Skid steer scrub a thon

Early this morning at 7 a.m., I woke up to no wind, which I was grateful for. I brewed a cup of coffee and did some Spanish, S was up making his coffee and doing his lessons a bit later. I then moved on to marketing and discovered that the new email company might have resolved my issues. I’m hoping so, as I’ve noticed people continuing to resubscribe slowly.

I went to give Roo her medication and took off Switch’s soaked boots, cleaning out her feet. I left the boots off to dry. S was on the phone first with his mom for a while, then with Randy for a very long time. We had tried to find time to camp with them, but it seems like not this year. How can two semi-retired couples have so many plans? :)

I had brought Renn’s ruler in from drying overnight and set it up for a photo. As I was back at the computer, sorting through the new subscriber stuff, we heard a crash. To our surprise, it slipped and hit Harley’s bed, launching over, landed on solid edge of the quilt rack, then knocking a large chunk out of the drywall! What on earth happened? Now I have to band out the ding, re-stain the area, and let it dry.

I ventured out to work, staining the single chair with a first coat and then applying a second coat to the captain’s chair. While I was staining, S went outside after his morning chats. We both returned inside for lunch at 12 p.m.

huge difference gel stain makes over the orange wood tone

After lunch, I went outside and put Switch’s boots back on with ACV-soaked rolls. I also clear-coated the ruler again to cover some light dings. This poor ruler!

I published my long MCM dresser tutorial and was getting it uploaded to product companies, paint pages, and spreadsheets. Then, it was my turn to chat on the phone. Candace and I had an hour-long catch-up. While chatting, I dusted which made light of this task for sure. S headed back outside halfway through our call after his couch rest after lunch.

Look at this giant pile of baby sunflower plants, I dug to give to Nate to plant

After our call, I went out to check on the boss. He was under the skid steer, digging through dirt, looking for a socket wrench head. I shared some information with him, then tossed Roo some hay and hand-weeded my garden. I also hand-watered the plants.

I must have humbled him when I said his skid steer was so dirty and deserved a bath now and then. As I was watering, he drove it over and set up the pressure washer. For the next couple of hours, he gave it a deep clean, even finding the socket wrench in the depths of the dirt.

I brought int he finished captains chair and put felt pads on it to join the others

I next did accounting and balancing accounts and such. After about three hours of cleaning, S was still going. I fetched him glass cleaner and got busy picking more weeds. I also put the deck tank on the peonies with his help for half an hour. Then, I prepped supper.

S wrapped it up by putting away the shiny skid steer and coming on for supper. He BBQ’d sausage while I made the Mac & cheese, corn on cob, and kale salad. It was a filling and tasty meal indeed. B was out riding Roo and feeding horses as we ate late today. 

S submitted these after photos, but her really should have taken before to show all the work he did to get it this shiny.

We finished the Sirens series then I read and S off to sleep.