Oregon Living 2025 – Blog #25 – Church, a Campout, Mowing, and More Painting!

 

Sunday, June 29^th., 2025……  We slept in a bit this morning. We walked and fed the dogs, then ate breakfast and headed out. Today we were going to church in Turner. Cathye’s church headquarters is there and they were in the end of a week-long retreat at the facility. They have a huge building for services as well as several outbuildings and cabins for these events. We decided to go up for Sunday services. I had never been and was amazed by the size of this place! It looked to be a huge barn which is converted to a place for events. 

We met up with probably 15 or more from her church in Sweet Home and sat for service. Afterwards, we headed back home for a day of rest. Tv and cool temps in the house today!

Monday, June 30^th., 2025…… We were up early and had the dogs walked and fed and then headed off to the gym and then to Kevin’s for breakfast. When we got back, I went out and hooked up Cat’s Shasta to get it ready.  She is going with her girls for their 4^th of July outing in Brownsville. I got it parked away from the house for the painters and she later washed it. 

It was 95° today so we took it easy outside. I have a flat tire on the truckster so I needed to take the wheel off and get it up to Les Schwab.  These tires were new in Dec. 23 and barely have any miles of them so they needed to fix the problem. They suspected the bead was leaking and they would need to clean it up so I left it. Later, we went to run errands. I stopped and got the tire and we went to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, and then stopped at the Fish Place to get dinner. While we were out, I got a text message from Jose that his guys finished their other job and would be here at 7:00am in the morning. Tv until bedtime.  

Tuesday, July 1^st., 2025……  Just like clockwork, they were here right at 7!  I had showered and walked Rylee. Jama will not leave the bed with Cathye in it!  I made coffee and had leftovers from Kevins and watched tv and worked on the blog for a while. Cat was busy booking plane flights to New Hampshire for October. I think we have everything set. No class today so we can work around the house a bit. Can’t mow because of the painters. I need to talk with Jose to see if we can at least do the field. I saw the tire was flat again so I took it back off and brought it back to Schwab. It’s a tubeless tire. The rim must be bent enough to let air out slowly, so I had them put a tube in instead. I got it back later and got it installed. The plan is now to just mow the field tomorrow. I think we can do that and not interfere with the painters and the dust will not be a problem.

Wednesday, July 2^nd., 2025……  I was up at 6:30 this morning, dressed and headed out with Rylee around 7:15.  I saw that the guys had already taped up around the garage doors so they could paint. That meant that the mowers were trapped inside! So, no mowing today! They have 99% of the paint on the house. They have a few areas that need second coats and then they have about half of the trimwork to finish. We made a change midway to have the ceiling area changed from the original house color to trim color. We thought that area would be better off a light color rather than darken the deck area. It probably will cost us in the end if they have already ordered the house paint. But it sure looks good. Rick, our neighbor across the street has contacted Jose to give him a bid for the trim paint on his place. He has asked us if we are happy. Yes, we are!    

Thursday, July 3^rd., 2025…… We decided to eat later in the morning and take the trailer to the park so we could set up ahead of others. Boy, that was a good choice!  When we got there, we found that they must have allowed campers in on Wednesday because there were tons of folks already camped. We couldn’t get in the place where she usually parks, but we managed to find another spot that wasn’t saved. I backed her trailer in and we leveled it. While we were doing that, two ladies came in and said they were expecting three tents to come in later. Cathye said nothing was marked so we have set up and would have two tents of our own. They were not happy and walked off. After about 20 minutes, they came back and moved their tents and we never saw them again! After a bit, I left and came back home for the day.  I went to my 1:15 massage and saw Cathye when I was leaving and she came in for her massage. I went back home and Cathye went straight back to the campground.  She called later and asked me to come back with some things she forgot. I took them back, stopping by the local store down the road to get mustard and ice. I came back home to feed Rylee and relax for the evening. She called later before bed. I will be going back tomorrow for lunch and then back later (before dark) to pick up Jama. It gets really loud at the fireworks show and she needs to be here where it’s a lot quieter.     

Friday, July 4^th., 2025…… HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!  The guys are working here this morning. Half day Jose said. Then they will be off for a few days. They worked on the trim today. I think counted six of them. Some were on the roof and some worked on the patio posts. The wrapped columns were clear coated when we added the deck, but the pine wrap hasn’t done so well over the last year or two, so we are changing them to white. They look nice now!  Later, I took the bike and rode down to the park. They (Corey) were cooking hotdogs and everyone brought items for the potluck. It was nice. 

I left and came back home. The guys stayed past half day and got a lot done. They are still trying to figure out how to tackle the back of the rv garage. The metal carport is only a few inches off the back wall and they are trying to fashion a platform with plywood so they can walk on it and put a ladder on it to reach the peak of the walls. They haven’t done anything yet. I suspect they are worried about damage and will work on it later. I went back and picked up Jama and headed back home. The night was noisy here, but I know it was a lot better than right next to the fireworks show in the park! Both dogs did well and all was quiet around 10:15 or so when we went to bed.      

Saturday, July 5^th., 2025…… I was up and going early and had the girls out and walked. After calling Cat, I headed down there to help her get everything loaded and ready for her to come home. A lot of the campers there were staying until Sunday, but 30-40% of them were also breaking camp today. When I got there, the kids were just moving and Cat had one of the littles while I worked on loading my truck with tables and chairs and the firepit – everything that was able to be loaded. I eventually got her truck backed up and hooked up the trailer. I left with my truck and got home and got that unloaded. A while later, Cat got home. We backed up the trailer out of the way of the painters when they get back on Tuesday. She will unload most of it later today. I got out all three mowers and after charging two of the batteries, we started in mowing.  It took about an hour and a half and we cleaned up and were done. We all rested and had a cool drink, then Penny went home and we were done for the day.