Today’s Notes
General: Focus on lighting, check roof vent, Computer desk, Internet, phone.
Theme:Maintain as little furniture as possible in grandpa’s house, need should drive what furniture is purchased.
The sugar bin, hexagon table and end table under the TV are still in the house. (We just never got to that conversation.)
Narrative: Had cereal and a hard boiled egg for breakfast along with some Dominican Coffee. Loaded a several baskets of clothes, mom’s bear bathroom items and the extension ladder into the pickup truck and drove to Grandpa’s farm.
We unloaded the stuff out of the pickup truck and I headed onto the roof. The roof looks like it’s on it’s last leg. The gravel is more than half gone and there are several pieces of asphalt roofing missing. Removed the cover to the dryer vent and cleaned more than a handful of twigs (Maybe a birds nest) and other materials from the end of the pipe. It felt like a large amount of air was traveling up the pipe, so that’s great! I noticed that the flashing around the plumbing roof vents was missing the rubber boot so I bought flashing materials from Lowes and placed it over the current flashing. It’s not perfect, but it will certainly leak a lot less having a 7″ cover over the sides of the pipe. I also raked the leaves from the roof to prevent the moisture from destroying the wood. We will have to replace the roof within a couple years and we can expect some damage to the wood to occur until then.
We went to Staples to purchase a couple filing cabinets. They had a 30% off sale going on with this “Black Friday” theme and purchasing a desk was actually cheaper than buying two filing cabinets. We bought a really nice grey colored desk (Matches the floor) that is 30″ deep (Rare these days) with filing drawers on each side for about $160.00. We also bought a new printer for Grandpa’s house since the printer at Nancy’s has failed and would cost more to fix than to replace. (We also bought ink, paper and a two year warranty!)
We bought a NICE touchier lamp with a reading light for WAY cheap at Lowes. I though we’d let Mom and Auntie try that one and adjust we buy next.
Auntie prepared a beef stew of sorts and we went to the farm for a nap while we sorted out what we’re going to do with the Ethan Allen furniture.
When we arrived at the farm the pheromone smell was overwhelming and the hutch was on the outside of the house. (Apparently it gets worse when wet.) We ended up moving the hutch way out in the yard to reduce the smell in the house!
Auntie showed up with mom and Tinker in tow to capture the cat. We heard the cat several times from inside the house but could never find her. Turns out she was locked in the closet when I put the mattress up against the door. (I looked several times for the cat in that closet.) Mom and Auntie left back for Grandpa’s house with the cat and Tinker in crates. Sheesh. At least we’re able to close mom’s bedroom window for a change. It was awfully cold this morning with the heat being blown out the window.
Asked mom to change the address on the bug service to grandpa’s address. (I’ll remind her again tomorrow morning.) Also tomorrow will be the first day that Meals on Wheels delivers to Grandpa’s house. (Wife thinks they will still deliver here.)
Mom wants to pick through the boxes of stuff that came out of the drawers of her furniture for things she needs, good plan. Maybe tomorrow?
Mom will get the delivery information about the computer desk from Staples for Grandpa’s on her tablet.
I think I finally finished with all the animal food now that the cat food is gathered up from mom’s room for the cat.
One final annotation, grandson and parents were with mom all day today, even tonight at 8:30PM they were still there.
To Do List (And it’s growing)
Take pictures of the tractor and tractor attachments/implements.
Bring large wire cage from Bunpkin for the cat tomorrow morning.
Buy hay for the cows, the grain is about half gone.
Grandpa’s Computer desk lamp.
Grandpa’s Chair Lamp.
Grandpa’s Bed lamp.
Grandpa’s Dust under the refrigerator with boric acid.
Grandpa’s Buy shades for all lamps going to grandpa’s farm. Thinking 4 of them? (Bedroom Em light, living room Em light, two gear lamps maybe?)
Grandpa’s sanitize, clean and move the four emergency power supplies from Mom’s farm. (Maybe, it is a little risky.)
Grandpa’s Buy TV stand or end table for Mom’s bedroom TV.
Grandpa’s buy curtain for Mom’s south bedroom window
Grandpa’s repair yard light over the house
Grandpa’s repair/install fire/smoke/CO alarm
Grandpa’s repair house patio door
Grandpa’s repair house windows
Grandpa’s repair wall outlet/receptacles in Ricky’s bedroom
Grandpa’s erect fences for the dogs
Grandpa’s clean grandpa’s shed
Grandpa’s repair grandpa’s shed roof
Grandpa’s replace property gate
Grandpa’s repair Auntie’s bedroom Air Conditioner Vent
Grandpa’s move the phone and Internet from Auntie’s bedroom into the third bedroom
Grandpa’s Construct a desk from two file cabinets and a door.
Grandpa’s Install emergency (battery backed up) lighting
Grandpa’s Install battery backup on Dish receiver (Maybe move it to living room)
Grandpa’s purchase / repair printer that has died.
Grandpa’s purchase a new computer
Grandpa’s Install a firewall and wireless router.
Grandpa’s Establish a VPN between grandpa’s Fortigate and Atlanta for remote camera adjustment / repair.
Mom’s Clean pile of bugs and trash from kitchen floor
Mom’s Turn camera over the dog runs to point toward the stalls.
Mom’s Set timers for mom’s house lights
Mom’s Lengthen the timer so that the camera over the runs, runs more of the day.
Mom’s Change the Wayne’s shed timer so that it comes on earlier in the morning
Mom’s Set mouse traps or bait in the trailer.
Atlanta Card for the drama department.
Atlanta take computer desk lamps that I bought for mom’s house to Atlanta.
Engineering: Remote bell for the gate.
Tomorrow: Floor lamps, Remote bell for gate, emergency lighting and backup power for TV.
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To