Tuesday, September 11th, 2018…… Today was a fun day for me. I
received a ton of birthday wishes, via phone calls, texts and emails. Lydia
even got some via her Facebook account. Thanks to everyone!! Kirk came by today and he and Caleb worked
more weeds along the driveway. They also finished the brush pile in the back of
the rv garage. Later in the afternoon, Penny came over and took us to dinner at
the Depot (my choice) in Albany. When we got there, it was raining pretty good
but it was dry as a bone at home. We got the rain a few hours later and it
rained lightly off and on for most of the night. It’s the first measurable rain of
the season. Remember – it hasn’t rained up here for over 90 days – a record! It
is supposed to last through Thursday. That’s good since we are planning on
heading up to the Portland Zoo on Friday.
Wednesday, September
12th, 2018…... Today we had nothing planned. Truth be told, we are
both still feeling the effects of the virus we had. We both have been drinking
plenty of fluids and we’re taking it pretty slow until we get our strength
back. Lydia stayed in her pjs most of the morning, just lounging around,
watching tv. I took the white tornado out to give her some exercise but we
stayed close to the house today. I’m still waiting to hear back about the rv.
Last call was that I needed batteries (total of 6 x $150.00). They then will
still have to run more tests to see if that got the 12v feed to the fridge up
and running correctly and the cooling unit functions. Fingers crossed – that’s
a $2000+ hit! Lydia asked me to go get
something for dinner and I chose Bigfoot for burgers. They have huge specialty
burgers and they are really good! We just don’t go there that often for some
reason. We ate them while catching up on the last three of the Shades of Blue episodes,
including the series finale. We also watched America’s Got Talent so we’re
caught up on that. We are also trying to catch up on Master Chef. Those are two
hour shows and we are several weeks behind. Earlier in the evening I got the call that I
didn’t want – they put in the new batteries and ran their checks; the cooling
unit fault code is still coming up. They have to get to and run through the
next steps, but they think the cooling unit is going to be the problem. They
are in the process of finding prices. I didn’t
tell them, but I already checked - rebuilt units go from $325.- $625., brand new
from $700.- $1300. That’s just the cost to buy them. They will inflate that price
plus add their shop/install rates ($55.00hr). Again, we are in wait and hold. We do have another option - to go through a complete
removal and install a residential fridge - but as much as we'd like that, we’re passing on that option. Simply because
of the added expense and also they would likely have to temporarily remove and reinstall
one of our slideouts because we don’t have a window (or door) big enough to get
a fridge in of that size. And that doesn’t account for the fact that we may need
to upgrade our batteries (unlikely) and/or the invertor. The major thing is we
don’t think this little shop can pull that off without issues.
Thursday, September 13th, 2018…... I slept great last night – once
I got all of the fridge issues out of my brain! I got up energized and ready
for a day of doing stuff! Lydia hung around the house all day again but I got
out and got breakfast then started in on working on some hanging storage for
the rv garage. After I got that done, I got out the tractor and went over the
recent area where Kirk removed the brush, trying to level it out and knock down
the grass I couldn’t do before. I also picked some more grapes. They are really
tasting good now! Tim told us to get picking just after a cold spell. Well, since
the rains came in, the temps went down into the mid-forties last night and the
night before (it’s been in the mid-sixties in June-July and then in the mid-fifties
in Aug.-Sep. at night), so I did a test taste and they were ready! Now we need
to start picking! I also spoke with Kirk today. I asked him if he could let Rylee
out tomorrow mid-day when he comes to pick up our tractor (for his Monday mowing
job). He will also feed her so we don’t have to hurry back from our Portland
Zoo/Pittock Mansion tour tomorrow. Later in the day, we made a Walmart run and
picked up a few things for dinner, which we ate early and then settled in for
the night, watching tv until bedtime.
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