Drew and I spent last Saturday outside. All day. I worked on trying to clean up outdoor furniture cushions. I’m afraid they’re on their last leg but I’ll get one more year out of them anyway. Until we get a roof over the pergola there’s no sense in worrying about getting new ones. My patio furniture is old, hand me downs from my sister actually, but they are in good shape and I plan on keeping them but at some point new cushions will be in order. So, for now I scrubbed them in a mixture of warm water, Borax and dish soap. At least they smell clean even if they don’t look the best!
The rest of my day was spent watching Drew play while I worked on some baby hats for the new grandbaby, doing chores, and trying to start a fire in the fire ring. We never did get that fire going. It is fun to watch Drew play. His imagination is amazing and he loves being outside. He can spend hours with his Tonka trucks, his sandbox and a bunch of rocks. Or even without the trucks. Just give him a bucket and he’s happy. Although his choice of “toy” at the moment is the wheelbarrow. He goes around picking up sticks and pulling weeds and hauling them to the ditch in his wheelbarrow. He thinks he’s playing – I’m thrilled to have sticks picked up and the weeds gone!
Joe spent the day competing in a cook off benefit for the Clear Creek Catholic Church. The church as been closed for a few years but a group of people work together to keep the church and the grounds up. They still hold weddings and other events there. It’s out in the country and is a beautiful setting. It’s great that there are people willing to donate their time to keeping this beautiful historic place going. He left the house at 3:30 a.m. and didn’t get home until sometime after 7:00 p.m. He and two friends were on a team. They had to grill ribs, chicken hind quarters and a brisket. Joe took on the brisket even though he’s never done one before. There were 12 teams in all and he placed third. He was happy! Now he needs to fix one for home so we can taste it!
Sunday was busy. We ran to town to get a few groceries. The yard needed mowed so Joe worked on that. I spent the day getting ready to sell shave ice over the Fourth again. Pulling everything out of the trailer, washing everything up, organizing and seeing what products I needed to order. I had to get rid of a few flavors because they had expired so Eric helped me decide on what to replace and what new flavors to order. It was a productive day. We ended up at Dad and Mom’s for homemade ice cream later and we had a nice chat sitting outside in their backyard. Drew helped Grandpa chore before we headed home. He loves to spend time with Grandpa and Grandpa enjoys him! It was a nice quiet evening.
Sounds like a nice and productive weekend!