I took some time off during the weekend of Memorial Day and had a wonderful time. The weather cooperated beautifully. Carla, my youngest daughter arrived Friday afternoon, and the rest of the gang got here later that evening from Philadelphia. We cooked a half turkey on the grill that day, and it was demolished before our eyes! so good! The next day we made chicken Spiedies ( a local favorite).
Sunday some of us went to Greenwood Lake and rented a boat. It was truly great fun! I was planning to just relax under a tree and read, but at the last minute decided to go out on the boat. I felt like a kid again.
Monday afternoon, everyone left to go back to Philly except Carla, who stayed until Tuesday morning. That evening, just she and I sat out on the deck chatting and enjoying the night air. At least until we heard something rattling around in the recycle bins downstairs and we hightailed it back into the house! We got a report that a bear is in the neighborhood, so we weren't taking any chances.
The weekend was stupendous with great food, and even greater relaxation. I took the day off Tuesday after I took Carla to the bus depot, then it was back to work filling orders on Wednesday. I just finished up the other day, and spent yesterday packing and printing shipping labels. Now I need to start working on the garden. A neighbor roto-tilled it the other day, but it's literally full of rocks. Oh, what a pain, but I have to get some veggies in the ground soon or I won't have anything to put up this fall! And I still have flowers to plant, and landscaping to prune and clean up. So much to do!
