It has been a nice day but a tad busy. A friend I hadn’t seen since COVID hit came for a visit. We ordered take out for lunch and brought it back to the house and enjoyed our lunch. It was nice to see her and catch up. She is caring for her elderly parents and needed a day away. It reminds me how important friendships are and how critical it is to take the time to engage with others.
A friend sent her son and his wife to pick up a piece of furniture I didn’t want any more. It is nice to get that out of the house and to someone that will enjoy it. I was able to unhook the TV and internet and get both back connected. I never know if I can successfully do that. Jim now needs to build a piece of furniture that will hold the TV and all the cable equipment that comes with it.
I grilled hamburgers on the grill for dinner. It was such a beautiful day that we needed to celebrate it by grilling. Simple, easy and delicious dinner.
I got the rest of my mowing done this afternoon. It was good to get outside and get that done. The grass is still sparse in places but starting to grow back in. It was tall in the area nearest the house. Jim got the weed eating done and the yard looks nice tonight.
After dinner I went in and painted two walls in the kitchen. I am getting a refrigerator delivered tomorrow and wanted to get the wall done before the refrigerator comes so I don’t have to move the refrigerator. I also painted the woodwork that is behind where the refrigerator will go. I painted on around the corner of the wall and have over half of the second coat on the kitchen wall.
Tomorrow I am going to finish vacuuming and dusting this house and then go into Cottonwood and paint for a good four to five hours. I’ll see how far I can get. I want to get a coat of paint on one of the bedrooms so I can see if I like the color. The bathroom is almost ready for a coat of paint. I need to get it painted before the new floors go in later this week.
I’m a bit tired tonight. I slept for about two hours last night and then woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. I finally took another bath and was able to sleep for one more hour. I didn’t take a nap today so am hoping I will crash tonight and get lots of sleep. It is so frustrating some nights when I can’t find sleep.
Still not sure if my guests for the week are coming in tomorrow or Monday. I will get the house ready in the morning and go from there.
Other than having three and maybe five guests this week I don’t have anything on my calendar. The guys that are coming are easy guests and won’t take much of my time. It will be fun to visit with them when they are around. They are all involved in the disc golf tournament so will be busy with their rounds of disc golf and all the extra festivities that go with the tournament. I doubt they are around here much.
I’m sure hoping the handyman can get the inside of the house all but done by the end of next week. I will have some painting to do after that but we are getting so close to having the inside of the house done. I still will need carpet laid in the two bedrooms and not sure when that can get done but I can start showing the house to find a renter. We have tons of work to do outside yet but all of that work can be done after we get it rented if needed. Sometime next week I need to pick out the colors we are going to use on the outside of the house so we can get started painting outside too. May need to host a paint party.
Jim and I sat out on the swing on our back deck for a while late afternoon. It feels like it has been a while since it was warm enough to sit outside and enjoy the sun in my face. I so look forward to summer evenings when we can sit outside and enjoy the late sunsets and then the night skies.
Grateful for my friend that came to visit today, grateful for my friend that took my piece of furniture off my hands, and grateful the yard is mowed and looking nice.