It has been a windy day on the prairie today. Had a 53.4 MPH gust with averages of 25 – 30 most of the day. Way too windy to paint today.
Went back out after dinner last night and painted some more railing. Didn’t get to the steps yet but got close. It was easier painting once it cooled down a bit and the sun wasn’t in my eyes. The rest of it will have to wait until I get back from my short trip to Vegas.
My handyman came out to remove the water softener and other stuff from the furnace room this afternoon. I had to move one crate of the chicks to the hallway to make room for him to work. Kathy helped me carry the crate to the hallway and then back again when the handyman was done.
The furnace room is going to need a good cleaning once the chicks get outside. There is a thick coating of dust everywhere in the room. I had a basket of yarn sitting out and hope that I can savage it. Most everything else is in tubs with lids.
The project of removing the water softener had been on my pending list for over three years. Good to have it finally out of the room. That frees up lots more wall space so once the chicks are moved outside I can rearrange things in that room and be able to find whatever I need easily. I so appreciate Phil.
I got packed for my trip tomorrow. The bags I had ordered had more than enough room for three days of clothes and my purse. You are only allowed one personal item so purses have to fit inside it. Spirit Airlines is picky about the size of bag you can carry on so I ordered bags for each of us that meet their requirements. I had ordered one for each of us as they were only $12 each. I have heard Spirit likes to find things to charge you for so trusting these bags will work and we won’t have to pay $69 to check one bag one way.
The bags fold up in a little case so plan on taking it with me to Europe in September and using it as a way to bring souvenirs home with me. I will only take my hard case carry on bag with me. Sometimes I end up checking it as it is easier to navigate big airports without dragging the bag with me. But if I don’t have too much time at the airport I can carry it on. This new bag is the perfect size to put souvenirs in and I can carry it on board and check my hard case.
Trusting I didn’t forget anything. I keep reminding myself we are not going to a third world country and Vegas has plenty of stores in case I forgot something. I even remembered to put my extra printer and toners in the car to take to Nicole. She doesn’t have a printer and I have an extra one to give her. I love that a couple more things are leaving my house.
Nicole got us our boarding passes this afternoon so we are all set for tomorrow’s flight. I will pick Michelle up around 9:45 and head to Nicole’s house to pick her up and then to the airport. We have a 3:00 non-stop flight to Vegas.
Kathy went with me to dump recycling. I’m grateful she did as I had to hold the door open while she dumped stuff in the trailer. It would have been a challenge to dump things in with the wind blowing the door closed. I always feel good when I clean out my garage and get rid of all the boxes and other recycling stuff I accumulated. One of these days soon I need to clean the garage out but I don’t think I would have much luck blowing the dirt outside today. It would blow back in faster than I could blow it out.
Feels so good to have the deck painting project started and the water softener gone. I can get overwhelmed sometimes with all that needs to be done around here and find it helpful when I see progress being made. I have finally learned to ask for help and pay people to do things I can’t do. I am so grateful I have Phil who can do most anything at a price I can afford.
I am looking forward to tomorrow and spending time with my daughters. As I get older I can’t think of anything I like to do better than spend time with the people I love. Time seems to go so fast these days and I need to remember to stop and find reasons to see the people I love.
Grateful for Phil and how efficient and fun he is to work with, grateful for Kathy’s help again today, and grateful the trip is finally here!