Thursday, March 14th, 2019…... I
think Spring has sprung! At least I hope so! The weather is so nice right now,
that we don’t want it to change! I’m sure we’ll have some more rain (hey – this
is Oregon!) but I think the cold yucky days of winter are mostly behind us now.
If you want to visit when it’s nice and things start to bloom, now would be a
good time to start planning and get up here soon! For our rv friends, I need to
remind you that we have plenty of parking. I have a 50-amp site, and two 30-amp
sites so we’re covered. We also have a guest room plus our motorhome can sleep
a couple.
Lydia had an appointment this
morning at the nail salon so she took off to do that. I hung around the house
until the sun got over the blueberry netting project I needed to get back to.
My recliner has now been dismantled and all of it except one foam pad was taken
today via the trash container. So, now there is room for the netting. All I
need to do is cut it up in small sizes and roll it up to stuff in the container.
I also have a call in to a guy in Sheridan who has a water heater I am
interested in. I saw it on Craig’s List. The water heater in the shop was taken
out (before we bought the house), due to an inspector considering that room to
be a residence, because it has a toilet and sink. He made Walt remove it but
everything is there so I want to put another one back in its place. This one is
only a 20-gallon model but that is plenty for the bathroom sink. Because I could be made to remove it again, I
am not going to spring for either a new conventional water heater or a
tankless. But I will take a chance on
one that’s only $35.00. I am waiting for a call back from the guy.
Lydia got back and did some dusting
and general cleanup. It’s amazing how quickly we can load up junk on the
kitchen peninsula! I had attached Rylee on a longer rope so she had free run of
the place and I didn’t have to keep an eye on her running off to the neighbors.
We were both happy! I got all of my net cutting work done for today. I still
have the old lumber to deal with. I am formulating a plan to use some of it as
a sliding barn door for the alcove in the kitchen/dining room area. During the
day, I got texts from our friend Mike Root in California. He and Cheri have the
sweetest little dog, Susie. He said she had a rough night and was worried.
She’s bumping into everything like she’s going blind. She’s 11. They will be
taking her in to the vet today. Lydia had got some steak out yesterday but we had
passed on dinner so she cooked it up tonight for steak sandwiches. Easy, quick,
and good! No word from the water heater guy. But Mike texted back that the vet
says Susie has gone completely blind. We texted for a while and then he called.
We talked a bit. The vet says they can remove the cataracts. They want to get
the blood tests back first. He also wanted to let me know he was sending me a
form to sign for our camping club to join FMCA. We are already FMCA members and
we will add our name and member number to the club roster. I will forward to
Betz’s in Ohio so they can sign as well and send back to Roots.
Friday, March 15th, 2019…… This morning started out sunny and bright.
Yaay! I got Rylee fed and I got showered
and dressed and went out and walked her and then came in and fried up a couple
of eggs for turkey, swiss, and egg sandwiches for breakfast. I always give
Rylee a bit of egg and she follows me all the way from start to finish. We have
finally switched to feeding monkey butt only twice a day, giving her more at
each of the two meals. It sure makes it easy cause we don’t have to return from
doing something just to feed her. It’s been a week now and she’s getting better
about bugging me for her noon meal. Cheri called and said the Susie was at the
vet’s office but was doing better. She has diabetes and they are stabilizing her.
As I
mentioned, it’s terrific outside now. The forecast is for a whole week of sun
and, more importantly, NO rain! I keep watching neighbors getting their mowers
out and cutting their lawns. Me, nope. Still too squishy. I know if I try too
soon, I will tear up the lawn with tire tracks. I might try to fire up the
tractor though, and make a few passes out in the back field. That is field
grass and is not as dense as our lawn so I may be able to get a head start and
do that part anyway. But not until next week…
My sister
came over this morning to get Lydia. They were headed to Corvallis to a store
Penny wanted to go to and use a discount coupon. Then they went to Albany and
hit Big Lots where Lydia bought curtains for our bedroom and placemats to match
the tablecloth that we got there last week. I went over to Sis’s house to check
on Quincy while she was gone. Q loves to lay outside when the weather is nice
but if the neighbor’s dogs are out it gets her riled up and it’s a barkfest.
But everything was quiet and I practically woke the Quince up when I went to
check on her so all was good. I was going to stop and pick up lunch while I was
out but I found I was still full from breakfast. The girls got back a few hours later and
Lydia came in and rested for a while. She started dinner early for me since
they stopped for lunch. She is saving some of the meat to cut up for her salad
later. We watched Guys Grocery Games before she went in to her own room to
watch her shows. That left me to start watching Mecum Auctions. They are in
Phoenix this weekend.
Saturday, March 16th, 2019…... This morning we went out to
Shirley Mays for another breakfast with Janice and Penny. It was really good.
After that, they headed to a few yard sales and we went to Albany to Big Lots
to pick up another set of curtains for our bedroom. We need to do something
with the slider there, it’s kinda plain right now. Because we use the blinds
every day, and won’t close the curtains too often, I think she is going to do
long curtains on the sides and cut two more down to make a valance. That will
dress up the opening and give some color to the room. Once we got those and a
curtain rod, we headed home. Last month, one of the old-time businesses, Like
Nu Appliances, closed their doors. They specialized in used appliances and
wanted to sell and retire and move to California, close to their kids. It was for sale for a few years but they
couldn’t sell it, so they just shut it down. This weekend, they had a tool sale, out of the
garage at their home. My sister and
Janice went to see what they had and called me to let me know. We swung by and
checked it out. Everything was reasonably priced. I bought some peg board hooks
and some drill bits and Lydia found an old wooden ladder she wants to modify to
use at Christmas to display our Christmas village homes. She had seen one on tv
and liked it. We loaded those and came home. I took Rylee out for a good run and
checked the lawn again. It’s better but still too wet to mow. We didn’t have
anything else planned for today. Lydia
had me get out some ground turkey and later, we made tacos for dinner. We both
spent the evening relaxing watching our own taped programs until bedtime.
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