Went to Emporia this morning to escape the sound of the window guys removing the windows from the living room. This is the first day the sound got to me. I had to move my favorite chair from the corner of the room so felt displaced.
My first stop was at the insurance agent’s office. His secretary answered all my questions and I agreed to go with their quote. They will change the dates to align with when my other policy is being canceled. I will need to go in early that week and sign the application and pay the bills. They made that easy.
I then went to the bank and deposited the rent checks that the ATM machine wouldn’t accept last Friday. Good to have that taken care of.
I stopped at Bluestem and got six bags of chicken feed and two bags of Dog Chow. I love how easy they make it and bring the stuff to the car and load it. It is easy to unload but I have trouble loading it. Man! Both chicken feed and dog chow had gone up in price again. I think I need to find a cheaper hobby.
Stopped at the liquor store and got the bourbon to make bourbon slush. Nicole had suggested a brand for me as I don’t know the first thing about buying bourbon. Last year I had some left over in the bottle and the kids asked me why I hadn’t just dumped the whole bottle in. They managed to drink the leftovers for me by adding it to their cups of bourbon slush.
Stopped at Walmart and picked up a prescription that was ready and the juice I needed to make the slush. Walmart doesn’t sell frozen lemonade concentrate anymore – at least not in the winter time. I didn’t want to go to other stores just for that so got some lemons to squeeze instead.
Came home and made the bourbon slush. I dumped the whole bottle of bourbon in it this year as I am not hosting Christmas and didn’t want to travel with an open bottle. Trusting I guessed right on the lemon substitute and it will taste OK. Maybe with the extra bourbon in it, no one will notice or care!
I laid down and took a long winter’s nap this afternoon. I needed to escape from the sawing and pounding noise and a nap did the trick. By the time I woke up, the window guys were gone. They still have three doors to put in and then two more of the tall windows. The two tall windows weren’t with the other windows so they will have to come another time to do those. There is a chance they can get finished tomorrow but may have to come back Friday. Before they leave for the last time, I need to remember to have them take the plastic off the backside of the windows that have screens. I’m not sure how to remove the screens so I can remove the plastic film on the windows.
The window guys took a coffee break and I gave them some Christmas cookies to eat with their coffee. They said they enjoyed them.
Tomorrow I have to go back in to Emporia to meet a friend and deliver something to her. I don’t think I have anything else I have to do in town as I took care of other things today. I’ll go over my list for Saturday one more time tonight so I can stop and get something if needed tomorrow.
Friday I need to bake a cheesecake and make New Year’s Cookies and then I will be ready for Saturday. I have to stop in Emporia Saturday morning and pick up a fancy birthday cake for Ellexia I am having made. She reminded me last night that her birthday is next week. The cake will be a surprise for her Saturday.
Michelle brought Tagen, Ellexia and Lily out for spaghetti and meatballs last night. When they were done eating I fixed up small bowls of frosting and the four of them knocked out frosting all the sugar cookies in short order. I so appreciated their help. I didn’t even have many sprinkles to sweep up when they were done. They all acted like they were having fun frosting. I am always amazed at how much the kiddos can eat! I didn’t have much spaghetti and meatball leftovers to send home with them. The kiddos each asked to taste test their favorite Christmas treats. I sent home a small baggie with each of them full of their favorites.
The lady that is going to give me a shade/blind quote is coming Monday. She will measure all the windows and work up a quote. She told me she will bring samples with her as I don’t know the first thing about picking out blinds. I don’t know what is available and what style I want. I told her I was interested in conserving energy as well as needing black out shades/blinds for the two bedrooms. Beyond that, I have no clue.
Tuesday the heating guy is coming to install the new motor for the furnace. It will be good to get that crossed off my pending list. Hoping the booster pump will get crossed off soon too.
I put a notice on a local Facebook site about giving away the old windows and doors. The window guys are going to take them to the dump. I forgot I don’t like doing that as I get question after question about them. They are free – if you want them take them. If you have a question, come look at them. I’m not going to work to make it easy for you to get something for free. So far, no one that asked a question has come to get them. Maybe this little experience will help remind me why I don’t bother with it.
The chickens only gave me 10 eggs today. The slackers! Sure wish they would get back to giving me 20 plus a day. It is much more fun to gather eggs when I get a full basket.
So grateful Christmas will be over in three days. I am looking forward to a long afternoon with the kiddos though. That is the best part of Christmas for me – getting to spend time with them all together. I will only have to put together the treats for my three brothers after Saturday and then Christmas 2023 is done for me. It will make the rest of December much more enjoyable for me.
Sent a note to the Efis guy to let him know that the windows are all but done. He sent me back a note that if I am willing to allow him to keep the scaffolding up for periods of time he may be able to get the project done this winter. He said if he can get three or four days in a row with temperatures above 40 he could do it a section at a time. That would be wonderful if he could get that job done this winter. We shall see what Mother Nature does and if we can catch a break or two or three in temperatures this winter.
Sitting in a good head space today. It felt good to get my errands taken care of in Emporia today and to get a long winter’s nap today. I’m so grateful the window guys are almost done and the noise and mess will be over soon. One more big project to cross off my pending list.
Grateful the kiddos and Michelle came out for dinner last night and then frosted the sugar cookies, grateful the insurance got taken care of and was affordable, and grateful the bourbon slush is made and freezing.