Friday's Frustrations

When I got up this morning I realize that I had indeed pushed myself a little too hard yesterday. My back, which is usually sore when I get up was sore but it was not the sorest part of my body...my thighs were, from standing on the extension ladder too long.

I kind of had that feeling last night, but I was hoping for the best. Anyway I was hoping that after being up for a while I could "walk" it off and feel better...no such luck. So after eating and reading the paper, I decided that I would mow the lawn at a leisurely pace and see if I could get something done today.

The sun was out earlier today so I knew that I probably would not be painting this morning and since I was as sore as I was that was probably a good thing. I got our front lawn mowed my neighbor's front and side lawn mowed and the drive next door on our west side. I was pretty much out of steam at that point so I did not feel too bad that the battery on the mower was pretty much spent.

I took the battery off the mower and put it on the charger and put the mower back where it belonged in the garage. After getting the mail and opening it I took the credit union statement that came today and reconciled my savings and checking accounts, they both came out on the money, as they usually do, so that was a good thing.

I wanted to get a little walking in so I told Kathleen that I was going to try to take my walk. So I changed into my walking shoes and took off. I was a still pretty sore, so I took it at a little more leisurely pace than normal. I wound up walking about four and a half miles when Kathleen called and said that she needed to go to NW Portland to return her old C-Pap machine.

Since I was only about a half mile away, I told her that I would be home in about fifteen minutes.
When I got home, I cleaned up and changed my clothes and shoes and loaded her machine into the SUV. I also took my insurance refund check so that we could deposit it at the credit union on the way home.

After dropping off the machine and dropping by the credit union Kathleen said that she wanted to also stop by Winco to pick up some produce, this time of year we really go through the fresh produce. While we were there we also picked up so fresh wild salmon for dinner tonight. We got enough so that we could have a couple meals out of it.

By the time we got home and unloaded the groceries, I was pretty hungry, so I made myself a Limburger cheese, sweet onion sandwich with a hot dill pickle on top to give it a little heat. Then I sat down in my easy chair in the living room and dozed on and off for a couple hours.

Kathleen made the salmon for dinner and we also had some macaroni salad and some cold slaw. She also made a mango-pineapple chutney to go along with the salmon. Well, I you can see, I did not get any painting done today.

I think that I probably needed to take the day off, hopefully tomorrow I can finish up the siding and then I can do the shakes and then the trim, with any luck before the rainy season set in. Well, I cannot think of anything else right now, so I am just going to say good night!