A Kitchen Sinkless Week

My uncle’s visit was great fun. He is excellent company, and said all the right things about the house, and didn’t gloat too much about the fact that he has a shower and a kitchen sink in his RV, and we have neither. The kids had a great time showing off their toys and talents, and we even got in a walk to the corner store. Dinner came out well, despite the lack of sink or counters, although Ed had to rescue the dinner roll dough, which, inexplicably, went soupy.

Ed and I finally got my birthday roses planted this {Thursday} afternoon, finishing the last one a little after a very nice sunset. The shovel has gone missing again, so we had to use a 2 quart saucepan to fill in the dirt, which probably gave the people driving past us on their way home from work a chuckle (I was almost surprised when no one stopped and offered us a spatula.). Dan might come tomorrow (one never knows!), and he might put in my birthday split rail fence across the front yard. When the fence does get put in, it will look nice (of course, I’m imagining it with my dream garden along the length fully completed and free of black spotted roses and weeds – ha!).


** This entry has turned into a record of the week, rather than the usual one day’s events. It has been one of those weeks. It rained all day today, so Dan didn’t put up the fence. He did, however, return the shovel, which he had accidentally tossed in his truck. Because of the rain, the church’s youth outing to the corn field maze planned for tonight was cancelled, to T.’s severe disappointment. On the up side, we have a new, Sponge Bob version of The Game of Life which T. has been eager to play. The kitchen sink and counter are still in progress.