More progress made on the back porch today. Phil came over to move the refrigerator and freezer into the house. We had to empty both of them so it would make moving them easier for Phil. Both needed a good cleaning so we were able to make that happen too.
Phil had to take the door to the kitchen off and remove the doors of the refrigerator to get it through. He does those things like they are nothing. It would have taken me all day to figure out how to get them off and back on again.
The refrigerator is in the dining room where the riding bike used to be. We decided to get rid of the bike. It takes up so much room and neither one of us use it often enough to justify keeping it. I listed it on Chase County Cares and Shares. So far no one has come to take it away.
The freezer is in my bedroom. I had to unload the book case and I put the freezer where the book case was. Once the freezer was in place, I put the book case on the side of the freezer turned sideways. We had to run an extension cord as there is no plug in where I put the freezer. Phil tacked the extension cord up over the closet door so I won’t trip on it. I got the freezer reloaded and the book case things put back up again.
This has been a take things out and put things back type of day. It is nice to have the freezer cleaned out and everything put back together in an organized way. I now know what I have in the freezer again and can find things.
I have to have a tree taken down in the back yard. It will be hanging over the new addition and I don’t like trees too close to the house. It is a beautiful oak tree and I hate to lose it. It provided lots of nice shade for the dogs. There are some other trees further back in the yard so I think the dogs will still have shade when we move their pen back behind the new addition.
I’m sure there will be more things that come up that I wasn’t expecting. That is the nature of a remodel. Phil is going to start the demolition of the old back porch this week. It will really begin to feel real when the old porch goes away.
Phil just came over and told me the gas company needs to move the gas line. There may be a charge associated with that. $$ add up fast on a remodel.
I got the rack in the living room reorganized today. It looks better but it is still a rack in the living room! And I have a second one in here too. How long is this project going to take? I think I can, I think I can.
I still have a few piles here and there that I need to find hiding places for things. I told Kathy today I wondered what I would replace if the house burned down. I have been looking at my stuff from that perspective and other than the extra vacuum and the riding bike I haven’t found anything to eliminate.
I also need to straighten out the front porch. We added a rack out there as well as some other things and they need to be better organized.
Kathy went out to dinner and a movie with some friends. It is good for her to get out a couple days a week. She loves going to the movies so I’m sure she will enjoy her evening out. I don’t enjoy movies so I stayed home.
Tomorrow I have a haircut in the afternoon so will get groceries afterwards. I need to pay my water bill tomorrow. I keep forgetting to take it down and it is due tomorrow. I also have a check I need to write to pay for a turnpike bill from the time we were in MA. They finally sent me the bill.
No plans after the trip to town tomorrow. It will be good to have a couple more quiet days at home. Not sure I can call today a quiet day but it was a day at home. It will be good to get out tomorrow and know that the next couple of days I can stay home.
Progress comes in bits and pieces. Every step is one step closer to being done. I am strapping on the seat belt and riding this for whatever it brings.
Had a thought about the Love in Action project. We can’t give the detainees a gift for Christmas other than a pizza party. But what if we gave them a gift card to send to their family? The lady that passes out the cards could insert one in the cards they write out. Not sure the Detention Center will allow that but I think I will ask. Sometimes it is a gift to give a gift even more than receiving one. We have lots of cash on hand and don’t need any more cards or stamps. I have a feeling people would send more cash to support the project as a Christmas idea. Not sure a $5 or $10 gift card goes very far but maybe the thought behind it will make it more valuable.
Grateful for the progress made today on the back porch remodel, grateful the freezer and refrigerator are moved and cleaned, and grateful Kathy got a night out with friends tonight.