Sunday, June 22nd., 2025…… HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO SHAUN AND LILA! I believe they said it was their
29th. Today would have been mine and Lydia’s 57th.
We were all up early, checking the weather. So far, so good! It’s still cloudy and a little chilly, but the forecast is for clear skies and warmer temps later in the day. So, after breakfast, the guys set up the three popups and the canopy on the gravel. I already had drinks in the coolers and just needed to add ice to them. The schedule we made up was games at 2:00pm, dinner at 3:00pm and the Club meeting at 4:00pm. Folks arrived and set up their chairs and joined in on the games and drinks. More and more came. It was time to start the bbq. I cooked hamburgers, turkeyburgers, hot dogs and brats on the bbq. I think the final count was 27. A lot of folks would tell us later that they were afraid of the weather. But it turned out nice and everyone had a good time and had plenty to eat from the rest of the potluck they all brought. The meeting went well, but with this many people contributing, it was long and confusing. But we had a lot of agenda items and this was a good time for the group to hear and discuss so that was perfect timing. After the meeting, folks started leaving with the rest of us sitting around the firepit and discussing the day and the Club and how things went. Eventually, folks left and the rvs after that. But before that, I had help with the canopy and that was appreciated. I asked them to leave the popups and the tables out because my sister would need them for her friend’s upcoming yard sale. They helped put the tables in my truck and that was helpful. We kicked back and relaxed from the day’s events. We were both beat!
Monday, June 23rd., 2025…… I was up and going early. Jose
had already been by and we talked about the rains delaying them by a few days. He
said they were finishing up one house tomorrow and would be there in the
afternoon to start work. We walked and fed the girls then headed off to
breakfast. When we got home, we were
surprised to see trucks in the driveway! The task today was to caulk
everything. They had six of them here today and made a lot of progress! I have
them doing all of the battens on both the rv and shop garages. That’s a lot of
work! But they did a great job. Meanwhile, we had some more prep of our own to
do. But first up was getting the tables over to Penny’s yard sale location. I
made one trip with the tables and then asked if they wanted the popups and took
them over on another trip. When I got back, we started moving furniture on the
deck. We took the cushions off the metal chairs and moved them out to the lawn.
We stacked up items on the spa cover and around the firepit. That would give me
space to use my ladder to remove the light string up around the patio.
Tuesday, June 24th., 2025…… The painters showed up this morning at
7:00am! We were not expecting that. But
I was up and going and walked Rylee (Jama wouldn’t leave the bed) and then went
out to check on them. The plan today was to caulk and scrape. Later, we started
on the patio lights. I moved the ladder down the line and Cat was there to wind
them up and deposit the screws in her pocket. It went quickly. The guys continued
through the day and I think got all of the shops completed and most of the
house. I went off to class and Cat stayed home to answer questions. But no
issues. I got home and we went to Dos Arbolitos for dinner. Tv and then bed.
Wednesday, June 25th., 2025…… Today Cathye decided to leave because of all
the activity and I was there all day. She went to visit her friends and they
went to dinner. I ate leftovers but she brought me hers from The Point. The
guys pressure washed today and did some wood rot repair. It looks good so far! They
would not be here tomorrow so the house can have a day to dry.
Thursday, June 26th., 2025…… We left early for breakfast and
then Walmart. We rested for most of the day. I did go out and moved everything
of the front porch so they had room to work out there.
Friday, June 27th., 2025…… We were up early again and ready for the guys. They started in taping
off and covering the ground around the shop and rv garage. We ate breakfast and
then left around 8:15 to go help at Penny’s yard sale. They don’t have a lot of
items and it’s just in the driveway area and they have a lot of help so we
didn’t stay too long. When we got back, we found they already had painted the
shop garage!
Later, they would also do the rv
garage. They had one guy doing primer on the house. We have some spots that
were stained from the iron rich water that we have in the sprinkler system, and
that needed to be addressed.
The kids are coming today. I will bbq the leftovers from our party last week and Corey will be working around the yard. When they got here, Cathye showed him what she wanted done today and then she took Brandyn out to the blueberries to help out there.
Later, I took him for a ride on the bike. He was a little scared but I went slow so he was good.
The guys were only supposed to be here until 1:00pm. They got more paint on the house and they decided to just keep going to get it all done. There were one or two here until 4:30.
After they left, I got the bbq fired up and we ate. It was
a long day but we saw a lot of progress plus Cat and I got to play with the
little ones as well!
Saturday, June 28th., 2025…… The team was here again at 7:00am. The weather is getting warmer by the day and they hit it hard early in the morning. When they left, Jose told me they would be back next Wednesday to finish the trim. Later, we changed and left to go pick up 5 others to head up to Salem to a dance. This was a “raid” on that club! We all met in the parking lot and marched in to their dance making a lot of noise. They didn’t expect us and we really surprised them! We all brought extra food so they would have enough. We stayed through the dance then drove back. I dropped everyone off and we headed home. Cathye had never seen one of these raids. It was a fun night for everyone.
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