Interesting Day

It is a beautiful cloudy/wet day out. It really is. It’s just green and white and wet and luscious. And 56°. Bonners Ferry is 50° and Yreka is 51°. Wow, they’re close.

Kindergarten yesterday was fun. I got to listen to about two thirds of Joseph’s class read. I usually listen to them which is mostly a lot of fun. They are so stinking cute and so individual.

When I got home from school, I got ready to go out walking. I took off and hadn’t gone far when a woman stopped me and said that traffic was stopped by Rietta on 68 and the officer said that she could get back to 68 going down Pitcherville.  Well, yes, you can, but it’s a rather long circuitous route with lots of turns. I kept walking, my goal was just 30 minutes yesterday, and there was a LOT of traffic coming down our road. On the way back, another woman stopped me with the same question. I explained that she needed to turn right at the fork, left at the stop sign, right at the next stop sign and right at the next stop sign. That would take her into Gardner, and route 68.

I’m still not sure why 68 was closed but I suspect it had something to do with electricity as ours went out for 30 to 45 minutes in the afternoon and Paul said they were doing something with a power pole when he drove by. I also know that when Laura went to work, the road was open and when she came home it was closed. By the time Joanna came home, it was open again. Paul suspects an accident (they seem to happen frequently there).

Cedric and Seth both had practice so I got supper ready to go and left instructions for Amena to turn the oven on. It turned out well and because practice for both boys was over at 6:00, I got home in time to make a salad. Laura and Amena did some cleaning which was nice and Amena made some brownkies although she said they weren’t for last night. I’m not sure why she wanted to make them but this morning almost half were gone and I suspect she took them to school.

I resurrected the Amish friendship bread starter and sour dough starter yesterday. I need to make sour dough bread today; the Amish friendship starter won’t be ready to go for another three days.

After my walk yesterday I took a stab at my fat-burning Pilates and decided it should be called thigh-killing Pilates. I can feel my thighs like I never did even on my most strenuous bike riding days. Today Cedric wants to take his bike when I take Seth to practice so that he can ride around the road that encompasses the fields and courts at Felton while I walk. It was my idea (thought of because I know Cedric loves to go for walk/rides), Cedric loves it, and I hope it doesn’t rain because I want to do it. I’ll check the weather soon in order to have an idea. As of last night, it was supposed to rain last night and this morning. It did rain during the night (and Joanna didn’t have the top on her Jeep) and looks like it could now.

Currently, I need to go make my breakfast and then take plants out of the van. Have a fantabulous day!