This day has not gone as expected but in the best of ways. The only thing I had on my to do list today was to clean out the chicken coop. I worked on masks too long this morning waiting for it to warm up a bit. About the time I decided to go down and get started Jason came out.
It was good to see Jason and visit with him for a while. He stayed for a couple of hours. When he left I laid down for a minute and 30 minutes later Jim woke me up. We had somewhere to go and it was time to get ready to leave.
We went to a friend’s house for an outdoor sing along. Ten of us sat in the shade of the trees and sang together. Several played various musical instruments. It was so relaxing and great fun. Jim got to meet some new to him people from the community. I took along my knitting and knitted two dishrags while enjoying the music.
Afterwards we invited the hosts over for dinner. I had a crock pot of white chicken chili cooking. They came over for dinner and we visited for a while afterwards. After they left Jim helped me clean up the kitchen and here it is almost 9:00 and the chicken coop didn’t get cleaned out today. There is always tomorrow.
I don’t have anything on my calendar for tomorrow except the Crisis Text Hot Line shift at 10:00 in the evening. Maybe I’ll get the chicken coop cleaned tomorrow. It is to be a bit warmer tomorrow but no rain until Thursday.
Thursday the air conditioner guy is coming to do the spring check up and to fix the stack on the barn. The new oven is to be installed Thursday too. It will be good to get those three things crossed off my to do list. All three have been on it for several months.
Jim still hasn’t decided when he is going to Stillwater. He keeps forgetting to call the two guys to see if they can come do the two pending projects he wants to get done while he is there. We will continue to play it day by day.
Found out today that the beef we have coming will be ready the end of next week. Nicole and Geoff are going to come down a week from Friday and will spend the night and then take their part of the beef home with them Saturday morning. It will be nice to have a freezer full of beef again.
I need to start cleaning house. I need to finish my spring cleaning – or maybe I will start my fall cleaning early. Every room needs a good going over and freshened up. I need to go through all the kitchen drawers and cabinets and put my kitchen back together again. Once a year I like to go through every drawer and cabinet in the house and get rid of stuff I no longer use. Helps keep the clutter down and it is nice to remember where everything is. It always amazes me what I find and what things I no longer use.
I need to write a few letters. I have written five since I have been home but have a bunch more to write and send off. I so enjoy writing letters and staying in touch with people the old fashioned way.
I have 30 face masks made and looking for a home. I cut out one of the two sheets and have the pieces ready to be pressed. I still need to cut two more spools of ribbon into the right sized pieces and sew them together. I have the other sheet to cut into pieces yet. Then I can go into mass assembly process again. Every time I get to this stage and think I doubt that I will make another batch and yet every time I have decided to continue making them. We will see what happens this time. I am getting tired of the clutter on my dining room tables.
Grateful Jason came to visit today, grateful for the friendship and music today, and grateful our friends joined us for dinner.