Wednesday, May 1st, 2019…... As I
said, the weather is great right now! Temps are in the low 70s and are expected to
be 78º on Sunday. Quincy was here this morning for a walk and romp with monster
puppy. After they left, we left and met her again at Kevin’s for breakfast.
When we got back home, Kirk was here, just getting set up. Turns out he has
help today. His sister Becky, came in yesterday from Virginia to visit. He’s working
so she came with him and helped him today. She worked in the yard while he finished
up the moss removal on our roof. I won’t have to do that again for several more
years. I was going to scoop up the grass today but wanted to wait until Kirk
was done. Lydia usually bags the grass after I dump it, but she wasn’t feeling
well so she stayed in and rested while I spent the time cutting up the apple
tree branches into smaller pieces for the trash can. The grass clippings can
wait. I had tacos for leftovers and Lydia fixed turkey and mashed potatoes and
that was our dinner. We settled in and watched Survivor and then The Amazing
Race and then called it a night.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019…… This morning I got up and going
early. I wanted to go to an estate sale that I heard about from my sister. I
was told that there were tons of interesting things there. I got Rylee walked
and headed over to Walmart to get cash, then drove over and waited for them to
open. My sister got there a few minutes
later. I told Lydia later that it was good she slept in. Although there were
tons of stuff, there wasn’t much that interested me. They had a few
collections, like 30 or more hurricane lamps, all sizes. Not interested. Vases,
maybe 40 or so, Nope. I was out of there in 20 minutes and came home. I had told Lydia I wanted to go to Costco to
get a Hunter Ceiling Fan I had seen in their sale paper, so we left to go do
that. Of course, we had to do more shopping once we got there. We got all of
that back to the house and unloaded and then I went out and got the grass catcher hooked up to the tractor and started picking up grass. My sister came over and helped bag it all and even took several bags
home to put in her yard waste bin for pickup. Thanks for your help, sis! Later,
we made plans to go to dinner tonight. Skyline has prime rib specials
Thurs.-Sun. and both Lydia and sis were ready for that so we went tonight. She
came back to the house and picked us up and drove. It was a nice meal. We still had daylight when we got back so I
went out and cut up some more apple tree branches. Almost done with that
project.
Friday, May 3rd, 2019…... After getting up and showered and going for
the day, I fed and walked monkey butt and played with her around the yard. We
have plans today to go back to the Best Buy in Salem. I think we are ready to
buy the Jenn-Air stove from there. We have been all over the place looking for
something to replace the Dacor we have now. It’s a high-end stove but it doesn’t
suit Lydia, who says the oven isn’t calibrated correctly. Sometimes it cooks at
the perfect temp, other times it goes lower or higher. Assuming the electronic circuit
board is the issue, is it available still for this older stove, and more
importantly, will there still be an issue with other parts in the future? The seal around the door has been replaced
but the hinges are the next thing we have to fix. I think I need to make her
happy and cut our losses and just get her a new oven. We wanted to buy from Costco because they have
great prices and they do carry a 36” model (NXS – ever heard of it?) that would
work, but the reviews are terrible. As is with several other brands we have never
heard of – they get lousy reviews and are not recommended. So, we have been
looking at Thermador, Jenn-Air, Kitchen Aid, Wolfe, and Viking. These are all
priced from $6000-$10,000. so we have been in sticker shock for some time. I have found scratch and dent models from
Wolfe and Viking but they are all online and would have to be shipped. I don’t
want to pay $3500. up front and trust that they drop ship a stove at my curb.
We found a new scratched Jenn-Air at B&R used appliances in Beaverton (priced
at $4999. but I don’t know if it can be warranted or not). We found the same
model at Best Buy and the price was lower). So, we drove up to Salem and found
Justyn, who had helped us before. They had a floor model (with no scratches or
blemishes) that was marked down, plus they gave us 20% off that (it was on sale
last week so we said we needed that discount and they gave it to us). Delivery
is free. Even with the extended 5-yr warranty and installation, we are spending
$1000. less than the scratched one. Delivery is set after Lydia gets home from
her surgery so we’re good there. Plus, I think I can sell the Dacor on Craig’s
List for upwards of $2000. Lydia is VERY picky about her baking but this oven should
be perfectly fine for someone wanting to upgrade to a Dacor for 1/4 the price
of a new one. That done, we came back home and rested from the day. I did go
out later and I finished cutting up the apple tree branches. Well, I finished
cutting off the smaller pieces, which went in the trash, saving the larger ones
to be cut later on my chop saw for firewood. I ate a really late lunch so Lydia fixed
herself some soup for dinner and I had a small snack later and called it good. We watched tv until bedtime.
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