My dear friend Rodney came over yesterday and fixed my mower. I had some how gotten Craig’s metal target practice thingy stuck in the blades. Rodney was able to get it out. He went home and brought back his grinder and sharpened the blades and I was good to go. He even mowed a big patch of my yard checking the blades out. Thanks friend! I appreciate you! Last time I had to get the mower fixed it was over $500. I’m sure this repair would have been close to that if I had to take it to John Deere.
While I was in the barn talking to him we noticed a cat was in the barn. Evidently it had gotten in when I was mowing last and I shut it in the barn without knowing it was in there. I had noticed Sunday night one of the cats didn’t come in and it wasn’t by the back door Monday morning. Good thing Rodney came over and we opened the barn. I’m sure there are mice in there for it to eat but there is no water source.
After Rodney left I mowed part of the yard. Still have some more to do today. I want to get it all mowed up before I go to KC next week.
I haven’t heard back from the Kumano Kodo travel group. I went ahead and paid for the part of the trip that we need. This morning I requested a room for the night they didn’t have space for where we wanted to stay and finally figured out how to request a luggage transfer for that day too. The only thing I haven’t figured out how to do is request a guide for the first day but if that doesn’t happen we will figure the trail out ourselves. Thousands of people walk it each year so it can’t be that hard – right?
They are to send us a travel book I requested. I’m trusting it will be full of good information. When I walked the Camino Santiago the travel book I had for it even included a packing list. The book I had ordered for the Camino Kumano Kodo wasn’t that helpful. I’m glad I have some walking experience so I have a general idea what we will need.
Nothing on tap for me today other than finishing my mowing. I’m glad the reservations are all but done. That helps me feel more relaxed about the upcoming trip.
Today is the day I take my trash to the curb. I only have one bag of trash this week plus the cat litter bag. Recycling is really paying off and reducing the amount of trash I have. When I dropped a box off at the recycling trailer today a nice man was there and he lifted my box into the trailer for me.
I watched several firework shows from my living room last night. It looked like both Cottonwood Falls and Emporia had their big shows last night. Not my favorite thing to do but it was nice for a few minutes to see the bright, pretty lights. I could hear the booms even from my house. Not sure my dogs are a fan of the booms. Neither am I.
I can’t get my new printer to print from my iPad. It works from my laptop. Not sure what I did wrong. Technology and I are not the best of friends sometimes. Next time some one comes over I will ask them to check it out for me and see if they can make it work. I have reached my limit on working on it without doing damage to something or myself!
Another quiet day on the prairie. At least it is cooler out today for my mowing time. All is well on the prairie today.