Sunday, February 18/2018 - Saturday, February 24/2018

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest but we were busy again!!  Although we goofed around for a good part of the morning, we finished off the day with Marie getting into the new shed and starting to clean it up so that things can be put away neatly and found easily.
Kay was busy with stripping the cabinet doors in the main bathroom until John was ready for her help in putting up more of the ceiling panels in the man cave.  There truly in "no rest for the wicked"!!
We have been having a bit of an issue with Sky (Kay's cat) bringing Kangaroo Rats into the house. She won't eat them, just plays with them.  It really is quite an entertaining game for her.  Kay and I have removed several from her clutches and I must say, Sky, is not particularly pleased with us ruining her fun!  She actually gets quite nasty so we have to put on gloves and go into battle.  It is one of the toughest battles that Kay and I fight!!  We wait each night to see if we get to have an adventure yet again!!

Decorative rock arriving

Monday brought some pretty lousy weather with strong winds and cool temperatures.  It is definitely not a day to spend outside although the shed organizing still needs to be finished.

Kimmy is freaking out as she has looked at the long term weather report and it doesn't look too promising.  She wants heat and I am not sure if the weatherman will cooperate.  Time will tell but I have tried to tell her that we are still 30 degrees warmer than what she is in back home!!
Kay say two huge owls sitting on the power lines one evening this week.   Of course it was dark enough that I couldn't see them very well but they certainly looked big enough to easily handle our little Miss Sky.  She better be careful and we need to be watchful as well.
This week saw us replacing the mattress in the camper by one of the fancy new ones that arrive in a cardboard package and take two days to inflate to its proper size.  I guess Jill and Scott will be the ones trying it out for the first time so we will use them as guinea pigs for now!!
I also had John order me one of those fancy little SunJoe electric rototillers for my garden at home.  It arrived this week and I can hardly wait to get using it!!  No more massive weeds for my garden!! Wink, wink, nod, nod!!
John and Kay continued working on the man cave ceiling while I got busy chopping weeds from around the house and the front deck.  It is a never ending job but one that sooo needed to be done. The kids are scheduled to arrive soon and it will be nice to have the place looking nice when all the company comes.
We got a bunch of used kitchen cabinets from a friend and they currently sit on the back patio.  There are several and they are too big for what we need in the upper apartment.  So.....we are now wondering what the heck we are to do with them.  They truly are an eyesore and we need to get rid of them before the kids arrive.  John put them on the swap pages and we have yet to get any response so if they are not gone by Friday, I will call the Habitat ReStore and they can have them.
Well, Friday arrived and I phoned Habitat and they will pick the cabinets up on Saturday so that is one less headache!!  As it turned out, someone called Friday night asking about the cabinets and when John told the guy they were going to Habitat in the morning, he brought 150 bucks over that night and hauled most of them away.  He will return on Saturday to get the rest and I will let Habitat know that the cabinets are gone.
Kay and I took a quick trip into Home Depot, bought a new toilet for the house and it was installed on Saturday.
I also managed to get the camper cleaned up and ready for Scott, Jill and Tessa.  They will be arriving on Monday.
So....another busy week has come and gone and we are all looking forward to the kids arriving and being able to enjoy their company instead of working, painting and cleaning!!
Life is Good!!