I sent a text to Michelle, Tagen, Ellexia and Jason and invited them to join me for lunch at Bruff’s today. Only Jason was able to come. Kathy went with me so the three of us had lunch. It is always a good day when I get to spend time with my family. I dropped some peaches off at Michelle’s house when we were done eating.
Have spent a quiet afternoon at home. I am working on a letter for Kathy for an application she did. They needed an explanation for something. I have trouble remembering what I had for breakfast, let alone something that happened several months ago. I have the letter written but I needed to sit on it and then go back to it to finish it up. I don’t want to mess this up for Kathy.
Jason has decided he is ready to proceed with buying his house so I sent a note to the title company to draw up a contract. Not sure what all will be involved with this but will find out I guess. Grateful to be moving out from under another one of my rental properties.
I decided the house that is on the market would sell better if I go ahead and put a new roof and guttering on it. The one on it is almost done for and I heard it is hard to insure a house with a bad roof. The guttering at this house is sprouting trees in it and makes the house look uncared for. I don’t think it would pass inspection for close so might as well bite the bullet and get it done before all that comes up. I sent an email to the guy that has done several roofs for me in the past and has always done a good job. He is usually prompt in responding so will get that contract sometime this week.
Need to do another update for the Love in Action project. I am waiting till I speak to the two people I am working with at the Detention Center. I need to clarify a few issues and find out what is going on with the stamp issue. I will go buy some more stamps tomorrow and take them with me when I go up to talk to them. The Director will have lots of Amazon packages to open tomorrow. I’m excited to hear his response.
Tomorrow I will spend getting the above mentioned items taken care of. Have another couple of little things that need my attention too. Maybe I can clean up my pending list tomorrow – or at least the things I can move on. I have lots of empty space time this week so it will be a good week to clean things up.
I should hear back from Max’s bank this week so I can finish his estate matters. It will be good to have that project completed. He left things in fairly good order so it has gone rather smoothly and quickly. I have learned a lot in the process. It is absolutely essential for everyone -regardless of age, marital status, etc. to have an Executor named and then have it notarized. It can be done without the need for an attorney. It sure would have saved time in settling Max’s estate. I can help you with the paperwork if you don’t have yours done.
We should also hear back from the insurance company about the third life insurance policy Kathy had. I also need to follow up to make sure one of the others got handled properly.
I should get my grandmother’s death certificate in the mail this week so I can cash a Series EE Saving Bond that Max had. This process has been a bit more challenging than I expected. Trusting I can get this done this week without the need for further paperwork.
The tree guy came last week and worked for an hour or two but didn’t finish up. Trusting he will get back this week and get that job done. He did this last time too and took about six weeks to get it all done. This job is much smaller so trusting one more go at it will finish it up.
The beef I ordered and is being processed may be finished later this week or the start of the following week. I will make a trip to KC to take Nicole her portion of it when it is ready to go.
Still sitting with the notion of how do I stay grounded in love and be in resistance at the same time. It seems too big to hold it all so I have to break it down to what can I do. The Detention Center project was created out of that need and I am working on another project that might meet that need too. Would like to find some more ways. Still sitting with the idea of doing another protest in CWF. I want it to be a protest done in love though and need to figure out how I might make that happen before I put something together. How do I build community locally that it is done in love and helps us find common ground? That is my question of the day.
It is nice to have several empty space days ahead of me. Trusting I can put them to good work and get things done. I don’t have much on my calendar for most of August and need to decide how best to use that time. I am getting good at doing nothing but feel much better when I have a purpose and project to work on. The Detention Center project is up and running and doesn’t take as much of my time as it did at first.
Grateful for the time with Jason today, grateful for the response to the wish list for the Detention Center project, and grateful to be grounded in love and active in resistance.