Sunday, Sep 22nd, 2019…… Another cloudy and rainy day.
This is a small cell and is supposed to be gone this afternoon, with no rain
for the next several days. Yaay! I did the breakfast/coffee/tea run this
morning and settled in for the day. I did need to get up and do something so I
vacuumed the house. Our central vac is out of order for now so I used the Dyson.
We need to have the house vacuum system checked out. It works but with very
little suction. I think it just needs service with a thorough cleanout. We each
watched our own programs/races for the most part of the day. When Lydia makes
soup or stew, she always makes a big pot, so we had leftover bean soup and
cornbread again for dinner. I think it’s better the second day! We watched tv and, for the most part, both of
us caught up on our summer shows, so we are now ready for the new season to
start!
Monday, Sep 23rd, 2019…... No rain this morning. I walked
monster puppy. Both our local Wilco store and our vet sell Rylee’s dog food and
we needed to restock. We took her with us and went to the vet’s office this
time to get her food - but more to put her on the scales in the waiting room.
She weighed in at 86 lbs. I thought it would be more but over the last month we
have religiously restricted her diet to her food and her doggie treats. No more
people food! She’s a husky dog and
definitely can handle the weight and looks good so we’re happy. We also have
been putting ear drops in the last several weeks. She has an odor in one ear that
the vet spotted last year and we think it came back. We already had the
medicine and Lydia and Penny, with their sensitive noses, have been monitoring
it and both say it’s getting better now. Plus, we have put the pool away for the winter
(actually, I will be cutting it up since it has a few cracks after two
seasons), so that will keep her ears dry and clean for now. Later, Lydia worked on cleaning the hardwood
floors and wet mopping them. I had already vacuumed all of the bedrooms but
went over everything again, this time I just worked around the furniture and Rylee’s
toys! I told her that since we had our ‘chores’
done for the day, we should go out to dinner. We chose The Skyline in Sweet
Home and headed there and had a nice meal. We got back home, walked monster
puppy and then settled in to watch tv until bedtime.
Tuesday, Sep 24th, 2019…... The weather is definitely better now! No rain
is forecast for the rest of the week. It was a little cloudy and misty this
morning when I walked Rylee but that would eventually go away (about 11:00am)
and the skies would be clear and blue. I left and got myself some breakfast and
then headed to Albany. I was heading to Lowes looking for five more clear light
bulbs (for the other bathroom fixture) but stopped by Habitat for Humanity just
to see what they had. I found another nice well-built cabinet that I asked the
price on. It was $75. But the nice lady said that she thought it was priced too
high and I could have it for $55. I also found a really nice rolling ladder for
my rv garage. This one will definitely allow me to reach all the way to the top
of the motorhome should I need to do that. It was priced at $75., marked down
from $95. I also found some wheel chocks for the boat trailers. They were $5. for
the pair. It was their ‘Tuesday Spin and
Win a Discount’ day so she asked me to spin the wheel. And wouldn’t you know I got the highest
discount on there – 40% off! Yaay! So, I got everything for $81 bucks! I had
them load it all up and then went to Lowes and got the light bulbs and came
home with all my new ‘stuff’. I got everything unloaded and stored the ladder in
the rv garage and made plans in my head for the new cabinet. I will put wheels
on it and put it in the rv garage as a rolling worktable as well as storage for
the extra rv parts I currently have boxed up in the shop. Unloading that
cabinet was a strain on my back so I came in the house and took some Aleve and rested
for a bit.
Kirk was
coming by later today. My plan was for us to go out to the back of the property
and work there today. We have one tree out there that is growing pretty quickly
and is now hanging down and drooping into the creek, so I want to get that
removed and hauled away. Lydia went off to play mahjong, and the Aleve was
working, so I took my chain saw and the truck back there. I was able to back the
truck over the creek and into the tree so that I could reach the lower branches.
I got 90% of that done and stacked up. Lydia got back and then had a quick
lunch and then turned around and headed back to the senior center for the first
of her quilting classes. When Kirk got to
the house, we went out with my ladder and he held it steady while I cut the
remaining branches down. We didn’t take it all out but removed quite a bit of
its branches and we got them all stacked up. The dump would be closing soon today
so we plan on hauling them out there next week. I came in and showered and was
done for today. Lydia got home and
later, started dinner. We had tacos and I helped with that. We settled in and
watched our own taped shows and then went to bed.
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