Taking a breather this weekend after a very peopley week (but in a good way).
First a huge Congratulations to Chris who took the second of the CompTIA A+ Exams and is now
CompTIA A+ Certified
We're so proud of you!!!!
We celebrated with a Death by Chocolate Cake and Chinese Take-Out. He is relaxing for a couple of weeks then plunging ahead into Networking+ and Security. Finished his business cards which now include the Comp+ logo!
Coffee and chat with Loretta, and planning our early June Brunch with Judy and Sharon (and a mall-ratting later in the month).
James brought Kaylee, Hannah and Brenden over on Thursday night and it was happy chaos and we had pizza and such together...and then dropped by again Friday with Hannah who STILL remembers chess moves after all this time. Next time she is over we are going to play.
The phone rang during my bubble bath earlier...and when I got out John did a drive-by mushrooming...OMG..thought I wouldn't have any more FRESH until next year.
These are from Michigan and their season is about a month behind ours are the nice meat-flavoured black s'hrooms. Sautéed a small pan immediately. So delicious! We are planning a dinner soon and will try some of the yellow batch that I breaded with Drakes and half-cooked before freezing. I may bread and pre-cook a few of these blacks as well. There is a bunch of them!
I feel absolutely spoiled.
Someone else who is completely SPOILED in this house?
That would be the DIVA: Miss Shelby.
Brushed her this morning and got an entire kitten's-worth of shed. Overall the shedding seems to be slowing down, so a lot of this may have been winter coat since she spent Dec-March at the Shelter.
Revelation this week. You now how male cats are referred to as Toms. Females, it seems, are called Queens.
Explains everything, really.
We have settled into a nice routine. And she straw-bosses my gardening...but from inside the patio door...lol!
The rain and sunshine has everything growing like crazy. Soon to give my herbs their first trim. The bog is thriving and planted several more pots this afternoon.
The rain and sawflies have beaten up my roses right now, although still blooming pinkly. Some Neem Oil and sunshine will set them right.
Found a recipe for Rose-Blossom Shortbread (for tea) that I want to try soon! Looks beautiful and delicious!
Dave (one of my UK buddies) is off with his mates to Scotland over this holiday weekend and reports he has already snagged me this from Aberdeen!
He brought me back beach rocks from Crete last year!
Yes...still collecting The World one STONE at a time...
Jill (Lennon's bio-mom) made it through her surgery nicely and is now back home in Massachusetts. She is starting to get interested in painting as well. Can't wait to see it when she does a portrait of Holly (one of her rescue dogs). Lennon will be here in about 3 weeks now.
Chris' friend (long past girl-friend) Abbey from Texas just tied the knot last week. Andrew seems very nice and they are very happy. I love it that we are all still close and she STILL calls me "Mum" after all these years! Told her when she and Andrew come up that we will all have to spend a day out together (She and Andrew, Chris and Tina and I)
Hoping to get everyone together in one pile while Lennon is here...he won't BELIEVE how much Kaylee has grown since Christmas before last. Seriously...when she came to the patio door the other night with a ball cap on...at first glance I thought it was Tanya! Just getting all grown up on me. She'll be 12 in July.
Not even going to mess with "NOW WHAT???" this weekend. We have all seen how the foreign trip has been going...right? What an utter buffoon. I love Melania, though. She has more grace, decorum and class than he could ever hope to have. Loved it when she went to the children's hospital in Rome and was conversing with the children in Italian (being multi-lingual and all) Maybe he should just let her handle this.
Doing a very ZEN Weekend. Peace. Quiet. Good Food. Gardening. Painting. Writing. Reading. Tea and Meditation.
Have a Wonderful Weekend!
