Thank you for starting the thread, Old Gray Mare; with the two younger grandsons here this weekend - well, three if you count the dog (though he is the best behaved of the bunch
) I wouldn't have gotten around to it until after the boys were fed and I'd had at least a cup of coffee!!
I'm sorry to hear that your canning class was cancelled - but, as Briches said, perhaps the Lord is watching out for you - and not only in you having more stock for your own pantry, but perhaps those were not people that it would have been safe to have know where you are and what you might have on hand.
Hubby had an IDPA shoot on Saturday so he was up and gone early; daughter texted shortly thereafter to see if I could watch the boys as she needed to go grocery shopping. I drank a little coffee, then headed over to snag them and - unusual for us - we headed straight home. We had to wait for the grass to dry before they could ride their dirt bikes so the younger one and I got out a couple of pair of loppers and a rake and started working on the big flower bed. By the time we got it done, the grass was dry and Hubby was home, so I watched the three of them ride their dirt bikes - the little one (70 cc) lapped the bigger one (110 cc) twice in 10 minutes in the main area behind the shed, and then continued riding in other areas on the farm for another hour plus after the older one went inside to his tablet, so I think Papaw has found someone to take to the motocross track with him. Hubby did find another (used) engine for the bigger one's bike that is auto shift, so he may swap it out until the bigger boy is more comfortable with shifting gears (and me too, since that one is about my size lol!)
Today, the younger boy was back on his dirt bike as soon as was dry enough - he did stop a few times to load the detritus from me finishing cleaning up the elderberry grove and all but one of the flower beds in the buggy, but then followed Hubby on his bike as he took the buggy down to the gully to unload it - they took several side trips so that the boy had more ideas where he could safely ride - and I have a notion that there will be a bridge built across the creek at the bottom of the big gully soon
I won't complain - that'll just make it easier to get to the blackberry patch without walking all the way to the high end of the gully to get around!
My work schedule is a little more sane this coming schedule - as long as no more of my co-worker's spouses come down with the 'Rona and share it with my co-workers, that is
Daughter and the boys will be gone over the school Christmas break - possibly longer if she finds work out there and a reasonably priced place to rent. I've got 4 days off over Christmas starting the morning of Christmas Eve, but since my kids won't be here, I might see if any of my co-workers who have little ones at home would like to swap me for their Christmas eve night shift, or Christmas day or night shift, or the weekend following since they may be having family gatherings. Hubby will go to his Mama's Christmas day, but his Sis has mask insanity and is totally freaked by the 'Rona, so I am staying away from his Mama to keep her from freaking any more than she already does.
I'm not seeing much of anything in the sale ads that makes me want to spend money. Walgreen's have stopped their balance rewards program and moved it to something else - this is the second time they have 'stolen' my rewards - about $20 worth each time. They say that they will transfer them over to the new savings program, but when I tried to sign up, they said my phone number wasn't in their system so they couldn't text me the code to get in. Odd, since I've been typing that number in their machine ever since the balance rewards program began... As far as shopping goes, I do probably need to go through the OTC meds and stock up as needed - the boys are getting big enough that I don't need the children's formulations of certain cold/allergy meds any longer, so that cuts down the number of things I need to keep on hand.
I do plan to hang in town after I get off work Thursday morning and hit Rural King for dog food and then Aldi (they open early for 'seniors' on Tue and Thu) for a few stock up items (I'd really like to know where my paper plates keep disappearing to...) Daughter has already done my Christmas shopping for me for the three boys; I've checked her credit card account and paid for the gifts as they hit the card. Now all I have to worry about is her gift; I will probably sneak in to her credit card account and pay something on her bill for their vacation as her gift.
Well, I'd better go get the younger one out of the tub so I can run the older one through the shower before I take them home. You folks all take care out there - stay safe!!
