Monday, November 22nd., 2021…… We had to
head over to the trailer this morning because we had an appliance repair guy
coming to look at the washer/dryer. They arrived when they said they would and
they started in analyzing. Turns out they found the pump was defective! Huh! This unit was delivered new so go
figure! Anyway, they would have to order
a replacement and return. We set up the next visit that would be first thing on
December 1st. After they
left, we went over to Walmart and shopped for Thanksgiving dinner. We got all
of the requisite items and headed back home. We are planning on Penny and
Butch, Cherrelyn, Jamie, and Corey and Brittany and their kids, Brandon and
Lilly. Butch’s son, who is here visiting
his folks, had a mini stroke and is in the hospital. He’s conscious but not
fully functional yet. Prayers to all of the family.
Tuesday, November 23rd., 2021…… Kirk’s guys were here today and we
had them work out at ‘Cathye’s Island’. They had previously tilled the area and
removed all of the vegetation but needed to get back in there with a smaller
tiller and get around the trees a little better. It looks good! The weather
still won’t cooperate with me! I so much
want to do one more cut on the lawn but it’s just still way to wet for that. I
need at least a week of sun before I can even think of going out there. Weather
report calls for rain in and out for the next week so I’m out of luck.
Wednesday, November 24th., 2021…… Most of the day we worked on the
house. The cleaning team was here last week and it still looks ok, but we
needed to go over the floor to get all of the Rylee hair picked up, plus we
needed to get the dog toys put away before tomorrow. We both spent time in the kitchen prepping
for tomorrow’s meal. Cathye baked two pies. We did all that we could beforehand
and called it a night.
Thursday, November 25th., 2021…… HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Cathye and I were up early and got the turkey
in the oven. Penny and Cherrelyn and Britany are bringing stuff so Cathye and I
had to only think about a few things. We had made deviled eggs and each of us
made 9 and did our own recipes. We’ll see which one goes faster today! We had
set up the dinner for 1:00pm. Cathye took off around 11:00 and went to get
Jamie from Albany. I kept track of the turkey and made sure all of the drinks
were ready to go. We knew Butch wouldn’t
be here. The hospital in Eugene will allow only 4 people to have access, but
only one person per day, so they have divided days and today is Butch’s turn to
be there. We will send a special prayer
at dinner out for him and his son and family. But we still wanted to have a
Thanksgiving Day as a first for our blended family. It was very nice. The food
was fantastic and everyone was relaxed and we enjoyed the day. Oh yeah, Cathye had 9 egg halves left. I only
had 4, but to be fair, I probably ate half of them myself!
Friday, November 26th., 2021…… The plan today was to work on transition from Thanksgiving décor to Christmas! I didn’t think we’d get anything completed, but I wanted to at least get everything out of the garage and staged on the back porch so she could go through what I have and blend it with what she has. I can’t wait to see what we can do! We did manage to get the tree up. It already has lights so that was the easy part. We got a handful of ornaments on it and called it a successful day!
Saturday, November 27th., 2021…… More decorations going up! We got almost everything done here at the
house and Cathye even took some things to put up at her trailer. Even though
she is not staying there, there is no reason we can’t make it look like
Christmas there too! I went up to the alcove
in the entry way, where I keep the red ladder for the Christmas village display.
Cathye caught ‘the elf on the shelf’ up there.
I also hooked up all of the window lights while I was up there. Those are wired to a wall switch but I need to find my plug switches for those in the dining room and front office windows. But it’s coming together!
I also made a call to Tim and Dana
today. They will be coming over on Monday to give us an estimate for building
the patio deck off the back porch. The plan is to have a space big enough for a
spa and a bbq plus a nice seating area. I have drawn up what I want it to look
like and have the area staked out so they can see the size. Of course, Rylee
does not like the string barricade!
Sunday, November 28th., 2021…… More decorating today. Cathye
headed off to church and I started setting up the outdoor lights. I got almost
everything done except the icicle lights, which I wanted to put up but needed
help with. I staged the ladder and when she got home, I was ready. We only got ¾ of them done before we were
pulled away when sis came by. We needed someone to take our picture for the ‘ugly
sweater Christmas tree photo op!
and when we went back out later,
we got one more done before it got too dark to continue. We’ll get those done
tomorrow morning. We relaxed and enjoyed the tree and watched tv until bedtime.
Monday, November 29th., 2021…… Today, we wanted to get to work on
the rest of the outdoor lights, but first off was breakfast at Kevin’s. We also
got some of the larger plastic bins moved off of the back porch before Tim and
Dana came by. The lights out front were done and we got those boxes put away
also. Or should I say they were trashed. The lights were previously stored in
20+ year-old blue plastic bins that were way too old and very brittle and since
I had so many that we saved from Cathye’s move, I used them. Tim and Dana got to the house around 3:00pm so
it was light out and they could see everything. I went over the plan and they
asked a couple of questions. Basically, the deck will extend out in a ‘t’
shape. One side of the t will have the bbq and the other the spa. The longer
section in the middle will extend the roof line, only it will be more of a pergola.
Tim suggested lexan, which he says will never fade, so we might go with that.
Tuesday, November 30th., 2021…… Today was Princess Jama’s day at
the groomer. She got her Christmas bows and looked so cute!
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