I went in and got about half of the living room painted last night. I like the color. I wanted to get a whole wall painted so I could really tell if I was going to like it. The wall is really soaking in the paint. I am brushing on the first coat and will roll on the second coat.
Drove into Emporia this morning to get groceries and some paint for the two bedrooms at the investment property. I got some kitchen cabinet hinges but they didn’t have enough. I had them order some more for me but they can’t tell me when they might come in.
Did my egg delivery and then stopped by the investment house. My handyman came over and we did another walk through the house. He made a list of things that need done. Jim wants the back room to have Sheetrock put up so the handyman is going to work on that when the electrician gets done. He will also build a closet around the furnace and water heater in the laundry room. He has about five little things that he was going to work on this afternoon.
He is also going to work on the outside of the house but we agreed that the priority is to finish the inside completely before we start the outside. We can get the house rented with the understanding that we will continue to work on the outside after it is rented. I have no idea how difficult it will be to find a renter so we may not get it rented till the outside is done anyways.
The electrician is coming tomorrow morning early. I’m not sure how long it will take him to get through his long list of things he has to do. The handyman has a different job to work on tomorrow so the timing was perfect. I will have to get up early and go let the electrician in the house. It will be good to have that major project out of the way.
I may go in this evening again and get some more painting done. There is so much painting that needs done and that is something I can do to help move the project along. I would really like to get the cabinets done so we can get the doors hung and put it back together again.
The siding material came in today. The boxes are heavy so will have Jim load them and take them to the house in town next time he goes that way. I am thinking I didn’t order enough of them but they don’t take long to get here so will order more later if needed. They are expensive and I didn’t want to have a full box leftover.
I talked to the handyman about a back splash and he agreed that it would look nice and is something he can do. I will go to town this week and look at tile and see what I can find and price it. I never know how much to buy but I can always take it back if I get too much.
Jim is teaching his class for KU Osher this afternoon. This class is on Religious History. He loves teaching and has taught this class in OK before. This class is only three sessions and each session is an hour and half.
I made Chex Mix for the kiddos today. I have to admit that I have eaten a couple handfuls of it this afternoon. I love that stuff when it is warm out of the oven. I’ll probably have a tummy ache from it later though. I don’t usually eat that kinda of food anymore. The kiddos are tired of cookies so I can’t bake more of those for them for a bit. I do need to bake Jim some more Snickerdoodles this week some time.
I called the internet company again. They are scratching their heads trying to figure out why the system keeps dropping. The latest thing they want me to try is moving the router/modem to a different room. When Jim is done with his class today I will try that. I was afraid to move it before in case I do something wrong and we lost internet completely. It is acting like it did before when we had a bad router but I will humor them and move it. We have disconnected our printers from the wireless feature and have them hooked directly to our computers. The internet company was trying to tell us that was causing the problem. It wasn’t.
Tomorrow I need to clean house as I have a friend coming to stay for a couple nights on Wednesday. The smoke from the burn yesterday blew in and there is a layer of ash and dust everywhere inside. It will feel good to get the house clean again. I always enjoy the house more when I know it is clean.
Jim is going to Stillwater either tomorrow or Wednesday. He will probably stay one and maybe two nights. He needs to mow and do some yard work and will bring another load of his treasures back with him. He seems to be having trouble getting down there to work on his house. Slowly his attachment to that house is weakening.
It is only in the mid 50’s today. Lots of prairie fires all around us again today. The handyman called the sheriff to get permission to burn the big pile of old garage boards and found out the only burning that can happen until the end of April is pastures. They are trying to reduce the amount of smoke in the air by not allowing other non-essential burns. We will get them burned sometime in May.
We are having brats and sauerkraut for dinner tonight. I think it is warm enough to do the brats on the grill. Not my favorite dinner but Jim enjoys it.
I’m excited about all the progress being made at the investment property. It really seems to be coming together. We still have lots of little things that need done but I can see the finish line. It is amazing what a fresh coat of paint does to a house. I was so lucky to have bought a house next door to a wonderful handyman that works so efficiently and does great work.
Grateful the electrician is coming tomorrow, grateful for the progress on the investment property and grateful for the smell of Chex Mix in the house today.