I made up for doing nothing yesterday. It has been a busy day today. I woke up at 4:15 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. I had slept for five hours straight which is an excellent night of sleep for me. I finally got up at sunrise and took my shower and started my day.
I went to Emporia at 8:30. I had a bunch of errands to run. I mailed a birthday package, filled my car up with gas, got groceries, ordered a new dryer for the rental property, and made two stops to find deck paint. Sutherlands had made some for Jim Sunday but were unable to do so for me today – go figure. I went to True Value and after two clerks consulted for ten minutes they decided they could do it. Then they made one gallon at a time and shook it extra long. It took 30 minutes to get two gallons of paint.
I got the dryer at Guion’s – it was a quick and easy purchase but they couldn’t give me a clue as to when they might be able to deliver and install it. Maybe this week – maybe next week – maybe the week after that is all they could tell me. Guess they are having trouble with their delivery crew showing up for work. What a way to run a business. They are to call me when they know when they can come. Hope I am available that day – whenever it happens.
I didn’t get home until almost noon – way too long in town today. I ate lunch and took a short nap. After I got up I went out and painted about 1/3 of the back deck flooring. I was dripping sweat which is unusual for me – I usually don’t sweat. I came in to cool off and made a big batch of Chex Mix for the grandkids. They wanted that this time instead of cookies.
I made myself some tuna salad for dinner. It was easy and quick and I was hungry. I think I am going to run the Chex Mix into Emporia and get rid of it tonight. I love that stuff and it is too tempting to have it sitting around. I don’t eat that kind of thing any more but I do get tempted – especially when it is fresh and warm.
I may go back out tonight and paint some more. I would like to get the back deck done before Jim comes home Friday. I’m sure I will get it done – I have almost three days to do it in. It goes fairly quickly – I just have to think about where I am in relationship to what has been painted so I don’t paint myself into a spot I can’t get out of. So far the dogs have stayed off of it. In this heat it is drying quickly.
I would also like to get the chicken coop painted this week. I will stick with the deck and get it done first and then go get started on the chicken coop. I think I can do the coop without a ladder – I have a small two step one if I need one. The other ladders are still at the rental house. If I get the chicken coop painted then I need to go to the rental house and paint some more there.
I stopped by the rental house today and checked out the guttering. The handyman was putting up siding pieces. He said the guttering guys only worked till noon yesterday and didn’t come back. They haven’t communicated with me so not sure what their plan is to finish it. What they have put up so far looks really nice. Makes me want to get the soffits painted so they look nice too. The house is starting to come together outside now. I can’t wait to paint the windows as they will really make the house look nice.
It was in the mid 80’s today – felt warmer than that while I was out on the west side painting. The humidity level is high and there wasn’t much of a breeze. The dog days of summer have arrived. It is to get to the low 90’s later this week. I’m grateful I turned the A/C on as it was nice to come into a cool house after being out painting this afternoon.
The girls gave me 26 eggs today. We added a second water container to their yard for them. So far they seem to be tolerating this heat wave OK. We need to get some shade of some sort put up so they have a cool place to lay during the heat of the summer. I won’t be surprised if they slow down laying a bit as it continues to warm up.
I need to go out and water the new plants Jim put in before he left. In this heat and light wind things dry out quickly. The road is extra dusty right now. You could write your name in the dust on my coffee table right now. Not sure it is worth cleaning it as it will be covered in dust again soon.
Feels good to have had a productive day. I’m glad my errands are done and I can stay home for the next couple of days. I will spend the next couple of days outside painting and hope to get two things crossed off my to-do list. We will see how much I get done. Next week I’ll need to get back to the rental house and get some more painting done there. No lack of painting projects in my future.
Grateful I was able to get more deck painting today, grateful for dry days to do painting, and grateful I can stay home tomorrow and Thursday and Friday.