Friday, September 8th, 2017…..
We went out this morning for breakfast. I now have a local favorite place – Kevin’s.
Plus they have a weekly flyer that has ads for local services, including
contractors. After returning home, I
called four of them and left messages. I
got a call back pretty quickly from Arron.
He uses Fridays as his bid days and could swing by later. Cool!
Meanwhile, the guys came back today to work some more on the bark mulch
for our flower beds. Yaay!
But first I went over to install some new
sprinkler heads over at Penny’s house. I
must have thrown out the instruction sheet (or didn’t get one in the package)
and didn’t quite get the hang of the adjustment settings so they ran amok! We
returned home and watched the guys wheelbarrowing the mulch to the beds. Even
with the bit they did today, it already looks good!
Arron came by and we went over
my plans and he suggested a solution that is way better price wise for us. A pole barn (picture below is just an example of a pole barn).
Most everyone here is putting them up instead of the stick frame
buildings. They look just like a regular
barn and can be insulated, drywalled and have electrical and windows, etc. He
will be getting a price together for both types in the next couple of days.
We decided we
wanted to try the popular hamburger chain up here called Burgerville. They have cars lined up most all day like In
& Out and we heard good things. So
we drove to Albany and went in to eat. Ok, In & Out it’s not! I didn’t care for the burger but the fries
were really good. We missed it this
time, but if we go back, we need to try their marionberry shake which looked
pretty good. We stopped at Home Depot
and Lowe’s where I picked up some parts for my island sprinklers and Penny
checked out/priced screens for her front door. She doesn’t want to spend the
money for a slider like we ordered – she just needs one that Quincy can’t get
through so a regular one will work. I did pick up the instructions for her sprinkler
heads so I think I can get those adjusted now. We returned home and watched tv
for a while before calling it a night.
Saturday, September 9th,
2017….. I ate a quick breakfast and decided to
move mountains today – ok maybe three rocks. Facing the house, there are three boulders on the right side of the driveway in the
flowerbed and I thought we should have three more on the left to balance out
the entrance. I have other
rocks on the property that Walt brought in and placed in various flowerbeds. I chose three in the very back island to
move. I pried them up with a heavy bar
and Penny and I got them on my dolly, which I hooked over the top of my truck's trailer hitch so we could roll them out to the front. It took a lot of effort and a few Aleve but
we got them placed. I think we did well!. Lydia already has plans to match the day lilllies on the other side.
Once we cleaned up , we headed out. Today was the
Tomato & Salsa Fest, held at a nursery just outside of town, so we decided
to go. We signed in as judges and ate up to ten sample tastings of salsa and voted on our favorite,
then walked around to get signatures from the various vendor booths. We sat out
for a while and ate samples and filled in our paperwork.
You then turn in the
paper and were entered in the raffle at the end of the day. (no calls yet so I’m guessing we didn’t win!). Both Lydia and Penny bought plants
so it was worth the trip.
Since the nursery was
out past Penny’s place, we decided to stop on the way back so she could see her new
paint swatches on the walls. She added a
second coat and still can’t make up her mind. I went out for round two with the
water adjustments. Yep, didn’t bring the
instructions and yep, got everything soaked again. We came back and I went out to my sprinkler
bag and found the missing paperwork - so I’m ready for round three now! Maybe tomorrow. We rested for the afternoon and Lydia put a casserole
in the oven for dinner. We ate (yummy)
and I went out to the workshop to unload a few more boxes onto the new shelves
and racks I have up. Then it was back to the house to our respective tvs to
watch our taped shows before going to bed.
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