's set that she got as a wedding present in the early 1900s and a very pretty pattern. It's very difficult to find pieces but I have done so at flea markets and have added to it over the years.

Now that I have my new storage unit I have one empty side to store the china in.

I caught up our monthly expenses tonight. This is the first month since we moved in that we've actually come in under budget even with things purchased for the house. Finally!

Friday

We actually saw some sun today although it was cool. I went for my walk, thankful that there was no rain in the forecast for this morning as we've had enough rain for a while. The ground in spots is saturated. Gordon went out after breakfast to take some photos.

While he was gone I unpacked my box of dishes and did some cleaning. My throat felt a little scratchy so I decided to rest today.

Gordon has been scratching his head for the last few days wondering why the garage door opener didn't work. So today, he was back out in the garage to try again. Well, something he did worked and he has no idea what it is but we now have our car in the garage. The photo (above) is of him looking quite pleased with himself.