What a tiring day!

Finally have our Flags on display

June 5 – I woke up early today!  I relaxed with my cup of coffee and played my solitaire for the day.  We ate early and went for our 2 mile walk and by 9:30 we were back and leaving for our shrub trimming duty.  Bill dropped me off while he went to see about getting one set of the trimmers sharpened.  He came back with a file and another trimmer that extends and cuts thicker branches.  We worked at it for 2 hours.  We are cutting a lot of branches but boy, there is so much more to do. 

After lunch Bill was going to Wal-mart to get his script and a few things we weren’t able to get yesterday and McDonalds to use the Wifi.  I told him I didn’t want to go as I really wanted some just “quiet” time alone with no TV, radio or conversation.  He was gone about 2 hours.  He met a WWII veteran and they talked for a long time and he really enjoyed that as he’s quite a WWII buff.

While he was gone I showered, did a load of laundry and worked on the computer.  It was so nice!  I do love quiet and I never turn on the TV or radio when I’m alone.  Molly makes good company, she likes quiet too.

Once he got back I used a recipe from my new Gluten-Free cookbook for oat fruit bars.  They have cranberries, apricots, coconut and chocolate chips.  They’re more a breakfast bar or energy bar.

We decided to change things up and go out to dinner tonight and into Searcy on Monday to a movie.  We went to one of the Mexican restaurants, Las Playitas, which is the closest to us.  The chips and salsa were pretty good, the service was excellent and the food was good.  Not the same as Taquitos at home, but good.  We were home in plenty of time to chill a bit then walk over to the gatehouse for our 2 hour shift.  It was not busy, but steady, with a few phone calls and quite a few walk-ups looking for a site for 2 nights.  We had a couple of reservation arrivals. 

It got a little sketchy with the weather and the deer didn’t come out that we could see.