Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020…… This morning I was up early and walked Rylee
and then made myself some breakfast and then headed over to Janice’s house.
Yesterday, at Penny’s, Janice had some questions about a couple of projects she
needed done at her house and asked for my opinion. So, I stopped by to take a
look. She had a screen door that she wanted installed and we looked at that. I
took it back to the house and cut off a sliver so it would fit better in her
opening. It worked but the door is a bit racked (not square in the opening).
She needs to get some L brackets to reinforce it before I try to install it
again. She also has some laundry cabinets she wants installed and I will help
with that when I get the screen installed.
Later, Kirk,
Carter, and Caleb (fresh out of college for the summer) came by and attacked
and sprayed the weeds. They have really popped up quickly in the last few
weeks! They did get a lot done but didn’t make a dent in the property. I need
them here a couple more times this week!
Jody and
Sis stopped by to say hi. Charlie dropped Jody off and is now road-tripping it
back home to UT. She will stay a few weeks with Penny then jet back home.
I had a
nice (not) conversation with my auto insurance company today. I did exactly
what was required of me to notify them about removing Lydia from our policy. I
had to call because when I got the updated premium for 2021 renewal, it was
higher than the quote with Lydia on the policy! Doesn’t make sense to me and
they are looking into it but they warned that I am now “a widower on his own
policy”. Like I said, logic would tell you that it is less risk to have one
person insured than two. We’ll see….
Wednesday, June 24th, 2020…… I got up and going early today and then headed
over to Janice’s to finish her project. She bought the L brackets and I got
them attached and re-hung the door. It helped but this screen is the not the
best quality and will be up only until she can afford to purchase a nice (and not
cheap) storm door with screen, maybe next season. I also looked at her cabinet
install. I can do the job but I told her I was not a pro and, since she’s in a
new house, I would rather she find a professional handyman to install these for
her. She is ok with that and will plan on having other work done by that person
down the road.
I have not
heard back from Travelers/AAA so I am now looking into other insurance
companies. USAA was a possibility but when I input for their quote, it won’t
let me add the motorhome plus the result just for the three vehicles without the
rv is already more than the others.
Tonight,
was dinner out. The girls have invited me to join them at Game Time. We had a
nice meal and I had a made-in-house beer that I liked. Hopefully, I can
remember that for next time! I also
heard from Janie. She says they get the motorhome out of the shop on Monday and
will get busy reserving rv campgrounds for stops on the way up here. They hope
to come up and be here around the 4th of July. It will be nice to
see them.
Thursday, June 25th, 2020…… I had a telephone meeting with
social security this morning. They already had been notified by the mortuary
about Lydia but I wanted to see if I needed to do anything. Turns out I had to
have an ‘official on the record’ telecon and answer some official questions. I
also have to fill out one form which they are sending me. Meanwhile, the Boeing
Pension office is mailing me paperwork as well.
But I think I am closing in on getting everything in order. Wheew!
Jody and
Sis came by and they went through Lydia’s clothes and got out just some of her shoes.
Jody can wear her size so she got a few plus some shirts. Meanwhile, I am working
on yet another box of pictures I found out in the garage.
This box turned out
to be Grandma Mac’s and also had some jewelry in it as well. The girls looked at
a few pieces and will go through it later for the yard sale. Speaking of that,
they have been busy at sis’s house sorting and tagging and pricing the stuff
ahead of time. They plan on doing the sale on July 3rd, hopefully
just for the one day. There won’t be a ton of stuff this time. I brought over a
table saw and a few odds and ends that I don’t need/want anymore. But I am
waiting on Lydia’s clothes. I have plans on bringing some of it down to Calif
in the fall for the girls down there to go through. Plus, Frances and Cherrelyn
will need to look through it again. I don’t remember if I mentioned anything here
yet about the $386. order Lydia had placed with Blair for new clothes. These
were all in a smaller size since she was losing weight pretty quickly. Anyway,
we managed to get them all returned a few weeks ago and I saw the credit show
up in the account which was nice news.
Dinner
tonight was stuffed salmon. I was tired and fell asleep in my chair which is
bad for me since that makes it really hard to fall asleep later, in bed.
Friday, June 26th, 2020……
I guess I got enough sleep last night because I was up and going as
usual. This morning after walking and
feeding butthead, I headed off to Albany. I wanted to stop at Target and get
some yarn for Dominique. They didn’t have anything so I went next door to Hobby
Lobby and found what I wanted. Dominique had made Lydia a head covering from
fuzzy yarn. She loved it but didn’t get a chance to wear it. So, we both
decided to get her some material so she can make more for others who may need
one in the future. My first try resulted in the wrong type of yarn. I did find
and buy some ‘fuzzy’ yarn but it turned out it for making scrubbies! Not good
for soft caps for the head! So today, I found
the right stuff and bought 5 skeins of different colors and put them into a
gift bag for when Dominique comes over.
Later, I
had the girls come by to help out. Dominique
got her gift from me and then I sent her into the bedroom to meet the girls and
see if she wanted anything. She also
could wear Lydia’s shoes so she got some of those. Turned out she was headed from
here to dinner in town with a girlfriend and found a complete outfit from Lydia’s
clothes! Since they were all clean, she just
wore them to dinner! I was glad to see
her get something. Lydia really liked her and they got along very well. I hope she stays in touch.
I ate the
remaining salmon and settled in and watched some tv and called it a night.
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