I slept mostly through the little thunderstorm that came through this morning. I heard the thunder a couple of times. Grateful for what little rain we received.
This has been a rest day for me. Can’t say I have gotten a thing done today. I watched a couple of movies and played games on my iPad for most of the day. Nice to have the privilege and luxury to take rest days whenever.
I baked some peaches this afternoon. They are so good I could eat the whole pan. They only have peaches, butter, cinnamon and pecans in them. Sure would taste good over some ice cream but ice cream is not on my list of foods that I eat. This is as close as I get to getting peach cobbler these days.
Tomorrow I have to go to Emporia for exercise at 2:00. I have a few groceries I need to stop and pick up and will go to the Chiropractor after exercise. I might not have to go back to Emporia this week after Monday as my trainer is going on vacation. I’ll see if the backup guy has me come in or not. He isn’t too reliable and even if he schedules, he has a tendency to cancel at the last minute.
Hopefully the sidewalk guy will get the concrete poured tomorrow. It might take him two days to get it all done. Then he will have some cleanup work to do after it sets up. It will be nice to have flat sidewalks to walk the dogs on at night.
Trusting the tree guy will come back one day soon and get that job finished up. That job has turned into a long project. He just has the trees in the front yard to do. He does have to wait for the sidewalk guy to get done before he can get his truck into the yard and do his thing.
I had contacted a guy about building a dog fence way back last May. He told me he wouldn’t be free to do the project until early July. I haven’t heard from him yet so wonder if he forgot or is still tied up. I’m grateful I found some material to make a pen for the dogs and didn’t wait on him to show up. If he does get hold of me, I will have him build a privacy fence by the tree line on the west side of the property. If he doesn’t get in touch, I will wait and do that next year.
Haven’t heard from my realtor about the sell of the house in Emporia. I’m assuming the inspections are being scheduled and no news is good news. We are to close August 9 and that is coming up quickly. It will be good to have that property in new hands.
I will need to get hold of my accountant again after the sale goes through so she can figure capital gains tax on that property for me. I will need to send some tax estimates in so that will be covered. Not looking forward to getting my tax return next year as I have had lots of exchanges going on this year.
I also need to figure out how to change the deed on this house from the rental company I own to my personal property. Since I am not going to build and plan on staying in this house long-term, I need to transfer ownership to my personal name. That triggers another capital gain I think. Yikes! Getting out of rental properties is complicated and expensive.
No big plans for next week. I am going to a friend’s house on Tuesday for a bit and then we are going to lunch. Other than exercise, I don’t think I have anything else on my calendar. I’m sure something will come up sooner or later this week – it always seems to.
Can’t believe August is here this week. July went by so fast. August always seems to be a month of change with school starting and the summer season winding down. I will be grateful when the hot days of summer are behind us. I don’t like winter but I love autumn.
Grateful for a rest day at home, grateful for fresh peaches, and grateful for a quiet week ahead.