Awake 5:50 am Temp Downtown=46 Light rain
Gary, Rosemary & Kylie drive off in their truck leaving their trailer on
the RV camping pad @ 5:52 am. They are returning their granddaughter back
to Fairbanks doing a roundtrip today. That's over 700 miles.
Start cleaning our translucent ceiling panels. Over the years, the mad
chef obviously stirred up some flying specials because there are numerous
splatters over both the kitchen stove area & the triple hole sink. I
remove each panel, wash it thoroughly, then using a toothbrush & a quick &
brite solution, get those greasy spots outta sight. It's time consumming
but hey, I've lots of time....I'm retired you know! Our kitchen ceiling
has 18 fluorescent bulbs that magically magnify those greasy spots
throughout the 20 ceiling panels. Today my patience wears thin so I clean
only 8 of 20.
Then, in keeping with the good housekeeping program, I wash out & flush
the holding tank on each of our 5 bathrooms toilets. Our heating system
has valves that we can adjust to allow warm water flow into the toilet
bowl on the flush. Kathy particularly enjoys this warm water asset during
the winter time.
The Foote's arrive approx 3:30 pm. Kevin is here to help us load our tilt
trailer: 2 dressers, a homemade large book/toy shelf unit, bedframe, night
stand, 3 large mirrors, music chair and other misc items. Kathy helps
coordinate the process & carry a few things herself. We have been storing
these items in the gameroom for?? But now there is a movement in the air
for a family garage sale. It's a heavy load & full trailer. Then using the
1984 Ford Van, I haul that trailer to the upper garage & park it.
It suddenly occurred to me during this physical workout that this planned
family garage sale on Saturday would be operated mainly by us senior
parents. Kevin will be working a full day...Katrina has had a camping
weekend planned for some time now, and Melissa will be busy taking care of
Matthew. This means that the heavy trailer load we just experienced will
be driven over to the Foote residental area very early morning, unloaded,
then perhaps going back to our house for yet another load, loading &
unloading again, then spending a good part of the day at the sale itself.
Just as the Foote's are leaving, I express my thoughts of this indecent
proposal. Kathy & I look at each other....Melissa & Kevin look at each
other! Then we say our goodbye's & give the wave from the porch as they
are driving away.
Back to work we go: Now I am removing all 29 supply & return vents from
the 1st & 2nd floors.
The phone rings: It's Melissa....she's been talking with Katrina. She
wants to nix the garage sale on Saturday with Katrina in agreement. Oh,
gosh, there is a Santa Clause.
Back to the vents: Using our new Bosch dishwasher, I load up both racks
with these vent grills & let the german machine do the work. Before
bedtime, all the vents are sparkling clean.
Late dinner @ 8:30 pm. Spaghetti with spaghetti sauce & Salad.
Just as we are finishing up our dinner, Gary & Rosemary return. Their
Fairbanks trip was good & they are tired. That's a lot of driving for one
day...most of it done by Gary. Lights out: 11:40 pm
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