Sunday, October 9th., 2022…… The weather is amazing! Sunny and
75° today! We slept in and showered and
then walked the girls. By then it was time for Cathye to head off to Sweet Home
for church. I worked on my blog and got that posted, then went off to get
breakfast. Then it was time to relax and catch up on some more of my races. When
she got back, she worked on laundry in preparation for her trip on Wednesday.
She is flying out to New Hampshire to visit her daughter and son in law and grandson
Felix. I get to stay home and take care of the dogs. I didn’t mean it to sound
like that – I would rather she go and spend that quality time with her family.
I’m ok with all of that. Anyway, we spent time working on the prep for the
trip. She is going to take my kindle so I need to finish up the James Patterson
book I am reading. I spent some time doing that later in the day. I’ll be done
by Tuesday, I’m sure.
Monday, October 10th., 2022…… The weather here is really nice.
Temps in the high 70s. No rain in the forecast for this week. I bet I will need
to mow again though. The grass is really growing. I just hope to get that done
before the weather changes! We spent most of the day working around the house.
We also had to make some changes on the airline flight going to Hartford. We
got a notice that the flight was changed and they automatically put her on
another flight – but that wouldn’t work for her timewise, so we went back
online and found an alternate flight with no additional charge that would put
her in about the same time and made the change. Anyway, crisis averted.
Tuesday, October 11th., 2022…… We went shopping today. I think she
wants to make sure I don’t starve while she’s gone! We hit Costco and then Walmart. We got everything done and came back and
rested for a while. We went out to Seeds for dinner with our gift cards from
Penny and Cherrelyn. We really enjoy this place and the food is the best Italian
in Oregon! Plus, it’s right down the street!
Wednesday, October 12th., 2022…… Her flight isn’t until later tonight. But we have made arrangements with Josh to go pick him up and we will take him to dinner before going to the airport. I have sis coming over to feed the dogs so we can go up early. I got everything loaded – she is doing a carryon so not much to take – and we headed off. We found that the traffic was super light on the I5 heading into Portland so we got to Josh’s place around 4:00pm. Josh said we could walk to this place, so I paid for a couple hours of parking and we headed out. We went to Heroes Café - which we told Josh when we got there that “We have been here before – with Rick and Janie”!
We had a nice meal and walked back. My parking
was about over but we went up to take a look at his ebike that isn’t working right
now. I couldn’t solve the issue and we needed to get back on the road. Her
flight wasn’t until 10:00pm and we left from Josh’s about 6:30pm or so. I
mention all of this for a reason. Traffic going to the airport was terrible. When
we finally got to the drop off point, Cathye said she couldn’t find her purse! Where was it? I called Josh and he found it
in his apartment. Cathye had her passport with her so she could go through ticketing
but her wallet and other id and cash and her phone were in that purse! I told her to go through ticketing but wait by
the drop off area and I would drive back and get it. The drive back was pretty easy
going the other way. Josh met me outside and handed off the purse and I headed back.
I was surprised to see that traffic was flowing a lot smoother on the same road
than even an hour earlier! I got back to
the airport and found Cat and gave her her purse and she was good to go! I got
back on the road and got back home around 9:30pm.
Thursday, October 13th., 2022…… I got updates throughout the
flights and she made it with no problems. The drive for Terisa from Walpole NH
to Harford, CT was a little over 111 miles but she was there and picked her up
with no problems. They ran a few errands on the way home and soon got back to
their house with no issues. My day was planned out here. I walked and fed the
girls then went out and got breakfast and then drove to Albany to hit Lowes and
Home Depot. I was looking for white shelving material. We want to install a
shelf in the kitchen alcove above the Oster oven. I had already measured
everything so I was able to get what I needed. The build only took a short time
and the shelf was in!
It will be used for cookbooks or ?
I got everything cleaned up and was done for the day. I watched tv and
hung around the house for the rest of the day.
Friday, October 14th.,
2022…… I was up early. Cathye called me
at 7:00am my time (10:00am her time) and we talked about her time there. She is
having so much fun with the kids and Felix. He is three now and is very active.
I’m sure he will wear his Grandma out quickly! I heard from her later in the evening. They
are doing tons of stuff and keeping busy.
getting stickers!
Saturday, October 15th., 2022……. I heard from Cat again at 7:00am. She also facetimed me when I was out walking the dogs a little later. The plan today was for them to go to Daniel and Terisa’s friend’s campground for a bbq. I had been there so I knew where this was. Cathye called from there and told me it is beautiful with all of the fall colors starting to come in!
Meanwhile, I had my task today. I mowed the lawn again! This time last year I let it go too long and the rains hit. So, the grass was left untouched for the season. Come spring, it was super tall and thick, and I didn’t want that to happen this year. I set the blades down real low to get a shorter lawn but realized I was skinning the grass and moved it back up a little. Since the field grass is pretty much dead now, I only had to do the yard, which only took about 45 minutes. Of course I still have the grass to go back and get but that will only take a short amount of work. I finished up and was done for the day. I watched my races and auctions the rest of the day.
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