It's Friday, Must be quest for a boot-tray day! So, with all the snow, we needed somewhere to put our wet boots. Off to find a boot-tray...now you'd think that an area that tends to get a lot of snow would have an ample amount of places that carry them and an ample amount of boot-trays...no such luck. Most people we asked never even heard of them and the others were sold out of them! How many people need boot-trays??? Obviously, many. So, things are always in the last place you look and going to Do-It-Best was our very last option and they had them...several. It seems the people in Portage don't shop at Do-It-Best as much as we do!
I had hung this way too contempory light by the door and have been unhappy with it from the start. So, while going through some things I had packed away at home, I ran across a kerosene lamp. Not wanting to start a fire, Carlo converted the lamp to electric and it works on a switch. The design fits right in and it's quite rustic...love it. So, speaking of fire and not wanting to start one - I was getting ready for Rick and Katie to arrive and took out the vacuum. When I was finished with the floors, I cleaned out the ashes in the fireplace. Carlo, luckily, asked why the screen was open. I told him what I had done - thinking he would be happy that I helped and that he wouldn't have to scoop them into the bucket and take them outside and blah, blah, blah. Well, he said that there were hot embers and that wasn't really a good idea. So, we changed the vacuum bag and threw it out. Sometime later, I noticed the bag was smoking on the deck. I guess the hot ember story was true. Why did I even question it? So I went to the deck and not knowing how to handle anything that is burning, I buried the bag in the snow. To think, my good intentions could have turned into a horrible situation. I don't think all the fire extinguishers we have there would have helped if things took a turn. I'll mark this up as a lesson learned!
Carlo was kind enough to bring a quilt I made for him up to the cabin to hang on the wall. It's hanging from a walking stick I got when I was in Colorado. It looks good, even though the room isn't totally finished. It fits in well and the colors are great! You'd think I used a crystal ball on this gift, huh???
Of course, the birds were waiting for us to arrive! This time we bought 40# of feed instead of 20#. We fed the deer and the squirrels too. I have never seen so many birds. We had woodpeckers, some red-headed birds and some 2 foot blue ones. I even saw the eagle flying this weekend. It was incredible to see the birds flying around as it snowed.
Rick and Katie settled in and we had dinner. I made a salad to go with our pizza and fried mushrooms from Tamarack. Katie grabbed the bowl, aka trough, and killed it off. Yep, we teased her about it!
She not as innocent as she looks...cute but not innocent. Good thing she likes salad!And here they are posing in their "grandpa wear"! It's always nice to have a piece of him with us! We played Hoopla - one of many games for our relaxing game weekend!
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