Monday, September 4th, 2017…..
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
I started first thing this morning
putting the kitchen island together. Great – another item to assemble! But it was pretty well designed and all of it
went together quickly and easily.
Since it was
a holiday, we also had checked out the ads for specials. Penny is looking for a tv and an
entertainment center but nothing popped out that she had to check out. But for me, however, I needed to go to Harbor
Freight. They had a drill motor on sale
that I have been looking at for a while.
Lydia wanted to know what to buy me for my birthday and I told her this will
work. I already have a drill motor and
an impact from Hitachi that I use all the time.
I have been back and forth from the shop to the house using both of them
and wanted to keep one in the garage as well.
This was the time to act! Penny
went to the house to meet up with Kirk, who was going to clear up her
blackberry bushes plus rototill the back yard.
Lydia and I drove to Albany to shop. Nice holiday drive except for the
smoke. It’s really bad here now but they
expect it to clear up in the next couple of days. Plus we have a slight chance of rain on
Thursday and Friday so that will work too! Once we returned, Lydia went over to
Penny’s to leave for another trip to Albany – this time to go to Lowe’s to
check out carpet. Penny didn’t find
anything so she’s going with another company, scheduled for next week. She’s also ordered her POD to be
delivered. Her friend Jody is coming in
to stay with us/her and help get her moved in.
She’s hoping all of the painting and carpets will go in as scheduled before
she arrives.
Tuesday, September 5th, 2017…..
I worked again on my shop cabinets this
morning. I’m making pretty good progress and I like it so far! I had a 10:00am meeting with a contractor for
a quote. He ran late so I was able to spend
more time out there so it was ok. I
explained what we wanted for the rv garage. He took notes and said he would put
together a quote later today. I went in
and rested and got hungry for seafood. It
was around 2:00 so we decided we could drive to the coast. The drive was on Hwy 34, in Lebanon, through Corvallis
and comes out on the coast at Newport. The highway work on 34 is 90% complete
so the drive was really nice. First time
for us on that road. We drove around for
a while and found a place that looked promising. We parked and went in but no one was
there! We moved up the road to Moe’s and
ate there. They are famous for their chowder
but it’s just ok, in my opinion. Lydia
and Penny don’t care for it.
On the way
back we got stuck in road work but it wasn’t too bad. I got an email with my
quote for the garage. Over $116k. Talk about sticker shock! So I definitely
will be getting some more quotes!
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