Back Home

Here it is Monday, the beginning of yet another week.  We are back home now.  We left Big Bear about 2:00 yesterday afternoon, and had to come down the back way due to a wreck that was blocking traffic for our usual route.  We wound up not going out on the boat with Ron and Sue.  We woke up and had a leisurely morning.  Greg took a walk, and I sat out on the deck and finished knitting the dishcloth I started the other day.  I love this yarn!!!  It is Cotton Ease, by Lion.  50% cotton and 50% acrylic.  It knitted up so nice, and I love the weight of it.

Greg cooked breakfast for us outside on the bbq.

He had brought up a dozen of our fresh eggs from home.  These eggs are the best.  I will never tire of them.

He cooked the bacon outside, so there wouldn't be a mess on the stove, and I got the eggs all whisked up for him.  I had some fresh fruit, and English Muffins.  And we had bought a caramel apple dumpling from Blanca the day before.  Oh my gosh, I cannot even tell you how delicious these are!!!

Greg said we had a "Feast In The Forest."

It WAS too!
When we got home, there was a lot to do.  After greeting the doggins' who missed us terribly, I had to go do some work in the garden.

 And tend to my chickens.

 As well as do several loads of laundry, and water everything, as it had been hot here! 
Here are the vintage sheets I got while thrifting in Big Bear City.  They are all washed and line dried, and ready to put away, until I have the right project for them

Today, I had to do the usual things.  Grocery shop, clean and finish laundry.  It was a busy day, but a good day.  I was making a macaroni salad for dinner, and so I needed to hard boil some eggs.  I have recently read about a method to hard boil the eggs of your own chickens, that will make the shells easy to peel.  If you have chickens, or buy farm fresh eggs, you know that trying to peel them is next to impossible!!!  The fresh eggs just don't peel easily.  You need icky old eggs if you want to be able to peel them without messing up the egg!   But I read on http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/  that to prevent this problem, you can steam your eggs, and they will peel perfectly for you!  So, I tried it tonight.

Placed the eggs in the steamer basket of my double steam pan.  Brought the water to a rolling boil.  Put lid on, and set timer for 10 minutes.  I rinsed and cooled them, and then began to see if this was true or not.  YEA....it worked!  Not a single egg was lost!!  And not only did they peel easily, the peels come off in nearly one piece!!  No need to add vinegar, or baking soda, or anything else to the water.  I am SO glad that I read this, and tried it!!! 

Macaroni Salad always reminds me of summer!  It is a family favorite here.

Geeps barbequed some hot dogs for us.
YUMMY!!!

I prepared some of the garden fresh squash to bbq too. Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with sea salt.  So good!  I diced up some sweet onion, tomato, and dill pickle to add to our hot dogs.   Simple, but so yummy!
Tonight after I had done the watering and taken care of all of the animals, I was dragging the raft to the shallow end of the pool to put away.  It was getting dark, and I was not paying attention.  I missed the concrete, as I was rounding the curve of the pool.  I went down, with the back side of my left leg scraping the concrete edge on the pool.  And with a whoosh, I was under water, after  having hit my right knee HARD on the deck. I went in with a big splash!  I was not sure what I had hurt.  My knee was hurting from hitting it on the deck, and the back side of my left leg was scraped all the way down!  I lay in the water, hanging onto the raft, still unsure if I was really hurt.  My son came running out to assist me.  I heard him say, "Dad, Mom is hurt"  And guess what, Greg never even came out to check on me.  I guess he is used to his klutzy wife getting hurt.  Yes, I do it often.  I am a klutz!  The pool was delightfully warm, so I just floated in the water until I felt like I could climb out.  Greg did come out with a towel for me!  I wasn't hurt bad.  Just banged my knee and scraped my leg.   It was a busy day.  And now it is time for me to go lay heady down.
Night-Night.