I’m tired. I painted outside for about six hours today. I went in this morning and painted for three hours and then came home for lunch. After lunch Jim went in with me and helped me paint for another three hours. I would guess we are 1/3 done with painting the outside of the house.
When we came home from painting we went into Emporia. Jim had a prescription to pick up and we had run out of house paint so went to the hardware store to get more paint. Made a stop at Walmart to get cat food and then came home. We got home just before the rain came in.
The new internet company, Ideatek, called today and I am scheduled to get their service June 24. I’m excited we may finally get fast, reliable internet. The last time I talked to my current provider they said they would release me from my contract. I’ll have to call them and see if that is still true. I’ll wait until the new service is up and running and then I will cancel the service that keeps dropping our service.
I agreed to help with the Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter this week. I’ll get it tomorrow and will get it started when I am not painting in town. I asked for some help on it this time and will get it finished up this weekend. Not sure when others might be coming to help and if they don’t I will get it done one way or another. I’m busy Saturday but have Sunday free to get it done as Jim is going back to Stillwater Sunday morning.
The handyman worked on repairing the back room roof today. We got some heavy rain this evening and he sent me an email and let me know it no longer leaks. Good news.
The bad news of the day is I discovered I need to replace all the guttering around the house. It is rusted out and has holes in it. Water can do so much damage to a house if it doesn’t drain properly. I’ll have to call a gutter replacement person tomorrow and get an estimate and get the job scheduled. Not sure I have the money in the my budget to do this but it isn’t something I can ignore. Guess I will take the money I saved by not having to replace the roof on the back room and spend it on guttering.
If the weather is rainy I can start painting the back room. I’ll have to check what paint I have left and decide what color I want to paint it. I know I will need more of what ever color I choose as it is a big room with lots of places to paint. The walls are not smooth as it is not sheet rocked. I still have the woodwork to finish in the living room and then I need to do the final touch ups throughout the house. I will do a good final clean and the inside will be done.
Thinking we can start showing the house next week. The friend that looked at it decided to pass. There is a real shortage of rental houses on the market right now so hoping I can find a great tenant easily. The house will be ready to be moved in to June 1. We should have the painting done by then unless something I don’t know about now comes up.
Tomorrow morning will be another painting session. The weather will dictate if I paint inside or outside. I will paint outside any time I can now and leave the inside painting for a rainy day. Tomorrow afternoon Jim and I will go help box and distribute commodities. Hopefully if it rains tomorrow, it will rain tomorrow afternoon when I can’t be home painting.
We didn’t have any more water in our basement today. We got a bit of rain this evening and so far it hasn’t make it to the basement. We are to get another round of storms yet this evening so we will see if the water returns.
The guys that need to replace our screen didn’t show up today. I’ll have to text them tomorrow and find out what happened. I like opening that door to let the fresh air in and can’t do so until I get the screen replaced. Too many flies come in with out a screen.
Feels good to have used my body today painting. I am a good type of tired tonight. A tad bit sore but it feels good to have had a productive day.
My Charlie Horse leg cramps have almost disappeared. The spasm in my ass is much better too. Wondering now if the spasm in my ass was related tot eh cholesterol medication like the Charlie Horses were. What ever caused them I am grateful they are getting better.
Grateful for six hours of painting done today, grateful the roof didn’t need replaced, and grateful for Jim’s help painting today.