April 2024 Island Trip – Day 6
Our general contractor (GC) has buttoned up all the sheetrock in the lower barn, AND put the sheetrock corners on the opening between the main space and the former darkroom. I can see, in my mind’s eye, the space painted and looking as fine as it can given the big barn door doesn’t seal, and […]
April 2024 Island Trip – Day 5
Today was my chill day. I slept in. Over breakfast I figured out which shop-hop (from 2008) quilt blocks to make, did the dishes and put them away in order to have the space needed to turn Stella into a sewing studio, and then after figuring out which fabrics were going to make up for […]
April 2024 Island Trip – Day 4
Today I found out that the local auto parts store does not want to recycle out big deep cell marine battery, and they had new windshield wipers for the truck. This will keep us from having an accident on a misty day, trust me. I checked the apple trees, and they do indeed have tent […]
April 2024 Island Trip – Day 3
Guess what I learned today??? Most of the businesses that are closed on Sunday are also closed on Monday 😂😂😂 (or closed for lunch…). While I found this annoying in the moment, it makes perfect sense, and is still kinda charming. I was able to pick up jigsaw blades for my DH. He then discovered […]
April 2024 Island Trip – Day 2
My DH got LJG cleaned, situated, comfortable, and ready for a week of work! There were some discoveries… A couple of window cranks that need rehab, and we’d like to add a shelf to each of her upper cabinets. Her wooden counters glow, and the washable rugs my DH chose for her look fantastic! We […]
April 2024 Island Trip – Day 1
We spared ourselves an early departure and reserved a spot on the noon boat. We left with ample time, and ran into our region’s Saturday rush hour (tho not usually a thing heading north), and made it through the ferry terminal ‘gate’ with a minute to spare before losing our reservation! Not my favorite excitement, […]
Fraud Update
I spent most of the week researching the local company, and it’s parent company that scammed my MIL. Tomorrow I’ll spend time writing up my findings for us, our banker (who is fucking offended, and it is our bank (not the local branch) the perp cashed MIL’s checks through), the Department of Revenue who says […]
Oh Shit!
So, Our Monday visit to mama’s went well. In particular, my DH is now able to pay her bills, with her consent. I was able to remove another 100+ charity, and other envelopes from her home, process them through catalogchoice.com, or make direct phone calls in order to reduce the influx of money requests. Indeed, […]
Trailer Insurance & Other Updates
New insurance coverage for the trailers was placed early this week. We went with the ‘replacement’ cost coverage for all three. If there were a loss, it means we’d probably have to demonstrate to the insurance company what we’ve stated as our values for the three, But documented purchase price, plus improvements is a good […]
Trailer Insurance
Our Island insurance agent has found some vastly improved coverage for our little fleet of vintage trailers! Details are still settling out, but after answering the myriad of questions, it looks like the Island trailers could be under one policy that will cover them for ‘replacement cost,’ including contents. So much better than what our […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 