Thursday, July 20th, 2017…..
This morning I got a call from the PODS driver at 6:45am!
The guy (Steve) has three pods to pick from us and he has to make two trips so
he’s starting early. I jumped in the
shower and was ready when he arrived at 7:30am. No problems and he was on his
way quickly. He made the second run
about 10:00am and now we have that process completed. I was skeptical about
PODS but they were great. The only issue
I had was getting placed on hold waiting to place an order. I made it known that they need more folks
manning the phones to take care of people quicker. But all in all, it was an easy process and
although not cheap, it was not as pricey as I was led to believe. I would
recommend them to others.
The rest of
the day was ours. We continue to put
things away, set things up, and just organize what we want and where. I assembled the closet shelving system and
got that put in. It’s more of a cabinet
with open shelves and a few drawers, which works for my stuff. Lydia likes it so we may put another one up
on her side! I also assembled my storage
cabinet for my office. A tv will go on top. We still need to decide what tvs go
where. My sister still has one of ours that
will be coming up with our Acadia. We
will figure it out. Lydia is still working on kitchen organization. She’s not happy with the layout so we will have
a remodel coming up in the future. No
worries for now though. She’s also decided to divide her time between the
kitchen and the craft room. Today she’s
sorted through her stuff. She has two
closets that will hold a lot of her treasures plus she has a window overlooking
the front of the house which is nicer than my room. I’m just glad she’s happy. Happy wife – happy
life!
Friday, July 21st, 2017….. Today was delivery day for the
lawnmower! Also the sprinkler guy is coming back. But first up I headed out to Starbucks for
coffee and tea. I also stopped by the
local gas station where I can purchase non-ethanol gas for the mower. That done, we started in on our respective
rooms. Lydia continued on her craft room
and I worked on the master closet. We
had dozens of boxes to unpack and put away. I did find some things to toss but I
found it’s easier to do it when you put it away rather than when you are
loading the boxes – at least for me anyway.
The driver called as he was en route and close. He showed up and unloaded
it and left. The sprinkler guy called too – he was close as well. I immediately
filled up the mower, started it, and made a few passes on the west lawn. It’s fun!
While I was checking out my work, the sprinkler guy showed up. Prior to closing, Stutzman Irrigation was
called out by Walt to fix a leak. Since
we still have a leak, we called them back out.
We showed him the leak but it was only the valve that they replaced.
When you turn on that recently replaced valve, water would bubble out of the
ground across the walkway! Turns out Walt had installed another valve way back
when and that zone was never used and ran to an open pipe. Well, we didn’t know that when you opened
that valve it would leak! Problem solved. But when he was here last time he
also evaluated the whole system and gave Walt a bid which he never authorized
them to fix – no more spending for Walt! We asked him to reevaluate and give us that
bid. We authorized some of the work to
be done today – several of the sprinkler risers will be replaced today and then
he will come back after the plants are in to work on the drip system. That way
all of the new stuff can be covered too. As the day grew longer, we had to
clean up and leave to head to Albany.
Our realtor’s office was having an appreciation picnic for their clients
and we got an invite. We stopped at Lowe’s
and returned some drawer pulls and then went over to the park and spent a few
hours eating and drinking and meeting some nice people. We also got to meet Aimee’s husband and plan
to have them over soon. Afterward, we stopped at Home Depot and got some other drawer
pulls that we spotted and liked better and headed home. Earlier, I had texted Randy. He is on his way up with our truck. His plan was to drive halfway (Sacramento area) today and come in
tomorrow. Instead, he decided to drive
to Medford and will spend some time with old friends there. He is bringing up one of his mountain bikes
to leave here so he will ride with them tomorrow and come up late tomorrow
night or Sunday sometime. We rested and I worked on the blog and watched the
Tour. Two more days to Paris!
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