Wednesday, October 4th, 2017…...
I woke up this morning feeling tight and took
some Tylenol to help. After a while I went out to the garage but didn’t do any
work this time. I took off with the axle
and one spring with me to the metal guy.
I have decided to order a new axle, springs, and fenders all at one time
so Scott can get them welded in place.
$350 plus labor but I’ll have a whole new suspension so I’m, doing
it. The springs need new hangers and the
fenders need to be welded so I have to get the old axle back in just to get it
to the shop. Scott said he will stop by
tomorrow to help so that’s good. I also
have another appointment tomorrow with another contractor for the rv garage so
that’s good as well. We went to Albany
later in the day to get a piece of white laminate for Lydia’s sewing table. She
wants an extension and I can do that for her.
We also needed to go to Sherwin Williams to buy the paint for the dining
room. We stopped at my sisters on the
way to help her with a few projects. We
put her dresser mirror on and added some door sweeps to her French doors. After
getting back, it was time to rest for the day.
We ate leftovers and watched tv till bedtime.
Thursday, October 5th, 2017…...
I went out this morning and got some bolts for
my trailer springs. Scott is coming over
today to bring back the axle just to bolt back in so I can get the trailer back
to his shop for the install of the new axle and springs and fenders. I stopped and
got breakfast out and went to Ace Hardware and then went over to pick up the
other leaf spring I had left at the shop.
Turns out Scott is off today and the rest of the week so I guess he won’t
be coming over today! Dang! One thing I found out is that up here time kinda runs
in the slow lane. Priorities seem less
of an issue. Very laid back and relaxed.
I like the lifestyle and for myself, well I’m still trying to slow down too but
it isn’t easy. The guy who is coming
over for a bid on my garage was called over 3 weeks ago and is just now returning
my call! That’s Oregon time! My metal fab/welder guy didn’t make it but the
other contractor did. He is friendly
enough and asked all the right questions and I gave him the same criteria as I
did the others so we’ll see what he comes back with. I have a hunch that he will
come back with a value bid. We’ll see… Before he came, I worked on Lydia’s sewing
table and got the extension table put on.
I hinged a 24” x 48” piece of laminate (same as her tabletop) to the
back of the table. I added swing down
legs and we both think it came out pretty good.
Both of us had
a late lunch so we each had a few light items for dinner (Lydia had soup and I had
some little Babybel cheeses and a few mini cinnamon buns – can you tell we’ve
been to Costco!). We each are watching
our programs now.
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