This morning I took Luke to High Hopes and then we went to Home Depot and Publix. Upon returning home I packed up, said goodbye to Luke and Liz, and hit the road. I drove to the Mountain via Fayetteville. Once there I took a tote of water to the job site and mixed concrete for the block corners. I also moved some dirt although that was slow going due to the mud. After doing all I could I returned to the cottage for a much needed shower and have been relaxing since.
More driving, shopping, and computering.
I slept very poorly last night for some reason. This morning I went to the library parking lot to place an order with Home Depot, but the card was declined. I went to the bank to get it sorted, then returned and was successful. I went by the supply store and messed around a little before meeting the guy who bought the green house in order to discuss his driveway. After that I drove to Winchester to visit O’Reilly and Home Depot, then continued to Cedar Direct in Chapel Hill. In Columbia I stopped at the dump then went to the garden center on the other side of town where Liz had found a bird bath that she liked. After buying it I finally went home. Luke was waiting for me and we played some until Liz got off work, then he “helped” me adjust and install the new return air filter. Dinner and bath went well but he was pretty amped up at bed time.
Getting a few things done.
This morning I went by the bank to get my spending limit raised and then to the library parking lot to use the internet. After that my dad and I drove to Trenton, Georgia to a materials place, then on to Fort Payne, Alabama to another. At the second spot I bought a couple of doors. Unfortunately the vanities that I liked had been sold. We drove back to the Mountain the scenic way, and dropped the doors off at my storage unit. I went by Piggly Wiggly for some food and cooked a late lunch. After relaxing for a little bit I went to the job site and cleaned up trash, moved block and logs, and loaded totes and pallets onto the trailer. It was nice to get the site looking good. It was still super muddy though. After returning to the cottage I have just been relaxing and looking for materials online.
Blocked.
I got a call at 6:30 this morning saying that the masons were coming. I was surprised and skeptical since it was raining, but I drove up to the Mountain as quickly as I could. They were waiting when I arrived, but didn’t start work until about ten due to the rain. It was a very stressful day with a couple of trips to get sand and lots of material moving with the tractor, but about seven hours after starting, they were finished. That was a good feeling. I drove down to Manchester to pay their boss, then came back up to the cottage to shower. My dad and I went to the Mexican restaurant in town to celebrate. Now I am pretty wore out and hope to go to sleep soon.
A wet but good day.
This morning after breakfast we drove to the garden center on the other side of town, and although it was closed, Liz was able to walk around and find a bird bath that she likes. I’ll go back to get it tomorrow. We went from there to Kroger and filled up the cart. After dropping the groceries off at home we drove to Home Depot in Spring Hill. We wanted to buy a lot more hot pepper suet but they only had one of them. We drove home and played until lunch, tried to have quiet time, then drove to Target while Luke napped in the car. Luke and I built a monster tower this afternoon, which he was able to show my dad via a video call. Dinner went well but bath and bed times were a challenge. I’ll stay here tonight then do a few errands around town before driving up to the Mountain in the morning. There is rain forecast for the whole week, so probably no masons until next week.
