Sunday, April 16th., 2023…… The kids slept in and we were up
and out with Princess and the Butthead. The plan was to go over to Sweet Home
and go to The Point for breakfast. Since it was Sunday, we had to wait a few
minutes for a table, but it wasn’t too bad.
After that, we came home and rested for a bit. Later, Cat took the kids to the train depot in
Albany and I stayed home and tried to catch up on my races. We had leftover
hamburgers for dinner and settled in and watched tv until spa and bed time.
Monday, April 17th., 2023…… Another gym day. After that, we went to Kevin’s for breakfast and then
drove over to The Bark Place. We got a pickup full of wood chips. The guys will
be over tomorrow to spread them out in the blueberry cage. The rains hit right
after we parked the truck. We came in and did a few things around the house and
then it was time to head out. We are going to Philomath and then to Omalea and
David’s for lunch. She is also giving Cat a bunch of flowers today. We drove
Cathye’s truck with the shell so they would pack in and stay dry. We wanted to stop
at Habitat for Humanity in Philomath first. I always like to stop when I’m in
the area. They always have a lot of interesting things. Cat had never been.
But, when we looked up their hours, we discovered that they were closed on
Mondays! We left the house on our way
but called because it was really windy and rainy! Omalea said it was just
cloudy at their place so we went on.
When we got there, the weather and wind had let up significantly. Lunch was very good and we enjoy spending
time with those guys! Cathye got a ton of things from them for her and the guys
to plant this week or next.
Or whenever – I just work here! We left and made the drive home. Oh yeah, it started raining just as we got down the hill and into Philomath! But not windy so we made it home with no issues. We fed the dogs and relaxed for the evening. Neither of us wanted dinner so we settled on sandwiches and chips. We watched tv and then went in the spa for a while then went to bed.
Tuesday, April 18th., 2023…… Today was supposed to be another
rainy day. But it was ok when we walked the girls. Pointe Pest Control was due
here for their scheduled maintenance and Jason got here early to beat the
weather. He was working on the house when Adam showed up. He went straight to
work on the wood chip project and had that done pretty quickly. Because he
wants to build up the thickness, we will need to go get another load of chips.
Cathye says she will go back out and spread them out so we don’t have to get
more. After that, Jason left and Adam
and Cathye went to work on the flowers and got them all planted.
It doesn’t seem like it made even a dent out there! But, I’m sure she has plans for more and more… I spent some more time working on my planter box. It’s coming around and I can officially say it will weather the storm! This thing is beefed up – with carriage bolts instead of nails or screws. It will get even heavier when I put the fascia around the box. I’m using the remnant Fiberon deck boards and they are stout! I figure I’m going to have to put it on a dolly just to get it out there and set up!
Wednesday, April 19th., 2023…… No plans today. So, I was able to spend more
time working on my project. I made a run
to Wilco and Cat took Jamie his money for the week and then went shopping for a
backpack for her trip tomorrow. She got
things ready for that but that was about all we did. Oops, I forgot ! – Brandyn
was coming this afternoon for a visit. Brittany was dropping him off - but then
she texted to say that she got called in to work so would grandma be able to go
get him from school? No worries, she was
able to go and get him. Brittany said she would alert them that his Grandma was
coming today and that turned out to be enough so all was good. Grandma had
plans for them for the afternoon. They decorated Valentine’s cookies. Yes, it
was a little late but he couldn’t make it sooner so they worked on decorating
5-6 cookies, which were very pretty!
He also came out and helped his grandpa work on the project and was very helpful! Plus he got some climbing and balancing in as well!
Later, Cat made shrimp fettuccini and Brandyn ate with us. Brittany came after work to pick him up. After that, we settled in and watched tv, hit the spa, and then went to bed. Busy day tomorrow…
Thursday, April 20th., 2023…… Several things on the agenda today. First up for me was acupuncture. I had an 8:00am appointment so I was up and out early. I stopped at McDonalds and got coffee and breakfast and made it with plenty of time to spare. Meanwhile, Cathye was up and out with the dogs and then got them fed. When I was on my way back toward town and about ten minutes out from the gym, I called her. She was just leaving the house. We met at the gym and did our workout and then she left to go pick up her prescription and I went back home. Her train wasn’t leaving the Albany station until 1:23pm but we left around noon so we could stop and get lunch at Arby’s to take to the station. We ate in the car and then she went to wait on her train while I started back to Lebanon. I had a 2:30pm appointment for massage so I had a few minutes to kill and stopped at Harbor Freight before leaving Albany. I made it back in time and saw Emily and got my massage. I got back in time to feed Princess and Butthead. I had bought extra sandwiches from Arby’s so I heated up a couple for an easy dinner. Cathye said later that Tait had made it ok to the Portland station and joined her.
They were due in Seattle around 7:51pm.
She had booked them in at the Embassy Suites, right next to King Station so
they were in their room shortly after that. They got a nice room on the 11th
floor, overlooking the city to the north!
Not sure about dinner for them, but she said later that they were heading down to the spa. She called later to say goodnight and told me they had ordered Chinese door dash so they were eating late. We talked for a few minutes and said goodnight and the pups and I headed off to bed.
Friday, April 21st., 2023…… Got a text that they were up and
getting ready for their day. Heather and Charlie will be coming in to town to
join them at the hotel for breakfast
and then all four will walk back to Heather’s and Charlie will go on to school and then the three will go over to the federal building so Tait can apply for her passport. I’m anxious to see how fast-tracking for a passport will work. The plan is to use whatever time is left for sightseeing around Pike Place Market
before the train leaves this afternoon. It will drop Tait back in Portland and Cat will get back in Albany just before 8:00pm. Meanwhile, I was up and out with the dogs. I made my breakfast and settled in for the day. No rains yet so I hope to be able to go outside and work some more on the planter box. Ok, it’s later now. I did go out to the shop and spent some more time out there. I decided to cut and fit and then only tack the Fiberon boards on for now and then put them on later when I get it moved out there. This thing is heavy enough now as is! Later, I fed the pups and then ate leftover fettuccini for dinner and relaxed for a while before loading up the girls to go get Grammy from the depot! The train was pretty much on time and we got back home around 8:45pm and settled in for the evening. Of course we had to hit the spa before bed! It has turned into a pleasant routine and we find we both are falling asleep a lot quicker these days!
Saturday, April 22nd., 2023…… The weather is better. Still rainy on some days but the clear days are now sunnier and warmer. We still have grass that is way too wet to mow! Plus, we don’t have too many days in a row with no rain so it can’t dry out! Bummer! We had the girls out and walked and back in and fed. Then we started in on our housecleaning tasks. Today was another hot mop day for the floors. This time I did all of them except the dining room. That just needed a quick run-over with the baby Shark. I was able to try out the new battery I just received for the Shark. It’s an after-market item but it seems to hold a charge well and fits perfectly! Now if I run the battery down I can just switch them out! Anyway, we got our jobs done and then it was time for a short rest before heading over to Gametime for lunch with Penny and Cherrelyn! We hadn’t seen her since she got back from her trip to Calif. So it was fun to catch up again. After a rather long wait, we got our food. All were pretty good except Cherrelyn didn’t care for hers. She had been sick with ? and her taste buds had gone away so food is just now getting some taste to it. Cat took her leftover steak salad and Cherrelyn’s Philly cheese steak home for leftovers. Cherrelyn followed us back to the house so she could see our deck. She brought her suit so we went in the spa for a bit. Penny came by later and sat with us. We got to talking so much that none of thought to take pics! Sorry! After that, it was leftovers and tv until bedtime.
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