Countdown to Spring, Weekly, Sun. 08/27 -- Sat. 09/02

Lovely weather but it is humid, so we have the a/c on. Chester the cat is out on the porch with the fan going. Husband got to Wal-Mart this morning and fixed a few things around the house. Our barbequed steaks were delicious last night. Reading the Sunday paper.

Another beautiful weather day. We have the house opened. Did the computer, paper reading and some housework this morning. Computer work and reading this afternoon.

We have the house opened up. Doing wash today and trying to get help setting up an account at the Town Clerk's office for their property alert system. If you give them names to check for, they notify you if there are any transactions with those names. Alerts you to property fraud. The problem is the software doesn't work so you have to contact the vendor and it is hard to get through. Aggravating!

Lovely day right now, have the a/c on. This morning it was raining when I went grocery shopping. I and some of the groceries got wet. My husband thinks the deer that comes into the yard tips the bird feeder, so all the birdseed runs into its mouth. He's seen the deer do it and the bird feeder has been empty multiple times a day. It is busy with birds but not that busy. Watching a crime show, Sleeping Dog on Netflix. Don't watch much TV but am enjoying this. When I went grocery shopping, I got the fixings to make a Sheperd's Pie recipe. Will be interesting to see how it turns out. Can always modify it until it is something we like.

Beautiful day here. Feels a little chilly, 73 in the house and breezy. Nice and sunny out. Chester the cat is on the ledge on the porch watching the yard. Got everything straightened our with the local Property Alert System. Now my husband and I will both receive emails if there are any property transaction with any of the versions of our names that I listed. There was an article in the paper about a recent discovered property fraud a couple of towns over. Man, inherited property from his dad but lives in another state. He was talking to a friend in his hometown and the man asked him about the house he was building on his property. Man was not building the house. The property had been sold through fraud that involved paperwork from South Africa and a couple was building the house. Don't know how that is going to work out for all concerned. Years ago, a caregiver for an elderly woman here in town sold her house out from under her. Caregiver went to jail. It sounded like the elderly woman didn't recover any money and ended up on Medicaid in a nursing home. It's scary the Town Clerk records anything that looks legit even if it isn't.

Beautiful weather today and it will stay that way for a number of days. It is sunny and mid-70's. House is opened up. Last night I made Shepard's pie to see if it would be a replacement for the frozen one that is out of stock at the grocery store. Worked out very well. Someone suggested I use instant mash potatoes and the recipe called for canned gravy so that made it easy to do. Browned the ground beef then put it in a baking dish with corn and gravy and topped it with the mashed potatoes. After baking it we turned on the broiler a few minutes to brown it on top. My husband and I both liked it. Am watching something on Netflix so I might watch an episode this afternoon. Also have a new book on my Kindle.