Good morning, villagers ~
I didn't get much done over the weekend with DH home and bad lightning storms with constant pouring rain. The electricity stayed on
but the landline phone was intermittent.
We went out for lunch Saturday; the rest of the time I cooked to have healthier meals.
I tried a new-to-me recipe called Mississippi Pot Roast in the slow cooker. A little olive oil, dry onion soup mix, dry ranch salad dressing mix, pepperoncini with a little of the brine, and pats of butter on top. It came out very good and tender, but obviously quite salty. When I make it again, I will use homemade versions of the onion soup and ranch dressing mixes that will allow some control over the salt.
We still don't have our new roof yet.
The silver lining is that the kitchen floor has been mopped over the past 3 days -- daily. The roofing company owner left a message that we are on their schedule for next week. He had originally told me August 13th which puts them a month behind schedule. Not unexpected because we've had a lot of rain this summer, but of course the extra rain has made the leaks in our roof even worse. I've asked the company to install new gutters and downspouts as well, but the guy hasn't given me a quote on those.
I did some online shopping last week for a few things I haven't been able to find locally, so I'm waiting for 2 packages. One is a water fountain for the calico cat. She has rediscovered the joy of drinking from a dripping faucet, which she loved as a small kitten. The problem is that she gets thirsty insanely early in the morning and keeps walking on me in bed until I give up and get up to turn on the faucet and lift her up into the sink. (At 18 1/2 years old, she can still jump down ok but has trouble leaping up that far.) I saw the drinking fountain on the livestream video for Kitten.Academy and thought it was worth trying to see if she would like her own personal kitty faucet on the bathroom floor upstairs.
Today's adventures: In theory, I have the whole day to work on my own projects. I'm having leftover roast beef & veg for lunch, and I pulled a Mexican casserole out of the freezer to bake for supper. Another storm is predicted to roll through here late afternoon.