Tuesday, August 1st, 2017…..
We slept in until 6:30am and got ready for the day. Today’s plan was to put in reinforcement
brackets on the hanging clothes bars in the master closet. I had picked up some the other day at Lowes
and within an hour had those in and now we can load up on the hangers in there!
The weather here is taking a turn to the hot side! Its 95°
today and it’s supposed to hit 100° tomorrow
thru Saturday. I did go outside for a while and work out by the workshop and
fruit trees and bushes. Walt had a
planting bed out there that was framed in old wood. It’s not been used for a long, long time and
had gone to weeds so I cleared the junk and removed the wood.
Now I can mow over it not worry about hitting
obstacles. I also fixed a drip line that
was running out to the blueberries.
They’re in a caged area to protect them from animals and they are still
looking good even though they were getting no water. The grapes and the apples
are looking good as well. Grapes should be ripe by Sept/Oct. Not sure what kind
they are – guess we’ll find out! Also
not sure yet about the apples so we’ll keep an eye on everything. Penny did go in and pick a bunch of
blueberries for breakfast and they are really sweet!
She and Lydia also went out to the back
corner of the property to check on the blackberries. Some are turning now so we need to be
prepared to go back in a few days and check again. We know we’ll get stuck on
the sharp thorns so we’ll see how much pain they are worth! Before I was done outside, Lydia and Penny
went to get their mani/pedis. Once it got too hot I shifted back to work
inside. I’m still working on unpacking the many boxes I filled for the office
(/Quincy’s temporary bedroom!). It’s
coming along. Thursday the DirecTV guy
comes and sets up the cables in the house, including my office/den and the
workshop. I finished up and rested. The
girls got back and Lydia and I fixed tacos for a quick and tasty dinner. Earlier
today, I got a call from Mike Myers. He
and Pat are in Florence, on the coast about 50 miles from Eugene. They need repair on their motorhome’s
slideout and they asked about REV. REV
is the company that is in Coburg that does repair work on Monaco and now
Fleetwood products. Hopefully they can
come visit while they’re this close.
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017….. Today
Lydia and Penny went off to the nursery in Corvallis to meet with Kirk to pick
out some plants for the yard. They took
pictures of several bushes, shrubs, and flowers that she wants to use.
It’s in triple digits today (just made 105° a little after noon) so Kirk only did
about four hours of bed clearing. He and Lydia walked the property and marked
with little flags where the plants will be going. He bought 50 flags and they used them
all. Boy, this is gonna cost me! I took
off and went to the DMV and got new Oregon plates for the truck. They told me to space it out since the tags
on the other two vehicles are still good. We figure one in July, one in Aug.
one in Sept. and one in Oct. At least
they are good for two years here for registrations! I left there and went and
got gas in the truck and headed to Costco to pick up another storage unit for
the office and a shelving system for the workshop. I got those both assembled and the office was
done. I still have to move things around
in the workshop plus get three more units.
I’ll take pictures when they are done and the stuff is on the shelves. Later,
we went out to Ma’s Chinese, and my sister treated us to dinner. Thank you!
We then went back to Costco and I bought a new tv for the office. I
think I’ve figured out now which rooms the DirecTV boxes will go in. We were all tired for the days errands so we
relaxed and watched tv before turning in.
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