It has been a lazy day on the prairie today. Too hot to do much. I didn’t sleep much again last night. I went out and painted for an hour this morning. The step stool I am using isn’t working very good so will bring the short ladder home from the rental house tomorrow.
When I came in from painting Jim was still sleeping. I sat in my corner chair and fell asleep and slept for about an hour. When I woke up I did my egg run. Had to short a customer a dozen eggs but will take them in tomorrow. I was 4 eggs short of having what I needed.
Went back down to the coop this afternoon and painted for another hour. Jim is working on the shade structure for the coop and needed another set of hands occasionally. He won’t get it done tonight but he got a good start on it. It will have to wait until he gets back from Stillwater this weekend before he can finish it.
I have all the lower painting done on the coop now. The ladder work is only the top 10% of the coop so it won’t take me too much longer to finish up this project. I had to use the new deck paint I got and it doesn’t match the old paint. Oh well, I don’t think the chickens will complain.
We didn’t make it in to mow this afternoon. Jim wanted to work on the shade thing instead. I will mow sometime this week – that is something I can do.
I grilled steaks for dinner tonight. I need to clean my grill as it is getting too hot. The steaks were a touch over done for my liking but we both ate all of them so they were OK. We are all but out of steak now and almost out of all my good beef. It is a good thing I have another beef ordered – not sure when it will be coming though. Hate the thought of having to buy store meat.
Ran out of paint this afternoon so will need to go to town and get another gallon. I think I am going to paint at the rental house tomorrow morning. The handyman has most of the siding repairs done and ready for painting. Most of them are low enough I don’t need a ladder to paint. Sure would like to get all the main color of the house painting done and then start the trim painting later this week.
The guttering guys showed up this afternoon and I think finished the job. I haven’t gone in to check it out yet. It will be nice to cross that off my list if they got done.
I called and got on the plumber’s list. I need a second water thingy put in down by the chicken coop. I’m tired of hauling water everyday. They said it would be three to four weeks before they could get to me.
Our electricity is going to be turned off from 9:00 – 11:00 tomorrow morning. Might as well be outside painting during that time. I need to remember to open the garage door first thing when I get up tomorrow so I can get my car out if I don’t get gone before 9:00.
Not sure what time Jim is leaving for Stillwater tomorrow. He usually tries to get on the road by 2:00. It is a three hour drive to get to his house. Not sure when he is coming back home – probably either Friday or Saturday. I am trying to talk him into staying until Sunday. He won’t be able to go down next week as we have some things going on here. He really needs to put in some hours down there and get his house done. He has so many projects on his plate right now – both in Stillwater and here. No rest for him these days.
It was another day of temperatures over 90. We are to get up to 100 by the weekend. Yuck! I am not a fan of hot weather. The poor chickens are showing signs of heat stress. I may need to set the water sprinkler up for them tomorrow to help cool them down a bit.
Wednesday I go to Topeka for a doctor’s appointment. I won’t get much painting done that day unless I paint in the early evening after the heat of the day has passed. I will get back at it Thursday and Friday. I sure would like to finish up the deck, chicken coop and rental house in the next two or three weeks. I’m tired of all three projects.
Grateful the guttering guys came back today, grateful for the work the handyman is getting done, and grateful for the shade thing Jim is building for the girls.