I had planned to walk this morning but the humidity was already thick when I got up. It had apparently been quite foggy. I did get up somewhat later than usual. I've been so tired lately, don't know if it's the humidity or from my eye surgery or stress, all I know is I'm tired! That doesn't mean that I can sleep though!
Wednesday
I went for a short walk this morning. It was starting to get humid but was till not bad and the sun was shining.
This afternoon we went out to take another of Gordon's photos to Spotlight on the Rideau. While out we stopped at Home Hardware (our home away from home) and picked up what Gordon needs to hang the French door for the office.
Then we took a little drive along some of the back roads between Smiths Falls and Merrickville and stopped in Merrickville and looked around some of the shops. Merrickville is very artsy and has lots of cute little boutiques. Merrickville is now also called Merrickville-Wolford which has a lot of meaning for us. It's interesting to have the last name of Wolford and live near this
community.
A couple of barns
Brightly coloured bench in Merrickville
Dead tree/pretty setting
Thursday
Our freezer was scheduled to arrive between 8 and noon. The driver called around 11 and said they'd be here before noon and they were! They hauled it downstairs for us and were off! We were advised to wait 2 hours to plug it in and 4 hours to put anything in it that wasn't frozen. That's ok, I left it overnight.
Friday
Today was handyman day with Gordon being the handyman. We bought a French door a couple of weeks ago and it needed some taken off the top and bottom. Gordon decided to practice some first so the door to the laundry room needed some cut off it so he started with that one. Now it doesn't catch on the carpet anymore.
Next was the closet door in the master bedroom. He took both closet doors off and took a bit off the bottom of each as they were catching on the carpet. That didn't do anything to make them easier to move so he sprayed liberally with WD40. Now they work!
This is cottage weekend at my sister's cottage in Lindsay. We decided not to go this year as I don't want to do anything to screw up my eye surgery and I also don't want to be away from my doctor and hospital should anything happen. I'm not really expecting anything to but you never know! Needless to say, I'm not the most popular person with my family but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
We were sitting having dinner when we heard this loud noise. The blower on the furnace appears to have coughed. So no air conditioning till it's fixed. Hopefully our plumber/electrician will be able to come tomorrow. The joys of home ownership!
We went out for a drive just before sunset and drove some of the back roads northwest of here. The sunset wasn't much and we didn't see anything to take photos of but it was a nice drive.
Saturday
I've been doing well with my morning walks this week. I think Thursday was the only day I didn't go. I feel so much better when I do.
Gordon called the guy to fix the furnace blower but he was out so we had to wait for his call. He dropped by late in the morning and said it looked like it was a pulley that had come loose off the drive shaft of the fan motor so he went away with the pulley to get some parts.
While he was gone Gordon got to work on the French door. He had to take off about 3 inches in height for it to fit in the doorway but we now have a French door on the office!
He still needs to put up some moulding and the door needs to be stained. The doorway it self needs to be sanded and painted but since that's my job it won't be done for a couple of months.Our guy didn't come back to fix the problem so hopefully he'll be back soon. It wasn't that hot today but it gets stuffy in the living room in the late afternoon.
We went out for sunset again tonight. Interesting but not as pretty as some.
Your photos are beautiful. I'm glad to read that you are settling in at your "new to you" house.
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