Sunday, October 2nd., 2022…… Today was mowing day! The rains are definitely out for the next week or
two so I only have to worry about the morning dew on the lawn. I checked it
yesterday around 2:00pm and it was still wet. But I’m hoping the sun will come
out early this morning and will help. Cathye and Jama headed off to church and
I had some time to relax and catch up on some of my races. I went out later and
got the mowers out and gassed up, then string trimmed the areas I needed to do
before we could mow. Penny came over and we got started and Cathye got home
from church and we all were our there. With the three of us working, we usually
can get the job done in an hour and a half. But today I had to go really slow
because the grass was really high and I didn’t want to bog down. The field is
no problem and the girls went through that with no issues. Brittany brought
Brandon over so we could watch him for a few hours. He has asked for work so he
can buy a book so she found him some tasks he could do in the gardens. But we
were pretty much done at that point. Cat found some work for him to do to help
earn his money! Corey came later and
after they left, we ordered a pizza and hung around the house for the rest of
the evening.
Monday, October 3rd., 2022…… More errands today. We needed to
go to Costco and we decided to go to breakfast in Albany and also to take the 5
bags of recycling in. We went to Roger’s and had a nice meal then went to the
recycling drop and got $79.60 for the bottles and cans,
then headed over to Costco – where we spent 3 times that! We also went by the post office and then stopped by the vet’s office for flea meds for Jama. We went back and I put the frozen food away while Cat headed over to Walgreen’s to pick up a prescription. I think we are done for today! Oops, not quite! I had to go out and bring in the fall decorations! She says she is going to go through them this year and get rid of some. Actually, she has to make room for all the things she bought with Penny last week! They are already up – both in and around the house. She added some of the stuff from the bins for Halloween and the rest will stay on the porch for later. There is room on the deck right now. because there is no word yet on the deck contractors. The latest is that they are still waiting for the engineer to finish the plans. Yeah, right! He was here back in June and had all of the info he needed. They tell us that he is very busy and hasn’t gotten to it yet! But it “looks like it will be 2-3 weeks more”. So, we wait…
Tuesday, October 4th., 2022…… As I said, Cathye has decorated the house and it looks good. All of that
stuff came from the shop garage. We have
all of Jamie’s stuff put away in the rv garage and all we need to get to him is
some more bedding and have his stereo and computer ready whenever (?) he asks
for it. But it’s accessible. I went online and made Cathye an appointment at
Walgreens for tomorrow to get her flu and covid booster shots. Later, we
settled in and watched tv. More taped shows. We are now watching Dancing With
the Stars which is on Disney+ and that is only on the tv in Cathye’s office. We
have come to like the show despite the host so we wanted to catch up on this
season’s show. It's still exactly the same (except that Alfonso Ribeiro is
co-host) so Tyra is more mellow so far. I sure hope their ratings go way down so they
put it back on primetime tv. But we’ll see.
Wednesday, October 5th., 2022…… We were up early this morning. After we walked and fed the dogs, Cathye
headed off to SHEM. We had loaded up all of Jamie’s bags of unwanted clothes so
she could drop them off there as well. I
left and got breakfast and coffee and came back and went through some Boeing
pension paperwork. When Cathye got back, we hung around the house until she
left for her 2:45pm Walgreens appointment. She got back pretty quickly though.
Turns out she didn’t have her shot card plus she never received a verification
of her appointment from them so she assumed that since there were so many
others there, she was not going to get in. Besides that, she wants to go to her
doctor’s office in Brownsville. He is moving on and she wants to say goodbye.
It’s a walk-in clinic so she will get her shots while there. Tonight was Amazing Race and Survivor and
Masked Singer. We also have taped the new series Love Boat. We can’t watch it
all but will catch up soon.
Thursday, October 6th., 2022…… We took the girls to their
groomer’s appointments then headed off to Brownsville so she could see her FNP
and get her shots. She got the flu shot but they didn’t have her vaccine
(Moderna) so she will have to come back. Ian says he’s sad to leave but this is
a step up for him. He also said he knows
the new guy coming in and that she should wait to meet him before she chooses a
new doctor in her plan.
Friday, October 7th.,
2022…… The housekeepers were here today. So, we decided to
eat breakfast out. We took Jama with us since she’s so nervous when the
vacuum’s running. We decided to drive out to Sweet Home to go to The Point for
breakfast. We parked where we could see the car but Jama just curls up on the
seat and goes to sleep! No worries! After
that, we stopped at a yard sale that Julie and Nancy were helping out with. We
bought a few things then headed back home. The ladies were not quite through
with their cleaning so we went out to the motorhome and watched tv for a while.
Once they were done, we went back in and worked in our own offices for the
afternoon.
Saturday, October 8th., 2022……. The day started out sunny! There has been no rain this last week but it’s
been kind of overcast each morning. That meant the grass stays wet and so we
couldn’t run the mower over the lawn to pick up the clippings. Until
today. We walked and fed the dogs and
then had breakfast. We hung around the house until 11:00am or so to give the
grass a chance to dry out from the morning dew. We have a system when we pick
up grass clippings. Cathye takes her
chair out to the burnpile and lets the dogs explore that area while I make a
run with the zero turn and fill the mower bags. I drive out to the burnpile and she helps me dump. And we do it again and
again until we are through. This way, it only takes about an hour to complete
the task! After we got that done and the
mower cleaned and put away, we came in and cleaned up. We were going over to
Penny’s today! She is celebrating our
birthdays (mine and Cathye’s) and having a housewarming for Cherrelyn at the
same time. Penny is making tacos so I was asked for my expertise in that. I even
will be bringing my tortilla skillet to make the shells in. Butch was there and
her neighbors were there too and we all had a great time. We had come in
separate cars and I had the dogs with me. Cathye left a little early to go to
another party. This one is in Albany and is for her ex-boss, who was recently
fired. She was not liked and was the reason that Cathye retired early so
needless to say, the boss will NOT be there! After Cat left, Penny took a fall
coming in from the back door and broke a plate and had a cut under her chin.
She didn’t feel it too much today but we’re betting it will hurt tomorrow! Here are some pics from the party (before the
fall!)…
Later, I brought the dogs back
home and got them fed and then settled in to watch my races. Cathye got back about
an hour after that. She said they had the best time and it was so nice to see some
of her ex coworkers again!
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