We took a break from painting and working outside and decided to do some of our "stolen items" replacement shopping. We used to take Gracie with us on these types of trips, but today we are leaving her home safe and sound in the 5er. Of course, that means that we can't leave her crated all day, we usually only leave her crated for around 5 hours, so we will have to keep an eye on the time.
So it was off to Mt. Vernon. When we go shopping, we like to head north, there is always so much less traffic and people to deal with and I think the stores are pretty much the same ones we would frequent if we went south toward Seattle.
We had a pretty good day shopping, we got a few clothing items replaced but our main goal was to go to Costco to get our camera replaced. Bad news....they didn't have our model of camera anymore, so I guess that means we look on-line and we wait awhile longer for a camera. At least we have our phones so we can take some pictures. The other thing I couldn't find was my perfume. I checked at Macy's and they had it earlier in the season, but weren't carrying it now and the clerk wasn't sure when they would bring it back....rats. I'll have to check with the insurance agent and see if I have to replace the exact perfume or if I can make a substitution.
Wednesday
We were having guests today, so it was another day off from painting and yard work. Jessica and Garry were back from their honeymoon to Maui and were coming to visit around noon.
We had a nice long visit getting caught up on their adventures in Maui. The four of us also went down to the beach and hung out for awhile. Jessica and Garry took her canoe out for awhile on the sound while Rich did some reading and I spent time picking up white rocks on the beach. My plan is to take them back to Brandon/Kris and put around their little garden shed.
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| Jessica & Garry canoeing in the bay |
After our beach trip, we came back and BBQ'd some hamburgers and had fresh corn on the cob. We had a very nice visit and it was fun to hang out for awhile and get to know Garry better.
Thursday & Friday
These two days Rich spent painting on the shop, he got it pretty much all complete except under the eaves, which you can't see unless you are standing under them. He'll leave the eaves for Brandon to finish up. It looks really nice. Rich is a very good painter and he does a very nice job, I think the kids will be pleased.
I spent these two days trimming up some of the old rhodies the kids have. They were so overgrown with blackberries and brush for so many years that they were mishaped and had a lot of dead wood in them. I wish I would have taken before and after pictures, but didn't. As soon as we get our camera (which we ordered on line the other day) I'll take a picture of our finished projects.
Saturday
This was just a wrap up our projects kind of day. We got our Banks Power Monitor computer and our camera came today. We were waiting on these two items before we headed out. Looks like if we can find a place to land over the holiday weekend that we'll be heading out on Wednesday. Rich has called around a couple places and because of the Labor Day holiday they are booked.
I spent the morning using the weed eater and clearing out some of the blackberry vines and stinging nettles and other various weeds that have grown up in this area that the kids have had cleared around their yard area. It looks much better.
We were going to Jessica and Garry's for dinner so headed out around 4:00 p.m. Luckily when we go to their house, we can go most of the way on Highway 9 and only have to jump on I-5 for a little bit. We had no traffic issues today - yahoo. It makes traveling so much nicer when you don't have to deal with that stop and go traffic on the freeway.
We had a very nice BBQ dinner and another nice visit. We got to see some of the pictures from their honeymoon trip - looks like they had a very nice hotel and spent a lot of time snorkeling on the beach right by their hotel.
Sunday
We decided to attend Tidelands church service even though Brandon was still gone on vacation and wasn't preaching. After church we headed once again up to Mt. Vernon, after our traditional stop at Starbucks for our latte's. We had a couple items to return from our shopping trip the other day and of course we came back with some additional items on our "replacement list". I'm disappointed that so far I've been unable to replace my REI skort (skirt with shorts underneath). I've looked on-line and had the local stores check, but they are sold out for this season....double rats, I really liked that skort and was planning on wearing it alot when we went south this winter. I think the two items that got stolen that I miss the most and am finding hard to replace would be my Bible (I had written lots of notes in it throughout the years and it was a gift from Westside church) and my black skort.
We got back to the 5er mid afternoon and were just hanging out when the kids arrived home from their two week vacation. It was sure good to see them and they were very pleased with the work that we had accomplished while they were gone - so much so, that they took us out to a very nice dinner that evening. They would have been home earlier, but they had a bit of a mishap earlier in the day. They had spent the last several days at Anderson Island and have to ride a ferry to get there. Because they had their boat with them, they parked the boat trailer in a paid parking lot thinking it would be safe. The boat they launched and Brandon drove to Anderson Island, while Kris and the boys took the truck on the ferry. Well when they arrived Sunday to pick up the boat trailer so they could load up the boat - someone had moved the trailer and put it in another spot but in the process somehow the two back trailer lights had been broken and no longer worked. So as we all know, you have to have working trailer lights or you can be ticketed, so the tail lights had to be fixed before they could head home. Luckily they found an auto parts store and a very friendly and helpful staff member that in addition to selling them the replacement lights, also offered up some tools for the repair job.
Over dinner, we got to hear about their many camping adventures and look at some of the pictures that went along with those adventures. We ate at a very nice restaurant on the island, apparently there are only two, the other one being at the golf course. The food was delicious and the company wonderful, a very pleasant way to end the evening.
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