Country:
left the city with dishes done and laundry caught up but no pots made. Did groceries, returned books to library, made celery soup, computered, read and not much else. We set live trap for rat to no avail. Left it set with food.

Thursday, there were doorknob thingies - a sheet of chits for $10 or more off at nearby businesses. One for the neat restaurant we went to the other day. It went in my wallet and the rest in the recycling with most of the days fliers. When I came back from the shopping, there was another on the sidewalk. SO, I took a walk around the block and collected about 6, then a walk around the next block and ended up with 10! We will share with folks who might also enjoy this vegan eatery. At least I walked 8 blocks!

Had a leisurely trip down on Friday. I stopped by the apt in VSP and was totally disgusted with the whole thing- black kitchen with brown counters - bamboo which would be beautiful elsewhere, ugly bathroom sink, ugly electric fireplace and bathtub? "Later." Then, with all the horror of the past year and the need to use a tub to de-tox, I lost it. Bruno takes it personally. Don't know how his wife stands him. R got it full on from me and then had to calm Bruno down. Why would you hire someone who does not listen, does not do what he is asked and then has to have his hand held. Phooey. I would not hire him to put in a light bulb.

I picked up special birthday treat for R at the Cafe. Trimmed some pots and well covered the 12 mugs as I did not feel like making and affixing handles. Property across the street is for sale - $489.000! Might be worth half that. Terrific music at cafe and R made it for some of the main act. But Adrien was just as good, if not better.

Quiet Sat morn as we sorted out our respective frustrations and furies. R agreed that those things were ugly but they are not for us long term and they were on sale. Also agreed that I can help design future Ks. I am just so sick of living in sub standard housing; I was hoping for something nicer for a change. We still miss the cabin.

We had French toast out of cheese bread. Very yummy, with chicken sausage and local maple syrup, and then went to look at a house for sale. Certainly not what I would prefer - not in the woods but close by; about 1.25A; surrounded by cornfields but good area for veg garden and fruit trees; near, but not too near, railroad tracks (we like RRs); at the conjunction of two very quiet roads, one of which ends just past the tracks; old but in not bad shape; moderately interesting and plenty big but not too big; fallen down shed with lots of barn board for projects; not in a swamp; high enough to be dry with views of distant Quebec hills, as well as acres and acres of cornfields! but not the wretched wind turbines in NYS; and less than 15 min from the mill.   

So R phoned realtor and we have an appointment tomorrow am. The stress of knowing we cannot legally live at the mill is getting to me; also the lack of privacy in case of orphaned raccoons. A place where they can live privately until old enough and then be released to a nearby woods is important to my mental health.

We left there and drove along the road, not seeing another car at all for several miles, picked up a just hit-by-car wild turkey which R is taking to his brother in Montreal. Their chef tenant will help bro deal with it. I phoned a country friend about it but she informed me she already has a hbc beaver in her freezer!

But before R left for city, we went to terrific country music event for a couple hours at a lovely little church; I really wanted R to see the church. I "sang my song" by request and it was well received; The Frozen Logger is amusing and lively. R says I am off-key some of the time but he accuses almost everyone of that. One of the farmer/musicians gave us good info re the spraying of the fields in May, a major cause of illness for me! That alone was worth the trip.

We had lots of the homemade treats then came home to enjoy an incredible, soft French cheese with muesli bread toasted, while R researched the cheese on line! Very yum! He went off to city and I took over the computer and here I sit gaining weight as pots need trimming, dishes need washing and I need to go to sleep. Manana! That was a full day!