Saturday, July 4th, 2020…… Happy 4th of July! Last night I had Quincy here again
because Penny’s neighbor told us he was going to shoot off some of his
fireworks last night. It was ok at my house until about 10:00pm (that’s when it
gets dark up here), but a half hour later we heard some pretty loud bangs. Both
Q and R were on the bed, panting, and nervous. It took us all a long time to
settle down but we managed a good night’s sleep anyway. I expect tonight will
be more of the same…
I slept in
a bit and got up and got going with the dogs and then breakfast for me. I don’t
have any chores planned for today. The
girls will be coming over with ribs for me to bbq. I wrapped up some potatoes
to go with them. I spent most of the day
watching the two races today - Indy Cars and Nascar – both from Indianapolis
Speedway. The cup cars race there tomorrow too.
We got the
ribs on and cooking and relaxed and drank some beer and wine while that was
going on. Dinner was really good. After searing, they needed to cook on
indirect heat for 1-
1 ½ hours.
I didn’t really think about this and set the timer for 1 ½ hours. Next time I
will cut back on the cooking time on the ribs to just 1 hour. They were still
delicious.
After a
nice meal and some time to rest after doing all of the dishes, the girls left
for home. They were expecting a rip-roaring street scene at home. And they got
it!!! They said it was nuts! There were
folks out everywhere and some even shot off the large super loud show-type
aerial fireworks. I can’t imagine how much money they spent. But Quincy was
over here and drugged up so she barely heard the Cheadle Lake fireworks show.
But Rylee and I did. It started about 10:00pm and lasted 31 minutes but once
that was over, the locals started in and we had to wait until around 11:00pm
before things quieted down. I ended up with both dogs on the bed until Rylee
got too hot and moved off to her bed by the door. Through all of that, I still
slept well.
Sunday, July 5th, 2020…… I slept in and then got up and showered and dressed then took the dogs out for their walk in the yard/field. Last night, the younger girls next door had been out with their dad and some friends in the cul-de-sac shooting off small fireworks. They didn’t start any fires and left no remnants. Yaay! I spent the day relaxing and watching tv. Penny and Jody stopped by and picked up Quincy. They said her neighborhood is still littered with firework trash, left out on the streets. It’s a nice neighborhood so that is surprising to me!
Today, the
girls decided to have a seafood dinner at their house, so they took the 4
lobsters I had back home with them. They will be cooking them and would add
them to the scallops they already have. Later, Jody worked on the twice-cooked
potatoes and sis made veggies. It was a really good meal!
I had brought Rylee over and she and Quincy hung out in the yard and we joined them outside after dinner. After a while, I brought butthead back home and we settled in for the night and I watched my taped Nascar race. While watching tv, I also spent some time working some more on my scanning project. Probably just less than two thirds done now!
Monday, July 6th, 2020…… Not much on the agenda today. I left a message with Lydia’s contact/friend at our credit union in Calif. I need to work on changing out that account in regards to beneficiary/account owner changes. But while I was waiting for her call back, I went out to the shop and finally did that last coat on the last three trailer parts. While those parts were drying, I worked on the other parts and removed all of the painter’s tape on all of the rollers and then started to clean up the nuts and bolts for reassembly. But instead, I think I am going to take those to Lowes or Wilco, and swap them all out for stainless steel hardware, which will look better and will not rust. Before I was done and ready to come in and rest for a bit, I gathered up all of the parts and put them on the table for assembly later. It was then that I found out that I have not yet addressed the boat winch. It was in the corner and I had missed it. It is pretty rusty and will need some tlc before I can paint it. Because of the gears, I think I will just spray paint it the same navy blue as the fenders and then lube the moving parts.
I heated
up the ribs and the green beans for dinner. Quick and easy and very tasty! Then
it was a little more photo scanning and logging before relaxing and watching tv
until bedtime.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020…… The plan this morning was in my head. I walked and fed butthead, had breakfast and then headed out. I have a Lowes gift card (birthday gift from the Cali kids) and I needed some lumber to repair my blueberry cage, so this was a good day to go do that. I got what I hope is enough for everything plus a couple of 2x4s for another project and tied it all down in the truck and headed home. It was a nice day so I immediately went to work out there. I got about ½ done and then Rylee and I came in to take a break. Kirk and his guys showed up and I gave them their assignments for the day. Today Carter was back on the flowerbeds around the house and Caleb was finishing the other side of the driveway from last week. I rested and took a couple of calls and then went back out and finished up the back side of the cage. I still need to do the ends and then stiffen up the whole thing with braces in several areas throughout the center before I can get a net over it all. I have to hurry, though because the blueberries are starting to ripen and the birds and the deer will pick them clean!
We are
taking Jody to the Eugene airport in my car in the morning so I took it down to
the carwash and then stopped for dinner on the way home. Where to go….? I saw that Stick a Pork In It was working
their food truck/cart so I stopped there and got the Cuban stuffed mashed potato
balls. I liked them so I got three. But this time I think they cooked them a
bit too much and they were not as flavorful as they could have been. But I still liked them. After that, I took
Rylee out to play in the grass. She was really interested in the activity at
the neighbors to the southwest of us. That is, out in the ‘west 40’ just south
of the property line. Their address is actually on So. Main. Anyway, I had noticed on Zillow that that
house was for sale (already with an accepted offer with contingencies) and was
curious. I saw it is way bigger (4,200 sq. ft.) than mine (2,500 sq. ft.) -
this is actually a three-story counting a walkout basement – but the price was
less than what Zillow shows mine is worth right now. That makes me happy! Rylee can hear some kids playing in that yard
but I’m not sure if they are there with a work crew just visiting or what. Later,
the mystery was solved when my sister sent me an email notice about an estate
sale starting on Thursday, which is at that address! So, I’m guessing that the kids must be there
while the adults from the estate company are setting things up. After tiring monkey butt out, we closed up the
garages and came back in the house and settled in and relaxed and I watched tv until
we called it a night.
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