Thursday, October 12th, 2017…...
Health update – my back feels a little better
today. Not nearly back to normal yet so
I am still taking muscle relaxers. And I’m not doing any work around the house
as yet but walking better than yesterday with less pain. Lydia is still hurting from her shingles but
she says each day is better. We’ve both
had shingles before and we know it’s a slow process before the pain goes
away. She has moments where she needs
Tylenol. So we’re a couple of sickies
this week. Both of us have doctor’s
appointments on Monday. Hopefully we
will get back in good health soon.
We had another
appointment today with yet another contractor for a bid on the rv garage. This guy came as a reference from my metal
welding shop guy. He and his wife have
been contractors in the business for many years. He started out working for his father over 40
years ago. He and his wife work as a
team and bring in help with heavy work plus they sub out specialty work like
electrical and such. I gave him all of
the details and they asked many good questions and before they left gave me a
very promising rough estimate. So, depending on his final number (coming in the
next few days) they are in the running.
Interesting sidenote – as they finished and got ready to leave they went
back to their truck only to find that he left his keys in the ignition and she
left her purse on the floor and bumped the lock button on the door. So they were locked out! I first cut a coathanger and then a heavier
metal rod which he shaped into a hook and eventually taped it to a broomstick
and got the keys out of the ignition and hooked them. His wife and Lydia sat in the warm house
together while we worked for 40 minutes out in the rain. Lots of fun! While we were working out there, Tina dropped
off our mail, which included Ethyl! For those who don’t know, Fred and Ethyl
were the Rustler mascots for the last 4-5 years. The Club is downsizing and cleaning up things
in storage so we were asked if we wanted one of them and Ethyl made it up here
today. Here is the text of the letter
that accompanied her: Dear Terry & Lydia, Fred and
Ethyl are getting a divorce. Fred wants
to continue to live in the city but Ethyl wants to move to a ranch. We
suggested that living on your acreage would be best for her. She will love the West 40! Plus, this way she will be halfway across
the country from Fred (he’s moving to Ohio) and there will be no more fighting.
Take care of her. Best wishes, Bill
& Treasa – Official facilitators of the divorce.
We are happy to
get her and will be sure to give her a good home and plenty of feed and will
let her have free run of the property.
Maybe she will scare away the field mice! Thanks for sending her to us. Please tell
Fred we are sorry and surprised – they seemed like such a happy couple! Hope he
likes his new life in Springboro!
Later, we went
out to Carl’s Jr. for a quick and easy dinner and then came back to watch tv
(and feed Ethyl).
Friday, October 13th, 2017…...
We got a call from Jeff last night. He’s found out he needs outpatient surgery
(for varicose vein removal) and wants us to come be with him. We talked about it and I decided that even
though his surgery is in 13 days, I shouldn’t try to travel 7+hours on a plane
with my back out. It may be better then but it’s ok if just she goes. We called them back and Lydia said she will
go alone and he was ok with that. So, after the call, we went online and looked
at our options. Turns out that with the high prices on flights back there, it
is best that only one of us go anyway. We also discovered that flying from
Portland (with one stop in Houston) into Ft Myers, FL was way cheaper and
faster than going via Eugene. Flights from
Eugene went through 2-4 stops (and took 11 hours or more!) plus they all cost
much more. So she booked through Portland.
We also chose to add flight cancellation insurance just in case. Since it was late she sent them a text with
her flight info. She’ll talk more with
them later today. We didn’t do too much today.
We went to breakfast at Kevin’s and then came home and did odds and ends
around the house. Both of us went to our
medication docs in our computers and updated our meds. This time we added the supplements we take in
case the doctor wants to know for interaction effects. That done, it was time to go to our realtor’s
office party. Penny came over and Jeff
called and we talked to him for a while then we headed off to Harbor Freight
for some parking lot sale items and then to a place called Wheeler Dealers
where I had seen carpet runners for our home.
We bought two and a wheelbarrow tire and then went to the ReMax party.
Aimee’s team puts this party together at this time of year with games for the
kids and fall photo ops for families and such.
They served desserts which we saved for after dinner plus gave us a free
pumpkin. It was a really nice setup and a lot of fun! We stayed only a short time and
then went next door to Sweet Waters Family Restaurant for dinner, which was
excellent! We came home and put the rugs down
and then kicked back and relaxed for
the evening.
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