Got to go fishing last night:





Ended up not taking the boat out, hubby wasn't in the mood to futz with it, so we were able to find space on the dock near the dam.

Hubby caught 4 trout, I caught one. I also caught a bluegill, but since it was the only one, I tossed it back before we left (we have a weir to keep the fish in so they stay alive until we leave. Not to mention certain furry fish loving rodents can't get them). One little bluegill isn't worth keeping.



Got the fish home and I had fish for dinner:



We'd stopped off before heading home to pick up pizza at Pizza Perfection. Hubby doesn't like fish, so we needed something for him for dinner. We got their 2 for 1 take out, so I have pizza for lunch. I decided I wanted a bit more then a couple fish, so I decided on:



Hehehehehehehe!

Okay, I didn't actually EAT the fish on the pizza (if anything dealing with the bones would be a pain eating it that way). The fish got eaten separately and I finished off with the slices. Makes a great picture tho LOL!

Taken last night out at Spring Valley.

Canadian geese and sunset over Spring Valley Reser by JeanC_PurpleDucky
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Not a bad weekend, just that my aunt ended up in hospital Friday night after falling and hitting her head. She'd gotten weak while she was out at a sorority thing with my mom, so we met them at Gritman emergency. They would only let one person in at a time, so mom and I took turns going in.

We eventually went home as it was going to be a while before they could get my aunt a bed upstairs. They didn't get her transferred until 2am. Mom called the next morning to say the doctors wanted her transferred up to Sacred Heart for a pacemaker. My aunt put her foot down at being transferred by ambulance as mom could drive her. So the hubby and I hopped in our car to go with.

We met mom at the hospital and up to my aunt's room, where we waited while they got her ready for discharge. Mom went to get the car, I helped the nurse bring Peg down and hubby took off to get a bite to eat. We met up at in the parking lot of the Best Western and off we went. Hubby gave me one of the walkie talkies we have so we could keep in communication. Lots easier then relying on cells.

We made good time to Sacred Heart. Pulled up out front and I called the floor where my aunt was to be admitted and a nurse came down with a wheelchair as the doctor didn't want her walking in case she fell again.

So long story shortened, my aunt had a procedure done a few months ago to correct a fibrillation in her heart and it looks like it is back. Haven't heard from mom today, so not sure if they are putting in a pacemaker or not. She'd had a similar falling episode a few weeks back, but that was on carpeted floor and she hadn't been injured. She is a bit peeved since her doctor had told her a week ago that her heart was fine.

So now we wait for news. I have to say, after all the time I've spent in Gritman (usually visiting) and this first time at Sacred Heart, I prefer Gritman over all. Not only is the ambiance at Gritman nicer, but they have free coffee and tea (and the occasional goody) in the waiting rooms. Wasn't terribly impressed with the one nurse who was admitting my aunt to Sacred Heart. She was on the portable computer with her back turned and talking to her across the room (double occupancy, there was another lady in the other bed, tho the curtain was pulled). At least Sacred Heart does have a good reputation for heart matters, so that is a plus.

Mom still had more sorority stuff to do and my aunt wanted her to do it. So we drove back (after lunch at a McDuck's where my mom locked her keys in the car and we had to wait for AAA) and mom did the dinner thing and then Sunday morning did the breakfast at the house and checked out of the hotel. She stopped by for a bit to visit and my brother called and everyone got to talk to each other. Mom took off for Spokane and we planned on going fishing.

The good thing is the boat is now all tagged, the bad thing is the heat got to us before we could go anywhere and we stayed home. But since the boat is ready and all the gear is in the car, we are going out tonight after work. So will have pics of the boat in the water and with luck, pics of yummy fish awaiting being popped into the skillet for dinner.

I did manage to get some gardening done in between hospital trips. Got the tomatoes in the ground last night and got everything watered. The rain barrel is working out nicely. Now we just need rain each week to keep it filled. I do need to get more barrels and get them daisy chained so I have lots of water.

Made meatballs last night. Baked them and then into the freezer. I'll get them bagged sometime tonight. Picked up ingredients to make veggie pot stickers, so will work on those later this week. We haul all the ingredients out to the coffee table and assemble things while watching TV, so it goes fast. I love pot stickers and all, but they are time consuming to make.

Soaked some dried chickpeas yesterday and made hummus. I think I needed to soak them longer as the texture is still a little crunchy, but it isn't bad. Very tasty and handy. I'm planning on soaking up some pinto beans and making my own refritos, so i can divvy that up and freeze for sides and what not.

BTW, I am now fully in the 21st century. The hubby gave me his old Bluetooth as it works with my cell:



I'm still not quite used to it, I have to switch ears because they start to hurt after a while with it in. But it is handy to have so I can drive and still answer the phone. Without it I pull over and then have to call whoever it was back as they usually hang up before I can find a safe place to park.

So here is hoping this week and coming weekend is nice and quiet.

Day 2 of a 4 day weekend. Went up to Spokane with my mom yesterday to pick my aunt up at the airport. My aunt suggested lunch at the Coeur d'Alene resort, so we drove over. Ate at the Dockside and it was quite yummy. I had the penne pasta with Gorgonzola and pine nuts. I have GOT to recreate that recipe for home.

We drove back via Hwy 95 and got home after 5. I decided to have a short nap. 3 hours later I woke up. Thought I'd only slept for a half hour, but it was 8pm! I guess I really needed that nap.

Today is putter around day. Not much needed in straightening up the house. I'll go out in a bit and get some weeding done and finally get my garden spots rototilled. Just need to fix the handle on the rototiller, a bolt and wing nut came off so the handle is a bit loose.

Once I get that done I'll finally get the tomato seedlings in the ground.

Migrated my home page from the university's servers. The new address is http://www.webpages.purple-ducky.com. I'll be taking the old pages down from the other servers this next week. I just need to figure out how to do a redirect from there to the new site that will jump automatically after a minute or so.

Took a lot of pictures yesterday, just have to figure out why I can't take a decent one using the customizable settings all of a sudden. I ended up having to use the automatic setting. I guess I'll just need to reset everything back to default and go from there.

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My mom made it over yesterday. She came out to the house for dinner last night. Since we don't have a guest room, she stays at a hotel. When we have friends visit, we put them up on the hide-a-bed in the living room. Just not right to make mom do that.

Decided on a simple dinner. Thawed out some boneless chicken thighs and cut them up. Cut up a small onion and sauteed that in olive oil with some minced garlic and then tossed in the chicken. Let that cook with the lid on the pan a while and then added some salt, turmeric, water and a can of drained chickpeas. Let that simmer while I made some jasmine rice.

Once everything was about ready, I took some greens I'd gotten from friends who run Raven Croft Farm and cut that up in slices after rolling the leave up. I popped those in to the pan and put the lid back on to let them steam. When it was ready I mixed it in to the chicken and then served it over the rice. Very yummy.



I do need to double check which greens they were. She told me and I forgot. All I remembered was she said we can use them like spinach. I need to get more, it was really delish in the this dish.

Pulled out a chunk of beef this morning to thaw. Not sure how I'll fix it, maybe cut it into steaks and pop them under the broiler. I still have cous cous, so will look at that as a side.

My aunt comes in on Thursday, so mom and I will drive up and pick her up. They have the 80th anniversary of their sorority this weekend, so they will have a full weekend.

Kewlness, JibJab has a Zazzle shop:



They also have a new video out!

Tho it isn't a bad Monday. The hubby wasn't feeling to up to snuff this morning so I had to drive myself in. I am so spoiled, I LOVE being chauffeured in and dropped of, so when I have to drive myself I get a little bit cranky.

But today it wasn't bad. I stopped off at parking services to get a 1 day gold permit so I can park fairly close and it turns out they were upgrading their computer system, so they weren't enforcing the parking regs as they couldn't give out permits.

YAY!!!!! Saved a couple bucks. Then I found a spot on the street right in front of the law school so I was able to park even closer then usual (usually I park in the gold lot next to the law school where the first several rows are usually full).

So not a terribly bad Monday so far.

Had a good weekend. Never did make it out fishing tho. Hubby was a bit wiped by the end of the day, so we crashed on the couch and watched TV. Friday I spent puttering and working on more house cleaning. My friend Chris' brother brought over a tent trailer that we set up in our driveway so Chris and Jackie had a place to stay.

I met up with them at the Friday night reunion social at the Mix. They had gotten into the area about 5 and went to dinner in Pullman. I had Midsummer circle Friday night, so I caught up with them afterwards and they followed us home. We had a nice time getting caught up with things. Saturday they puttered off to do what they had planned and hubby and ran errands.

I had planned on doing the tour of the high school, but I was a bit tired, so instead rested and then went to the Saturday night reunion get together at the Best Western. Since I didn't opt for the dinner buffet, I wandered over to the Pantry and had a very yummy grilled portobello mushroom on a bagel with chive cream cheese:



Before and after I ran into several people I remembered and then one of my best friends. It was so good to see her again. I hadn't seen her in about 20 years. Her parents still live in town, so hopefully the next time she comes down to visit we can get together for coffee.

All in all, I had a nice time seeing people again. I just want to know when most of them got so old! LOL

My 30th for the high school I graduated from is this next fall, but I won't attend. It is in California and I'm not for up to traveling there, esp since I have no family there to stay with anymore. I will be keeping in touch with everyone possible via email and Facebook, so that will be good.

After we all got home I gave them some scans of old photos I had of Chris with their infant daughter at the Westercon in Portland OR. Their daughter was 5 months at the time and she is now 19, so she should be properly mortified with these photos LOL.

Jackie is an artist, so I showed her Zazzle. She is considering a shop so as to have more venues for selling her stuff, so once she gets set up I will be posting links as she is very good and has artwork that will sell well.

They took off early Sunday to get back to the Wet Side. I tried to get up to see them off, but I just couldn't wake up enough. We'll get a chance to see them again in August when they back over again for a few days.

Sunday was an extreme low energy day. Hoped to go fishing, but it was pissing down rain. Rain is good, I really need to get more rain barrels going as mine is now past over flowing.

So I worked on putting up a web page for the coven, Mystical Coyote Coven. Just a basic page for now, we'll be adding to it soon. What got us started back onto a web page was an article in the Snooze about a guy who is starting a circle and teaching group who, at least according to the paper, says there was no real pagan presence in the area and no information or resources.

We beg to differ.

We may not be shouting our presence from the roof tops or have signs up at the entrances of Moscow with the other religious groups, but we've been here for quite a while and if you just ask, find out about us. So we are getting the web page spruced up, our own domain name and go on from here.

Didn't feel like cooking Sunday night, we were in a grazy mood, so popped out and picked some stuff up. We got some chicken nuggets, frozen meat balls, surimi, crimini mushrooms, canned chick peas and some pita bread. Once home I made some hummus, nuked the orange sauce I made the other day, nuked the chicken nuggets and meat balls and we had a very nice dinner while watching the 1st season of Penn & Teller's Bullshit on DVD. I love Netflix!

So here is Sunday's dinner:

Orange sauce


Sliced Criminis and surimi


Chicken nuggets and meatballs:


'shrooms, surimi, orange sauce and pita bread with hummus


We HAVE to do this again with a variety of ethnic cuisines, not too mention making my own meat balls and stashing them in the freezer along with homemade pot sticker and such. Be cheaper in the long run.

First up is Green Earth Designs, promoting clean energy sources and practices:



Sugar vs Spice, where they have some wicked cartoon kitties:

I've a number of new designs and photos up for sale. First up, for those people who feel they are simply a speed bump in their cats lives:

I'm just a speed bump by JeanC_PurpleDucky
Many t shirt designs available at zazzle.com

This design is customizable. You can either leave Fred on the design or upload your own picture to put on the item.

This next text design is something the hubby is always saying. Of course he is always confuzzled because everyone simply falls down laughing when he says it:

Shy, gentle & innocent by JeanC_PurpleDucky
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The Painted Turtle wandered thru the yard last week, so I got some close ups:

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) 2 by JeanC_PurpleDucky
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Clouds building up over the cemetery here in Moscow:

Clouds by JeanC_PurpleDucky
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