Tuesday, August 7th, 2018…… I got to sleep in this morning! Rylee wanted up on the bed around 4:00am but
went back to sleep and didn’t wake us up until after 6:00am! Lydia got up with
her and let her out and fed her and then came back to bed. Rylee came back to
bed too and went back to sleep as well. Later, once we got all of our morning
routines completed, Lydia went off to go play pickle ball and Kirk and Caleb
came over to do some work on the flowerbeds. I spent some time on the bills and
then worked on power washing a couple more squares on the front walk. Since the
weather is warming up, it was a good day to do that. I also went out and
adjusted the timers in the flowerbeds since I had them off for the work today.
I went out later to check to see if the timers shut off and let Rylee walk with
me. She saw our neighbor, Paul (Ollie’s dad) out so she beelined across the
street to go play. I had to track her down and, since she ran over there on her
own, I wouldn’t let them bring Ollie out to play. She had to ‘get home
now’! But later in the evening, since it
was super hot today, we let her play in her pool before toweling her off and
bringing her in. We settled in and watched tv and stayed in the cool house
until bedtime.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2018…… Kirk brought the
lawn tractor back yesterday. We had taken it into the shop for service (spark
plug, oil change, filters, etc.). They said other than the routine maintenance
it needed, it was in great shape. I went out to the shop and moved things
around so I could park the truck in there. It’s been outside for the past few
nights. I’m still having issues with the shop door and up until now have been
able to get it closed. But today I gave up and left it open. Still waiting for
the garage door guys to get to us…
I started watching
the Little League Baseball Regionals on tv. The eight regionals are held this
week and by Saturday, the US teams going to Williamsport, PA will be
determined. I always enjoy watching these games to see who the stronger teams
are. If you know me, you know I have a soft spot in my heart for little
leaguers. I loved my years of coaching my boys and enjoyed our vacation trip to
Williamsport back in 2012. If you ever
get a chance to go there, do it!
I also spent some more time out power washing
again today. I want to eventually do all of the concrete on the property but I
think it will be a long time before I can accomplish that task. Today I only got
one more square done - one more completes the front walkway. Next up is the
back porch, then the back walkway, which is shorter but just as dingy.
I took Lydia out to dinner tonight, just to get
out of the house for a while. She chose Oregon BBQ. This place is really a
mobile food cart, looks like a tiny house, and is now sitting under a carport of
an older business on Santiam Hwy. The two windows on the side are for drive up and
pick up. She said the rest of the older building will eventually be refurbished
for a seating area. We had never tried this place since we got up here. The
food was excellent! Lydia had a brisket sandwich with potato salad and cole
slaw. She said it all was really tasty, the cole slaw average. I had a duo
plate with sausage, pulled pork, cole slaw and baked beans. I loved it all,
including the cole slaw. We will be
going back again!
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