Lots Happening

The push is on to get the house all dolled up for when Katers comes home in less than a week!

Maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but we do want to get a few things out of the way so we can enjoy our time with her when she's here. Things have been working against us, though. Friday especially was rough. I came home from work to discover that our internet and home landline wasn't working. I called Century Link and they attempted to problem solve over the phone, but they discovered that it was something that a repair person would need to deal with. Okay, when?

Not for another week! I tried not to take my disappointment out on the person I was talking to on the phone, it wasn't her fault. But to wait a week for something as important as a phone and internet is almost unbelievable to me, and I'm sure I had some emotion in my voice. Thankfully our landline calls could be forwarded to my cell, but not having the internet is another issue. A neighbor offered that we could use their network if we needed to, but I don't want to take too much advantage of her generosity. I better hurry up on this blog post, come to think of it …

Anyway, we had just gone to sleep a bit after midnight when an emergency text came over my cell phone to report tornados in the area, and the need to get into the basement immediately. We grabbed the animals and ran to the basement for shelter. We watched the weather updates on the TV, and after an hour we felt we could go back to bed. And then we listened to the howling winds and wondered if that was such a good idea. The next morning, we saw that some large trees in the neighborhood had been uprooted, and heard about a another town not far from us where a tornado did hit the ground and flipped over cars and damaged some buildings. Thankfully, no one was hurt!

Bruce had been getting ready to paint the exterior of the house, and had covered all the windows and doors with plastic and tape, thinking that Saturday would be the day to get it done. It was a disappointment to discover that the strong winds from the storm had torn the plastic off and then he had to redo it all. When you are spraying a house, there's a lot of prep to be done first.

Sunday was the day for painting now. Bruce climbed the ladder to spray. I spotted the ladder, ran for things, and helped hold plants and bushes away from the house as he sprayed. He finished in about three hours, but now has all the trim to paint.

It does look good, though.

We picked up branches and leaves from the yard that the storm had left, and I did some weeding. It was a beautiful day to work in the yard, though, and I noticed that we had a lot of bumble bees enjoying our wispy, pink flowers out front!

Hurry home, Katers! The house is almost ready, and I don't know how much longer I can wait.  :-)