With Rylee
sleeping with us, we slept in again this morning – if you call 5:30am sleeping
in! That’s my normal time that I have been
used to for many years, but Lydia likes to sleep a little later. I get up with her most days but this morning
Lydia took her out and played with her and fed her breakfast. I got up and showered and dressed and then
took monkey butt out for her little walk to get the paper. I halfway expected to see contractors out
there early but that didn’t happen. It
was 10:00am before anyone showed up. The insulation guys cancelled again (supposedly
now tomorrow) but the tapers showed.
They were a little slow in setting up but the two-man crew got going and
got 75% of the walls and ceiling taped.
They use what is called a bazooka taper which is a tool that dispenses
mud and then rolls tape over that in one swipe. The other guy comes along and
does the finish part and smoothes all of it up. I’ve seen faster work but, hey, this is
laid-back Oregon! Tim and Dana laid rebar for the rv pad and then formed up the
man door on the east side for the pour. They won’t be back tomorrow because it
is supposed to be busy. The tapers, the insulation guys and the electricians
are all on the calendar for tomorrow.
We’ll see who shows up, and when! Meanwhile, we are continuing to get
ready for the trip. I still want to try
and find another hard-sided carry-on to match our larger one. There are many
brands and styles so I’m not worried about finding one. In all of the prep to
get ready, I got a wrinkle thrown in. My sister’s housekeeper was telling us
about one of her client’s upcoming estate sale that she will be working. It’s now
this weekend. I told her we are looking
for another lawn tractor and these folks have two for sale. She got back to me with a price and some more
info and I called Kirk, and we decided to go in half and buy it together. He can use it on any jobs he needs and store
it here. I went online and looked at their ad on Craig’s List and saw pics. I
will be going there on Friday with my truck and trailer to pick it up. It’s hard
to spend money now before the trip but this is a bargain and something we can’t
afford to pass up! Later, I went out and started pulling weeds in the blueberry
cage. They have taken over and you can’t even see the plants! I cleaned up
around one of the four but had to quit because it was causing me too much pain
in my sore knee. But I think if Lydia and my sister help, we can manage to get
it done. Penny brought Quincy over
earlier and they are doing really well together. We sat and worked on logistics
for when Daisy has both dogs. We are
worried that Rylee will be hard to get settled down if Quincy is in the house
all night with her. We had to come up with where each dog, and Daisy, would
sleep. On top of that, Sis may have some help coming for a portion of Daisy’s
time here. If so, then Daisy would stay
here with Rylee and Quincy would be at home. Another thing we’re thinking about
is have Quincy stay here during the day and then sleep at her own home at
night. Penny says Quincy will be fine
alone at night. We’ll figure it out.
Thursday, June 7th, 2018…… HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYDIA!! We started the day as usual but when Lydia
turned on her phone, she had tons of messages and tweets. She heard from both the kids and from others
who called to sing to her! – don’t quit your day job guys! She had opened her
gift early because UPS dropped it and rang the bell so she saw what it was –
sis and I went in and got her a garden wagon that she asked for to pull along
when she works in the flowerbeds. This thing holds 265 lbs and has fat tires so
it will roll easy on the grass so I think it will work well. The mudders showed up first thing this
morning. He said he needed Tim’s
scaffolding and wanted to be sure he was first on the job! They only took an
hour or so and finished the job. I’m
guessing they will be back to sand because everything looks really rough! The
electrician came back today as well and got his work 100% complete. He was short one 50amp outlet but he made a
quick trip and got one and installed that and was on his way. No word on the insulation guys. Lydia took off later in the day to get her
mani/pedi. Penny came over so we could
leave for dinner when she got back. It was around 4:30pm when we left. She returned Janie’s call on the way to
Spoleto’s Italian Restaurant in Sweet Home. We had never been before and Lydia
chose it for tonight. I ordered the
spaghetti and meatball dinner and both Lydia and penny got the Garlic Chicken
Pasta dinner. I ordered a spinach and artichoke dip as an appetizer for all of
us, which was really good. I wouldn’t
get the spaghetti again because I don’t like the red and green bell peppers
they put in the sauce. But the girls liked theirs. We got back home and sat
outside and watched Rylee chasing moths and bees and entertaining herself. Penny
went home and we relaxed the rest of the night. Lydia went to bed early. She was
up the night before and couldn’t sleep so tonight she was super tired and ready.
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