Home From Neskowin

We spent a lovely night listening to the ocean waves as we slept. Moving back to the beach someday is a necessity.

Mom fixed a nice breakfast and we all packed and left the condo around 11:30. We followed them north on Highway 101 as far as Tillamook, where they stopped for gas and we continued up to Cannon Beach, stopping briefly in Rockaway Beach, since we never had before. Such a gorgeous drive!

(Fingerwatch - it's almost healed!)

We stopped in Cannon Beach for candy and ice cream:

Then we headed home.

Some pics of the backyard: this rose bush has some kind of rot happening. 

Tiny grapes from our southern (nice) neighbors' vine, escaping through our fence:

Is this thing sticking out diagonally a tree?? 

I feel like going to bed early. I'll feel better in the morning.

Quick Trip To Neskowin

But first: C tried on his great-great grandfather's coat (and my hat):

Also: Hubby and R attended the Black Lives Matter protest at Esther Short Park. 

And now: Hubby, R and I met Mom and Bob at their rented condo in Neskowin, Oregon. We had a beautiful green drive there, and headed to the beach soon after arriving.

Hubby's pics:

Dinner, TV, bed.

 

A pic I grabbed from Facebook:

awwww

The New Couch

It's been much needed.

Today at work, I was named Employee of the Week. That made me happy. 

This felt really, really great.

Correcting Sewing Oopses

That's what I did at work all morning. Fortunately they didn't all originate with me! I liked fixing the masks I could fix, because the mistakes were all different, and they helped me improve my process. The masks I couldn't fix, I shoved off onto Yvonne.

All afternoon, I put elastic straps into masks, and the morning's mistake-fixing session helped me develop a new way of doing it that made my stitching look better. It was quite satisfying.

Next week, at Barbara's request, I'll spend a few days helping in shipping, preparing some of those wholesale orders I thought I was getting out of when I switched from shipping to production (kidding, mostly).

I feel like a very useful engine. 

Later: Hubby, wearing my Mother's Day hat, watching The Fugitive with me, and explaining all the things wrong (law enforcementally speaking) with the tunnel scene:

We did exactly two Uber Eats orders tonight. It kept trying to send us to Portland but WE WEREN'T HAVING IT. Got some Burgerville out of the trip, though. Their blueberry ice cream sandwich is not to be missed.

So. Much. Yardwork.

Such a gorgeous day for it!

My finger is almost healed. It got dirty today:

My pretty house:

My trusty weedeater: 

And eat weeds, it did. It also edged around the driveway, the sidewalk, and along the curb. Then I swept the clippings into piles and Hubby came outside (he's working from home today, due to the riot situation in Portland) and helped me bag them up. 

Between tasks, I gave Bella a ride to the Department of Licensing to renew her car's tabs, so she's legal again. We brought home lunch for Hubby and R as well.

Seeing Wal-Mart closed and pallets piled up to block the doors and the empty parking lot was the eeriest thing:

Other gardening exploits today included weeding, and cutting down the daffodil and grape hyacinth foliage, in the garden bed by the driveway; and killing the CRAP out of the ivy vines that have been suffocating one of our holly trees for who knows how long - probably for years, by the looks of things. Cutting those monsters away and leaving a nice bare tree trunk was unbelievably satisfying.

Now I'm dirty and have a headache, so it's time to shower and chill for a while - maybe outside again. I love our place!

Later: We took C to the "sports parade" the senior committee set up for all the school athletes to receive their end of year stuff. Poor C missed out on playing soccer this spring - it would have been four years on the varsity team. Sadness.

C took off with his friend Sebastian. Hubby and I ventured down to Jantzen Beach Target to pick up our new hair-grabbing vacuum. Target is also riot-ready:

Then we needed ice cream, so we picked up the girls and headed to Cold Stone. On the way, someone had the bright idea to grab dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory (after eating ice cream), and H is working tonight. So when Hubby called to place our order, H answered and made us order food for him too. So funny.

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Beautiful Grandbaby

But first: Morning break at work. I can't love this beautiful weather enough. 

Baby R is getting so big and doing so much! She'll be 8 months old on June 16. She and her parents went to chill over at Heathman Lodge tonight.

Soak Up The Sun

The rioters came to Vancouver, but the damage was comparatively tame:

Chilling outside for my morning break. The sun feels AMAZING. (Time to shine my Birks and buy new jeans.)

In other news: Grannie and Bruce the dog are spending the night tonight!

And: our neighbors to the south, Ben and Laura, hired a landscape team to give the laurel hedge between us a haircut. It looks so different!

Pride month is upon us!