Wrapping up the week off

It was a quiet 4th of July. Perfect! Around 9 or 9:30 heard a few fireworks off in the distance, for not more than a couple of minutes. SO much better than where we lived for so many years. It was literally like being in a war zone for about 8 hours into the wee hours of the morning. I always hated it.

I made the peach cobbler yesterday morning and the size/amount of peaches was just the right amount for 4 cups needed. Peeling 8 peaches was not my idea of fun. I tried doing the boiling and then in cold water, but didn't seem to help much. Then my neighbor texted she had some deer repellent spray for me. I texted back if they like peach cobbler I have some to share with them as soon as it cools down and I'll bring it over and get the repellent. I also took them some of the homemade ice cream. She said to just keep the repellent as she had this extra sprayer she didn't use. I sprayed it around all our plants and shrubs, so hopefully it will work. Stinky stuff! LOL.

After lunch we decided to take a little drive. Not too far. There is this rv community that has been developing the past few years and it sounds like most of the lots in it have sold. We've noticed much more traffic on our main road out front, than previous years, probably due to that place. We had driven in there a few years ago, but only like 2 lots were sold, so we just wanted to see what it looks like now. Quite a few people with their rv's living in there, as well as a few with park models.

Then we drove over to this other neighborhood where quite a few homes are that I had never driven back in (one way in and out). I didn't realize there were so many homes back there. DH said he remembers looking at a couple of places for sale online when we were looking, but there were too many junky homes. There are a few decent homes, but surrounded by a lot of junk. Not what we were looking for.

Lastly, we drove into this other neighborhood of small acreages on the other side of the river. We had also looked at property there and a few had already built (so this was in 2016). Again, we opted out because there were no covenants and too easy chance of another junkyard being next to us. I wanted to see if very many more houses ever got built back there. There are some. Most look pretty decent. One really nice place on 9 acres.

I took a short nap when we got home, then made dinner of hamburgers and baked beans. We sat out on the front patio awhile (cooler out there than in back, where the sun was still making it 84). Then my mom called a little before 8. She had messed up her tv again. She keeps changing the "input" off of HDMI and losing her cable tv. I finally at least figured out how to get it back to HDMI (I had to google her remote, haha). She needed to press "input" twice. Then tv came back on but for some reason she could not get it to any channels. I spent like another half hour trying to help her. And if I had her turn tv off and back on it would just go back to where it last was - which appeared to be a guide that was like 15 hours in the future. It wouldn't even let her just type in like 8 on her remote and hit ok, to change the channel. I have no idea. So frustrating.  I'll see if I can help her some more today over the phone with it, otherwise she'll have to call down to the front desk and see if someone can help her figure it out. But at least now, when she gets it off the HDMI input setting I know how to tell her to get it back. Next visit. I'll try to figure out more how her guide/remote works for getting to channels (can it be any different than any other?! LOL) so I can help her over the phone easier.

Today, last day off. I really need to mop my floors. Been going to do it every day and end up doing something else. I think DH will be out mowing today, so it will be a good time to do it.