Wednesday, July 8th, 2020…… Nice night of sleep last night. Some days are
better than others so I’m glad when I can sleep through (or mostly through) the
night. I got up early and got monster puppy out and walked and then fed. The
girls got here around 8:00am and we got Jody’s luggage transferred into my car
and we headed out to Eugene. We left early enough so I could take them out to breakfast.
I wanted to buy dinner after the yard sale. They had sold all of my stuff and
made me some money but they were too pooped out and ate in, and then last night
they had stopped and ate so I missed that one too. We went to Elmer's and had a nice meal and then headed from there to
drop her off at the airport. It is always
fun for her and Penny to get together and I love seeing her as well. On the way
home, I wanted to stop at Cabela’s and check to see if they had the same boat
seat in the store that they still have on backorder for me. Nope. I will just have to wait until they ship
me that seat. Bummer!
We got
back home and I went out and worked some more on my blueberry cage. I ran short
of wood and will need to get a few pieces more.
I came in and made some quesadillas for dinner and then settled in to
watch tv until bedtime.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020……
This morning I was up early and showered and took Rylee out for her walk
and then fed her breakfast. She wasn’t too interested this morning and just
nibbled. Penny came by and dropped off Quincy because Linda was cleaning her
house today. She picked me up and we drove out and around to the corner to So.
Main St. to get to our neighbor’s yard sale. These folks share my southwest field property
line. Below are realtor drone photos back when the house was listed to highlight our property. In this first one taken from So. Main St., their house would be in the lower right....
As I said, these are old photos, so the rv garage hasn't been built yet.
It turns out they are moving to Waco, Texas. I
didn’t ask why they were selling and moving, but I was glad I did get to meet
them and talk with them a little. I wish I would have made friends sooner.
Tracy and Terry built their home while Walt was building his. They know more
about my property and told me things I didn’t know about the neighborhood. I asked if they knew who bought their place. They
said that they only knew that two ladies from Corvallis bought their house, but
nothing else about them. After missing out on meeting Tracy and Terry, I
learned a lesson and will for sure make a point to go meet these new folks when
they move in.
After the
sale, we went to Kevin’s for breakfast. After that, she dropped me off at home
and then I came in and really didn’t do too much the rest of the day. I don’t
know – I guess it was just one of those days to rest and not do anything. Ok,
later I did something. I drove over to Albany to go to Lowes and picked up the
rest of the wood for the blueberry cage. Didn’t work on it – just bought the
material. I fixed dinner and then took Rylee out for a while to play in the
water and in her pool. Before we came in, I did remember to turn off the auto
sprinklers for tomorrow as I hope to mow.
Then it was tv until bedtime.
Friday, July 10th, 2020…… I planned today to paint the
trailer and then mow the lawn, so I got up early, showered and then went off
with my three 5-gal. gas cans to fill up with non-ethanol to stock up for the
tractor. I also got coffee and breakfast while I was out. Once done with that,
I started in on prep work for the trailer. I put out a large tarp under the
trailer and got the paint out and poured into a pan for the roller. Sis was
coming later to help. So, I spent that time working on the cage. I used up all
of the wood I had bought and still need a few more before I wrap it with
netting.
Sis came
by and we got started on the boat trailer. I painted the underside and she
worked on the top. We switched off between the roller and the paintbrush - when
we needed to – to get into the crevices where we were each working. Once we got
that done, we stopped and rested and cooled off on the back porch. From there,
we came up with a new plan - since Cherrelyn is coming up tomorrow and will be
staying with sis until she finds a place to rent, she wanted to get her guest
room ready. So, I followed her home and we moved out the dresser and the bed from
that room and put it in her office for now. Now, Cherrelyn can put her own
dresser and bed in there, along with a desk and chair (that Cherrelyn ordered
and had delivered in boxes, waiting for assembly). I decided to just go ahead and assemble that
stuff for her. She will be working from
home and will start next week so we wanted to surprise her and have it set up
and ready for her to add her laptop and monitor and be ready for Monday. I got
home from there and rested and then made dinner
Saturday, July 11th, 2020…… Happy 50th
Birthday Jeff!!! Wow, 50 years! It seems like yesterday when I was changing
his diapers and feeding him and burping him and, being the first kid, afraid
I’d drop him! But he turned out alright!
I am so proud of him and so glad to have
both my boys and see them both happily married and loving life! Sis came by this morning to help with my
projects and we decided to go on over to Sweet Home to Skyline for breakfast before
we started in. On the way, I called Jeff so we could wish him a happy birthday
and also a happy anniversary to him and Krista! I also let him know I had added $$ into his (credit
union) savings account – just like his mother used to do! I think he was shocked that I knew how to do
that! He said they were leaving shortly
and heading off for a weekend getaway.
Enjoy! Since we decided to do the
mowing today, I was able to reach Kirk yesterday evening and ask him if he
could bring the other tractor over so we could cut the time in half. He said he would bring it by this morning,
so, once we got back from breakfast, while we were waiting for him (and the
grass to dry out a bit – it is supposed to get to 75º), first up was picking blueberries.
We got two colanders full and brought those in to the house, then went on to
the next project - the second coat on the trailer. We finished that up and
admired our work. Yes, it’s rolled/brushed
on instead of being professionally sprayed, but I think it still turned out
really nice!
I still need
to paint the fenders and the winch and then get everything re-assembled with
new stainless bolts and such, but that won’t take long.
Kirk came
by and we got the second tractor unloaded and sis and I started out on the lawn
and the field and made quick work of those before it got too hot. While we were
doing that, John my new guy from Pointe Pest Control, came by to do the
quarterly maintenance. I stopped mowing so I could meet him since he’s new to
our house, replacing Eric. After I
showed him around and he got going, I went back into the sun to get back on the
tractor. During the summer if there are no clouds out, it can get your neck and
arms so, today, we needed sunscreen.
Once we got everything blown off and cleaned up and put away, we came in
and rested and had a cold beverage. I decided to fix tilapia and corn and Texas
toast for dinner and got those out and defrosted and ready for later. It turned
out to be a quick and easy meal. I have Quincy tonight so I used some of the
leftover fish for her mix-in and got them both fed. Penny had heard that
Cherrelyn would be getting in later this evening and left here and went home to
make both the beds. Cherrelyn’s son Larry, had driven down to SoCal and he drove
the U-Haul and Cherrelyn drove her car up here. Larry lives up by Portland so
he would stay the night and tomorrow they would meet up with the movers to
unload the truck and then they would drop it off and she would take him back
home. Since her bedroom didn’t have a bed in it yet, sis came over to my guest
room and Cherrelyn and Larry stayed there tonight.
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