Monday, May 6, 2024

Not a very productive day today. I did get a few more pictures hung. Still have a few more to do.

Went to Emporia a little after noon. I stopped and paid my water bill in Cottonwood Falls. Remembered to get a copy of the bill so I have something to show the official when I change my driver’s license address.

Went to the hardware store and got some shims so I can attempt to level the bookcase in the living room. It is hard to find a straight line in this house. I bet the bookcase is at least two inches lower on one side than the other.

I went to Marshall’s looking for a glass iced tea pitcher. They didn’t have any. I did find an over the door rack so I can hang my bathrobe in the bathroom. I even checked at Hobby Lobby to see if they had one but they didn’t either.

I went to both Tractor Supply and Bluestem looking for dog kennels. Bluestem has some pieces that you fit together but man are they expensive. Tractor Supply has one about the same material for much less. Now I need to find someone with a strong back and a pickup that can pick one up and help me set it up.

I went to the Lyon County Courthouse and paid the second half of taxes on the four Emporia rental properties. They had me stop at the City Clerk’s office to change the mailing address for next year’s bills. They didn’t need any proof of the change of address.

I went to exercise. We worked on my legs today. I sure could tell I hadn’t done exercises much last week. I struggle to complete them all today. Thinking I might be sore tomorrow. Wish I could soak in the bathtub tonight but I haven’t gotten the plug fixed and the tub doesn’t hold water right now.

I got the funds for the sale of the house today. I even got the refund for the property taxes that I had paid but they had withheld from the proceeds of the house. They had told me that check would take up to two weeks so I was surprised it came in today.

I got home before the weather hits. We are in a tornado watch for the rest of the evening. We are on the northeast outer limit of it so not sure what to expect. High Schools in both Emporia and Chase County have cancelled events for tonight in anticipation of severe weather. I’ll have to keep checking radar for safety. It sure feels pregnant out but since the temperature hasn’t been high the last couple of days I’m not sure how much bad stuff we will get. Grateful I am not a sitting duck up on the hill on the prairie.

My goal for the day is to finish hanging the pictures on the walls. I don’t like doing that and I keep finding other things to do. I’m tired of the tools I have lying around so I can finish that project. After that gets done I want to go back through the food cabinet and reduce it by at least half. All the stuff I brought fit but I can’t find anything as it is so crowded. That drives me nuts and takes too long to find what I want.

My bedroom floor is clean and clear! I got the top of the closet rearranged yesterday and all the Knick knacks packed away that I don’t have room for. It was so nice to go to bed in a clean bedroom last night.

When I go to town Wednesday I want to get paint for the shed so I can start that project when the mood hits. It will be fairly easy to paint.

I do need to order something different for a ramp to get into the shed. My riding mower can’t make it up the ramp that came with the shed as it is too steep. I will look for a wheelchair ramp and see if I can find one at a reasonable price. I have the old shop to put it in for now but that shop will go away when I start building the new house as that is where the new house is going.

I still need to get out to the shed and totally organize it. I got all the boxes that were left emptied so I know what I have in there. Still can’t come up with what may have been taken as I had also put things in totes and I haven’t emptied those yet. I will have enough room to move the things we put in the shop into the shed once the shed is organized. It will work perfectly.

The house is in pretty good shape considering we moved in six days ago. Still have some work to do on the back porch once the stuff I ordered to help me better organize it comes in this week. I have plenty of room for all my things in that room too.

Nothing on my calendar for tomorrow. Wednesday I go to the Chiropractor and have exercise and then I have a scheduled phone call with a friend. I have a few errands to run while I am in town Wednesday, Thursday I am having lunch with a group of friends in Emporia and Friday I have to go back to Emporia for exercise.

This Saturday is Craig’s funeral and Sunday is Tagen’s graduation so it will be an emotional weekend. Grateful I have a relatively quiet week this week so I can go into the weekend full.

I slept really well last night but am feeling really tired today. I had drained all my energy last week and it is going to take a while to refill. I still have some emotion that I need to allow to come out but it seems to pick and choose by itself when it wants to do that. The best I can do is allow it when it does bubble up. I’m grateful I have time to do that this week.

Grateful I got home today before the weather hits, grateful the house is almost put together, and grateful all the funds from the sale of the house came in today.