Awake: 5:45 am Temp downtown=45 Drizzle
We are expecting ( 2 ) visitors this morning. Of course Dexter is one of
them...who we think will be more accurate in pin pointing where our end
cap for our septic system is located.
And then Rusty, who goes by " The Cabinet Doctor." We have a built in
desk in each of the bedrooms downstairs and one of them has the top messed
up pretty bad. I Have few tools or I'd do this repair myself.
Rusty arrives at 10:30 am. A slightly younger gentleman than myself but
obviously well experienced in his trade. We bring him into the kitchen to
begin with..and he scrutinizes this area very strongly. Then to the
downstairs & that messed up desktop. One hour later, Rusty appears to be
more focused on our kitchen than he was on that desktop. Finally we
understand what's happening: Rusty would like to update our kitchen
countertop from Corian to a composit fancy dancey whatever you call it. We
let him write up an estimate for the job to include fixing that desktop
and see him to the door. I'm sure his company does good work but...we
don't intend to make any changes to our kitchen at this point.
Dexter arrives at 11:45. He hasn't seen his old house for many years. We
invite him inside. He mentions that he has missed the view from up here,
the heating system & the house itself. We talk about his kids and his
retirement plans. Then we head to the back yard...and he whips out a pair
of dousing rods to locate that septic end cap. His recolection of where
it is exactly...is a little fuzzy, and his dousing rods do swing when
passing a certain point which I mark with a board. Hmmm, now I am
thinking...who do I know with a backhoe up here? Dexter leaves at 12:45.
Anyway, we have some shopping to do. How about 3.5 hrs later & 7 stores.
Yes, I believe we found everything on our list and no more.
We meet the Footes & Katrina for Dinner at Wayne's BBQ at 5:45 pm on " C "
street. Melissa had a free dinner card for her birthday at this restaurant
and the rest of us get a free piece of cake with our meal. It was a nice
rendezvous with the gang and Matthew was his usual alert & entertaining
self. He sure smiles BIG TIME when his " G " Daddy talks mafia talk with
him. Katrina leaves around 7:00 for ultimate frisbe with her friends. We
leave shortly afterwards. Back home at & 7:45.
I change clothes & mow the grass using the Kubota tractor, then take a
good hot shower. Meanwhile, after cleaning & organizing her kitchen on
Tuesday, Kathy paints varnish( min wax ) on all the wood in her kitchen
that she can find....and that's a lot of wood.
We are both tired..no reading or x-word puzzle. Lights out: 11:44 pm
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