My guest checked out around 8:45 this morning. Her ride showed up earlier than she had expected. I was glad it did as Kathy was going into Cottonwood and I needed to go into Emporia. My other guests was up and outside before sunrise. She left shortly after sunrise to go find a place to paint. She hasn’t returned back to the house yet.
We had a very pleasant evening sitting around the fire pit watching the sunset. Both guests joined us and enjoyed a glass of wine. It cooled off nicely and Mother Nature put on a colorful display last night.
Went into Emporia this morning and met with my friend so he could help me choose my Medicare Supplement. I forgot to take my Medicare card with me so I will have to go back tomorrow to finish the process. I was very pleased with the rate. I will pay more per month than I have been paying but when I factor in the much lower deductible I will come out way ahead of what I have been paying for medical insurance and out-of-pocket expenses. Still need to find a prescription plan but he gave me an estimate and I think it is affordable too. What a weight off my mind this has turned out to be!
Stopped and got chicken feed, oats and sunflower seeds at Bluestem before I came home. Made a quick stop at Walmart to pick up some more half and half and sugar packets. I have been doing laundry and cleaning since I have been home.
A dear friend is delivering the stained glass pieces this afternoon. Trusting I will find the perfect place to put them. I can’t remember how big they are. It will be so good to see them again. I trust they are as beautiful as I remember them being. They are sunflowers which I had stopped decorating with but I still love sunflowers.
Almost have the seventh tea towel of the last set done. The tea towels I ordered are supposed to arrive later today – just in the nick of time. I get dangerous when I don’t have something productive to do!
I have to go back to town tomorrow to finish up my enrollment since I forgot my card. Nothing else on my calendar for tomorrow though. I am ready for a “being” type of day. It has felt like a whirlwind around here since I got home from Italy. Much busier than normal for me. I am still adjusting to my new job of hosting people. Only had six completely empty days in June.
Attempted to add a second site to the Airbnb site so I could double book. Only problem is I can’t figure out which site is which since I duplicated the site. Sometimes the calendar shows one site and sometimes the other and I can’t figure out how to switch between them. Since I have bookings it won’t let me cancel one of them. May need to send Airbnb a note and ask for help. I’ll get on my laptop after a bit and see if that makes a difference.
I decided to go with Nicole to Australia and New Zealand – no surprise – right? I had it on my list of things to do before I turn 70 and don’t expect to get another chance to go. Next year might be a year for no travel – I had thought this year would be but that isn’t the way it is turning out. We have decided to go in November and will get the trip booked soon.
I blocked the days off my Airbnb calendar so no one can slip a booking in. I put the days I had taken off in July back on as I will need all the business I can get to help pay for the trip. I trust I will have some days off during July like I did in June. It really doesn’t take much of my time to host. Even though I have more guests on more days than I did when I did the retreats it doesn’t feel like I am working near as hard as I did hosting retreats.
Rain is in the forecast for overnight and tomorrow. I would welcome every drop. You could break an ankle falling into the cracks in my yard. I drug hose around to the front of the yard yesterday so I could give the glads a drink. They just started blooming and deserved a cool drink.
This has been a good week. Great news from the Endocrinologist yesterday, getting the stain glass pieces back today and finding out my healthcare costs will decrease for next year! I am one lucky lady.
Grateful to the people who were so very kind to offer me the stained glass pieces back, grateful to my friend that helped me get enrolled in Medicare Supplement today, and grateful I get to go on another adventure later this year.