Home alone again.
Sep. 21st, 2012 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
midnightsjaneMy sisters left this morning, and the apartment feels quite empty, and very quiet. We had a great time, with only one minor spat during a game of scrabble, over whether a word was actually a word. Spat was resolved without a major incident, LOL.
We went out to Steveston, the fishing village/tourist attraction where Once Upon a Time is filmed...and we saw Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop! My younger sister watches the show, so we geeked out together over the sign..heee. We had a delicious lunch in a dockside restaurant, out on the patio in the sunshine, watching the fishing boats in the harbour. I had clam chowder and crab cakes, very yummy. My sisters enjoyed themselves.
Yesterday we ended up staying home. We had planned to go out to the farm to take Sue for dinner in Fort Langley, but she couldn't go. The farmer who is taking our huge manure pile away was still working on it. In fact he was still there today; that pile must have been at least 5 tons..5 tons of lovely decomposed manure, now a lovely pile of beautiful dark soil. Enough to make my gardener's heart go pittapat.
Anyway, we stayed here, went for a walk, then played Scrabble out on the patio. Good thing all the neighbours were out, because we were in high cackling mode. :P
This morning I dropped them off at the airport :( and went out to the farm. Cleaned all the stalls etc., and by the time I was back on the road, I was super tired. Had a hard time keeping my eyes open, but I made it home. Feels quite strange to have it so quiet. Sam is happy though; he's out from under the bed for the first time in days!
I'm going to go to bed early...in my own bed! The sofa bed just isn't the same, so I'm a bit sleep deprived.
Anyhow, it was such a fun week; I'm really glad they came. We're planning to do this regularly, having a sisters' get-together. We've decided the next one will be at my older sister's place in Florida. She has a pool!
We went out to Steveston, the fishing village/tourist attraction where Once Upon a Time is filmed...and we saw Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop! My younger sister watches the show, so we geeked out together over the sign..heee. We had a delicious lunch in a dockside restaurant, out on the patio in the sunshine, watching the fishing boats in the harbour. I had clam chowder and crab cakes, very yummy. My sisters enjoyed themselves.
Yesterday we ended up staying home. We had planned to go out to the farm to take Sue for dinner in Fort Langley, but she couldn't go. The farmer who is taking our huge manure pile away was still working on it. In fact he was still there today; that pile must have been at least 5 tons..5 tons of lovely decomposed manure, now a lovely pile of beautiful dark soil. Enough to make my gardener's heart go pittapat.
Anyway, we stayed here, went for a walk, then played Scrabble out on the patio. Good thing all the neighbours were out, because we were in high cackling mode. :P
This morning I dropped them off at the airport :( and went out to the farm. Cleaned all the stalls etc., and by the time I was back on the road, I was super tired. Had a hard time keeping my eyes open, but I made it home. Feels quite strange to have it so quiet. Sam is happy though; he's out from under the bed for the first time in days!
I'm going to go to bed early...in my own bed! The sofa bed just isn't the same, so I'm a bit sleep deprived.
Anyhow, it was such a fun week; I'm really glad they came. We're planning to do this regularly, having a sisters' get-together. We've decided the next one will be at my older sister's place in Florida. She has a pool!
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Date: 2012-09-22 01:27 pm (UTC)A pool in FLorida sounds fabulous. Make sure you plan it for a month when it'll be rainy here, though. So, um, really any month except August will do.
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Date: 2012-09-23 04:34 am (UTC):)