Friday, September 22nd, 2017…...
Kirk came again today to work on spreading out
more bark in the rest of our flowerbeds.
He’s about ½ way done with that project.
My sister has three small trees that she doesn’t want so he will bring
those here. Lydia has already picked out
a spot and I marked them with flags. He’s got two more plants to move and one
to plant and after the bark is done, he should be about finished. He’s done
such a great job and has been fun to work with. Plus the place is looking
great! Meanwhile, Penny had her DirecTV install today. The guy who came out was the same one who did
the install for the previous tenants. He
wired up new locations and tested everything but was surprised that the
satellite dish was missing! Truth be told - it’s in my shop waiting for my rv
garage to be built but we didn’t tell him that.
So she got a brand new one (all part of the plan!). Lydia and I then
headed off to Home Depot to order the area rugs for the living room and entryway.
They are special order so we have to wait until Oct. for pickup. We all went back home and rested for a while
before taking off again. The plan was to go to Eugene for shopping (Home
Goods/Marshalls/Bed Bath & Beyond/Trader Joe’s) before going for pizza in
Coburg. Penny bought a chair and ordered
a bed cover package which will be sent out next week. A few other things and we
were headed for pizza! We had told Jody how good this pizza was but she needed
to check it out for herself. She wasn’t
disappointed (except that they don’t have a store in St George Utah!). We headed home and called it a night. Penny got some nice sunset shots on the drive.
Oh, the deer were back again this evening. They were there when we returned and right up close to the house and motorhome but it was too dark to get good pictures.
Oh, the deer were back again this evening. They were there when we returned and right up close to the house and motorhome but it was too dark to get good pictures.
Saturday, September 23rd, 2017…... Today
was Beerfest day in Lebanon! Yaay! But first we had to go to Habitat for
Humanity. They had ½ price for cabinets today. I was eyeing an island to use as
a worktable for my shop. We took two
cars and Penny and Jody took my car because her chair was still in there from
yesterday. Turns out I didn’t buy
anything today because my island was priced at $185.00 and even at half price I
couldn’t do it. Penny bought a shelving unit which I took over to her garage
for her. I went back home and waited for
everyone to get ready for the beerfest.
We took two cars in case anyone wanted to leave early. We got parked (pretty close up!) and paid our
admission. The proceeds go to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the greater Santiam
Valley so we knew it was for a good cause. Penny, Lydia and I opted for the
$45. VIP pass. It got you 6 beer tasting tokens plus a special sampling cup plus
special seating (for the stage shows/bands) plus special swag (free t-shirt and
other small token items). Jody got the
$20 general admission entrance which got her 3 tokens. There were over 30 beer vendors (plus one
winery) that you could use tokens for.
We first stopped at the t-shirt booth and got our shirts. They were made
onsite and showed the beerfest logo which was fine with us. They forgot to take Lydia’s voucher ticket so
we gave it to Jody so she got a shirt as well. Lydia wasn’t drinking so I got her 6 tokens (she did try the wine and I
gave Penny one token so I only had 10 – poor me!) so we started out. We went up
and down the streets sampling the 4 ounce pours but stopped first at the vendor
food trucks. I chose the pork bbq (Pork
on a Stick) and got a porkadilla (pork quesadilla) and Lydia chose a cheese
infused hamburger and fries. The
hamburger truck couldn’t make the fries (due to a propane problem so I ordered
them at my bbq place. Penny and Jody got
their meals from the pork bbq as well and enjoyed their choices. It was all very good.
We then set out to try all the vendors. I even hit one place twice (don’t ask cause
it’s all a blur!). I think I liked
Mazama Brewery from Corvallis the best. Once we made the first pass we found
seating in the shade and then Penny and I went back and hit other favorites
until our tickets were gone. We had
folks take pictures of our fun day. I
found my little worker friend who was assigned to go round up all the tokens
from the booths and tried to get her to share with me! No luck!
Penny ended up going back for more tokens while Lydia and I headed home
(Lydia drove!). We rested and napped after the long day.
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