Month: July 2023

I got an early start.

Watered the plants by the driveway, put away tarps, installed old liners in the trash can.

Thanks to James, Ron’s dresser is now fully drawered.

Thanks also to James and Jake, the living room ceiling is now almost an inch higher!

K-M called, they are ordering parts to replace the rear differential pinion seal.

Someone called our number five times today, rudely hangs up. I finally blocked it.

I was going to leave the Tacoma at the service center for the weekend but when we saw it in the lot rather than locked in a bay, Ron drove it home.

I cruised around North Adams trying to find the First Friday event, but I couldn’t navigate the maze of one-way streets and stoplights, so gave up.

The time spent wandering paid off, though, when I got to Spruces in Williamstown just in time to photograph a magnificent sunset.

86 or thereabouts.

Found our checks! Ron’s were in a filing cabinet, mine were in my desk.

Now if I could only find my veg recipe folder.

Watered late but before it got really hot.

Ordered an air conditioner for Ron.

James and Jake got an early start. This is the state of things as of a little while ago.

Ron and I got ambitious toward mid afternoon and loaded the truck for the transfer station. We stopped for FY24 transfer station and trash bag stickers at town hall. On the way out, we met the chair of the Select Board.

Stopped at Carr’s and then dropped off the truck at K-M.

Peter called; he broke his leg at Ed’s on Fourth of July. It was pouring and he slipped on stairs, fractured the tibia in two places. Needed an operation to install a metal rod. I suggested he consider an ambulance-chasing attorney as his next stop.

James and his new apprentice, Jake, and Peter are working here today.

James let me go with him to rkMILES so I could buy a new storm door. They had one that’ll work for less than I could find online.

With the emo butterfly for company, I did some weeding of the much-hated fake garlic in the back.

Ron found the missing dresser drawer; it was in his closet. Thank goodness; thought I might have allowed someone to take it home “to work on it”.

I disposed of the non-working mower, brought it to the transfer station.

Picked up lunches, CSA produce and did a small shop at S&S. Filled up the truck at Cumby, bought incense at Wild Soul River.

Peter did a bunch of work. We thought a couple of outside outlets weren’t live, but we’d inadvertently tripped a GFI.

James and Jake got the first header installed!

It’s after 6 pm and I’m still in my sleep clothes.

Spent most of the day moving furniture and boxes into the newly finished bedroom. We set up our computers upstairs. This is in preparation for James and a helper to start serious demo tomorrow.

Ron noticed some old installation foam on one of the windows in our bedroom and is getting rid of it as we speak.

Heard from Peter and Robert.

Sprayed deer repellant around the plants in the back. The old astilbes and one of the daylilies are blossoming!

We watched a classic, “No Country For Old Men”.

Missed the Williamstown July Fourth events this morning. It was raining pretty hard around noon so I got distracted by household organization.

We were too tired to drive to fireworks. Fortunately, we didn’t have to, we were joined by a neighbor for a fine view of the Taconic Golf Course display from the street in front of the house.

Deluge yesterday, cloudy right now but more is expected later and tomorrow for the Fourth.

Ron picked up a gorgeous little peach rose and a gerbera. We went back for a hanging basket and a planter for the deck.

James was here today for a productive three hours, doing handyman stuff with his usual good humor.

He sanded the front door threshold so the door closes and opens easily. He and I, mostly him of course, moved furniture from the bedroom to the “office”. He removed the weird 3-light pole lamp from the bedroom and filled in the hole in the ceiling.

He hauled the rocks from the sewer line project to the new garden and cement from the ugly bird feeder to his truck.

Ron tightened the hose fitting by the driveway spigot. He found the old nozzle; two new ones arrived today.

I booked an appointment for the truck at KM Toyota this Friday. Grateful for Norm’s help last week.

Brought the gone-by hanger pansies to the compost drop-off. Picked up lunch at the senior center. Bought a couple of hose adapters at Aubuchon, neither is what we need.

Inspired by James, spent a couple of hours on “quality of life” chores myself, including getting rid of the annoying tape residue from two living room window sills and stowing pillows, a blanket and a king spread in the second bedroom closet.

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Having not a lot of luck with Windows 11 personalization settings. Frustrating.

Attempted to clean the front windows. They were not 100% until I used a new razor blade to take off gluey residue.

Ordered hose nozzles from Amazon to replace the one that seems to be lost, much to my chagrin.

Moved some items away from the sunroom windows to allow us to draw the curtains.

Horrible smell in the downstairs bathroom this morning.

Added Sirius to both TVs.

Changed sheets. Swept off a good portion of the deck.