Fridge is in, continuing on with the pavers, working on the Youngstown kitchen cabinet

 Well the weekend has come and gone way too fast! Today we're headed to Walmart in a few minutes. 

Ken worked on the outdoor kitchen the last few days.  It's coming together nicely! We love the pavers we're using.  Once he got so far, we put the refrigerator out there yesterday. Yep, really liking it! 

We have a fridge! 

All insulated and finished with the wood

Not the best picture but he's got 4 rows of pavers done :)

I worked on cleaning the Youngstown kitchen. It's been sitting outside at Mel's place for years and there was so much dirt, sand and just crap! I scraped off the linoleum and contact paper that had obviously been on the shelves since the  70's. Obvious by the contact paper! LOL. 

Ken put it on it's side so I could get to the shelves easier

The  sink top is filthy...

Inside the shelves were covered with old linoleum
and contact paper..

Next...the sander will happen..

Now to get as much rust off as I can with my little sander and then paint! Hopefully tomorrow. By the time we get home today the days will be pretty well done. Then we've got a graduation to attend at 1900 in Silver Springs, about 1/2 hour away. 

Seth and Holly and  some Marines were in TX this past weekend. Did you know the town of Bowie, TX has the world's largest Bowie Knife? Yep, even in the Guinness World Records! 

Seth and Holly 😍

Seth and friends! 💙

We're home, groceries put away and now it's time to get ready to head out again for Isabel's graduation. 

Happy Hour will have to wait today! Have a great evening. 

Visiting with Eric and family, shopping, left Aaron on Saturday, Bryan and family visits :) Erin's Birthday today!

 Last Friday got the day going with a quick trip to Cool, Ca to see Seth and Holly as they were home from Camp Pendleton for the holiday. Eric had made an awesome breakfast of eggs, potatoes and bacon! Of course I had to have some LOL.  Had a nice visit with the grandkids except Mason who was at school. Nice to see Eric and Christina too of course! 

Nephew Dusty, Love the flag in the background.

I love this picture of our great niece Cassidy! 
Hard to believe she's going to be 4! 

Then I headed out to go shopping at Winco and picking up an online order at Total Wine in Roseville, CA.   Eventually got back to Aaron's and put stuff in their refrigerator and freezer to keep food fresh until Saturday morning. 

Allissa (Jacob's sweetie) came by later in the late afternoon and caught me outside on the back patio with a glass of wine so she joined me. We had great conversation and then some Winco chicken for dinner. She and Aaron then headed out to see the new Top Gun movie. I was sound asleep whenever they got home. 

Saturday morning I made Aaron a couple of egg mc muffins and he was actually awake before I left about 0900. Grandma (Ken's mom) was having some tough decisions to make about one of her dogs so I wanted to be around if she needed me before I left. 

A nice drive home up highway 50 and got here only about 40 minutes ahead of Bryan and Cheryl. We had a great evening and I think it was after midnight before we all headed to bed. I think it was later for Bryan and Ken. :) 

Aaron wanted cheeseburgers and onion rings one night 😋

Ken, Cheryl and Bryan in the background..Adam's head LOL.

Adam, Raider and Erin 💖

Bryan and Cheryl heading out for a ride, it was a cool one!

I like the way the kitchen looks with the clouds 

Karen surprised us with this sign 💙

Sunday Karen was having a barbecue for John's 53rd Birthday. I made some spinach dip and Cheryl made her awesome potato salad. Another good, late night. Adam and Erin got here about 2215. 😃

Monday I fried up some bacon and a mess of scrambled eggs and we headed next door about 1000. Karen made her yummy biscuits and gravy and along with mimosas it was a great start to a great day. LOL.  

A couple of Can Am rides took place during the day. Visiting and just enjoying. Ken barbecued some burgers and hot links for dinner. Nothing fancy but good.  

Tuesday it was time for everyone to head for home. Bryan and Cheryl and the pups left first. Adam and Erin went for a long CanAM ride and then they headed for home too. Loved having them all! 

Raider

Cheryl, Bryan Daisy and Raider💖

Erin and Adam. Happy Birthday Erin! 💕

Did some clean up after they left and then took it pretty easy. 

Today (Wed) we headed for Ace in Fallon to return a reducer for the fireplace that didn't work. Of course while we're there we spent some more $$ thinking ahead to get the fireplace set up after the floor is in. Then to Fernley to Lowe's to get some 2x4's, insulation, concrete saw blades and concrete. $$. 

Got home in time to make some lunch. After that Ken started on the pouring of a little concrete inside the outdoor kitchen. It'll make laying the pavers easier. 

Happy Hour time, so i'll finish this later 😊🍷🍺

Well, obviously didn't get this finished, but before Happy Hour today this is getting done! 

I did some baking this morning of Ken's goodies. Tried a new recipe of low carb cookie bars and they look pretty yummy! We'll see in the morning with coffee. 

Ken's been working in the kitchen pouring the concrete he needs. Looks good.  Right now he's insulating the area where the refrigerator will go. The evening sun will shine right there so this will help keep the fridge cooler. Later he'll do part of the wall behind the fireplace :) 

He's pouring a strip of concrete along the 3 outside walls in order to make 
placement of the pavers easier without so much cutting..Those pavers are
just for standing on right now. 

He had to put in a couple of more studs upper and lower 

It's funny, unless you build it yourself you don't realize how much work goes
into it :) There will be two more pieces of insulation lower and then on the back
wall as wide as the fridge. It will be covered with the 1x4...

Now I can get this posted! Have a great evening! 

Happy 25th Anniversary Russell and Lori! Hot here in CA. Getting things done, little visit with Grandma

 Well, it's Wednesday already and time is really moving quickly! Hot over here in California, 101degrees right now. Air conditioning feels awesome in Russell and Lori's house, don't want to see the bill. 

Yesterday was Russell and Lori's 25th Wedding Anniversary and they are lucky to be have celebrated in Perdido Keys Florida, just outside of Pensacola. Boy do they have the view! I stole a few of these from Facebook. Sure doesn't seem like 25 years! 

Two eighteen year olds 25 years ago 💖
Happy Anniversary you two!

One of the Marine Corps Balls 

I believe this was before they were married 
and he was home on leave 

25 years later or so..I think this is last year..

💖💖

The view from their balcony..tough place to be! LOL. 

Monday morning Aaron loaded the 30 lb propane bottle for me and I headed out to Bryan and Cheryl's place in Lincoln. The girl in the phone (GIP we call her) took me a very nice way on back roads so I couldn't complain about the traffic. Cheryl had gotten a few nice tomatoes from her garden so made BLTs for us. I took my low carb bread and it was so yummy! I haven't had one of those sandwiches forever! Then we sat outside under the patio and visited awhile. Again, I like to be here when Aaron gets home on his break between school and practice so left in time for that. 

I was able to visit with Ken's mom and sister Diane for a bit yesterday so that was nice. Always love to see her 💕After leaving I was going to stop at Ross in Crestview Center that's been there forever but it was gone! Oh well. LOL. 

Another stop at the grocery store for a few things and then home to catch Aaron before he left for football practice! He's got a busy schedule. 

Last night was Taco Tuesday at the Kay household. 😃 Looks like it will be for him tonight too.  Dee and Katie who we've met a few times asked if we'd like to go to dinner tonight. Of course. 😊 Aaron was going too, but figures after football practice in 101 temps he'd be too beat. Can't say as I blame him. I'll have his dinner ready to go before I leave.  Allissa (Jacob's sweetie) is meeting us there too. 💗

Tomorrow Ken's taking Karen to Gardnerville to pick up John's truck from the shop. Then he's heading to Lowe's to pick up the 12x12 pavers for the flooring in the outside kitchen! Should be our last big expense. Famous last words right?!! 

Ken's putting these blocks all around the 3 sides, leveling it
and then adding the rock. This will stop erosion and keep
the wind from blowing under. 

Blocks are level, sand is not LOL. 

Looks good..Today he's working on leveling the inside of 
the kitchen...

Wednesday is an early day for Aaron so I was surprised when we both got home at the same time. Gives him a little relaxing time before having to head back to school. He's got one more week and grandson Mason is out this week. Funny how fast the school year goes now! 

I'll be heading home early Saturday as Bryan, Cheryl and their pups are coming for 3 days 😁 

Another senseless act of violence by one deranged young man! 19 children and
2 teachers gone in a heart beat, for no reason. So so sad! 😭

 

In CA for the week+, Rock delivered, Party at Aaron and Kayla's home!

 

I stole this from FB..Looks like the kids are enjoying themselves with friends 
in Florida! 

Thursday morning I left home just a little after 0900. Learned my lesson not to take Highway 50 on a weekday until they're done with the cleanup of the Caldor Fire from earlier this year.  I got stopped 4 times with at least 15 minutes of wait time. UHHH. I know it's got to be done but it sucks. I got off the freeway and headed across on Sunrise Blvd. Traffic was a nightmare!  Doesn't anybody work for a living in this town anymore!! I did get to Aaron's with time to spare before he got home from school. 

He was only home for about 1/2 hour as he has football after school at 1600. Because it was later in the day I headed for Carl's Jr to pick him up some dinner for later. The traffic was horrible once again! Got his order and headed back home. 

We don't go to fast food places, haven't in years. Paid over $23.00 for Aaron's order! Double Western Cheeseburger Combo and a small hamburger Whoa! ...we could have gone to a sit down dinner and both of us could have eaten! 

Got back to the house and when he came in he ate and then we watched a movie until bedtime. 

Friday morning he was up and out to school. Had a little breakfast and I made his lunch.  I headed out the door a little later to stop at Walmart and picked up a few things I needed.  After shopping I stopped by my sister Linda's house and visited with her and granddaughter Cassidy. 💖 Friday night he had Night on the Quad        at school. From 1900 to 2200. 

One more part of the project done! Once we get the Youngstown cabinet
in and connected the water will run into the  pipe and across the floor
underneath and drain into the soil out back. There's a 10 foot piece of pipe underneath 
the sand now. No hot water. 

There's $500.00 worth of crushed rock right there 

and the other $500! 

Saturday morning Aaron was actually up pretty early around 0930 or so. I fixed him 2 breakfast sandwiches with eggs and bacon. 

Ken and I had a party to go to in Christian Valley, just above Auburn so I left Aaron here about 1300 and headed up. Ken was coming over with the Mansion for the night. 

I got there and parked, Ken was already set up.  We visited with Aaron while Kayla was getting things ready. Aaron recently completed an outside bar area and what a BAR it is!  The house is pretty cool too! 

The outside bar looking in..

A great fire pit..made out of a huge propane bottle

The front of Aaron's house..I should have taken more..

The chicken coop..isn't it adorable!

If you have a bar you gotta have liquor and they do!!

Just some of the appetizers, more in the house

Vintage hot dog machine, still works and the hot dog
was yummy as I had one LOL. 

A very old chain saw hanging above the doorway!

People started showing up around 1500 and the party continued until 0030 or so. A great group of people, gotta say! Tons of food that was amazing! I know I ate things I shouldn't but what the heck. LOL. I neglected to get pictures of our hosts! :( 

This morning  woke up at close to 0730! Had our coffees and then walked up to see Aaron and Kayla. Kayla made us all breakfast which was yummy! It was around 1100 when we both left. Ken heading home and me heading back down the hill. 

I got here near 1200 to find Aaron up and watching baseball. After a bit I headed over to my sister Linda's house for a visit with Owen and Cassidy. They are growing so fast, I was happy to get to spend a little time with them. Owen mostly as Cassidy was sleeping most of the time I was there. 

Got back to Aaron's just about 1430. Well, time to get some dinner going here! Have a great Sunday evening! 

Well, I didn't get this posted last night but will right now. We decided to watch the Wolf of Wall Street, didn't watch it all as I fell asleep. I wasn't surprised after staying up so late the night before. Hopefully we'll finish it this evening. 

Have a great day, gonna be 95 here today. 

We've got electricity to the Kitchen, Headed over the hill to CA

 Monday we headed for Carson City to pick up the refrigerator I ordered.  We decided to stop at Betsy's Big Kitchen first and have some breakfast. That way we'd only have 2 meals for the day and I would get out of cooking breakfast. Win for me! Delicious as always. 

Found the perfect spot for Cheryl's gift 💕

We got to Home Depot and boy were they busy.  We picked up some electrical things we needed and looked at a few things. Headed for their pick up area and then a little while later we met up with Mark and pushed the fridge to the parking lot.  They want you only to park in one place and that didn't work for us so we got it out there by ourselves. We like Lowe's so much better! 

After that we headed home and unloaded it.  Ken still had time to work some on the electrical. We headed for Karen's later for Happy Hour. 🍷🍺

Perfect size for what we want...

Ken called to order rock on the way home.  Talk about sticker shock Patsy! We had ordered some about 2 years ago then it was $530.00 a load, which equals about 25 tons. Well, $1034.00 for the same load! She did ask if we still wanted it, but we need to have it , so yes. It'll be delivered on Friday. 😱😱

Tuesday morning we spent spraying the weeds that have popped up again. About an hour and a half or so. We did it a couple of months ago but then two days later we had rain and little weeds started popping up again. I've hula hoed a lot, but not in the rock areas. We've had so much wind since then we had to wait for a non windy morning. 

After that Ken spent the rest of the day doing the outlets in the kitchen and seeing where he wants to tie in under the house. 

Took a short CanAm ride up the hill..Lovely field of yellow weeds down below!

Total of 6 outlets and a switch..

Today he got it tied in with success! We have electrical now! 

I got some things ready to leave tomorrow. Russell called and said Aaron's been sick this week and home from school, so we'll see what the rest of the week holds. Hopefully he's on the up and up! 

Happy Hour over at Karen's one more time. 

Well, didn't get this posted last night so getting this done Thursday morning. Time to read some blogs and get on the road. Have a great day! I know I will because I'll be seeing a grandson! 💙😁