Sunday, January 15th., 2023…… Weather is still rainy and cold.
We took the dogs out anyway and dried them off and gave them breakfast. They
still like their time outside with Grammy and Grampy. They love the rain! Well, Rylee does anyway!
Cathye headed off to church and I hung around the house today. John came back
today and had to work in the rain. He discovered that he had to remove and
reinstall the flashing around the skylights because he didn’t look at the
directions for this particular brand! Dumb move which took several hours to
fix. Even with everything else going smoothly, he still only got 3/4's of the
roof completed and will have to come back – but it will be next weekend because
he has regular work schedule this week.
Monday, January 16th., 2023…… Since today is MLK holiday, the guys didn’t show up. But we’re not sure
their next steps anyway. There is no material for the deck frame here so they
will have to wait on that for now. Meanwhile, we wait. Cathye goes in tomorrow
for a scan so she is on a restricted diet today. They want to take a look at
her gall bladder, which may be the root of her gastro pain.
Tuesday, January 17th., 2023…… Busy day today. Cathye's scan is in Lebanon at 7:30am. Pointe Pest Control
will be here sometime today. We both have haircuts starting at 10:00am. No
worries. Cat took off and was gone maybe 45 minutes. Then I went out and got
breakfast for me. She is still on her restricted food intake. Tomorrow is her
endoscopy/colonoscopy. She starts her fluid purge this afternoon, so I’m on my
own for meals today. If you’ve ever had
one or both of these procedures, you know the prep is worse than the procedure! But she’s a trooper and followed the rules with her
diet today and started the liquid at 4:00pm. It was pretty tough but she got
through it well. Next stage is tomorrow at 5:00am! The guys were here early and worked on bolting
the roof beams down. They also dug four more holes for sono tubes. These are
for more concrete pads to support the extra weight under the spa area. Tomorrow
they will pour those.
Wednesday, January 18th., 2023…… We were up and going around 4:30 this morning. Cathye finished off her
‘yummy’ drink and actually felt pretty good. We left for Corvallis around
8:00am. I was not allowed in the place with her so I only got to drop her off.
I did go to breakfast and run a few errands in the local stores in Corvallis,
then settled in and read and then napped in the car. They called later and put
the doctor on speaker. Everything went well. There are a few problem areas to
be addressed with the gastro people on her visit there next month. But, she
feels like 100% just to get it over with. I know how that feels! After we left
there, I had to take her to Starbucks for a chai latte and an egg and cheese
sandwich. As I said, I had breakfast, so I drove across the street and hit
Arby’s. I guess she was still hungry when she saw the Hawaiian Bun Fish
Sandwich and had me order one for her. We ate and drove back home. When we got
there, we saw the guys had poured the concrete in the last of the tubes and
called it a day. We also saw a large load of pressure treated lumber was
delivered and unstacked. Yaay! Tomorrow they will start the framing. We both were tired from the lack of sleep, so
we rested for the day. Later, Cat ordered a pizza for dinner. We watched some
of our taped programs before calling it a night.
Thursday, January 19th., 2023…… Great
sleep last night! She’s back to feeling ok. She will be dealing with her gastro
pain but right now can go back to the meds she had to quit for the tests so she
hopefully that will help get her back to normal again. We walked and fed the
dogs, then drove up to The Point in Sweet Home for breakfast. The gastro office
called to go over what her doctor told us yesterday and asked how she was doing
and didn’t seem to be concerned about getting her in sooner. They mentioned her
gall bladder and said they will focus on that as the potential problem and will
go over treatment and next steps at her appointment. The guys were here early
and got the beams positioned and leveled. It’s not complicated, but they are
working hard to make sure it’s 100% right which I appreciate! This is about
mid-day.
And this is end of day.
We left before they were done
because we had to take Jama in to the vet for her scheduled checkup and
shots. Once we were done, we came back
and fed the girls and fixed dinner and relaxed for the rest of the day. I heard
from Treasa that she had booked their flight here and back before and after our
cruise in July. It will be nice to see them and spend time here since Bill has
never seen our place. We still need to coordinate and then finalize bookings
for our shore excursions. More on that as we decide…. Meanwhile, Cherrelyn is
headed down to California to help out a friend and also to see her dad, who is
having some medical issues. Fingers crossed….
Friday, January 20th., 2023…… Nothing on the agenda today for us. We expect to see the deck underlayment done today. Turns out they got 90% of it completed! Cool!
We made our 50% payment for the electrical work today. Russ is not licensed for electrical in Oregon. We have some issues about conduit vs romex which really affects their estimate! Will solve that when they come on Monday for stage one. We have already ordered the low-voltage stair lights, which will be here next week. I went online and looked at security lights. I think we will settle for just one with three moveable lights for the peak of the new patio roof. That will help keep track of butthead when she heads out to the far reaches of the yard! We originally wanted can lights under the patio cover but since it will be left as open rafters and clearcoated, we now want to change that to an outdoor fan w/light out there. We want a tropical look so we’re also online looking at some with leaf-shaped fan blades.
We had Penny and Jody over for
game night. They brought Mariglee, Penny’s neighbor to join us. We opened up
wine and fireball and had some light snacks. We played Mexican Train for a few
hours. It was a really fun evening!
I watched the two playoff games and relaxed. I’m also working on installing a new ceiling fan for Cat’s office. I unboxed it and was surprised how heavy it is! Here is a pic of the one she wanted. It's a chandelier/fan and is really cool looking!
Because of the weight, work came to a halt. I’m now anticipating having to beef up the support in the ceiling to support that monster! Hopefully, I can get that done from below with a rafter mounting bracket. Anyway, it’s on hold for now…
I went online and placed orders
for both the security light and the patio fan. Both are scheduled for delivery
either tomorrow or Monday.
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