Sunday, October 10th., 2021…… Cathye went to church this morning and I
stayed around and worked on cleaning up the shop garage. I didn’t get far. When
she got back, we went to Walmart to get groceries and a few other things for
both places. I spent most of the day at home watching races and catching up on
my taped shows, while she went back to the trailer and worked on opening boxes
and putting more things away. I did go over later and put doorknobs on the
bathroom and bedroom doors. She now has an appointment with an electrician to come
look at her remaining tasks. She has decided to not stay at the trailer that much
(for which I am super happy about!) but we still need to get it all done.
Tonight, we ate at the house, and she stayed here.
Monday, October 11th., 2021…… Today was a BIG day! First up was
taking the Acadia in for service in Corvallis. We did that then headed over to
Wise Cracks for breakfast. We had previously stopped at the local jewelry store
in town. Today we are looking at engagement rings! Yes, that is in the
works! I haven’t asked her yet, but that
will happen soon! I have a timeline and
devious little plans in my head. Soon though, I promise!
Anyway, we headed off to the mall
in Woodburn. They have both Zales and Kay jewelry stores there. Zales didn’t have much but we did find and
bought both her rings and mine at Kay! They
showed us the ring and colored in the sapphires we want on the side so we could
get an idea, and I took a quick picture of it...
We asked for some changes and of course they have to get both our sizes so it will be a few weeks before I can go get them. I am so happy with this woman I can’t stand it. We have been talking and planning dates and venues for some time now. The trip down to Calif. gave us so much time by ourselves and we talked and talked about plans for the future. Did I mention how happy I am? She said to say for her that she feels the same way too! All it takes now is me asking her! As I said before, you will all have to wait for it…..
We stopped at Costco and then
headed back home. Dinner and an early night.
Tuesday, October 12th., 2021……
I heard back from the GMC dealer, and they told me they found the left front
axle was bad. Plus the motor mounts!
Plus the other suspension arm (another dealer replaced one earlier in
the year). Plus an oil change and lube and I was looking at $1845.00! Yeah, I know. Randy said to go ahead and
trade it in for the truck I want!! Haha. But that’s not happening right now. So, they went
to work fixing it. Parts have to be ordered so it won’t be today. So, today was spent at Cathye’s trailer. I needed
to install more doorknobs and hang pictures. We also needed to check out the new stackable
washer/dryer. Turns out it has a couple of issues! First, we couldn’t get the power to turn back
on. But I did a quick check via google and we solved that issue. But after
putting a load in, we can’t seem to get it to go into spin mode. The book says
it is a clog but it’s brand new! So, she
will be getting back to Lowes for a service call since it’s still under
warranty. But before that, I needed to get out the shop vac and suck out the
water from the tub. I did that and checked for blockages but didn’t see any so
we will get that call in soon. The electrician fixed a few issues and installed
a dimmer in the kitchen, but I still need to work on the furnace door and also
install another dimmer in the bedroom.
Wednesday, October 13th., 2021…… My appointment with Dr. Horner, the dermatologist, was this morning. Cathye and Penny had both asked me to go have a raised blood blister on my lower leg looked at. I have had this for well over a year by now, and it doesn’t bother me but I said I’d go. He examined it and said it was an above the surface vein/blood vessel and not to worry but said he could remove it if I wanted him to. So, I did. He numbed it and sliced it off and cauterized it.
They will do a biopsy on it just to make sure. Meanwhile,
Cathye headed off to Corvallis for her scheduled acupuncture appointment. We
had originally scheduled them back-to-back for today, but Dr. Horner was not
available any other time, so I chose to cancel the acupuncture this time. We
both got back and then headed over to work some more on the trailer. More
pictures to be hung, and boxes to unload and put away. The two sheds are
finally seeing some relief as more boxes come into the house to be put away. I still
have the furnace door to work on, but that’s on hold until the end. I have a
few other things to work on. One is the icemaker install. I took another look
at the instructions and decided to wait to see if someone more qualified comes
along in the next few days! But, in
reality, I will probably tackle it myself. Cathye has recently received a bill
from the long-lost plumber, who was never there when she needed things worked
on. She is close friends with his mother, so she will write him and tell him
she is not happy with the whole process and will ask him to please explain each
of the charges on his bill. Hopefully, this will help reduce his bill, but we’ll
see. (and no, the charges for the icemaker install were not on his bill!)
Thursday, October 14th., 2021…...
I got a call today that the car was done so Cathye took me over there.
We stopped for breakfast along the way and when I got the car, we headed back
home. Later in the afternoon, we headed back out again, this time for a haircut.
I really like her shop, so she makes appointments together there for both of
us. We got that done and stopped and picked up dinner to take home.
Friday, October 15th., 2021……
Today we discovered Jama had an issue with her kidneys. She had peed in
the house (not usual) and Cathye said it smelled BAD! We called the vet later
in the morning and they assumed she had a uti and we should try to get a urine sample.
Yeah, that will be easy! They said to use a soup ladle to capture it and get it
to them to test. Well, that didn’t happen today and probably won’t until her
appointment next week. But Jama acts and looks normal, and has had these issues
before, so we will just have to wait and see…
Saturday, October 16th., 2021…… We have been waiting and waiting for the lawn to dry out enough to be able to mow. I think today is the day! So, I texted my sister and she was available to come and help. Cathye had a breakfast scheduled with her volunteer group this morning, but I needed some time anyway for the dew to evaporate. The sun cooperated but it was still pretty damp when we started out around 1:00pm. The girls used the lawn tractors – without baggers – so they were good to go and got most of the field and around the side yard mowed with no issues. I decided to set the cutter way up on the zero turn since the lawn was super long! It was the right call, and I was able to get through most of it without clogging up the bagger hose too many times. We did have a full truck load to dump though but once we were back from that task, we were done! The negative from that is that the lawn is still pretty tall and thick
and the
rains are coming in the next weeks ahead, so I don’t know when the next mowing
will be.
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