Sunday, October 21st, 2018…... It was a quiet night last night. Rylee was
pooped from her houseguest and crashed early and slept through the night. Lydia
got up and fed Rylee and I slept a few minutes longer. She eats then comes
looking for me to play with her. We do that for a few minutes then I shower and
get dressed and then I take her out for our walk. I came back and Lydia had
fixins out for omelets so I headed off to Starbucks to get her chai tea and my
coffee. We had a nice breakfast and while I cleaned up, Lydia went off to
shower. My sister was coming over later with Janice, who wanted to see our
place. Penny will be staying here after her surgery and Janice wants to come
visit her. They did stop by and Penny
gave her a tour. Afterward, we went back to our lazy day, watching tv and
kicking back. Lydia made dinner and we watched tv until bedtime.
Monday, October 22nd, 2018…... I had a few things on my plate today. I got up with Rylee
again at 7:00am and let her out then fed her. I showered and went out to get
breakfast. I went to Albany because I was looking to go to Burcham Metals to
see if they had some angle iron in stock that I could use to make shelving
beams for the three uprights I didn’t use from the Costco shelves I put up last
year. I saw them on Craig’s List yesterday but they weren’t posted today so I
just passed on that. I went to Roger’s for breakfast then went over and checked
in with Habitat For Humanity to see what they had new. By the time I got home,
it was time for the next project I had planned. I hooked up the cart behind the
tractor and put on my lifting belt and went out to the woodpile out in the
field. Walt had felled a tree way back when and since the logs were too heavy
to move, he just left them there. My sister wanted some of them to use for
seating and flower pots at her house but when we when to get some, they showed
signs of rot, probably from termite damage. Walt added pallets and other misc.
debris to the pile and I just wanted to clean it all up. I decided that I would just try to dispose of
the logs by throwing them into the woods and then bringing out the pallets to
cut up and use as firewood. My sister was over the other day and we threw all
of the smaller pieces over the creek so I only had about 25-30 to do. The
trailer was perfect for that!
One more load!
I was able to load up
3-4 logs and then take them out close enough to dump. Some I could chuck out
but some had to be rolled. It took some time and labor, but, with a few breaks,
I got it all done. I stacked up the pallets and other lumber to bring back in
close to the electrical plug in the back of the rv garage so I could use my
circular saw and cut them down a bit. I will come out tomorrow with the truck
and load those up. That was enough for today. I came in and took some Aleve and
rested for the day
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018…... Today
was another day with a few tasks. We ate breakfast in and then I sat down and got
my voting done. They don’t have voting polls here. Everything is mail-in. The
ballots came in last week and we have until election day in November but I
wanted to get it over with. I got that done and then got Lydia’s enveloped stamped
and ready for when she votes. She ended up doing that later in the day so we
had both of those ready for tomorrow’s mail. I went out and got my circular saw
going and made quick work of the pallets and other misc. junk that I will
probably end up just throwing in the trash when I have room. It all got piled
up and that task was done. Kirk came by
and, among other things, finished up my dead leaf pickup project. So, that was
done. Later, Tim and Dana brought by a 12-ft.
pressure-treated 2x8 to affix to the transition area where the cement approach
meets the asphalt driveway. I told him the cement is cracking in that area, and
he wanted to put a temporary fix in there for now. He has asked a local welder, my buddy Scott,
to make up a steel plate to attach there. They will get that going and get back to me.
Later, we took off to go to James Gang Pizza for dinner. They had the Dodger/Red
Sox game on, so we watched that while we ate. When we got home, I watched the
rest of it before changing to my taped shows. We lost tonight. I know the Red
Sox are going to be tough – I don’t think it will be easy, but maybe we can
pull it out. Go Dodgers!
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