Another busy but productive day. I woke up fairly early this morning so I went in to paint at 9:00. I got almost all the woodwork painting done. I need to clean a window sill before I can paint it and then all the woodwork will be painted. I painted until close to noon and came home for lunch.
I ate lunch and then took a nap. After my nap Jim went in with me and we cleared off the front porch and got all the stuff out of the house except for paint and ladders. I got the dining room floor hand mopped. It will need another mopping but that room sure looks nice.
We moved all the lumber that was on the porch to the metal barn at the house and got the porch swept. Jim brought home some treasures he wanted from the house.
We went out for dinner tonight for the first time since March 1 last year. I forgot how nice it is to have someone else do the cooking. Service was a bit slow but it was nice not to cook tonight.
Tomorrow morning some ladies are coming over to help me stuff the Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter. I am going to make a crock pot of chili tonight and set it out in the morning so I can feed them lunch as a thank you for their help. I need to think of a dessert to make too.
When we get the newsletter done I will go back in and do some more cleaning and paint touch ups. The two rooms that will take the most cleaning are the living room and the kitchen. The bathroom needs a good scrubbing too. The two bedrooms are fairly clean as is the laundry room and dining room. I still have part of Saturday and Sunday morning to do some cleaning. So far I know of at least five people that are coming to look at the house Sunday afternoon. I am betting even more will show up.
I pulled a renter’s application off the internet last night. I need to get it typed up and copies made so people that are interested in renting the house can fill it out Sunday. I sure hope the right person shows up. I am going to be very picky about who I rent the house to and so far haven’t identified someone that I am super interested in renting the house to. Most are young kids that may or may not understand the responsibility of yard care and keeping the house clean. I sure don’t want to go through this process of cleaning up this house again.
Jim is headed to Stillwater Sunday morning as he has a graduation party to attend at noon time. I think he is staying in Stillwater until Thursday.
The handyman is going to work on the house Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. I am hoping he can get the last few things done next week. I will paint outside all week next week if this rainy weather goes away and allows me to paint outside. It rained off and on most of the day today.
I have worked on the newsletter a bit today. The newsletter needs to be folded in half and I am over half way done with that part of it. Once that part gets done the rest seems to go faster. We only have three pieces to it this time so I don’t need to collate the material before I stuff the envelopes. That makes it go faster too. I am hoping we will get most if not all of it done tomorrow. I don’t have a lot of free time this weekend to work on it. Good thing they aren’t in a hurry for it to get out this time.
The siding pieces for the rental house came in today. I will have Jim load them in my car so I can dump them off next week. Those boxes are heavy.
This day went by very quickly. I have a feeling the rest of the weekend will fly by too. I have a lot to get done this weekend and will be glad when the weekend is over and I can slow down a bit again. Sure am hoping the right person will show up to rent the house so I can get it off my plate June 1.
Grateful for a nap today on this rainy day, grateful the house is cleared out, and grateful to be able to eat out occasionally again.
I wish I lived & worked down there! I’d lease from you.