oh, ya know....

On Saturday, Paul cut down the pear tree in the front yard.  I loved that tree, but it stopped producing pears a few years ago, and had a lot of dead branches.  It had a disease that pear trees get, which was beyond my talents to fix.  

Char and Cam braved the freezing cold day, and the snow flurries, and helped load up the branches.

Mariel Joy with baby Kaia, and Jonathan with his new Emilia, and Achilles:)

Jon was just telling me the other day that I take awful pictures...

   We had Evelyn and Nate over on Saturday night, Nate grilled burgers on charcoal, Evelyn made a nice salad, I made brownies, and they brought Girl Scout cookies:  thin mints and Samoas.  I can't even remember the last time I had them, but they were pretty good.

Newton loves balloons!  
 

Yesterday afternoon, we had Margaret and family and Kathryn and family over.  The weather was milder, so the kids went outside and enjoyed it.  

This fine morning, I got up and went to the pool.  It's school break, so there were some kids in the pool, which makes the pool deck wet and slippery.  That nice lifeguard was trying to wipe up the water for me so I didn't slip!  I didn't.  :). 

When I got home, all I wanted was a hot coffee and a blanket.  The pool water was chilly today.  Char and I had a mission though:  a grill from facebook marketplace!  

We drove over hill and dale to get this, 50 minutes to the west.  The rolling farmland of New York is gorgeous in the spring time.  There are Mennonites and Amish farmers, and so many old brick farms, lots to see.  The man selling it said he had two more people coming to see it before me, and I knew they would buy it, so I asked if I could come earlier...he nicely said yes, and I bought it.  I didn't even offer less, because it was well worth $125.  It's missing one side tray, but the grates and inner parts are still nice, it was kept in the barn, so it's in good condition.  They are $550 new.  We needed a new grill this year, so it was this or go to Walmart or BJ's and spend two hundred dollars on one that will last a few years.  

We got home, I vacuumed, made another coffee, and here I sit.  I have no idea what's for dinner, I mean, I made dinner yesterday, I have to do it again?  (We had chicken in the instant pot, browned up in a frying pan in some olive oil, with taco seasoning...then olives, onions and peppers, all the fixings for fajitas last night)

Ah well.  You all have a good day!  (shh, I did a whole post without mentioning my knee!!!)