It's a scorcher today! At 7:30 am it was 24C and by 10:30 am it was a blistering 34C! Carm got the laser heat thermometer out and by noon the deck 130F which is blistering 54C! WHAT THE ACTUAL F! Summer was slow in arriving but when it finally got here - wowzers!
I suppose we could have predicted this heat wave as Tina & Bruce are coming for a leisurely afternoon and evening. It seems that their summer visits are always on the hottest day of the year! We'll spend plenty of time in the pool and under the shade with a fan going… I’ve made tons of ice.
I was going to make a traditional roast beef dinner but it didn't seem appealing in this heat, plus who wants to spend the afternoon inside tending to food on a hot summer day (although the heat might send us inside regardless)! So I cooked the beast yesterday and we'll have cold beef with freshly made focaccia and my favourite roasted potato & arugula ‘salad’. Simple and most can be made ahead, although the focaccia does require a certain amount of fussing over 😀
Our trip to the camper last Friday was regenerative… I always get that ‘peaceful easy feeling’ when I step inside and feel any stress or anxiety slip away. Our trip home however… not so regenerative… At the half way point, Carm took the corner a bit too fast and Grace's cage toppled over… when I got out of the car to fix it I realized that we were missing a bag which is why she tipped in the first place! The bag with our tablets and my purse as well as other odds and ends was left behind… so we turned around and drove back. I don't think we've EVER left the camper without forgetting something! I'm working on creating a better and more comprehensive check list and will go through it after Carm and the dogs have left the camper when there isn't so much commotion and confusion… ha ha!
We did eventually make it home (an hour and 10 minutes later than planned), and had plenty of time to get the patio furniture out of the house and onto it's summer locale. I even got a few minutes to relax with a book! It was wonderful :-)
Yesterday I dashed into town to take Mom to the grocery store - her first outing, other than a doctor's appointment, since the beginning of her ordeal. She was tired at the end but I think she enjoyed being out of the house for a bit :-) Mom and Dad are doing great and managing on their own for the most part now - they must be happy for things to start to get back to a normal routine.
This morning I had my first (or maybe second) outdoor shower! Hurrah! It would have been perfect except the water in the hose was scalding hot… yikes!
I stuck one of the bones from the roast in with Grace this morning and I can see her starting to stalk it to make sure it's dead - she loves a good meaty bone, even when they are almost as big as she is!
Carm made the comment that we've become a pretty good team when it comes to getting ready for guests - we both know what we have to do! I don't have to manage the whole event as Carm is a full partner in getting things ready. We don't go as crazy as we used to years ago when we'd spend 2 days getting ready for company - now it's all accomplished, except for the food, in just a few hours!
Awesome!
“scorching hot summer day!”
“Mom's first outing”
“knawing on a bone”
“twisted tea”
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