Happy anniversary to my parents – they were married on this day in 1948. I imagine they are celebrating together on the other side. They had a solid relationship grounded in love and respect for each other.
Jim got home around 6:15. It was good to have him home. He brought another car load of things including the Roto tiller and a bunch more iris that he will plant in the front flower bed.
I went out and finished mowing the yard this morning. It took about two hours to get the job done. I am still finding dirt in cracks and crevices of my body I didn’t know I had. It is amazingly dry already with cracks in the yard. My eyes are still itching a bit from all the junk that blew in them while I was mowing.
Made a batch of peanut brittle this afternoon. I am fixing a box to mail to my brother for his birthday later this month. I didn’t get the fudge made as I need a sunshiny day to make that. Hoping I can do that tomorrow and then I can get his box put together and put in the mail on Monday. Jim taste tested the peanut brittle when he got home today and said it was good.
I may go in to the rental house in the morning and paint. Found out the renter is going to be gone this weekend. The handyman got some more siding pieces up that need painted. If I get at it before noon it isn’t so hot. Doesn’t look like we are going to get any of the rain that is all around us tonight so things will be dry in the morning.
I had the handyman work at my house on Wednesday and Thursday. He finished up a water drainage issue Jim had started in the front yard. He also sealed around the outside of the garage and then cut out the bad sheet rock out of the bathroom and hall way downstairs. He will come back and put up new sheet rock after we get a heavy rain and we know that the water leak has been fixed.
I had him come do this work as a surprise for Jim. Jim has so many projects that he needed some taken care of. He was pleased that this work had been done while he was gone. Tomorrow he is going to work on putting up some shade for the girls.
Nice to have a few projects finished. Seems like we have gotten backed up with a list of things that need done. I wish I was able to do more of them myself. I don’t have the skills to do most of them.
Jim is planning on going back to Stillwater next week. He really has a lot of work to do there and it doesn’t get done unless he is there to do it. I have a doctor’s appointment in Topeka on Wednesday next week so I will stay home again while he goes.
Grateful Jim is back home on the prairie, grateful the yard is mowed, and grateful the peanut brittle turned out good.