Sunday, April 29th, 2018…… No
plans today. I got up about 5:30am and let Rylee out of the crate and we went
outside. Today turned out to be a good day for her routine. We were able to get her to go outside and she
did her business out there all day and all evening. Only right after her mid-day nap did she wake
up and squat before we could catch her to guide her to the door. But hey, she’s making progress!
The other night I felt a pop in my lower
back as I rolled over in bed. Didn’t
hurt at all but I was a little sore yesterday.
The drive and carrying her through the tulip fields must have strained
my back some because I was hurting this morning. I took some muscle relaxers and ended up
sleeping most of the morning. But it was a lazy day anyway so no big deal. We
watched tv and napped and took turns with our rowdy little muttley. She wants to play all the time until she
poops out and crashes with one of her power naps, giving us some peace! We know
the drill so we know how to deal with it. Lydia did a few loads of laundry
today while she kept an eye on a chicken and veggies in the crock pot. I needed to get going on the Hawaii trip but
I will work on it more on Monday. We are trying to figure out who we can get to
dog sit for Rylee and Quincy in June. My sister had a few friends who were
ready and willing but both of them now have conflicts and can’t do it. Tim was next and can’t get off work. We are willing to fly someone up here and
have them stay at our house and take care of both dogs, but we may end up
putting them in a kennel for the time that Sis will be gone. We’ll be gone a week but she’s only going for
4 days so we need to figure that out soon.
Monday, April 30th, 2018…… This
morning I woke up and got Rylee out and walked and fed, and then went over to
walk Quincy. Penny had an early
radiation appointment today (remember she gets a cab ride to Portland each day)
so she was out of the house super early.
That done, I stopped and got breakfast and coffee/tea and brought it
home. Tim & Dana came today. They have the truss delivery scheduled for
Wednesday and requested the rv be moved.
So, I called and got an appointment for Thursday to get it de-winterized.
I can bring it in on Wednesday so that works for us. I also got our plane tickets
for the June trip to Hawaii. We will be
there from 6/20 for seven days, coming back on 6/27. We chose Portland (yeah, I know) because it
was cheaper and has less layovers. We have to fly to LAX but that’s ok. If Jeff and Krista can go, they will be
routed from Florida through LAX as well and we may end up on the same
flight. We’ll see. Either way, we had to
get it going before prices went up. We’re now trying to get everyone’s response
back for the room. We’re renting a
condo, with 3 bedrooms and a pullout so I think everyone will agree to
that. Stay tuned….
Ok, we got
enough info already to go ahead and book.
We got it! Or at least we think
we got it. I’m still waiting for the
confirmation email to come. Later, this evening I heard from Rick &
Janie. They are on the road and are in
Albuquerque, headed east. They are
thinking that they will want to head to Mesa on the way home. Rick’s son Scott, and his wife have just had
preemies who are in the Nicu in Mesa.
They are not doing all that well so Rick and Janie want to go spend some
time with them and the family on the way home.
They asked me to help route them from Tennessee to Mesa, which I was
glad to do. I checked miles and routes coming back on both I40 and
I20/I10. Turns out it’s about the same
mileage either way so I gave them both options.
This time of year I would go ahead and go the southern route plus it’s
not a repeat of the eastern trip. I just hope the little girls get through
their issues and get healthy.
Tim & Dana
got the house wrap up, all at the ground level anyway, and then started on the board
and batten siding. These are 4 x 8 sheets of wood grained pressed material (aka
hardy board) that are the finished product (minus paint). The battens are the
little 1x2s that cover the seams. Those
will go on later.
End of day 22….
Too bad you don't have a drone so we could see overhead pictures
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