5-27-03: Memorial Day Weekend

Tuesday, May 27 2003

7:02am Yesterday was Memorial Day Monday. Leslie & family came to visit Friday afternoon and departed Sunday morning. Her hubby & the boys were visiting relatives elsewhere. It was a little chilly while they were here, as most of May has been. It's nice if you're working outside, but too cool when we were trying to walk around at garage sales. Didn't stop us from trying to wear shorts.

Leslie & Em watched me put Vince & Tessa through the agility course, and Em was especially enthralled by the chickens. Her nicknames for our dogs are 'Barky Dog' [Vince], 'Licky Dog' [Tessa], and 'Soft Dog' [Pav]. She was afraid of Vince, but handled Tessa okay and loved Pav. Also liked petting Tig & visiting him in his room.

Leslie liked the garden, and was very helpful identifying some of the plants in the flower beds. She also blew the cover of a few weeds that were masquerading as flowers. It was fun playing hostess to her & Em and giving Leslie a break from her chores at home.

Haven't talked to Dad & Elsie yet; so far, just the phone message they left on the 21st. Hope all is well. This morning is sunny & dry after last night's shower. The dogs are snoozing out here in the sunroom with me. So many birds out & about!

[J] & [A] are coming for dinner tomorrow, so I'm working on a grocery list and our 2-week menu. Time to bake up some new treats for David! We made brownies Friday morning and they were gone by Saturday night thanks to Leslie & me & Em. Oink, oink...

9:49pm After David got up & had breakfast we went to town--Home Depot, Sam's Club (small list), Krogers and Lexington Library. We're all stocked up now, and ready for our visitors. Returned @ 2:00. David mowed the back yard while I finished putting groceries away and tinkering on the computer (email, etc).

By 3:00 I was outside weeding the garden and playing with plants in the barn. David started making the clam spag @ 3:30, and at 6:30 we had a terrific meal. After dinner I made the apple cake recipe from the Ohio cookbook, and just pulled it from the oven a little while ago. Slightly increased the amounts, so it took @ 50 minutes to bake through.

I'll roast 2 chickens tomorrow morning to serve for late lunch with [J & A]. [J] sent an email today confirming the visit & thanking David for the directions he sent. Seems that [A] has a bad back and [J] has a sore knee, so they'll be "hobbling around".

Took lots of documenting pictures today in the yard & garden.