Sunday, March 11th, 2018…... I
slept in this morning, but Lydia got up early even with the time change. The sun was out and shining brightly first
thing this morning but it was still a chilly 45º out. It is supposed to get up in the high 60’s
this week with little rain in the forecast.
Keep your fingers crossed for us that we get a concrete pour this week!
Lydia volunteered to fix breakfast but I beat her to it and already ate. So, we just kicked back and leisurely spent
the day, watching tv and straightening up a bit. My sister called and asked if we wanted to go
to dinner with her later. So, we met
with her at 5:00pm at Ixtapa and had a nice meal. Thanks, sis! Then it home and tv until bedtime.
I am watching the Paralympics but I haven’t gotten in to it as much as I
thought I would.
Monday, March 12th, 2018…… Another
nice day! The sun was shining again and
we were ready to get to work! But we
slept in later than we wanted so neither of us got rolling until after 9:00am. Lydia
fixed that breakfast she was going to make on Sunday. I got my mushroom and swiss omelet. Yummy!
Sis was going
to Clackamas today for her pet scan, prior to her surgery on Thursday. They pick her up in a cab/uber for these
tests up in the Portland area. We will go over later and let Quincy out to
pee. So, I went out to the shop and
started in on layout for the steps.
Lydia wanted deeper, shallower steps for the pup to use to get back and
forth from the back porch to the grass.
So, I started on the calculations for the rise and depth of each step.
That done, I made a scale drawing on some butcher paper taped on my work bench.
I needed lumber so Lydia and I took off around noon and got what we needed at
the local Economy Ace Hardware. We
stopped by and let Quincy out and played with her for a while before heading
back home. Lydia went to work on laundry
and cleaning up one of her areas in the closet, while I got one of the three
stringer stanchions cut and assembled. I
have been keeping an eye on the grass, checking moisture to see if I could mow
it. I decided to put the step project on
hold and give it a shot and got the tractor out. I filled it up with gas and it ran fine so
off I went. I got the ‘lawn’ mowed with
no problems, although I think I’ll take a rake out there tomorrow and get some
of the clippings picked up. The lawn was
really thick! The ’field’ grass will have to wait for another day. Tomorrow I
have some of the outer areas to mow plus the side next to the driveway where I
have parked the motorhome. For that I
will use the power mower. Meanwhile, Lydia went out and sat in the flowerbed
again and pulled more weeds. We got all of our work done and I closed up the
shop and we called it a day. We went in and ate leftover soup for dinner and
watched Master Chef Jr. I am always
impressed with the knowledge and talent of these 8-13 yr. old young chefs. They
are amazing!
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