Let's do a lazy Sunday

The neighbor's son and family did indeed leave yesterday, around noon. At least it's a week less than they were supposed to stay. The neighbors 3 (big) dogs will take off and run if they let them out of their kennel. They don't usually worry about it too much... cuz you know "they always come back", mentality. The next nearest houses in one direction is a small group of homes about a mile up the road (where they were most likely turning the quad around), or the next nearest home in the other direction is at least half a mile. Over the years they have gotten phone calls from one of the people down in the group of homes a mile away, "hey, your dogs are down here" and Mr will drive down to get them. (You'd think after a few calls that would be the sign of "hey, we really don't want your dogs running around here). Sometimes the 3 dogs stay together, sometimes not. 

We were sitting on our front patio and our cat was sitting on a rock next to the patio and all of a sudden one of the dogs came around the corner of the house up to the patio. Completely worn out from the long run. He got some pets from dh (his favorite person) and then saw the cat and calmly walked over to investigate (he has never seen a cat before LOL). He was totally calm (and worn out) and they were about a foot away and suddenly the cat hissed and decided nope. You're not welcome here and chased the 120 pound dog home, LOL. It was the funniest thing ever.

We went back in the house and a few minutes later the phone rings and it's Mrs. She was asking dh if my chickens are ok? The other 2 dogs came home with a chicken's head and she was worried they somehow got into mine. Nope, mine are a-ok in their coop fortress. Hopefully those 2 dogs didn't actually kill someone's chicken! Most people do free range around here. I know one of the homes in the group about a mile away for sure does have chickens.

Speaking of this little group of homes, about a mile away. There's probably like 7 homes. In the past couple of years one of the places changed ownership and the new owner has turned it into a total junkyard looking place. Rundown cars and machinery all over the place. Looks awful, but nothing one can do (it's not a covenants neighborhood, nor would the county do anything)and it's not where we can see it (other than when driving by, as it sits on the main road). But Mr. doesn't like it. Apparently, he even went and talked to the other neighbors to see if they can/would try to do something about it. I think he even wrote a letter to the owner. (all the other places look fine, not fancy or landscaped much, but totally fine). They all told him that its a very nice family that lives there and they aren't bothered by it. Mr thinks it's ok to do that, but calls my dh a "mean spirited neighbor". Go figure.

We spent some nice time outside yesterday. Brought a couple of lawn chairs down to the backyard at the edge of the bank and watched the river, sitting in the shade. Watched the cat's antics. Watched several floaters go by off and on. The river is still running pretty fast, so it's not much of a leisurely float, yet. 

I don't know what I'm doing today. Not much. I need to get my grocery order put in today for picking up tomorrow. I'll get that done when I'm done with this post. I might make some cookies, just the easy kind from the premade mix. Snickerdoodles. Or maybe brownies. I've been craving chocolate, a bit. 

I need to figure out some new snacks, for me, to buy. I'm always hungry for something but nothing I always buy sounds good. It's all dh's snack stuff. But, I have no idea what to get. I don't really want total junk food (like dh eats) but not sure what I want, LOL.