Went to the rental house and painted both closets this morning. I was pleased with the color I picked out. I’m anxious to get the bedroom wall paint up to see if I like that color. It is good to have the closets done. Came home and took a long nap. Painting wears me out.
The handyman saw me at the house this morning and came over to chat. He is going to work on the plumbing issue tomorrow. Hoping he will be able to get the blockage cleared but I may have to call a plumber. He discovered the bathroom sink drain is not hooked up correctly and one of the pipes under the house is slanted uphill instead of down hill. He also discovered the bathroom vent pipe doesn’t have a cover on it and sticks out straight from the roof so leaves, etc. can fall down the pipe. So grateful he is able to fix most of that, if not all of it, himself. Hoping he can get this plumbing issue fixed quickly so he can get back to doing things off his long to-do list.
After my nap I headed back into Cottonwood Falls with the intention of doing some more painting. I stopped to deliver some eggs and ended up visiting with a friend for over an hour and never made it to the house to paint. Oops. Jim came in town to help me paint and I wasn’t at the house so he came home.
We didn’t get the cupboard doors hung today but will get those done Tuesday. The kitchen and living room have their first coat on the walls completed and the dining room is half way done. The kitchen cabinets are fully painted except for one door that needs one more coat. Closets are painted with their first coat. I don’t know if they will need a second coat or not. Progress was made. It is never as much as I hope to get done but am grateful for what did get done.
Jim teaches another OSHER class tomorrow afternoon so he will need to work on that this evening and tomorrow morning. I am going to start cleaning this house tonight and tomorrow and maybe on Tuesday we can get back to the rental house and get the kitchen cabinet doors hung and the rest of the dining room painted. Then I need to help Jim with the woodwork painting.
I am meeting some friends for lunch tomorrow. It will be my first lunch out since March 2020 when COVID hit. I wonder if I have anything to wear? It feels like I should dress up a bit for the occasion! Maybe I will put on jeans that don’t have paint spots on them – that is about as dressed up as I get these days.
I am delivering four dozen eggs tomorrow. A friend is coming by to get two dozen in the morning and I delivered two dozen today. That helps reduce my stash a bit but I still have lots of eggs in the refrigerator. I will be glad when the temperature stays above 45 both day and night and I can stop refrigerating the eggs. I have more kitchen counter space than I have refrigerator space.
We are still forecasted to get 1 – 3 inches of snow Monday night and Tuesday. Yuck! I’m tired of cold and winter and ready for warm temperatures to come and stay. My yard needs mowed but it is going to have to wait until it warms up. I hate being out in the cold.
I fixed a ham and cheese omelet for dinner. I forgot to lay something out and had to drop back 10 and punt. I have run out of ideas of what to fix.
When I came home around noon today there was a squirrel in one of my little trees in the front yard. Both dogs were below watching it very carefully. The squirrel was chatting with the dogs saying some not so nice things. We attempted to entice the dogs away but Roxy would not budge. Jim finally went out and dragged Roxy into the garage so the squirrel could escape. The dogs are still out by the tree this evening making sure the tree is safe.
Grateful for the painting that got done today, grateful the squirrel escaped unharmed, and grateful for a wonderful visit with a friend.