Three guesses what we did today and the first two don’t count. Yep! You are correct. We worked all afternoon on the rental house. Jim mowed and then removed a water feature on the front porch. I painted the back side of the house for a bit and worked on lining kitchen cabinets.
The contact paper I was trying to use was old and impossible to separate from the lining. I finally gave up and went to the Dollar General store and got some new. It went much faster after that.
I finished cleaning the oven – yuck. Not sure if it had been cleaned before.
The power company came and pulled the power line leading to the house today so a tree could be cut down. When I ran in late morning to see how the tree trimming was going there was a gas company truck there. I was confused for a bit until I found out that when the tree fell it broke the regulator on the gas meter. Oops! The regulator was due to be replaced so when the gas company came to shut off the gas they replaced it. They were working near by and it didn’t take them long to get there to take care of it. The handyman was a bit embarrassed that he hit the gas meter but all is well that ends well. Grateful no one was hurt.
The blinds got hung today as well as the washer and dryer were finished being installed and are now ready to be used. I will run a load tomorrow when we have power just to make sure they work and there are no leaks. I need to clean the very top of the kitchen cabinets – I had forgotten I hadn’t done that yet. Glad I discovered it when I was putting in the lining to the cabinets. They are gross and need cleaned badly.
I need to move all the painting stuff and tools to the shed so the house is completely empty by Saturday. We will have to get a lock for the shed door so we can put the ladders in there and get them off the back porch too.
The electric company is to come tomorrow morning to hook the line back up. It will be nice to have lights to see what I am doing tomorrow.
Got the bid from the guttering company. It is about what I expected. I will send the deposit required tomorrow and get on their schedule so that job can get done soon.
Tomorrow the handyman is going to finish preparing the back room for painting. I will get it painted Friday. Nothing like last minute painting before the renter moves in.
It is cloudy and steamy outside. It reached the mid 80’s today and is very humid. There are thunderstorms to the northwest of us and we may get more rain tonight. We can see lightning – radar shows it is about 60 miles away. It will be a relief when the storm gets here as it is still and thick as can be right now.
I took a short nap before we went in to work today. I didn’t sleep well again last night. I finally took a second bath and was able to get a bit more sleep after that.
We only got 22 eggs today. I think it was too hot and humid for the girls to lay. I don’t blame them – it was pretty miserable out today.
I am having trouble remembering there is life besides the remodel project. It has absolutely consumed us these last three months. I sure am hoping by the end of June most of the work will be behind us. I am beyond tired of it. Not sure what is OK to put off doing and where the cut off point is.
Grateful no one was hurt when the gas meter was broke, grateful the oven is clean, and grateful for what progress we did make on the property today.