Had a productive day today. Went out this morning and finished painting the larger of the two front decks. Didn’t have enough paint left to do the smaller deck so went to the backyard and painted on the railing of the landing on the back deck. Didn’t quite get finished before I ran out of paint.
Took a short nap this afternoon and then went out and mowed the whole yard. It felt good to get that job done.
Jim went into Emporia to run some errands and he picked up another gallon of deck paint for me. After I was done mowing I painted the smaller deck in front. Still have lots of painting to do but it sure feels good to have the deck project under way again. We had to get a different type of paint as they don’t sell the one I had before. I will need to go get two gallons of a different color next week so I can paint the main flooring of the back deck. I have a gallon of the old paint left but it isn’t enough to do the whole floor and I don’t want to mix them in case the color match isn’t perfect. I have some steps to paint and I will use the old paint on them.
Grilled hamburgers for dinner tonight. Jim had a baked potato with his and I had carrots. Made for another easy dinner. Now to decide what to fix for tomorrow night. Jim is going to Stillwater Monday so I won’t cook as much next week with him gone. He is almost out of cookies so will need to get a batch made for him so he can take some to Stillwater Monday.
My lower back is screaming at me. I don’t think it likes me painting on my hands and knees. It just needs to get over itself as I am painting anyways.
I talked to our guest for a few minutes today. I didn’t see her yesterday to talk to her. She is leaving early tomorrow morning as she has to drive to Kandorado for a family birthday party tomorrow evening. She was a quiet and easy guest. She came in really late last night and I bet she will do the same tonight. She may be gone before I get up in the morning.
I permanently deactivated my Airbnb account today. I have enjoyed running the Airbnb but it is time to close that chapter of my life and move on. I will continue to allow special guests to come but I just don’t have what it takes to have frequent guests anymore. Jim and I enjoy our privacy too much to share.
We need to go into the rental house tomorrow and mow that yard and do some painting. We were going to try to avoid doing that while our renter was there but Jim wants to leave Monday morning and we need to get it done before he leaves.
I want to get some more painting on the back deck done tomorrow too. I still have some black metal to paint as well as the lower set of steps and some more railing pieces to paint. Some of the painting takes a long time as it is detailed and not a lot of room to paint in. The floor goes fairly quickly – it is just hard on my body. The ladders are still at the rental house so will have to do the stuff I can reach without a ladder.
It was another beautiful day on the prairie with temperatures in the low 80’s. There was a bit of wind today which helped keep it feeling cooler. We are to warm up even more later next week. Thinking summer has finally arrived. I have enjoyed the sunshine after we had so many cloudy, rainy days.
We haven’t made it downstairs to work on the moldy sheet rock yet. May have to let that project wait until Jim gets back from Stillwater. I don’t have any more guests coming in so no big deal if it waits. I may try my hand at removing it if I get brave enough to attempt it.
I don’t have anything on my calendar for all of next week so hope to get lots of painting done both here and at the rental place. One of these days I will get to do something other than paint – don’t see the finish line appearing anytime soon though.
We sat out on the back deck last night for about an hour after the sun set. The stars were magnificent last night. It is so nice to have it warm enough to sit out after dark now.
Grateful for the painting that got done today, grateful the yard is mowed, and grateful for my BBQ grill that makes fixing dinner easy as can be.