Note: I found several errors in my last blog. Fixed those if you want to re-read.
Tuesday, June 22nd., 2021…... Today would have been our 53rd. anniversary! I was alone for part of the day to reflect on all of that but I was also very happy to have someone to be with for the rest of the day! Cathye headed back home with her friend Terri who was going to help her clean/box up the rest of the kitchen stuff. I was waiting for Kirk’s guys to arrive to get them started on weeding around the back porch at my place. I left them and went to go meet up with Kirk at Cathye’s. The guys were going to come over and work on the front landscaping and mulch everything. Problem was they didn’t make it and neither did Kirk. At least for the morning hours. I left and came back home with a load of radios for my trash. These are the ones that were priced at $5.00 and were either not working or hadn’t been tested. They were set outside and got rained on before the tarp was put over them. Plus, the table collapsed and they were all on the ground. No harm to toss them! When I got back to the house, Kirk was there and was unloading his mowers and such so he could go get a load of mulch to take over. So, I headed back over and walked him through what was needed in the front yard. They got everything done but I added an extra job of creating a flower bed out by her rail fenceline and he needed to come back with more mulch and it also needed to be rototilled around the area to clean it up. We and came home to rest and shower and have dinner and relax for the night. We watched yesterday's taped America's Got Talent. I'll be glad when they get through all of the crazy stupid acts and get down to the real talent elimination!
Wednesday, June 23rd., 2021…… I have been having trouble with
my laptop for sometime now. When I go on, it takes a long time to boot up and
freezes up a lot. I brought Lydia's in and set them up side by side. Hers is
lightening fast so I know it's not an internet or modem problem so I know it
will need to be looked at soon! I have
everything on a flashdrive so I can always move it to the other laptop. After
we got up and showered and dressed, Cathye and I took the dogs out for their
morning walk. Jama is right beside Rylee on their leashes heading up and back
on the road! She made us breakfast and
went off to her volunteer work at the Sweet Home food bank. I went out and
worked on that pesky west side sprinkler system. Seems like every time I turn
around, there is another line that I discover that is plugged or broken. There
is also an oscillating yard sprinkler that wasn’t moving and I found I couldn’t
fix it so I needed to get another one to replace that. Later, I headed over to
her place where she and was boxing up Jim’s clothes. She found she needed help
with that and Robin came by to assist. Robin brought her van and I helped her
load up one of Jim’s floor model radios that she had asked for and was being
excluded from the sale but we needed it out of there just in case. I was also
there today to check Kirk’s job and to make sure everything was good with
Cathye out there. He did a nice job and the place has way better curb appeal
than ever!
When we got back home for the day, I went to work and made us tacos for dinner. She said she liked my tacos! Good, because I always make plenty for leftovers! We have really gotten into the new cooking show called Crime Scene Kitchen. I had to go back and catch the second and third shows on demand and we watched them and are now caught up. Can’t wait for the next one!
Thursday, June 24th., 2021…… Today was a day off from work. The
temps today would be in the 90s so we decided to take off. But we did go around
to her trailer to check on the progress. They are pretty close to finishing up
the little stuff. They are waiting for the appliances to arrive. The carpet and
the countertops are also behind their expected delivery date. The plumber ran
into a bad water line (which he definitely broke but is not claiming
responsibility) which flooded up through the floor ducts. Luckily, they caught
it in time so no water damage anywhere. She was told that only one element of
the (electric) water heater was operational and since it’s over 10 years old,
she has asked Taz to go ahead and replace it. Thankfully, they are readily
available. After checking everything, we took off and headed over to Albany to
hit Lowes and Home Depot. We were looking for pots for my place and I still
needed to stock up on those sprinkler risers and waterers that I needed. Cathye
needed ten more drawer handles. We found everything we wanted and brought all
of that back home. After a few minutes to rest up, we loaded up the dogs and
took chairs and drinks and cherries and chips and drove to Brownsville to hit
the park and the river. Rylee sure likes swimming!
This section we were in was deep enough that I couldn’t touch out in the middle so she got in some good laps. Both she and Jama had a good time and cooled off. Cathye and I had a nice swim too and after we dried up the pooches, we both went back to the car and shed our swimming trunks and drove home in just our skivvies! At least we had on clean underwear like our momma’s always told us! Thank God we didn’t get into an accident! We got back home and took everything out to the porch to dry out before it went to the laundry. We ate leftover tacos and watched a few more tv programs before calling it a night.
Friday, June 25th., 2021…… This
morning we woke up with plans. After our morning walk with the dogs, we are
heading out. First up is Kevin’s for breakfast, then Walmart to get another
pool for butthead, then we are picking up Terri to take her to Eugene to the
airport. After a nice easy drive, we dropped her off, then headed over to Best
Buy to get something for my laptops. I have given Cathye the craft room and she
will set up her laptop there for the time being. I moved Lydia’s laptop out of
there and put it in my office. I am trying to figure out how to make my full-size
auxiliary keyboard work both laptops. I think a 4-port hub will work and we
found that there. Next up was Tractor Supply which was on the way home. I was
looking for tires for the sprayer trailer. I found them and we headed back,
stopping by her place to check to see if Eric (a close friend of her grandson
and ‘adopted’ by C) was feeding her cat and watering her flowers like he said
he would do while staying there (he is currently in a tift with his girlfriend
and this was a good place for him to be). I guess he hadn’t fulfilled his promise because
the cat met us at her food bag and dug right in. None of the flowers had seen
any water and that was verified by finding the water hose lying in the exact
place in the blueberries where she left it! She has since told him he didn’t
need to stay there anymore so hopefully he will patch up his relationship real
soon! That’s unfortunate since all of
Cathye’s stuff is packed and ready for the move. But all is well and I am glad
she is with me and we will work out times to get back there when to do maintenance
when she’s not working on the rest of the move and the estate sale. We got back
to the house and rested for a bit and I turned the sprinklers on the
blueberries while we went to get our hair cut. Once we got back, Cathye made us
dinner and I got the mowers gassed up for later in the evening. As I said, it’s
in the 90s here so we waited until after 7:00pm to go out and start the mowing.
It doesn’t get dark up here until around 10:00pm but we had a few hiccups with
the tractor
so we only got the lawn mowed. The field will have to wait until we get this reoccurring problem resolved. It cooled off nicely and was very comfortable. As a matter of fact, the neighbors went out and all of them were mowing in the evening as well. We came back in and showered and rested and watched tv until bedtime.
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