Saturday, April 7th, 2018…… Carol’s last day here. She has a 1:25pm
flight out from Eugene. Penny came over
early to walk Quincy. She is now out by
herself so that’s good. Lydia and I were up and showered and Carol got ready
and finished her packing. They had done
laundry last night so her clothes were clean for the trip home. Her and Lydia
went to Bi Mart to get some disposable containers so Carol could take some of
her snacks back with her on the plane.
Later, we loaded up and headed south to the airport. We dropped her off and said our goodbyes and
headed back home. It was nice
to have Carol come and visit. She says
she enjoyed the time up here with us and liked everything she saw. We know some of it could have been
better. Next time we have visitors and
go to the coast, we’ll drive to Newport where we can see more of the water and
see more shopping. We now know we can take folks on the excursion train when
they come up. We also learned when to go
to the Oregon Gardens (when the trams are running) and the days the Albany
Carousel is closed. Lydia and I always
enjoy it when folks can come up and visit.
We’re now looking into other places we can explore with them that they
might enjoy.
We had seen showers come in late last night and some this morning, and then the wind picked up for a while. But the trip to and from Eugene was nice and clear. We got back home and we rested for the day. Did I mention we have had some serious wind up here today. Gusts were reported
up to 50 mph! The bbq grill that I have
been telling you about that was on the back porch, now isn’t! It is on wheels and the wind hit it and
rolled it off the porch!
I have to wait
until Monday when I can get Tim to help me get it picked up and put back on the
porch. I had planned on anchoring it
(w/blocks and screws) to the deck so I will be sure to do that now!
Later in the
evening Lydia got the text we were waiting for from Beckie. We got to make our puppy
pick! The litter born 2/20 from Jambo
and Brooke had eight pups. Three boys and three girls. Recently, she had a
litter exposed to parvo and she thinks it came in on someone’s shoes. Parvo is bad stuff so she’s decided to limit
visitors because of exposure. So, she hasn’t
let anyone come over to make a litter pick until Wednesday, when they chose their boy. We were overall pick number three and second
girl. The first girl pick was today so after
that, she sent us pics of the other three.
We chose this cutie…..
Something just
fit when we saw her picture! I’m
guessing that by now you must already know that we have had a name picked out for
our new little girl for a long time - but - we are exercising our right to
change it when we first see her. So, you
all are going to be in the dark until then! On 4/19 we will drive down to the Calif. State
Square Dance Convention to get her.
Beckie and Jerry are dancers and the convention this year is in Yuba
City. They suggested this and we agreed because
it cuts our drive in half! We can’t
wait!
Later, we heard
from Carol that she made it home ok. When she booked her flights, she didn’t
really consider flight arrangements. She
flew from Orange County to Seattle and then back down to Eugene. Going home, she left Eugene for SF and then
on to OC, which is the best way to come and go (each flight is 1 ½ hrs.) but
she ended up with a three-hour layover in SF!
She got home with no problems but with that long layover, it made for a long day! The rains
started again. It’s a big front with
several hours’ worth of rain but it’s mostly steady light rain. And some pretty
strong wind again.
Sunday, April 8th, 2018……
Today was a rest day. For the most
part we just relaxed and enjoyed the day.
I had wanted to get the tractor out when Carol was here so she could take
a few laps on it but the grass was just way too soggy. Today it was not raining
a lot and later in the day it stopped altogether. The driveway and sidewalks are dry but the grass is still wet so that
stops me from mowing for a while. I need at least three sunny days in a row to
be able to mow. There is a one-day break in the weather, and that’s tomorrow
when the weather is supposed to be really nice and no rain at all but that’s
not enough time to dry out. Plus, that’s
when the cement is due so I wouldn’t mow then anyway. I’m guessing they will have to cover up
everything when they are done because we have rain forecast for the rest of the
week. My poor grass is getting tall
again - but oh well! Again, we just hung
around the house, watching tv and relaxing. And thinking about our new puppy!
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