I had to run errands in town this morning. When I returned Rickey still hadn’t arrived. He actually never came, but did send a text around noon saying that he would come Monday to finish up. I prepared another meal in the slow cooker (beans and rice), and spent the afternoon working in the house. We went on a walk along the greenway early this evening. Not many folks were out.
Luke had a pretty good day. Lots of flopping. He ate some vegetables with his fingers.
The fantastic progress continues. I had to run up to Franklin this morning, but Rickey got a lot done in my absence. Upon my return we cut down a tree at the end of the driveway. It was pretty ugly, and my neighbor really wanted it gone. It was pretty much on the boundary line between our properties. But now it is no more. I hauled it up to the burn pile. Rickey sprayed something of a second coat on the house and started scraping windows. He should finish that tomorrow morning. Seeing the painted siding and scraped windows is pretty cool. The house is finally getting a finished look. I moved a lot more dirt and am close to being rid of the big dirt pile. Soon I need to plant grass seed all around the house. No pictures today because I was too busy working.
The house is looking much better today. I finally was able to get somebody to come caulk and paint, and he has been doing so for the last two days. Today he painted all the unpainted spots and tomorrow he will repaint some sections and scrape the windows. It feels good to have it looking more finished. I spent several hours on the tractor today. I moved a lot of dirt to the front of the house and graded it as best I could. The big pile out front is rapidly diminishing. I also removed the temporary power pole and started removing the “sidewalk to nowhere” in the front yard. I need to find a new place to put concrete though, as I covered up my pit at the back of the property. I might dig another one, although that isn’t ideal. Today’s slow cooker dish was a chickpea curry that ended up being pretty tasty. Another bit of good news is that Rickey, the “painter” is hauling away almost all of the wood that I was going to burn. He was super excited about all of the things he can build with it.
I started off this morning by preparing a dish for the slow cooker – quinoa black bean chili, then hauling a load to the dump, followed by mowing the front yard and some of the back yard with the tractor and big finish mower. After that I headed up to Nashville to take some pictures of the apartments that my dad has for rent. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed sitting in his new garden for a bit. I came back to the farm and mowed the rest of the grass and moved a lot of dirt around the house. I also went over to Chapel Hill to look at Stihl weedeaters. I need one and this dealer was good. I didn’t buy one, but will soon. I also bought a nut and bolt for the tractor at Co-op. We didn’t go on a walk this afternoon, but did sit on the front porch with Luke in his swing for a nice while. This evening after dinner I worked on the photographs. The other big news is that our seeds came. I need to get going with preparing the ground for them.
