We had a busy afternoon at the Commodities distribution. The delivery truck ran two hours late today so the leader didn’t get there with the food until 4:00. It was scheduled to be there by 2:00. I had gotten a text to let me know we didn’t have to come until 3:00. We waited an hour before the food showed up. We had to rush a bit to get the 50 boxes ready to go out by 5:00. They sure went out quickly. We were done by 5:30.
Fixed tacos for dinner tonight. I couldn’t think of anything to fix this morning so made a last minute decision to do tacos. The guys enjoyed them – I had a plain hamburger and carrots.
Our guest arrived shortly after we got home from our volunteer job this afternoon. It is always nice to see him. He is staying until Friday and then will be back next Monday and will stay all week next week.
I went to the rental house this morning to talk to my handyman. He is making good progress and has the kitchen, living room, one of the bedrooms and dining room all but finished. I found out he can lay the flooring I picked out for the laundry room and bathroom so will need to go pick that up later this week. Not sure he is ready for it yet but I want to stay a step ahead of him. He is going to lay 3/8″ plywood on the laundry and bathroom floors in preparation for the new flooring as the carpet/tile guy recommended.
We talked about the bathroom. I found out he has to move the sink pipes as they are too close to the outer wall. Since he has to move them he told me we could move the sink if I wanted him to. I am going to get a 24 inch wide vanity base with sink and move it to the opposite wall. That will open up the side where the sink is now and help make the bathroom feel much bigger. It will also provide a place to store towels which the bathroom doesn’t have now. He is going to pick up a new toilet next time he goes to town to get parts.
We discovered the dryer vent is not venting outside so he will fix that when he gets to the laundry room. There were some hanging lights in one of the bedrooms and he is moving two of those to the mud room as it needed more lighting. We are repurposing some shelving that was in a bedroom and moving it to the laundry room.
The city was cleaning out the city sewer lines today. They hadn’t made it up our street yet so don’t know if that is going to eliminate our blockage or not. I gave the handyman permission to call the city to talk to them about the situation to see what they will say. I could call but I don’t speak their language. Still hoping we don’t have to dig a hole to fix the connection between our line and the city line.
The back splash is completed except for the grout. He was going to put the grout on today if he got to it. It looks nice. He is going to start putting sheetrock up in the mud room today. The next big project when he finishes the mud room is the laundry room. It needs a closet built around the furnace and water heater and the walls and ceiling in that room are in bad shape. He has a bit more work to do to the bathroom but that room is getting close to being done.
I’m getting a little nervous about my budget for this project. It sure seems like I still have lots of things to get yet and will need lots of hours from my handyman before he gets this project wrapped up. We haven’t even started on the outside yet. The plumbing thing could break my budget if the news is bad there. Trying not to go there yet until or if I have to.
Jim was going to Stillwater tomorrow but has decided not to. He may go Friday but he may change his mind again. We still haven’t gotten the kitchen cabinets hung yet so need to get in and take care of those. It is bugging me that they aren’t up yet.
Not sure when I will get back in to paint. I don’t like to get in the way of the handyman when he is able to work on the project. I should be able to get in this weekend when the handyman is off and can get some more work done. We will see how it goes.
I have been working on cleaning the house. Not done yet but I see the finish line in front of me. I don’t have anything on my calendar for the rest of the weekend so will have plenty of time to get at the cleaning and get it done. Some of it I want to wait till the last minute as it won’t stay clean if I do it too far in advance.
I need to get out and finish the mowing in the next day or two. I have half of the yard mowed. I was going to mow this morning but it was too cold. Sunday it is to be back in the 70’s so may have to wait to do it then. There is a chance of rain the next couple of days and temperatures are only going to be in the 50’s. That is cold by my measure. By Sunday the part I have already mowed will probably need mowed again.
Tomorrow I have a pile of things that need donated to Salvation Army at the rental house that I want to load up and get out of the house. I can finish the living room now and would love to see one fully finished room. I need to finish painting the woodwork and do a final coat on the walls and that room will be done. I have lots of paint splatters I will need to scrap up as I give the floor a good cleaning when I am done painting.
Jim loaded my car up tonight with recycling stuff so need to drop those off when I go into Cottonwood Falls tomorrow. It amazes me each time we drop off recycling how much material we gather to drop off. Jim has been picking up the ditches and has found lots of beer cans and beer bottles that need dropped off too.
Back to having a huge stockpile of eggs in the refrigerator. If Jim goes to Stillwater I will have to send a bunch with him again to get rid of. Wish I could find some more regular customers.
Grateful to be able to help with the commodities distribution, grateful the handyman is making progress on the house and for his variety of skills, and grateful my calendar is full of empty space for the next couple of days.