Tuesday, July 25th., 2023…… Pointe Pest Control was coming
this morning. They don’t give you a specific time so we were up and going so we
could get all of the garage doors open for his access. Cathye also had to go in
for her annual physical/checkup. I don’t remember if I mentioned this before
but she has a new FNP (family nurse practitioner). He took over when her Dr.
moved on to a specialty office. He moved into kidney medicine and we think he
is in the office in Corvallis where Lydia’s nephrologist was. Also, her new guy
now (Russell Wimmer) came from MY medical facility here in Lebanon! He treated
Lydia when he was there and has now moved on to Cathye’s clinic in Brownsville. She
said she really likes him! Small world! Cathye got back and said she passed with
flying colors. Yaay! And then went on to pack for her overnighter with her
girls tomorrow. They are going to Depoe Bay for a night and will spend time on
the coast. More on that later. We went shopping to get a few things and then
rested for the day. Cathye has been troubled with some nausea and dizziness
lately. Her daughter had the same issues and found a treatment. It’s called an
Epley maneuver for BPPV Vertigo. It worked on Terisa so she sent us a link to
the video. We decided to try it. It took two tries but it worked! Her dizziness went away and has not returned.
Yaay!
We watched tv then hit the spa before
bedtime.
Wednesday, July 26th., 2023……
Cat’s girls (Judy and Lynn) were coming to
pick her up at 10:30am so we had time to sleep in and walk and feed the dogs
beforehand. I have a few projects to tackle while she’s gone. The water spigot
out by Rylee’s pool has been pooling up with water, coming from underground. I
suspect someone must have bumped into the pipe and cracked it below ground. I
will need to dig it out and see if I can find the leak. Fun stuff!
Thursday, July 27th., 2023…… Corey was coming over today to do
some more weeding. I was up and out and walked and fed the dogs then went out
and got myself some breakfast. Then it was time to head out and dig. Corey was here at 9:30am and ended up working 5 hours. We talked a little about what more I wanted done, and he started in. But I had my own work to do. I dug around the faucet and
exposed the pipes as best as I could. There was standing water in the hole and
I had the main irrigation line turned off. So, I will need to let the water
drain down before I can really get in there and check for the leak. The iron faucet
pipe screws into a pvc fitting and elbows out toward the main line, so I think
I know where the problem is. Later in the afternoon, the girls got back and
dropped Cat off. She said it was a fun trip. They saw whales off the bay but it
was so crowded with whale watchers that she couldn’t get good pics. She did get
one of a spout but it was off in the distance.
Here are some other pics they
took.
She said Judy rented a room in a
lodge right on the coast and it was very rustic but nice and clean. She will go
back. They spent time at the eateries and shops around there and also in
Newport and Nye Beach on the way back. She had brought leftovers from pizza and
we had that for an easy meal. Then it was tv and spa before calling it a night.
Friday, July 28th., 2023…… Since Cat wasn’t here yesterday morning for our regular gym workout, we decided to go this morning. We always see the same ‘gym rats’ there so it was no surprise to see them again today. There were a few new faces. But we don’t have conversations with anyone – we just get in, do our routines, and get out! Of course we still went to Kristi’s for breakfast after! Last week Cathye had made an appointment for another massage to have Emily work on her vertigo problem. It was fixed but she decided to go anyway! Duuh! I found the leak was the 45 elbow that was cracked. I cut off the feed pipe and headed off with the old parts to replicate. I found all of the fittings and connections and the pipe with no problems. I found that I could just replace the whole steel water hydrant assembly (for $81.00) so I opted to add that in as well. I was out of there and came home and glued up the pieces and installed them, supporting everything with the remaining stakes in the hole. I had Cat watch and I re-opened the shut-off valve. There was an overflow drain valve pre-installed that was designed to allow standing water to drain from the assembly to prevent freezing during winter months. It was shooting water out at a high rate to drain the assembly as designed, but that drain would be covered up and would just flood everything again. So, I went back and bought a plug for that line and we were in business. I still will need to let all of the water drain from the hole to double check for leaks but I think it’s good to go now. Later, after showering and resting, it was time to dress for Teri and Ron’s wedding reception. They weren’t getting married until tomorrow, but it will be a small venue at her mother's farm with mostly family so she wanted friends to come celebrate tonight. She is a partner in a local winery with some friends and she chose to have it there. They had pizza and cake and pies and of course wine! Terri and Cathye used to work together and a lot of their mutual friends were there so it was ‘old home week’ for Cat!
We got back home and changed into comfortable clothes. Corey and Vikki (and Brandyn) were here and worked some more on the weeds. I have decided to have him come by on his days off as he can and continue more weeding (and other chores) to make some extra money, which everyone can use. He is a good worker and I don’t mind paying him for his time. He worked until it got too dark. After they left, we settled in and watched some tv and then went out to the spa for a while before bed.
Saturday, July 29th., 2023…… Nothing on the agenda until tonight. We are going to an Alzheimer’s fundraiser (we have gone every year since this one is special to Cathye). They are having a Fleetwood Mac tribute band playing so it should be fun. But first up was some work around here for us. We wanted to weed some around her Shasta, so we both put on kneepads and gloves and set out for an hour’s worth of work. We made a small dent! I remember when I had the gravel spread out around the carports being told that “no weed will grow through that stuff”! Yeah, right! But we did have a very wet winter and spring and everything just took off – weeds included! Like I said, we did a nice large patch but Corey has a ton more to do and we just made a dent. But we will eventually get a handle on it and I will start a schedule for spraying to help in the future. Oh yeah, I noticed earlier that the water in the hole around the new faucet is not going down! I have to leave it open and maybe even draw out the water to see if I have my connections tight.
Ok, it’s later now – we went to
the town square and got parked and Judy had saved us places. We found Penny and Maraglee in the shade. They ended up moving over to the alcohol only
area a bit later. You have to stay inside there if you are drinking. In the pic
below that Cat took, you can see I am the lone guy!
Front row l to r: Judy (with her
eyes shaded), me, Cathye’s chair, Lynn
Back row l to r: Barbara, Nance,
Lona, Misty, Robin
The main band was called Taken by the Sky. They are a Fleetwood Mac Tribute group and they were pretty good. The female singer sounded pretty close to Stevie Nicks!
They had the crowd up and dancing! In this pic, you can see Cathye (in the turquoise top), with Judy and Lynn dancing just off to the left of the stage.
We made our donations to the Alzheimer’s
fund in the form of tickets and food and settled in and enjoyed the concert. We
left early but we found out they only played a few more songs after we left. We
got back and let the dogs out and rested and checked Facebook. Teri had posted a
pic of her and her bridesmaids. Very nice!
They will be coming over next week
for a bbq so we’ll have time to visit more with them all.
We watched a taped show (Restoring
Galveston) before going out to the spa for a bit before bedtime.
No comments:
Post a Comment