A Day with Lois
We spent most of five hours today with my mother in law, Lois. My DH has scheduled a day off every, more or less, three weeks to spend with her. Today was the first. Lois has dementia, which is in an odd way easier for her and my DH to manage because she is willing […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 13
I had about seven property items to take care of today as well as tucking Stella up. Everything got done. One does not have a choice when leaving the trailer in the winter… Taking the mid-afternoon ferry landed me at our mainland home after dark, which is a little odd for some reason. Things are […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 12
The pest management company called this morning, and I learned about the dryer shed inhabitants. The wasps are queens waiting for warm weather when they can create new colonies, and the flies are cluster flies. Aptly named. When Paul stopped by, he sprayed the exterior of the dryer shed and said a bug bomb was […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 11
My DH did a very brave thing this morning and cleaned the gutters on the upper barn. Even the 12’ ladder is too short to do anything but get you onto the roof so you can crouch while using a trowel to remove the stinky organic matter from the gutters. He found two very small […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 10
Again, lots accomplished: My DH has transformed the old cat door into what were now calling a Digital Access Port (DAP), or Satellite Access Port (SAP). Next up is for me to prime and paint it, inside and out. The tenants can adopt either acronym. Either way, StarLink’s router cable will pass through this now […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 9
We slept well and late. Ate a farmer’s breakfast and got around to working on lists after noon. The tenants stopped by to deliver the security deposit. Even though they started their rental on December fist, I can’t legally accept the deposit until we actually go through the house. They got to meet my DH, […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Days 7 & 8
Day 7: My DH picked up the truck mid-morning, and it behaved on their way home. I did that last of the touch up painting in the house. There has to be a time that you stop this sort of activity. Force yourself to put down the brush and seal the can. I will easily […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 6
Slacking off consisted of: Sleeping in until 9! Pinging the glass guy, and having a visit from him! The low down is that we really need replace the sliding glass door in the second bedroom. He has spent a lot of time sourcing new wheels for the door, and they didn’t quite fit. He said […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 5
The day started with a short but ambitious list. By lunch I was unsure that I’d meet half my goals. I did well: After dealing with garbage and compost (not a huge accumulation for one person) I gathered tools and headed to the apple trees. Half way through pruning one of the trees my neighbor […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 4
Errand were somewhat entertaining. The year-round charity/garage sale was closed today, and it is tomorrow, so I dumped my aluminum cans off there, and then headed to the lumber yard. This turned out to be a good decision because I found 10’ lengths of flexible pipe to bury in my ditch. Makes things much easier. […]
