Month: April 2018

Livy called and we had a good long conversation!

Ron got the shredder running. We made a few mistakes and figured out how to avoid and/or correct them. We are both pleased with the machine.

Mailed Sandy’s books yesterday. $23, yikes. The process took so long that by the time I left, the line had grown from zero to five or so people. Can’t say enough for the postal worker who helped me!

Ron had an excellent checkup on his eye yesterday. Very relieved.

I made a quiche today with cheddar cheese embedded with roast onion, spinach and beets. We’ve been living on Express salads, which have been on sale.

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Cut down the forsythia at Edgewater yesterday.

Ordered fence materials at Home Depot and bought books at Titcomb’s for Sandy G. and Jen’s gang.

Joined the Republican Town Committee for a potluck at the Senior Center last evening. It was fun!

We met in Middleboro with a manager from Hanscom yesterday to sign off on our HELOC.

Lively thread on FB on jobs on Cape and property values in Mashpee.

Finding more ancestors and connections, back to the 17th century. From nothing to 400 years in a matter of days.

Ron steam washed the kitchen, hallway and bathroom floors. We each worked on cleaning the bathroom sink trap.

We did the usual as well: changed sheets, laundry, transfer station.

I made a white asparagus/feta/egg dish for brunch.

Upgraded a couple of genealogy memberships this week and as a result, getting a lot more information about the McLeans and the Coes.

Wrapped up a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio to give to Paul at the standout this morning; his 76th birthday was yesterday.

Stopped at the bank and mailed the twins’ birthday cards.

Ron pointed out that the gas gauge was pointing close to empty, so we filled the truck at the Waquoit Cumby.

After lunch, we finished up the back yard at Edgewater early enough to drop off at the transfer station. We got almost all of the branches, a lot of leaves, and cleaned out the weed pile next to the fence.

John will be replacing the fence on the right side this week.

Yesterday: Spent a couple of hours at Edgewater. Didn’t get done what I wanted to, but did clear a pile of vicious cat briar that was in front of the fence.

Started clearing a stand of weeds on the left side of the yard and did some raking.

Ron cut the big tree branch. Between everything, we loaded the truck beyond capacity. I treated us at Naukabout.

Figured out more features on Ancestry. Deleted the William Smith tree and added relatives to my tree.

Made black bean soup for lunch and manicotti (frozen) and salad (packaged) for dinner.

Nailed down an appointment for our closing.

Peter is looking into getting his Associates Degree at 4C’s. Hope he does it.

Today: We brought the pile of brush, cat briar and leaves to the transfer station first thing.

Ron made scrambled eggs and I baked brownies. He drove us to Plymouth for my laser eye treatment: easy so far.

Started snowing as we left the eye doc’s office. Took Ron to lunch at Panera and we did a shop at the Shaw’s off Exit 6.

Roads were okay even with the snow, but there was a terrible backup getting off Cape at the Sagamore due to road construction; it’s down to two lanes from four.

Yesterday, Ron drove Cathy and me back and forth for her eye surgery.

It turned out to be an excessively long day for her: picked her up at noon and she wasn’t out of recovery until about 3:30.

She’d been fasting since the day before, so we picked up a veggie pizza for her and a Marguerita for us on the last trip.

Sullivan Tire’s shuttle driver gave me a lift so I could bring my truck home, also yesterday.

We’d done a small shop at Job Lot and Shaw’s the day before when we dropped the truck off.

I sent letters to the Lieutenant’s two sons today in the hope that one of them will agree to a DNA test.

Unfortunately, there was a bad news article about Ancestry in the press today about a woman who found out that her mother’s creepy ObGyn was her birth father.

Well, at least I don’t have to worry about that possibility.

Got a sensible proposal from Peter’s friend John to create our basement room. Still waiting for a definite date on closing our loan.

Ron’s been working on the solar lights. Today I dug out leaves from the shrubs in the front yard.

No cooking today, cooked yesterday: vegetarian chili and tapioca.

Yesterday, Ron remounted the shower curtain and put up the utility hangers in the shed, much to my delight.

I brought the truck to Sullivan Tire. Had intended to go to Cape & Islands for alignment, but turns out the problem was with rims on the back tires. It also needs front brakes, not a surprise. Enjoyed their shuttle service with a vivacious, chatty lady about our age.

Took it out today on the highway today and noticed it still shakes at around 70.

We did the usual for Sunday and I raked about 1/3 of the back yard at Edgewater, including the little garden next to the shed, while Ron did the transfer station run.

I also transplanted a smallish grass, something I’ve been wanting to do for a while.

Lots of genealogy activities today, including joining The Coe Family! page on Facebook and researching Livy Coe, who was an Ensign in the Navy in WWII.