Got lots of painting done yesterday

Rainy, cloudy, foggy and cool this morning. And we had to go into town. Now thought it is clearing up and the sun is coming out but it will be HUMID for sure.

Yesterday was busy. I got the entire first coat done in the upstairs bathroom AND the first coat on the front side of one side of the bridge. Too bad it rained this morning – can’t work out there today cause everything is too wet. (And it should rain for the next couple of days – boo hoo.)

Mentioned we went into town yesterday and of course we had to stop for breakfast. Then to home improvement store. While at there I reached into my purse for the telephone and it wasn’t there – neither was my camera! OMG! Where could they be? We’d only been for breakfast and into Menards. And no one was even close to me any where. So decided I must have picked them up at home then set them back down on the counter instead of in my purse. Whew – relax.  Oh NO – got home and they weren’t any where to be found. Searched the whole house. So I called the restaurant and the manager answered. He had both of them and they were in his officer. While there I’d taken them out of the purse pocket they were in to see something and when I put them back I missed the pocket and dropped them on the seat. Holey Moley scarey. Will be lots more careful in the future. When we went into the restaurant this morning I got quite a bit of teasing about leaving them.

The ceiling in the downstairs bathroom will be done by today – I think. Then I just have to put everything back in there. Have to clean it all up first though.

I got the first coat of primer on one of my Barn Quilt squares. Do want to get the primer on both them today – I can do that in the garage. Then I have to decide on the quilt patterns I’ll paint on them. Here’s some info on Barn Quilts if you have no idea what I’m talking about.  http://www.barnquiltinfo.com/  Ours are only going to be three feet square as that’s all the room we have. 

ICK TICK

Kept really busy yesterday and am paying for it today. Places I forgot I had ache.

Lots of work got done in the upstairs bathroom, almost ready to finish the painting. And some of the ceiling tiles went up in the downstairs bathroom. So now all the stuff from in there is scattered all over our bedroom. Can hardly move down there. And how dirty everything was/is – embarrassing! But it just sat collected dirt all winter.

I worked on a little mosaic table I’d made a few years ago. All the top varnish was flaking off so I took the wire brushes to it and got it really cleaned up and ready to be varnished again. The bridge is still too damp to work on – though hopefully today if my old bones start working again I’ll go out there and start preparing it for paint.

After the contractor left we went into town – to eat lunch of course and to the home improvement store where I had a creepy crawly experience. We were out in the plant section just walking around and I felt something drop on my neck and then  start crawling down my back!!!!! Stuck my arm down my shirt and caught it. IT WAS A TICK!!!! I freaked out. And I was still imagining things crawling on me last night. ICK! Double ICK!

Boy the Indiana Pacers got trounced last night. Too bad. We were watching a TV show Sunday night and saw The Texas Tenors for the first time. Three guys with beautiful voices. If you get a chance to see then do it. Hopefully this fall we’ll go to Branson on our way west and see their show. 

Quiet Day - Well except for gunshots in woods

Quiet day today. Went into town early this a.m. for breakfast and to go to home improvement store and WalMart. Got some things needed to finish bathroom and other odds and ends.
Then home to watch NASCAR race which took up most of rest of day. Kyle should have won but again took four tires instead of two with only a few laps left to go. Got a respectable 4th place though. 
We were going to stop in Nashville on the way home and check out a couple of new businesses - a Tea Shop and a new art gallery -  but forgot and bought stuff that had to be refrigerated. So on home.
Nice day mostly sunny with a few big black clouds that didn't dump on us. 
Got a couple wire brushes so tomorrow morning I can start scraping the bridge - well that's what I say today we'll see. Supposed to be dry and in high 70s for next few days. A good time to do it.
About the gun shots. Someone around us is out in the woods practicing with their guns. I know our neighbor down in the holler said he was going to teach his young daughter to shoot. Maybe it was him. It's just something we have got used to living here. It was two years ago today that Bill had his open heart surgery. Thank goodness for such a thing. 

Living in a Wildlife Refuge

After a dark and stormy night and rain most of the day the sun finally came out for a little while. And it was like we were living in a zoo. Out front we had the squirrels on the ferris wheels and the neighbors rooster – mouthing off and strutting all over. And for the first time this year a big wild tom turkey.

Out back we had this lovely doe.

An assortment of squirrels and chipmunks. Along with, of course, the raccoon and a rabbit. First rabbit I’ve seen out back. And the birds….all kinds of birds at the feeders. One really mean dove who keeps chasing everyone else away. A couple hummingbirds, a cardinal pair, blue jays, blackbirds and crows and the small red-headed woodpecker. Don’t mind him being here as long as he eats seed and not our house. Also small black birds with russet colored heads – several of them. And all the time the frogs were croaking from the pond. Sound like big ones now not the little ones we had a couple of weeks ago.

Times like this I forget the aggravations of living in the county and just enjoy the scenery.

After one more storm tonight we are supposed to have four – FOUR – days with no rain. Miracle.

I did a little more painting in the bathroom but still have to wait on the contractor to finish repairing the walls. And now we have to wait for a plumber cause the fixtures Bill picked out our contractor(?) doesn’t know how to install them. I said we lived in the country.

Bill continues to play with his pickup. Everyday something else is delivered to put in or on it.

June already. How did that happen so quick? Watched the truck race yesterday and Kyle won. The Nationwide race today he should have won. Had the fastest car by far but took four tires when every one else took two and there weren’t enough laps left in the race for him to get back up front. Hope he learned his lesson for tomorrow. Also watched the last two La Liga (Spanish soccer) games of the season. That is Bill watched them and I watched them during the commercials of the NASCAR commentary.

Hummm… sounds like Bill is playing musical cars. Now the Jeep and my car are in the garage and the new pickup is under the carport.