Monday, May 10th., 2021……
Penny and Jerith were heading out on a roadtrip to Washington for a few
days, so she had asked me to walk and feed Q this morning. I got up and
showered and walked and fed Rylee and then went over there, stopping for coffee
for the walk. It takes 30-45 minutes for the loop and we did that and then I
fed her and left. Cherrelyn is back home and will feed her tonight, but I’ll still
go back and walk her again tomorrow. On the way home, I stopped and got
breakfast and came back home. I was behind on the previous blog so I worked on
that for a while and got caught up. Cathye is working with a contractor at her
new house in the mobile park here in town. He was coming in today to go over a
few things and to get the contract signed. She asked me to be there so I got to
meet him, see her new place, and meet two of her four best friends. I liked the
contractor and her friends! Gonna be fun
times ahead! She came back here to spend
some time with me before heading back to the tasks at hand back at her current
house. Tomorrow Kirk and I will go over
to see her place and he will give her an estimate for landscaping for the front
yard. This will definitely help with curb appeal for when she puts the house on
the market later on. When we got back, I was pretty much done for the day and
settled in and ate a light dinner and watched some taped shows until
bedtime.
Tuesday, May 11th., 2021……
I had Rylee out for her walk then went over and did the same for Quincy.
I stopped and got breakfast. I want to mow the lawn today but just never got
around to it. But I did size and cut the shelving for Jeff’s car display. I
also got one coat of paint on them before Kirk got here. I drove him over to
Cathye’s and introduced them and then left them to their task while I sat with
Corey, Cathye’s grandson. Cathye and I planned our day. Corey’s dad Michael,
and his new bride, Crystal, will arrive today from Missouri. So, after she sees them and gets them settled
in, she wants to give them some time together and will come visit me for a
while today. Yaay! Kirk had left Justin
here to work and when we got back, he joined him and they made quick work of
the weeds on the other side of my creek. I went back to her place later in the
day and loaded up some of her stuff that she wants to keep and I volunteered to
have her store them here. I also got a few things she wants me to have. I now
have a very nice portable generator and an extension ladder nicer than
mine! I came home and unloaded and
stored everything and Cathye got here later and we went over to the Hangry Food
Truck and got some wraps to bring back home for dinner. She had never been and
was astonished by the size of her chicken bacon ranch wrap! Definitely will
have leftovers to take home! I am finding
I am so comfortable with her! Aside from her stress from the upcoming
celebration and the estate sale, we have some great conversations. She says I
am definitely helping her stay calm through all of that process. I hope I’m not
just a friendly distraction! LOL! Later we said our goodbyes and she headed
back home. I feel lonely now… Does that
tell you how I am feeling these days!
Wednesday, May 12th., 2021…… Today was definitely mowing day. The grass has really taken off and I
missed my normal mowing window so it was super tall and thick! But I went ahead and set my cutter at the
normal setting anyway and started in. That was not the smartest decision! It
made for a really tough day! I kept clogging up the bagger and the grass chute
and had to stop and clear them more than I wanted. But I stayed the course and
got it done! I have never had so much grass to dump to date! I made two trips to the recycle place and
still have another loaded and ready for tomorrow! Cathye was in town running errands and
stopped by on her way home for some hugs and gave me a nice break from my
otherwise busy day! I will go to the dump tomorrow morning and then finish up
the field grass so I stored the zero turn and came in and showered and had my
leftover wrap. Oh yeah, she left her wrap here and forgot it again today! Oh well!
Later, I settled in and watched The Masked Singer. Spoiler Alert! Don’t read any further if you haven’t
seen it yet!....
They are now down to the final five. It’s tough because all of them are
very good. But someone had to go home. The Russian Doll was unmasked tonight. I
had correctly predicted from the beginning that it was Hanson Bros. For the four remaining, here are my guesses:
Piglet I think is Nick Lachey; Chameleon is rapper Wiz Khalifa (known to me
only after I googled him); Yeti I think was on the show as a judge but I can’t
remember his name; I think Black Swan is JoJo. I remember her as a child actor
in the movie, RV. Although not competing, Cluedle-Doo is my wildcard. I first
thought it was Joel McHale (and it may still be!) but now I’m thinking they are
throwing in a fun curveball. I think he’s Jenny’s hubby, Donnie Wahlberg. Even if I get these right (probably not!) I
am still not doing well on guessing this season. That’s mostly because I don’t
follow all genres of music (ps: rap is not music!).
Thursday, May 13th., 2021…... I have a recycle run to do this
morning so I was up and out early with Rylee. I had bought two Taco Bell breakfast
crunchwraps the other day and only ate one so that was breakfast this morning.
I will be mowing the field later today. Cathye has a haircut appointment this
morning and I am tagging along in hopes of getting in as a walk-in. I put the
recycle run on hold so I wouldn’t smell like a wet lawn!
Ok, it’s later now and the walk-in worked! We both got our haircuts. I’m sure her hair will grow in quicker. Mine
was just a trim because I need all of the help I can get! But she likes it and
that’s all that counts! We made a few stops on the way home to get a few things
for her grandson’s birthday bbq tonight at her house. She dropped me off at
home and I got back to work. I made my grass dump run and completed my second
round on the field grass and got everything cleaned up and put away. Next up (probably tomorrow) is the sprinkler
system. We are starting to get warmer weather and less rain so it’s time. These
guys (lupine) are just starting to bloom.
Color in a garden is always good I say so I want to keep them watered. I always have to go through each of the zones
and cycle them to check the heads and the risers for the lawn as well as the flowerbed
lines to make sure all is working. Of course, I always have to replace a few
drip lines or sprayers in the flowerbeds after butthead steps on them! No
worries though. But I want to keep everything nice and watered. I also thought to bring in the finished
shelves for the nascars, but didn’t have time to start the install today. I am wanting to go get that new stepladder I
have been looking for and today was a good day to do that. So, on the way to Cathye’s, I detoured to Fred
Meyer in Albany where I had previously found the one I wanted. I headed over
there later and we all had a great time! Each time I visit, I get to meet yet another
family member, which is fun. I got back home before dark and settled in and
watched the last two episodes of Race to the Center of the Earth. Randy and
Maryanne had turned me on to this series and I was hooked. Of the four teams
competing, I had my favorite. I was glad when they won! But after back-to-back two-hour shows, I was
done and called it a night.
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