Awake: 6:21am Temp 31 sleep 5+21 sunny overnight @ Englewood, CO.
After breakfast, Kathy left to learn a new needle point stitch @ the Diversions Needle Point shop.
Later, Katrina called & added another item on her list ....one more stuck door.
When Kathy returned, we motored to Katrina's condo & got started on our projects. Katrina has lined, ceiling-to-floor drapes in her bedroom that she wanted Kathy to iron; a task Kathy could not imagine doing. She made arrangements with a store in Littleton to rent a steamer which Katrina & Becky picked up in the morning. So with steamer set up, Kathy went to work; in about 2 hours, the drapes were wrinkle free & looked like they had been professionally hung.
Later, Kathy & the girls returned the steamer & ran a few other errands, including purchasing paint to paint the trim in the living room & the wall in Katrina's bedroom.
I hung out in the garage to build a ceiling unit bike hoist.
Finding a suitable stud or rafter to hang bikes on was a challenge; the stud finder was misleading (or so I thought) & the magnet in the magnet device, was 1/16 of an inch too long for sliding on the sheetrock.
Finally, I discovered that the entire sheet of the sheet rock was without studs...except for floor & ceiling. No wonder I was confused about: where are the studs?
I needed healthy boards, not only to support the bike from the ceiling rafters but also to give more horizontal space, so the bike with its handlebars won't scrape the wall.
After I took some measurements, I asked Kathy if she would get (4) sturdy boards for this project. She took the measurements & promised they would be back the same day.
It was the same day but longer than they had planned; they got the goods but also did some grocery shopping for dinner tonight. During their absence, I sanded the top of Katrina's bathroom door so it would stick no more. I also worked out a template to drill holes into the board & fasten the metal plates to the hefty board for the bike hoist.
Meanwhile, Kathy painted the molding in the living room which had several areas of splashed deep red paint from when Katrina & a roommate painted the wall.
Tomorrow she will paint Katrina's bedroom wall orange, the accent color they chose.
Katrina's roommates were both back from their respective jobs & dinner was soon upon us. I was asked to be the chief chef on the grill & I was honored but somewhat shy, as it's been (8) yrs since my last grill duty.
Some Kitchen action: Sara watching closely, Katrina making her salad & Becky helping Kat.
Dinner: N.Y. steak, baked potatoes, asparagus, spinach salad with strawberries, pistachio nuts.....etc. The meal was outstanding & Katrina's salad was the best! Thank goodness I had some luck with those steaks as well. They really were delicious.
After dinner, we sat around & gabbed a lot & then returned to our motorhome. Before leaving, we made arrangements to attend St. Mary's Catholic church near Katrina's condo & then we will attend her church @ the Red Rocks.
We watched a few political programs before turning out the lights @: 11:45pm.
After breakfast, Kathy left to learn a new needle point stitch @ the Diversions Needle Point shop.
Later, Katrina called & added another item on her list ....one more stuck door.
When Kathy returned, we motored to Katrina's condo & got started on our projects. Katrina has lined, ceiling-to-floor drapes in her bedroom that she wanted Kathy to iron; a task Kathy could not imagine doing. She made arrangements with a store in Littleton to rent a steamer which Katrina & Becky picked up in the morning. So with steamer set up, Kathy went to work; in about 2 hours, the drapes were wrinkle free & looked like they had been professionally hung.
Later, Kathy & the girls returned the steamer & ran a few other errands, including purchasing paint to paint the trim in the living room & the wall in Katrina's bedroom.
I hung out in the garage to build a ceiling unit bike hoist.
Finding a suitable stud or rafter to hang bikes on was a challenge; the stud finder was misleading (or so I thought) & the magnet in the magnet device, was 1/16 of an inch too long for sliding on the sheetrock.
Finally, I discovered that the entire sheet of the sheet rock was without studs...except for floor & ceiling. No wonder I was confused about: where are the studs?
I needed healthy boards, not only to support the bike from the ceiling rafters but also to give more horizontal space, so the bike with its handlebars won't scrape the wall.
After I took some measurements, I asked Kathy if she would get (4) sturdy boards for this project. She took the measurements & promised they would be back the same day.
It was the same day but longer than they had planned; they got the goods but also did some grocery shopping for dinner tonight. During their absence, I sanded the top of Katrina's bathroom door so it would stick no more. I also worked out a template to drill holes into the board & fasten the metal plates to the hefty board for the bike hoist.
Meanwhile, Kathy painted the molding in the living room which had several areas of splashed deep red paint from when Katrina & a roommate painted the wall.
Tomorrow she will paint Katrina's bedroom wall orange, the accent color they chose.
Katrina's roommates were both back from their respective jobs & dinner was soon upon us. I was asked to be the chief chef on the grill & I was honored but somewhat shy, as it's been (8) yrs since my last grill duty.
Some Kitchen action: Sara watching closely, Katrina making her salad & Becky helping Kat.
Dinner: N.Y. steak, baked potatoes, asparagus, spinach salad with strawberries, pistachio nuts.....etc. The meal was outstanding & Katrina's salad was the best! Thank goodness I had some luck with those steaks as well. They really were delicious.
After dinner, we sat around & gabbed a lot & then returned to our motorhome. Before leaving, we made arrangements to attend St. Mary's Catholic church near Katrina's condo & then we will attend her church @ the Red Rocks.
We watched a few political programs before turning out the lights @: 11:45pm.
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