The window guys came around 9:00 this morning. They got the three windows in the guest bedroom, the window above the kitchen sink and the three in the master bedroom replaced today. They are cleaning up and then are heading out as the prairie is receiving a light rain. I doubt they will be back tomorrow as it is to rain/wintery mix most of the day tomorrow. Next week looks warmer and drier so they will be back then to finish up this project.
I like the looks of the new windows. I was concerned I had made the wrong choice but these will work nicely. I was a bit disappointed that the window above the kitchen sink isn’t a slider. I thought we had talked about that one being a slider. I like the look of the mini picture window but it sure would have been nice to be able to open it. Oh well, I can live with it the way it is. I couldn’t open the one that was there before so I’m not used to it being open anyways.
The guy is very courteous as is his son that works with him. I enjoy hearing their conversations. They both honor and respect the other and work well together. It sure will be nice when they get completely done.
I picked up the remaining supplies for the Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter I am working on. I have a couple people coming to help tomorrow. We could use another couple sets of hands. We are going to start around 10:00 in the morning. I am fixing some soup for lunch and I am hoping we will be done by mid-afternoon. Come for part or all of the day. We always have lively conversation while we work and it makes the work go by quickly.
I made a batch of peanut brittle last night. I think it turned out OK. It was crunchy and broke up into pieces like it is supposed to. I’ll have to wait for another sunny day to make another batch of it as well as one or two more batches of fudge.
The temperature has begun dropping as the rain moved in. It is only lightly raining but I will take whatever moisture I can get. It is to rain most of the rest of the day and into tomorrow. As the temperature drops it may turn into a wintery mix. Trusting it won’t turn to sleet and ice. I don’t have anywhere to go this weekend so will stay home where it is nice and dry and warm.
The window guys are doing a good job of cleaning up behind themselves. I will have to clean the whole main floor when they get done but so far it isn’t as dusty as I thought it might get. That may change when they take the huge windows out of the west side of the house next week. That will create a big hole for the dirt and dust to blow in through. Maybe this rain will quiet the dust down and it won’t be bad.
Haven’t felt too motivated to do much today. I did get one set of the Newsletters stuffed and completed. This small set had to be treated a bit differently than the others and it was easier to get it done and out of the way before help arrives tomorrow. Hoping I will get a box or two stuffed tonight to give us a head start for tomorrow. There aren’t many pieces to this one so it will go fast.
Need to get brave and venture down and take care of the chickens. They haven’t come out of their coop much today. Usually when they stay inside most of the time, they eat more food than when they are outside part of the day. The slackers are cutting down how often they lay eggs but are eating more food.
Good day to curl up with a warm blanket, a hot cup of tea and read a good book. For some reason on rainy days like this one I feel small and a bit vulnerable. It is foggy out and the world feels small to me right now. Think I will sit with the cocoon feeling for the rest of the day and turn inward. Mother Nature is a wonderful teacher and seems to be inviting me to join her today and go deep inside.
Grateful the window project is underway, grateful for the moisture falling on the prairie, and grateful for this chance to turn inward.