Sunday, April 15th, 2018…… This morning Quincy was driven over here
by her chauffeur and got to have a nice walk in the rain. They left and we ate
breakfast. Today was rather rainy most of the day. So, we were glad that the concrete got poured
and sealed yesterday. It has had water
sitting on it all day but it looks good. With the rains today, we didn’t leave
the house. Oh yeah, I went over to dump Quincy’s 33 lb. bag of dog food into
her storage container. It was heavier
than my sister is allowed to handle right now. The rest of the day was spent
just lounging around the house and watching tv. Lydia has her list of shows
that she tapes (hallmark channel series, classic movies, etc.) and I have mine.
Today I caught up on this weekend’s racing events. Formula 1, Formula E, Supercross, Nascar, and
Indy Car. Plus, I watched the Barrett Jackson Auctions from Palm Beach. After
dinner, we did get together to watch Master Chef Jr. Then it was back to our
own shows. I still have a few hours of the auction left and the Grand Prix of
Long Beach to finish this evening. It’s just nice to relax and do nothing some
days….
Monday, April 16th, 2018…… Quincy
has been treated to off-leash walks over here for some time now. She pulls too
hard for my sister to take her out around their neighborhood and she gets to
run free over here. With Penny feeling stronger, they now just park and she
turns her loose to run and chase her ball, explore the mouseholes, smell the
animal trails, and check everything out. I’m either out there or not, no
worries. But this morning I got out early and went to get coffee and breakfast
and then was at Oil Can Henry’s Valvoline getting the oil changed in the Acadia
when my sister texted she was on her way.
The oil change was done pretty quickly and I headed home. We fed Quincy and visited for a while. She
will be bringing her over later to spend the night, as she goes (by cab) to
Portland tomorrow for a meeting with her doctors. Tim
& Dana said they would be here rain or shine to get started on removal of
the concrete forms. They got here a bit later, after the rain let up a bit. The
plan today was to get those forms removed, and prep and lay the rain drains.
These drains are underground pipes that carry all of the roof runoff through
the rain gutters and into the existing drainage system for the house and the shop.
Toward the end of the build, after the walls and roof are up, the rain gutters
will be installed and will be tied into them.
With all of the water we get up here, it’s really important that it be
controlled carefully, so I’m glad that this feature will be incorporated on the
rv garage as well. We also got a delivery late today, of the first round of the
lumber ordered for the job. Tomorrow, they will get the sill plates (the
baseplate of the walls), down which attach the walls to the foundation.
End of Day 12....
In between going
out and watching the progress, I watched the Monday morning taped Nascar race, delayed from
yesterday and made sure it was not rained out again. It ended up being delayed
but they got going and got it in. I also
went out to the shop and went through my three dog boxes we brought up with
us. We needed a collar and some chew
toys to bring with us when we go get the puppy. I put these and a leash and
some rugs and blankets and water and food dishes in the car, ready for the
trip. We still need to go get the pet
carrier but that’s just a short trip to Walmart. I want to put up the puppy fencing
in the backyard but I can’t because the lawn needs to be mowed and it’s just
too wet for that. Aside from our overnight bags, we are ready for the
trip. We leave Thursday morning. Later in the day, I took Lydia to the doctors to give another urine sample and then we stopped and picked up linner from Jack in the Box. My sister came by and dropped off Quincy and we watched tv and then settled in for the night.
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