Friday, June 10 & Saturday, June 11, 2011
The picture is of our lake view early in the morning. When the water is warmer than the air, like in this picture, the steam comes off the lake. Sometimes I can't help myself and I have to take a picture.
Friday morning we had toast, eggs and bacon for breakfast. When I say "we", I mean all of John's friends who arrived the day previous. I had been making meals for a week straight now and I mentioned that maybe we could go out for lunch. They all agreed and later we went out to the Pines. It was fun to get out and not have to cook.
The heater in the Cedar cabin doesn't work so we had to order a new one. Dave checked it out and said that we shouldn't even turn it on. Then he checked the Balsam cabin and said that even after he had gone through everything on it that it kept turning off. So we ordered another one for that cabin too. With Dave here to install them, it will be easier for us. Dave's specialty is heating and air conditioning. The units we ordered will fit better into a room and you can even put a chair or something against them. They are 14 inches wide and reach to the ceiling with a aluminum box around the heating unit. Anyway, they are safer too.
After a day of talking, hanging out and some fishing, the group decided to go out to dinner too. So we went to the Cranberry Inn, which had been completely renovated recently. They were so busy it took us over a half hour to be seated but we didn't mind. I especially didn't mind since I didn't have to cook another meal.
On Saturday morning John and I got up fairly early. I went to the Lupine Fest with a customer/friend, Pam. When we were getting ready to leave, we got 3 more people to come with us. I bought a pineapple/guava jam and Kurt bought a big planter for his deck. It was fun to look around at the craft stands. Even though the wind and weather was cold, there were a lot of people there too.
After we dropped off the 3 extra people, Pam and I went back into town to the grocery store in her little Smart Car. I kept asking her if we would be able to fit all the groceries in and she said it would be fine. I had 7 bags and she had 3 and they all fit. Phew! Its so fun riding in her car too. Everyone cranes their neck to see the car.
I got the 3 cabins ready for the customers who would be arriving on Saturday afternoon. I had to turn on the refrigerator, stove, heat and hot water. After I did that I mowed the lawn of Ironwood cabin and started on ours. When I had done a section, and needed a glass of water, I walked up the deck stairs to find my sister and her husband had stopped by to visit. We hung out on the deck for awhile and talked.
Later I took her down into my girl cave - the sewing room - and showed her the baby quilt I was making for my daughter who is pregnant. My sister spotted a project I had laying there that I had completed this last winter. She said she loved it so I gave it to her. She had tears in her eyes. I was really glad to give her something I had done.
Dave rented a generator from Mercer Rentals and welded the main dock where the welds had come apart. That took him awhile but now we can use it safely. There's always something around here that needs repairing.
Before the evening set in, it got warmer. So I painted a section of the fish cleaning house so that Phil, who had just arrived, could use it when he catches fish. I was brown paint all over my arms and hands when customers arrived. I air hugged them and we laughed.
Later in the evening the bar was full with kids and adults all hanging out and having fun. Most of the group went down to the campfire later and I went to bed. Before I did that though I washed a huge pile of dishes from the supper. I can't sleep with dirty dishes on the counter. It was a good day.
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