Friday, April 19th, 2019…... Only
one dog on our bed last night. Quincy slept in the guest bedroom (she IS a
guest – right?) and we never heard from her all night. Rylee didn’t get me up
at all. I woke up on my own at 6:30am to let each one out to pee and went back
to bed. It turned out to be a perfect night! Once I was up, I got the dogs out
for their walks and went through some training for treats out in the yard. Then
I brought them in. Normally, Rylee is used to eating first thing (7:00am) and
Quincy gets fed after her walk. Today we fed them both after their walk. It was
easier to just fed them together.
Another nice day, so far. Rain is
predicted for later today. I don’t know how much we’ll get but it looks like a
small cell moving in about 3:00 or 4:00pm. I am going out later to start some
weed whacking. And if the dew dries up on the grass, I will fire up the mower
and give it a shot!
Ok, it’s later now. We (actually Lydia)
decided that we better get started on the lawn well before the rain just to be
sure, so I got out the tractor and started. I knew that I had gas in it because
l added some a few days ago when Kirk was here picking up the other tractor. But the mower died about 15 minutes in. Oops,
the gas I added was for the Orange tractor that I topped off so Kirk could
drive it onto the trailer. Now I remember! Duuuhh! So, I had to take off and go fill up my
container. Once I got that in, I had no issues.
Walt must have seeded and reseeded the area just off the back porch
because that part of the lawn is super thick and the grass is weed free and
really plush. I set the mower on its highest setting because if I cut it too
low, it will cut down to the yellow part of the grass chute and will kill it.
The rest was a lot lower and looks ok for the most part. Most of the lawn was
dry enough but we still did get some serious tire marks in some of the wetter
areas. They will go away. I didn’t go back over it with the grass rake/catcher
today because there are too many wet grass clumps. I will have to wait and let
them dry out a bit so the machine will be able to rake them in. Lydia wanted to
help but I was on a roll and just kept going. She spent some time out front,
cleaning up some of the dead twigs on her hydrangeas while I mowed. Come the
end of the day, we were both tired and enjoyed relaxing for the rest of the night.
We just heated up leftovers for dinner which was ok with both of us. The rains
came in around 5:00pm. It was really light rain and it stopped sometime during
the night. But it will put a damper on yard work tomorrow!
Saturday, April 20th, 2019…… No rain this morning. Lydia heard it early hours
when she was up using the restroom but it was light. I tried something
different this morning. After getting up, showered, and going, I took Quincy
out first. She did her ‘west 40’ field run and poop and we came back to the
back field and Lydia let Rylee out. They played for a bit and then I hooked
Rylee up on the leash and walked them both to the garage door. I dried up
Quincy and let her in. Then I headed out up the street with Rylee. While we
were gone, Lydia fed Quincy. When I got back, I fed muttley. This worked out
well because even if we put down food at the same time (in separate rooms), the
butthead always finishes it in .02 secs flat (just kidding but she does wolf it
down!), and then goes in and sits behind Q and waits for her to finish. She
won’t nose in to bother her so that’s good, but by walking Rylee, it gives
Quincy time to eat with no one over her shoulder.
After
their breakfast, I went out and got ours. Of course, I stopped at Starbucks. My
friend, Jade’s last day is tomorrow. She’s moving downstate to Grants Pass
(about 180 mi.). She is transferring to
the Starbucks down there so we can go visit whenever we travel south, but I
will miss her as I’m sure others will as well. I had planned on getting her a gift but I dropped the ball and they don’t have ecards. I will order one sent to me and forward to
her later.
Once I
got home and we ate, it was time to do some work. Ok, not! It’s still too wet
from the rains. Kirk had texted me yesterday asking if we should reschedule the
moss removal project. He can work on that on Tuesday. So, I just did a few
clean up jobs in the shop and then came in and went on eBay and found and
ordered a couple of cell phone covers/cases for our new phones. I did get out my fishing gear and went through
it. I always change all of the lines each year so I stripped all of my reels
and got that done. I even did the backup ones so I have enough if guests come
up and want to go fishing! Still looking for a boat. But I am also looking for
a golf cart for the property so I’m torn which one to buy first! But first priority is to get tires for the
motorhome but that’s no fun to shop for!
Sunday, April 21st, 2019…... HAPPY EASTER!
We didn’t have any plans today. I’m not doing any work though, just
lounging round and playing with the puppies. I got them out and walked and went
and got breakfast and tea, and said goodbye to Jade. When I came back, my gfci in the garage was
tripped. It happened yesterday as well.
So much for not doing any work today!
I headed out to the garage to check out my electrical system. The
breaker that runs the garage door, refrigerator, sprinkler system, and septic
alarm are connected to one gfci circuit. The freezer has its own circuit. The
electrical heat pump, central vac, and the furnace are on another circuit. The
one I’m having trouble with is the gfci. The gfi keeps tripping. So, I started
unplugging each item to see if one of them is causing it. Nope. So, I changed
out the gfi receptacle itself. The new one still trips. I’m stumped. I need an
electrician but I will have to wait until tomorrow to start looking. I ran a
cord to the fridge so that’s covered. I
left one of the garage doors open so we can get the Acadia in and out. I have a
feeling I have a water issue under or next to the house that is causing the
switch to trip. Nothing to do now but wait. I’m looking at some serious cash
out for the electrician and/or plumber.
I guess my boat/golf cart purchase will be on hold again!
As I
said, we didn’t have anything planned. I had talked to my sister yesterday but
we still sent her a pic of her puppy lounging around the house.
With this
being a holiday, all of the races I usually watch are on hiatus, so I spent
some time catching up on other series that I am behind on. A couple of those
are taped on the tv in the motorhome so I spent some time out there. I always
bring Rylee with me. I want her to get used to hanging around in there so she’s
comfortable when we travel.
Lydia
made some pasta to go with our leftovers. All in all, a quiet day!
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