Today I get to see my grandson again, for the first time in a couple of years. I am so looking forward to it. He joined the Army at the beginning of the year, and is now en route to his first "real" assignment after basic training and Medic school. I'm so proud of him and can't wait to get a hug!
I'm praying for him to have a safe trip down from New York (where he went, first, to see his dad) and plan on making sure he's well fed while he's down here before heading to Tennessee to see his mum, brother and daughter, Zayleigh.
Happy Labor Day! Hubby and I are enjoying ours.
We took a drive to Cedar Falls, my favourite local place down by the river, my "lower-the-blood-pressure" retreat. We packed up a "pick-a-knick-basket, Boo Boo" with sprouted bread meat and cheese sarnis, philly cheese cheesecake desserts and lower sodium potato chips, took my trusty ridearound, and off we went.
We parked up by the main picnic area, and hubby walked/I rode down to the lower area by the water. We settled on a bench in the shade to eat, and were surprised to see my friend Dimple and her family pull up. We hadn't seen each other in a while, so I got a nice hug, and met her mama and the 2 family four-leggeds.
After we'd finished eating, Mark and I went towards my favourite spot. The ridearound precluded me from getting to the area where I normally sit awhile, so I stopped a short distance away, still with a good view upriver and the rocky shoals area.
I just love that place. It is so peaceful. so beautiful.
After we got home, I labelled AVON brochures so that we could restock my racks at Ingles in Mauldin, and Mei Mei House in Simpsonville ... and when we stopped by Mei Mei house we grabbed some teriyaki beef on a stick (they are delicious!)
I guess the heat got to me a bit as my blood pressure went up, so I ended up having to take my emergency pills and am now just taking it easy.
Have a wonderful evening, my friends :)
It's definitely been a lovely weekend! The weather has been gorgeous, we've been able to have the AC off and just fans on, with the doors and windows open. The animals are loving it, and I'm enjoying the fresh air!
My beautiful baby, Sebastian, went to his new owner yesterday. He was my AVONmobile for many years. I hope they get many years of joy out of him. I know I did.
Yesterday afternoon was my massage appointment with my darlin' Roger. As always, my inabilities provided us with lots of giggles as we first got me positioned ON the seat, and then had the fun of trying to get me back OFF it afterwards. I am soooo thankful that he is such a laid back person, methinks a more uptight one would bar me from coming back again!
After our appointments, hubby and I had dinner at Hu Hot. Our waitress, Maya, was lovely and had a beautiful smile. She got flustered when she brought our rice and caught Mark's drink, spilling it all over the table, and I told her not to stress. I helped her mop it up with napkins and got her smiling again. She said she was having a bad day and that was the second time, that shift, that she'd done that. I tipped her well at the end of our meal, I figured maybe that would start the rest of her shift off, better.
Today, we grocery shopped, twice. LOL. The first time, the motorized cart's battery was dead, and I sat waiting on it charging as hubby got all the animal foods and his drinks for the week. I sat 30 minutes and it still hadn't moved off the red! So he paid for the stuff he already had, and we went home, unloaded that and fed ye four-leggeds, and then went back out to the other grocery store on Highway 14, and their carts were ok, so we did our fresh fruits and veggies, refrigerated, and frozen goodies, there.
I've just finished batch cooking a "sort of" egg roll filling type mix of cabbage, carrots, onions, ground beef, chicken, rice and a ginger/curry sauce, and bagged 8 portions from it that are cooling ready to go in the freezer. I popped another portion in a tortilla and it was good!
Now just relaxing. Tomorrow, hoping to go to Cedar Falls for a "picnic", going to take a lunchbox and ice pack with sandwiches and drinks, LOL. I just want to enjoy watching the river, its one of my "peaceful" spots.
Have a wonderful Labor Day.
