Working in the Heat Wave

Our home is loaded with crap. Well, not so much crap as stuff.

After moving day at Mom's, we pretty much signed off on the house and left it to Rockwood. We left a bunch of cook books behind, some assorted crap (that really was crap) and some framed pictures that will go to the Corner Store at Rockwood.

Today, we tried to clean up a little. We loaded a bunch of stuff into Susan's car and hauled it to church for the yard sale and to Goodwill for their personal use of the stuff.

We felt pretty good about our progress and we'll do some more tomorrow.

According to my phone, it got up to 103 degrees outside. Fortunately, we have access to a pool that went completely un-used except for us.

We both enjoyed a nice swim with a couple of beers and kept ourselves comfortable during this heat wave.

We have now returned to the house where our little AC unit in the kitchen is keeping us comfortable and we shall have some dinner.    

Mom's Moving Day

Today is moving day. All of the remaining stuff at Mom's is going into storage, except for the garage fridge that is coming here. I have a couple of hours to clean up the basement and get it a little bit in order before they come. Then we go to the storage facility and unload.

I hope it all fits!

12:25PM: Things aren't going well with the movers. I just talked to Patty and they are loading up stuff that is coming to the house. I got all my cleaning done and I'm ready for the refrigerator whenever it gets here.

In the meantime, it's time for lunch. 

I put a nice pork chop on the barbeque. That was good.

The movers were here and gone. More stuff in the house. More stuff in the Carriage house. More stuff in the garage. 

MORE STUFF!!!  "ARGGGGG!" as Charlie Brown would say.

Old Bed, New Bed

Yesterday, we stopped at Walker's Furniture on Division and bought a basic bedframe. ($79.95)

Today, we dismantled the big bed we brought in a few months ago and put the mattress back on the new frame. We aren't as fancy pants as we were, but the bed is functional and we plan to make a headboard out of the old balusters from the stairs to jazz it up again..

The bed is going to the auction house because it goes with the rest of the bedroom set we are selling.

So I feel like we've had a productive day.   

B' Bye Beer Fridge

We are getting a new (to us) refrigerator for our basement beer cooler. The one we've had down there for the last couple of years never got cold enough that the freezer worked properly. Now we are getting a nice side by side Whirlpool from Mom's house.

So today was the day to get the old one out of the basement and be rid of it. Mark and his grandson, Derek came over to help me. Other than removing the door to get the fridge out, I didn't really do anything.

So we got it into the driveway and I took a couple of pictures to post it on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.

It was gone within two hours.

So that's a good days work accomplished by 11:00.

 

First Day of Retirement

Because it is the start of the week, I have designated today, Monday July 12th, as my first day of my retirement. To that end, it is my intension to do something towards the house everyday. It may mean cleaning out my closet, which is what I have planned for today. It won't always be a big thing. Just another step towards making some progress.

But first, some breakfast.

Okay, I've had breakfast and I have taken a mile walk around the park. It took me 28:54 to go around. It's going to be another hot day so I'm glad to get it out of the way early when it is still coolish. 

Next, I have to make some calls to cancel Mom's credit cards.

Okay, I was afraid this would happen. I didn't work on the closet at all.

I made some headway towards canceling a couple of Mom's credit cards but beyond that, I didn't accomplish much.

Maybe tomorrow will be the first day of my retirement.

  

Heat Wave 2021

We are smack dab in the middle of a heat wave.

It's currently 95 degrees at 6:00PM. The weather has been hot since the first of the month. I managed to enjoy the worst of the heatwave in the hospital. For more information than you would care to know, check out my health blog for around this date: www.porkymccorpulent.blogspot.com

Work on the roof has stopped. We haven't seen anyone here since Tuesday. It is practically finished but not quite. As long as it is unfinished, I guess we don't have to pay. 

The annoying thing about it is these guys are not from this country and they have no regard for where garbage goes. There are water and gatorade bottles everywhere. We have seen shirts and shoes and some nice tools all over the place.

I'm not sure if the heat is a factor in the delay of the job. They seemed to work through the series of 100 degree days we had.

If I don't see any action this week, I'll notify the contractor.