1 July 2023
I’m exhausted! I washed three loads of clothes and didn’t clean house. However, I did put the vestibule back together. I must have started around 8 am with the curtains. I finished around 11:30 am and it was a fight from the get go.
I did watch a video on YouTube about how to hang a curtain rod and took what I needed from that to put the hardware up. There were five supports for the rod. When I finished the hardware, I then ironed the curtains (8 of them) and then put them on the rod.
After getting them up, I realized the two center panels were not hanging straight. I had some lunch and then re-tackled the project after a very short nap. The problem was the supports for the rod were interfering with how they were hanging so I moved two of the five supports so they center panels would hang straight down.
I failed to mention after hanging the curtains for the first time, I hung art (four pieces). I cleaned each piece and used Windex on the glass and then hung in their usual places.
I’ve finally put the flood behind me and everything is back in its place. Flood insurance paid me $8252.20 and the restoration/renovation cost $8430.00 so I was only out of pocket for $187.80. I count that as a victory.
The flood was on 12 April. I contracted with CLK Builders (Chad) on 25 April. Wright Flood sent me the first check on 19 May and a second check on 23 May. The project was completed on 30 June. I guess 2 1/2 months is not too long to have your house in an upheaval. I’m just glad it’s done before my surgery.
My diarrhea seems to be under control. I’m gonna try to stay off Imodium and Lomotil today and see if I pay a price. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Tomorrow is grocery shopping and cleaning house that I didn’t get to today. On July 4th, Joel and John are coming over and I’m doing hot dogs on the grill. I’m not looking forward to the fireworks. I know that’s heresy but I feel for the dogs in the neighborhood. They tend to freak out. In the first few years of Rocky’s life he didn’t pay them any mind but as he got older, it really upset him. Maybe we should just stick with parades, Fort McHenry probably won’t miss the explosions.
One very large green iguana was splayed on my pool deck yesterday. I thought he was dead but he was very much alive – just injured. Something had taken a bite out of his right rear leg. Flies were already trying to lay eggs in the wound. It could have been the black scaled iguana or he just got the worse of two males fighting. I haven’t seen him today so he’s either laying low or I’ll find him by smell this coming week.
I think I’ll take another nap.
Stay tuned!