Another busy day working on the rental. I woke up early so was in town at the rental before 8:00. I cleaned the oven – YUCK! Also cleaned the washing machine and painted some more on the back porch.
Came home to meet the guys that were to replace the screen door. They didn’t show up until late and by the time they got here I had left to go to Emporia. I purchased the blinds for the rental house and got a few groceries. Went to my business partner’s office and picked up a copy of a lease agreement. I met with my new renter and had her sign the lease. Went to the bank next door and deposited the checks.
The screen door guys were just leaving when I got home from town. It is nice to be able to open that door again and let in some fresh air. I took a nap as I didn’t get much sleep again last night. When I got up I went back to the rental house and painted the new siding pieces the handyman had put up yesterday and today. We still have to do the back side of the house and the peak of the house but the rest of the house has the main color on it.
Jim worked on removing the back step by the back door. He is trying to fix the drainage around the house and he has found lots of problems with the foundation. Yikes! Days like this are so discouraging and one of those days where it feels like we will never get done.
The guttering people called and they had come out to do a bid. He got my email address and is to send me the estimate. The email hasn’t come in yet so he may not have understood my email address correctly. I’ll call in the morning if it isn’t here by then.
Evergy is coming in the morning to pull a line down so my handyman can cut a tree down that is growing around the main power line to the house. I had been working to get this project completed since I called Evergy March 23. It will be good to cross this one off my list.
One by one I am crossing things off the list. Unfortunately I keep adding things that need done too. Will we ever get done with this project?
We didn’t get home until after 7:00 this evening. I threw some hamburgers on the grill and called that dinner. I made some deviled eggs and Jim had some baked beans. I got a ham at the grocery store today so will fix that tomorrow night.
Tomorrow will be another work day in town. I still have a few things to do inside the house before the renter moves in Saturday. I need to get the back porch painted after a few things get done to it tomorrow.
After dinner Jim and I sat out on the back deck and watched the sun set. It had been a bit since we were able to do that. The clouds were a beautiful shade of orange tonight. It felt good to just sit and look at a beautiful sky for a bit. I have forgotten to take time to do that lately.
I am forgetting what life was like prior to this project. It did feel good to put some money in the bank today instead of writing checks and taking money out. Not sure I will make any money on this house this year but hoping when we are done it will become a money maker. I can’t see the finish line tonight of work that still needs done. I think we will get done soon but we shall see.
So grateful Jim stayed here this week to help me out. It delays the work on his house though. We will have to get down there and get after his house soon too. So many things to do and so little time!
Grateful the lease is signed and money is in the bank, grateful the screen door is replaced, and grateful Evergy is coming tomorrow.