Monday, June 24th, 2019…… After walking Rylee, I headed out
and got my truck washed, got breakfast, and managed to dump two of my 4
remaining grass bags into the local closed Chinese restaurant dumpster. I was
back home before 9:00am. While I was
gone, Sis came by. She was heading off to Bend this morning to spend today and
tonight with her ex sister-in-law, Paula (and Gina) so she brought Quincy over
for a sleepover. Meanwhile, I set up shop on the laptop this morning. I need to
get my Oregon Boater’s License in order to operate my boat. You have to take
the test online and its chapter-oriented, meaning that you have to read each
page (which stays on screen for 25 sec. before the ‘next’ button
appears), before you can continue. It’s not hard material but just takes so
much time to get through. I did the first three chapters and can login again to
continue whenever I want. So, I stopped, ate lunch, then watched some tv, then
went back to it again. I stayed with it and got the next four chapters knocked
out, then jumped right in on the final ‘quiz’. Quiz my ass, it was 75
questions! It was mostly what was in the chapter tests but they threw in some
others for the first time. I got a good passing score and proceeded to print
out my certificate. What I really wanted (and needed) was the Oregon Boater’s
Card. Turns out you had to pay $11. for that to be mailed to you. Next up was
the transfer of title. I need to go into Salem for that. Maybe this week.
We got
both dogs fed and I cleaned and refilled Rylee’s pool so she could play in it.
Q’s not interested and wants to stay as far away as possible when Rylee gets
going out there. We finished up the evening with leftovers and watched tv until
bedtime.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019…... This morning I got up early and got Quincy out
for her walk. Then Lydia fed Rylee then let her out and to run with Quincy for
a bit. Both my sister and I go through some ‘training for treats’ when we’re
out there with them and before bringing them in, so I did that. Then we fed the
Q dog and she then headed off to her bed for her day of rest.
Today I
was supposed to go look at that trailer. The guy wasn’t going to be back in
town until later in the day and he had sent Lydia a message on FB yesterday that
it was a go for 7:00 this evening. No problem for us, it doesn’t get dark up
here until after 9:30. He did say he now needs full price for it and, if I say
no, he would move on to the next person who was waiting for my decision. I
thought it was worth the $300. but hey, you gotta try, right? I took some more
pictures of my trailer and did some measurements to compare when I got there.
Sis got back and stayed for a while, then took Quincy and headed on home.
Later,
after dinner, we heard from Jeff and Krista. They were telling us that Shelby
and Kate were looking forward to their trip to visit us next month. I think
Jeff and Krista are going to be glad to have them leave so they can relax for a
week! We talked about stuff to do and
meals they like. Shelby, who we’re told, is quite the chef, wants to cook us
dinner while they are here so we will need to go shopping as soon as they get
in. We also discussed sleeping arrangements. The girls are 16 ½ and have their
own rooms so we probably will use the blow-up bed in Lydia’s room in addition
to the guestroom. They could both sleep
in there as they choose. Jeff mentioned
that we should take them for a motorhome trip but I need new tires for the
front of the coach before we can go anywhere and I am not going to cough up
$2000. bucks right now. But he said the girls would probably at least like to
sleep out there in the coach if we could do that. That works but we’ll show the
girls and see what they want to do. We
left the house still on the phone with the kids because it was time to go to
see the trailer. We hung up with the kids and got there with time to spare and
met with the guy, who walked me back to where it was parked. Turns out this one is way bigger than mine!
But there are so many places where I can adjust it, I think it will work and I
still think it’s a great buy. Even if it doesn’t work out, I can always sell it
for what I paid for it. We got the wiring plugged in (one side didn’t work for
the brake/turn signal) and I brought it home and backed it into the garage. I
tested the wires and I think I’ve got a bad ground on the right taillight. It’s
pretty crust and rusty so I’ll just get new taillights for both sides.
I quit for
the evening and left it as it sat for tomorrow. I came in and we watched
America’s Got Talent and then we went to bed.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019…... Today we planned on heading up to
Salem. Lydia had her two Macy’s gift cards and I needed to go get the boat
title transferred. Turns out Macy’s and The Oregon Marine Board office were
less that a ¼ mile apart! I dropped her off and went to get my task completed.
It was easy – sign, pay, and leave! No one was in line! I drove back and parked and eventually found
Lydia shopping and when she exhausted all of her funds (and then some), we
headed to Firehouse Subs for lunch and then to Costco for a short hit and run
shopping trip, before we headed back home. I went out and rummaged through the
garage looking for a trailer wiring harness I was saving for the utility
trailer, but couldn’t find it. I think I’ll just head over to Walmart and check
out what they have and pick one up and maybe get some new lights there if they
have those.
We didn’t
do too much more today after all of that. My sister stopped by to give us an
anniversary gift she had ordered and just got. It was a portable ‘cornhole’
game! Now we’ve got one more small thing to entertain the girls! Lydia made ravioli and we binge-watched three
hours of Guys Grocery Games in my room before heading in to the living room to
watch The great Food Truck Race, Master Chef, and then the two-hour season finale of The Amazing Race.
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