This has been a bit more of a relaxed week… or maybe I just
don’t remember all that went on. It was
sad to see Andy and Kera and family and Dan and Miranda and Camden leave on
Monday. The house seemed quieter. Andy left Nathan behind to help Tom with some
projects. They involved leaf raking, dead
wood collecting from the woods around us, burning, and several other
things. Sometimes Nathan followed Tom
around learning some of what he does.
It’s been interesting to see the progress on our
houses. Our Church house is now cleaned
and the new heat and air installed.
Clean is actually a relative term.
The kitchen looks good… but the walls are still variegated colors and
the ceilings brown. Paint will help
tremendously! The old wall mounted A/C was removed and that spot patched. We are getting estimates on painting. The day before we closed, we noticed a spot
on the ceiling in the living room… where there had not been a spot before. We thought I was dry, but in the next rain…
it was wet. Ugh! I thought we might have to replace the roof
but the attic is dry. Turns out the
rain gutter allowed water to wick under the shingles. We think we have that fixed. But we discovered a leak under the kitchen
sink that needs attention. It’s kind of
typical when you buy… some surprises, but not bad.
The Main street house is looking good! Ray textured the down stairs walls, primed
and painted. WOW! It really looks good! I think he will texture and paint upstairs
next. Then trim… kitchen cupboards… tiling…
sanding the hardwood floors… installing carpets… just a few more things.
Monday night we invited a single mom and kids over, plus her
friends. It went well. We had a short family home evening. Tuesday, I think we recuperated. Wednesday
we were going to go out to lunch, but Mom had been having an irregular heart
beat and some shortness of breath and was a bit concerned about it—she wanted
to schedule a Dr apt, but the closest we could be seen was 2 weeks. So we went
to the ER instead. I was impressed with
them! They took her in right away. X-rayed her right in her bed. Did an EKG and kept her hooked on that. Took blood and got it tested. The Doctor came in… all these people were
lined up to come and see her. Yes, she
did have an irregular heart beat and shortness of breath. But tests came back pretty normal—no heart
attack, a bit of fluid near? On? The lungs which could account for the
shortness of breath. One prescription and
directions to see her cardiologist when she got back home—and they sprung her. Time: under 4 hours. She says the heart is still irregular, and
still some shortness of breath, but she’s managing. Tom says 12 great grandchildren in the house
is enough to give almost anyone heart problems!
So we took it easy Thursday. We
planned to do a little shopping…. But our stores were all closed until the 2nd!
Friday we went out to lunch at Gift-Tiques. We had a nice view of the White River. The store had an after Christmas sale and it
was much emptier than it had been after Thanksgiving! Still, we managed to find some great things. Rebecca has been making great dinners, but
Friday we splurged and ordered in pizza.
It was surprisingly tasty.
Saturday Tom and I went looking for a vanity for the Church
St. house. Wahoo! We identified one on sale. Full Circle Properties will hopefully get it
on Monday. We also took down the
Christmas decorations. Tom bought some
rubber bins to put the decorations in… to try to avoid the spiders and other
bugs that had tried to invade in the past.
So we had to figure out how to use these lovely red and green bins
instead of the sagging cardboard boxes.
And then Rebecca found us a tree bag to use. That was perfect as our old box got eaten by
bugs. So now our house is back to normal…
or at least undecorated.
Rebecca will leave on Monday. We’ll have a few days with Mom and then it
will be just the two of us again.
Whatever will we do with ourselves?
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