Monday, Oct 28th, 2019…… I think winter has hit here! Even
though we have bright, sunny skies and temps get up in the mid to upper 50s
during the day, it is still super cold in the mornings. Today, it was 30º! Everything is covered in frost. I still am in
my shorts but did the gloves and ear muff thing and had a jacket over my long
sleeve flannel shirt for our morning walk.
The plan
today was to roll with the flow and just figure it out. I decided to vacuum the
house and got that task done and everything put away. Lydia cleaned the
bathrooms and I think we each wanted to stop for the day. We both went into our
tv rooms and rested and enjoyed the day. We finished up the evening with the rest of
the leftover fish, this time with mac and cheese and green beans. Yummy! We then watched Dancing with the Stars. I was
SO PISSED when they saved Sean Spicer yet again! I keep saying that the votes should be like
Survivor when they vote someone off the island – DWTS should have America vote
for the next person to send home. They do that one by one and it should be
fair. You can see that the judges are just waiting for Spicer to be in the
bottom two so they can send him packing. He’s arguably one of the two or three
worst dancers they have ever had on the show.
Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2019…... Today was $12-dollar-Tuesday at our hair
cutting place. We planned on heading there later. But first I had to get out
and brave the cold again. Today was even colder than yesterday – it was 27º out
when I took Rylee out! I came back and then left again to get
breakfast/coffee/tea. The plan was to drop off Lydia at the senior center for
her 10:00am mahjong get-together. I was
then going to Albany to go to Lowes and get some ½” pvc pipe to make a 12’ x
21’ frame which is the size of the carport I have on order. That way, I can
move it around on the gravel area out by the rv garage and get an idea where I
want to finally install the carport But, as we were on the way to the center,
she returned a missed call from one of the girls saying she had an emergency
and couldn’t make it to play today. So,
she made another call and the rest of the girls decided they were not going to
play today. So, we just kept going to Lowes and I got my parts and we headed
back. On the way home, we stopped at Rumors, our friend Teri’s place, to get
our hair cut. It doesn’t take long for me to get clipped (ha ha!) and Lydia was
next. Once we were done and had visited for a bit, we headed home. Kirk had
dropped Cooper off and went off to take care of another job. Lydia had him pull
some offshoot trees that just started growing wild from seeds in areas where we
didn’t want them. She also asked him to trim up some of the plants and shrubs in
the same area. I went out with butthead and worked on my project. I got
everything cut and laid out in a few different arrangements. I think this is
the winner!
After the
install (4-6 weeks) I will need to get with Dana and have her order another
load of gravel to build up in the front to make the approach smoother.
Meanwhile, the boat is safe and dry on the old trailer in the shop garage. I am
still working (but not too hard) on the new trailer sanding and doing prep. You
can see in the pic that the trailer is pretty much stripped down. All of those
parts are in the shop, ready for primer and paint. No hurry though – the boat
isn’t going anywhere this winter!
After
that, we came in and I messed around with my Wi-Fi. For some reason, I lost the signal and had to
re-boot my modem. It took just a few minutes and everything went back to normal
but I hate when that happens! Lydia
decided to fix breakfast for dinner. I like that! She made mushroom and swiss
omelets. We watched a few of our taped shows before going to bed.
Wednesday, Oct 30th, 2019…... I took butthead out this morning and got that
job done. Still cold. Rylee got into the ditch, which had ice in the bottom.
She trudged through it and came up with four dirty wet paws! I have already
taken all of the garden hoses off and put them away for the winter so I had to go
get one and hook it up just to wash her off.
Today, we
didn’t have anything planned, except Lydia’s bingo game. I told her I would go
with her last week but flaked out on her and went and got my drill press. So,
today I went with her. It was fun! Sis
was there too. They play for about two hours with a short break in the middle.
Cards are .25 ea. Lydia always gets 4. I got 6. Guess what – I won my first
game! Got paid $1.25 so now I was in the hole for a quarter. None of us won
again. The people are nice and I will go back again. While we were there, we
picked up tickets for their Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a few days before the
holiday but it’s free, so we are going to see what it’s like. Once we got home,
we rested from that strenuous event! As
I said, nothing planned for today but Lydia just told me that Aimee was coming
over with her new grandson to visit. We straightened up the house and waited for
them. That little guy is just too cute! We each got turns holding him.
Rylee had
never seen a little baby before so she was all into it. I think she got jealous
when her Grammy had him in her lap! But all was good and we had a great time. After
they left, I went and got KFC for us for dinner and we watched tv until
bedtime.
Thursday, Oct 31st, 2019…... Not much going on today. I wanted to go out
and work in the shop for a bit but it was just too cold. The temps here are
still below freezing in the mornings. But I am still in shorts. Yeah, I know!......
It gets warmer later in the day and is actually nice weather to work in. My
neighbor Rich and his wife, Linda, were out working in their yard. He called me
this morning and asked if I had a phone number for our neighbor out on So. Main
just behind their house. I did not. He
told me that their water spigot in their back yard was shooting out and he
wanted to let them know. So, I hooked up Rylee and we walked over to their
house. No one was home so I went into their yard and shut it off. I spoke with
Rich after that and we thought that since they weren’t home, they may have
turned it on to drip a bit so the pipes wouldn’t freeze. So, I went back and
opened it up just a bit. I think they didn’t mean for it to shoot out so much
so I sure hope that they are ok with what I did!
We had
Quincy for Halloween and sis went home to hand out candy to her troops. She
always gets a bunch and we only get Dylan, our neighbor down the street. So,
this year we bought a candy apple and a full size hershey bar just for him. But
when the doorbell rang, there were three kids! The girls next door were with
him this year. Good thing we had a bag of candy. We held back the stuff for
Dylan because that wouldn’t be fair and gave each a handful for their bags. And
that was our Halloween.
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