It has been a bit cooler today. We had just a touch of rain this morning. I took my car to the station to have the oil changed and walked home. I was glad I had grabbed an umbrella as it started sprinkling before I got home.
The realtor that I am listing the rental house in Emporia came by this morning to go over the contract. These contracts have really changed since I have sold a house. I didn’t use a realtor when I sold the country house. She is going to do a couple things to the house to get it ready to show and hopes to be able to list it by the end of the week.
I walked to the post office early afternoon and took my brother’s birthday package to mail. It is almost a month late – oops! I then walked down to the station and picked up my car. They needed my permission to change the air filter which I gave them. It only took them a minute or two to take care of that. I paid and then drove it home. It is always nice to pick up the car after their service as they vacuum the inside and wash the outside.
I went out to take the dogs for their afternoon walk. They both politely declined my offer. They wanted to come inside and take a nap. Both of them have been rolling in the dirt and need a bath.
Did a bit of housecleaning today. Still have more to do but I think there is always more cleaning that one can do. I need to get a different rug for the living room. This one shows the dog hair too much and drives me crazy. It is hard to vacuum it all up. Their hair is starting to get longer from when I had them shaved the first part of May and they are shedding like crazy right now. Wonder what this winter will be like when their hair is long? Yikes! Not sure I want to know how bad that will be.
Am thinking about buying a new car and then leasing my car to Kathy. Her lease is up in September and she will need to do something different then. She likes my car and it would save her some dollars each month. I may go to Topeka Thursday to look. However, the inventory levels are low at most of the Subaru dealers. From what I see on-line, Topeka is cheaper than Wichita. Wonder why? I have time to wait on one if needed.
Tomorrow I have to go to Emporia for exercise at 2:00. Not sure I have anything else I have to do while I am in town. I may stop at the Toyota dealer and look at cars there. I have enjoyed my Subaru but I always drove Toyota before and want to see what they have too.
We are to get a break from the heat for the next seven days or so. That will be nice! I don’t do well in the heat and will enjoy getting out and walking again if it cools down a bit.
I am working on cleaning up my eating habits since I came home from Costa Rica. The acid reflux thing scared me and made me realize I have to treat my body better and only feed it things that are good for it. So far, I have not cheated and eaten anything containing flour and sugar. I also quit drinking iced tea and have been drinking iced water with lemon. I still have six more pills to take for the acid reflux and so far, so good with no returning symptoms. My cough is getting better so I think between the medication and the change in my diet I am on the right track.
Got a note from my local rancher that she took a steer to the meat locker to be processed. I have 1/2 of it sold and would like to find buyers for 3/8 of it. It will be about $400 – $420 for 1/8 – that is a rough estimate. That will give you about 90 pounds of processed beef. Let me know if you are interested. You can specify how you want it cut if I know by next Monday.
I have lots of free time on my calendar right now. Let me know if I can be of service to you in any way. I do better when I have a few things a week on my calendar and right now all I have is exercise.
Still able to maintain above the neutral level of consciousness. Things that bothered me before seem to not be bugging me right now. I feel more like an observer when they happen and don’t get pulled into the chaos. Trust this will continue. I kinda like it!
Grateful the car is good to go, grateful Gene’s package is finally on its way, and grateful fresh beef will be here soon.