two in one day

     Thursday ( Friday ) I made a weekend project list .... so ..... 

            the new electric lawn mower is okay -- quiet ... grass was long so it looks kinda raggy yet, but I'll mow again on Monday or Tuesday and get into a regular cycle ... it will help 

            the brush pile got hauled away -- and I chopped up another load and hauled it away ... 

    

            I thought the closet purge was on the list ... so far 6 large trash bags of clothes are leaving this building, 6 freaking bags .. and oh joy!  Old Navy delivered this morning :)  seriously, the only items I really need -- white t shirts -- because no one can go without white t shirts in the summer ... 

            dresses -- lots of summer dresses, I bet I can go two weeks and never repeat a dress .. wtf ... two of them are kind of short for an aging, large, gray haired woman -- I'm going to chop them off and make t shirts out of them .. one of the 4 sewing machines should have the ability to hem them 

            yikes, weeds, brush and clothes .. what a day .. 

and it is now Sunday -- I'm hanging out at the happy place, me, the vacuum cleaner, the scrub pail and the Mr. Clean -- actually I'm done for the day.  the bedrooms are done -- except the windows ... the porch got a fast pass ... my bench is put together and in the bedroom -- it's all good.

I stopped at the office first to empty the dehumidifiers and water the plants -- and gee whiz, I managed to leave the front door open -- wide open when I left yesterday .. evidently the police department wasn't checking doors last night ... well, the building got aired out .

Friday Night Lights

I hopped on the ATV and took a ride at 7:45 last night -- different light different view ... left the cave and got fresh air ...

got bessie parked in the shed and spied this creature ... what the hell

a bit pudgy

so after the ATV ride I felt the need to go to the grocery store, well, HyVee was full of kids at 8:30ish ... $95 later, there is cabin groceries, milk for home and office, a breakfast pizza (will review it later) and then

in the parking lot -- the cart kid says to me -- "rev it up" ... huh, "your car, I want to hear what it sounds like" ... so kid -- it's just pretty and I'm an old woman ... not gonna happen tonight ..

old and crabby woman I am ... I went home, quietly ...

 

Paradise

Thursday morning I took a drive.  My lawnmower was in and ready to pick up at Menards.  Electric lawnmower ... so I dashed over to get it before the heat blast arrived. 

I then drove over to the cabin to check on it after Wednesday nights wind event ... 

my tulips are getting ready to bloom.  damn heat is wreaking havoc on everything.

the camera had blown over so I moved it 

and a fish arrived on the steps

to quote the eagles ...

"it's a peaceful easy feeling" 

hoping to spend some time out there this weekend.  my original plan was to re-configure my bedroom/cabin office space ... and clean some more - time will tell ... I need to make a project list keeps me on track.

Weekend Project List:

HOME

1.  mow lawn
2.  vac basement
3.  laundry
4.  move plants outside
5.  weed whip


OFFICE
1.  empty dehumidifiers 
2.  mow lawn
3.  haul lawn debris to brush piles
4.  prep payroll for next week
5.  100 MNPR's
6.  plan out CE summer schedule
7.  spray roundup on grapevines/burdocks

CABIN
1.  pick up sticks/brush/burn?
2.  repot geraniums -- make 'em pretty
3.  re-arrange bedroom/clean
4.  mount cameras
5.  grocery shopping -- get the essentials restocked
6.  

 

 

after the storm

I spied this moose pix on wastebook yesterday ... I'm not sure if it's "wide eyed wonder" or the "tired of the rat race" look on it's face.  Lately, I have the tired of the rat race look.  

It seems the more we seem to get finished, the further behind we fall .. and then poof!  all the pieces fall together and life isn't so bad.

Cancer patient has had an interesting week .. blood work, family doctor visit post-hospital stay, chemo #11 was yesterday and that got delayed while Dr. R reviewed the post hospital notes ... oncology is a "hurry up and wait" type of world.  Chemo's in and he never sleeps well that night -- up and rolling at 4:30am with 2 hours of sleep ... seemed a bit perky this morning.

We're grateful that there will be 5 -6 hours of baseball starting at 11:30am .. keeps him occupied and not thinking about other things.  Tuesday afternoon I caught him switching out the broom for the lawn mower deck -- it wasn't going well, but it's done now.  Mower is ready and waiting for me -- it will have to be Friday after work.

Inbound commute this morning.  I told Kate yesterday, that I was going home to do nothing last night.  Well, nothing was weather watching, wind, rain, no hail -- and lots of weather watching ... went to bed at 9:00 ... still rumbling.  

Coyotes were chirping at 2:30 ... coyote barking at 2:30 is rude.  

It's a new day, new beginnings and new blessings.

 

Birthday!

 today is the day I bought  Ruby!

 I celebrated by putting $4.10 gas in her and a wash ... and since David came to work on the basement, she's sitting outside today..

 such is life.

May ... I think

someone was kind enough to leave a "beer" in my flower pot ....

note:  weed ( grapevine) progress removal is piled on the lawn

not sure who this is ... but it was the beer delivery dude 

thanks -- I think

I took an ATV ride on Friday night -- the valley is greening up, finally

Yesterday was productive -- most of the morning was dedicated to work ( in town ), I'm hacking away at the never ending project lists -- the punch list.  After lunch, I switched vehicles and headed to the cabin -- me, McDonalds and a need to escape.  Lee arrived and turned on the water !  Jean arrived and we proceeded to clean, 6 months of dust bunnies, the living room and porch are now in pretty good shape, as are the kitchen appliances -- left to do are the bedrooms and the bathroom .. curtains got washed, furniture got tossed and furniture got moved.  

A few sticks got relocated too -- the dock goes out next weekend or shortly thereafter, we hired it done -- they slide it down the hill and place it over a bit .. it's painless .. 

today, it's back to the real world of work, office this morning, homework tote is full and just received an email for an "emergency" payroll run.  Emergency = terminating and need to pay out ASAP.  

cancer patient had an interesting week .. antibiotics = intestinal issues, today he's mentioning aches and pains, took his pain killers for the first time since Tuesday morning ... so ... he did mention, there is hockey, baseball and a car race all at the same time this afternoon -- appears to be settling into his chair

it is life

 

Hump Day!

 

I took this on the inbound commute this morning 5:25 am

I finally got myself out of bed and down to the cave at 4:00 -- homework and laundry were the early projects of the day ... both got checked off the list.  Breakfast of champions from McD -- I can't actually remember the last "real" meal I've ate.  That is bad ..

The patient is home and was napping in his recliner when I left this morning -- I heard him when I got up and he was moving around a bit .. home with antibiotics and pain killers.  The walker was waiting upon arrival at the farm and within the first 90 minutes he stubbed his toe on it and promptly parked it.  It's the life we lead -- but most grateful to be home.  The comment of the night -- "this chair fits my ass" .. okay ..