Tuesday, June 9th, 2020…… Another travel day. Kyle was going home today. We had set a time for leaving but he was ready for breakfast
so we got going early so we could stop again at Elmer’s for their German
pancake.
Once we
were on the road, we had plenty of time to take the scenic route to Portland
(via hwy 99). I stopped at the overlook and we saw this….
This is
Willamette Falls and has paper mills and a power plant surrounding to it. Really
fascinating but a lot to take in and it was sprinkling. So, we headed on. I
drove us around several of the ‘districts’ in the Portland area and we saw a
lot before making our way to the terminal. We said our goodbyes and he is
saying he is planning on bringing Tiffany and the family back up here next
year. That will be fun. I drove back home through some pretty constant rain and
then did some laundry and cleanup around the house before relaxing and fixing a
sandwich and watching tv for a bit. I
want to go to the store but I will hold off on that for a while. It will be
just for smaller items. There are tons of things in the freezer in the garage
and I need to get through all of that first! Tonight though, it was mac and cheese because Kyle
left milk for that. I stayed up later than usual tonight – just wasn’t sleepy.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020…… Really quiet last night with no one else in
the house. I woke up early and got Rylee out and walked and then fed. I have
finished up all of the photo albums and now have to sort those that I pulled
out by year. The weather here is nice
today but the grass is too wet to mow again. I heard from sis that Chuck is
planning on coming over tomorrow to mow the ‘west 40’. Hopefully it will be
drier by then. Because the sun was out,
I did another coat of primer on the trailer parts. I have decided to use marine
paint because it’s cheaper than the bedliner paint (more on that later) but I’m
waiting for Sherwin Williams to allow people in their stores again before I go
and talk to them. I like their paint plus Jeff has a (nation-wide) account
there and I can get his contractor discount. I have a lot of lunchmeat left plus I had
bought four loaves of sourdough bread (two in the freezer) so I am making some
tasty sandwiches with that! I had one for lunch so when dinnertime came, I decided
to just fix a chicken pot pie. Easy peasy. Rylee and I settled in and watched Nascar and
Motocross races until bedtime. Both of these entities are trying to get their
season schedule in and are doing races on Sundays and Wednesdays. No problem here
– I can keep up!
Thursday, June 11th, 2020…… Chuck showed up around 8:15am and we talked for
a few minutes before he headed out to work on the field grass. He was asked by
my sister if she could run the tractor around the field and so she came over to
do that. She did a few laps and had a good time and did a pretty good job too! No, Sis, I am NOT buying a big tractor!
After Chuck left, Penny stayed and we talked a bit. My mail came and I showed her the letter from my estate
attorney, outlining the next steps. I will be calling him tomorrow so he can officially
get started. She will be calling him too, because she needs to get her estate
in order as well. I ate a late lunch so I skipped dinner and just had an orange
and a banana and was good to go. With all of the racing I had taped, I am
behind in my regular shows. With the summer fill-ins I am still trying to catch
up!
Friday, June 12th, 2020……
This morning, after walking and feeding butthead, I took off to go get
breakfast and then head on to Albany to Sherwin Williams and then to Lowes. At Sherwin Williams, I
wanted to get a gallon of gray marine paint for the trailer and a quart of navy blue for
the fenders. They don’t sell the marine paint in quarts and it turns out that a
gallon of marine paint is over $80.00! Wow! I passed on the navy and will get spray paint at Lowes. But I got the Lazy Gray color-mixed in and used Jeff’s account plus they had brought out a can that was dented
and offered that to me and the total charge was only $35.00. Whew! Then I went over to Lowes and got the navy paint and the rest of my supplies so I think I’m good to go! The bedliner paint that I had previously purchased
for the trailer will now be used in the near future on the truck bed, which
needs it again. The weather is again misting so I’m not painting anything
today. So, I came in and worked on the photo sort and also on Frances’ request for
copies of Lydia’s recipe files from her computer. I think I will go get some
flash drives which will be easy to copy and mail. The skies cleared up a bit later, so I went
back out and worked on my outside storage bench that I had put together and sat
out for my painting project. It needed to be leveled and I wanted to take care of that but before I could get going, it started raining again. I also need to add a plywood top before that job will be done. I had taken
out a stuffed salmon from the freezer and made that with a baked potato and
green beans for dinner. Funny, out in the freezer, I found that I must have 3-4
bags each of every package of frozen vegetables there are! But it won’t take
long to make all of that go away! After
dinner, I took Rylee out for a run in the yard then settled in and watched tv
until calling it a night. Still hard getting used to the quiet….
It will be hard with the quiet and walking into a room hoping to see our loved one's. That is the hardest part, learning to live without our partner's. Only time passed will help with that. So sorry you are going through this.
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