ROADTRIP!

Oh man oh man, did we deserve this break or what?

We have been in our new place for a month now and the routines are setting in. I know where most of my kitchen things are so I can cook efficiently.

Some things are still MIA, so that makes for funny moments....I looked for my scarves for 2 days and they were right there, in front of me....lol

 Yes we drove all the way to the sea side....This is the view from the balcony

 The sea is pretty wild because of the hurricane that just finished

 The sunrise was spectacular

 The sky is clear and bright

 The wind is very strong and cold. Even if I brought my bathing suit...I don't think I will be taking
a swim  anytime soon.....

Later today we will go shopping,thrifting and sigh seeing .....

and eating and napping of course!

That's what a vacation is all about!

Grateful

As the days grow shorter and the temp cooler, even colder; I find myself really grateful for my house, for heat , light , for a great partner, for being resourceful, handy, crafty, quirky pets, for a full freezer,
for money to pay the bills, for a good job, for flannel sheets, hot water, for soup

and for being able to go in the backyard and harvest a big bowl of greens....

 Fresh greens from the veggie garden.

Right arugula, left baby collards and in the Pyrex bowl a mix of arugula, baby collards and winter greens.

I'm thinking of sauteing some in butter for a side dish tonight.

 

Here's what the view looks like this afternoon. 

 

 The week was stressful....

We watched the news about Sandy approaching.

They predicted really bad things here and I was worried about the old tree in the backyard that should be cut....and the roof

But nothing really happened.

Instead we watched and gasped at the devastation in New England and New York city.

 We are praying and sending you all good vibes.

 

People are suprinsingly resilient and strong in emergency situation like that.

I would've freaked out at first to loose my house or have damage to it.

 

I know because I freaked out Thursday night when we came home....

 

The workers came and removed all the ciment, that was rotting the house, good, but

they didn't install anything so we could get in the house....

Now the front door is boobage level!

It was dark and rainy and muddy...but we draged adirondak chairs and a plank and were finally able to reach the door... but we couldn't  unlock it because the house had shifted.

 

There was a lot of fiddling involved and finally I was able to get in and feed the cats while Dan (crafty devil) fiddled some more so we could lock the door.

BECAUSE I AIN'T SLEEPING WITH THE DOOR UNLOCKED!

Yes that was part of the freak out, I also ranted that we should call the foreman because you don't let people stranded like THAT! Imagine if we were seniors or not as crafty!

 

 

These are my feet and you can see the chairs and the plank and a saucer because the black stray

came for a light lunch.

 I'm praying all this gets fixed soon...

 

To all my readers that were affected by Sandy be safe, be well.

 to the rest....well keep out of trouble! lol

 

 

Irene you little B.....!

We had quite an afternoon yesterday all courtesy of Irene. We lost power and the telephone also even if we had taken care of plugging in an old fashion plug in the wall phone. We read and hung out in the living room with the kitties. Then I heard and felt a big thump, I knew right away what it was....

The tree behind the house had lost a limb! A big branch.

It fell right in my shade garden.

                                That's the other end

It squashed 2 large hostas.

In case you were wondering , we are still home. Dan wrote the condo place to make sure it was still standing and decided to push the reservation to tomorrow. I didn't quite understand this at first, but after we saw all the damage everywhere it was a super good idea.

Gotta go I'm in the middle of packing!