Another Minecraft Birthday

On Saturday morning my Sweetie and I left for Guelph to visit my mom in hospital. It was a good visit (no drama involved), but she quickly forgot who it was that came to see her. She remembered someone had visited but didn't remember who it was. From there we drove to Bradford to celebrate my granddaughter's seventh birthday.
The party theme was Minecraft. I thought my daughter did an amazing job with the decorations. This year was a family birthday party with a barbeque lunch. Both sets of grandparents were invited, her aunt and uncle and two cousins. They played two games of "Pass the Parcel" which they really, really enjoyed.

Green...because that is the colour of Creepers. And pink...because she likes pink.

My daughter made this pinata and filled it well with the kids' favourite treats. 

Some of her birthday presents...love the gift bags

After the party

From there we drove to Cobourg on the way home, to see my step-dad who is still in the Cobourg hospital. He seemed very happy to see us, AND he remembers our visit. We didn't arrive home that night until 8:30 PM. I made a quick soup and sandwich supper. 

Sunday we were up early again to do some grocery shopping at three different shops. I sorted, took pictures and blogged about it. My brother and SIL from Smith Falls were returning from their own trip to see our mother and step-dad. They also drove down on Saturday (later in the day), stayed overnight, and saw the two patients on Sunday morning. They stopped in at our place on their way home and we discussed the situation with our mom. That is when we discovered that mom had forgotten who had come to visit her.

Monday morning was the day it all caught up with me. I slept like a rock until 10 AM. It was a holiday Monday after all so I didn't feel like I had to do much of anything, so I didn't. My son and his GF used the day to craft. They bought some smooth river rocks and paints and created a few garden markers. Here are a couple of their efforts....so cute. 

Garden markers for the veggie garden.

Yesterday I soaked some whites in bleach, washed two large loads of laundry and hung them out to dry.I made a crock pot of new potatoes, chopped cabbage, carrots, tomato and chunks of smoked sausage. So yummy. I spent most of the day responding to blog comments and commenting on others'.

 My Sweetie went to see a doctor yesterday about the results of the ultrasound taken last week. The doctor wanted to make an urgent referral to an orthopedic surgeon about a shoulder replacement, but she called last night when she found out that the Napanee Emergency Ward had also made the same urgent request (unknown to us). Now we are waiting to hear from the hospital this afternoon to learn which surgeon got the referral. While we are waiting, I have finally baked a batch of dog biscuits. I have washed a second load of dishes in the dishwasher. I have brought in the laundry from yesterday, folded and put away. I have washed another load of laundry. I am boiling some new potatoes (with skins on) to make a potato salad to go with BBQ'd hamburgers tonight. It remains very hot and dry. I am watching leaves blow off the trees across the road because they have turned yellow and dried up because of the extreme lack of water. My flower beds have dried right up, but I only water my veggie garden. I cannot afford to lose my harvest. My gardens are made up of mostly native plantings, so I know they will come back next year.