Thursday, September 14th, 2017….. This
morning I woke up super early (5:30am) and remembered I didn’t get the trash
out to the street last night! Our trash/recycle
guys always show up early so I put on some pants and got both containers out to
the street. Whew! I just stayed up and
showered and went out to Starbucks for chai latte’ for Lydia and coffee for
me. I stopped and got a breakfast
burrito (Lydia ate at home) and then went out to the shop for a while. It is starting to cool down in the
mornings. This morning it was 43° when I
went outside! They say we are going to
get some significant rain next week.
We’ll see….
I worked on the
workshop a bit. Here are before and after
pics for the main storage shop and the workshop….
The storage
shop is pretty much done. Maybe a few more shelves on the other side down the
road. The workshop is only about 25%
done. Still have plans in there!
Our appointment
for install on the Phantom Screen Door Slider that we ordered (from Lowe’s) was
today. He had called earlier and said he
was on the way (from Lake Oswego/Portland area) and got here about 9:00am. Before the install, he showed us options and
colors (they customize onsite!). We ended
up with the color we originally picked out in the store (driftwood beige). It
only took him an hour and he was gone.
We think it looks great!
Now, on nice
days we can open the front door and the back slider and get a breeze. Of course, we are at the end of the warm
weather, but it’s nice to get that done. Afterward, I went over to help Penny unload
her entertainment center which we put in the garage for now. Later, we all headed to Albany to Harbor
Freight and Joanne’s. Penny is stocking up on tools and items from HF and Lydia
bought a sewing table from Joanne’s (hey – she got 60% off today!) I got the
box as far as her craft room. Tomorrow, I’ll get it assembled and set up for
her. We noticed our neighbors across the street, Rick and Judy, were home, so Lydia
and I took chocolate pie slices over.
Rick (a doctor) is helping us choose a doctor here in town so we can
complete our medical insurance set up process. Thanks, guys! We still will have to call tomorrow to check
to see if they accept new patients before we choose them for our PCP. We came
back and ate another leftover dinner and settled in to relax and watch tv.
Friday, September 15th, 2017…..
I got up early again this morning and started putting the sewing table together. That only took a ½ hour or so. So I ate some breakfast and then got on the phone. After a few lo___ng phone calls this morning,
we now have our primary care physician chosen and also updated in United Health
Care’s system. New, corrected cards are
in work now. We both have appointments for initial consults plus flu shots in
our visits. The good thing is that the
Dr’s office is close by in Lebanon. I
spent some time paying bills then went outside to work for a while. There are a
few things I wanted to address. Our apple trees and grapevines need a bit of
cleaning up. Penny picked apples off our
trees this morning to try to make some applesauce. We’re told they are similar to granny smiths
so even though they are green they taste pretty good. If the applesauce works
out, I’ll pick more and Lydia will get a pie or cobbler on her radar. Stay tuned…. I sampled our grapes. We’re still not sure what variety they are
but we saw some at the farmer’s market the other day that weren’t thompsons and
looked very much like ours. Problem is
no one can remember what they were called either! But either way these are ripe so I think
tomorrow I’ll go up and clean up the area and pick grapes. On the way barn to the workshop, I got some
weed killer out and cleaned up around and under the motorhome. We get a TON of dandelions up here and they
pop up everywhere! Penny went to get her
internet service set up and Lydia spent most of her day working in her craft
room. Once we were done with our tasks we went to Walmart and picked up stuff
for tacos for dinner. We also bought
some curtains for the guest room and the craft room. A little at a time….
We got back and
put everything away. Penny got home and
Lydia fixed the meat, I did the shells, and Penny got the cheese and lettuce
set up. Dinner was sure tasty tonight. Lydia
doesn’t like whipped cream so we still have pie. I had a slice earlier and sis
had one tonight. We’re making a dent in
it! I also cut up a sorbet watermelon we
bought at the farmer’s market. It is
really a bright yellow color and had lots of seeds but it sure was tasty!
I
settled in to watch a taped Nascar race and they watched tapes on the living
room tv.
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