Best Life

 Word of the day - nurture. Meaning to help someone grow, develop or succeed.   Look how beautiful my granddaughter is as Megan nurtures her growth! Today included a very early trip to Farmington.  Lots of rain and no traffic at 7:30am!  Walmart was pretty good.  Super helpful employees, almost no other people and we were out in 30 minutes.  Tractor supply was empty until we were in the check out line.  Where did all these people come from?  But we found everything we needed before heading back to Rangeley. A lazy afternoon with a nap, movie and sketching before heading to Don and Kim's for dinner and cards.  Thank you for yummy fish and card games where the girls ruled! National Garage Sale Day.                                       Grandma Scott at a yard sale on Diamond Hill Road (early 1970s?) Through the years we h...

                                                 The last 2 posts have been lifted and cemented into place.                                                  I painted more boards.                                             I also waterproofed the larger of the two boat covers.  This was a first so fingers crossed I did it correctly.  It has been in the sun since early morning and will complete drying in the garage.  Tomorrow - test for repellency.  With heavy rain predicted tomorrow and lingering showers Sunday, we are taking the next few days off from "...

  After working hard most of the day we decided to treat ourselves to dinner out.  We headed to Furbish Brew since they advertised live music and we knew we could sit outside.                                                         The view - awesome!                                                            Mango margarita - yummy!                                                       Nachos with mango/pineapple salsa - divine.             ...

 Today's goal - to place two of the 16 foot ledger boards against the garage. I was very little help since the beams were too heavy for me to lift up the ladder.  Paul wound up rigging straps and lifting them into place and bolting them.   Tomorrow's lumber has been painted. With full sun and temps in the low 80s, I removed one of the blankets on the bed and all windows are open.  It feels like summer again!   I rewashed the boat cover and hopefully when it completes drying I can re-apply the waterproofing, sketched some drawings for the nursery, completed reading a book and cleaned a wee bit. August 5, 2011:  Rangeley Lake memories:                                                                                ...

 Happy belated birthday Kim!  It is not that I forgot.  Truly.  I just somehow lost an entire week.  I can blame my age or the fact that when retired I seem to never know the day of the week or the crazy amount of things I needed to keep track of last week.  I had it in my head that is was this Tuesday (in reality last Tuesday).  Anyway I hope it was a good one! Today was a stunning, perfect day here in Rangeley.  All sun, 70s and a nice breeze.  Laundry dried nicely and I managed to complete a couple pictures for the nursery. We also painted the boards going up tomorrow for the carport.  The boards were soaking wet from the rain and after spreading them out the sun dried them within a few hours.                                            Four 16 foot boards painted and ready for install tomorrow. Internationa...

 After a week of cleaning, organizing, planning and trying to be helpful without being PIAs we headed back to Maine early this morning.  I love being able to help the kids and watching them celebrate life's gifts and I love the obverse - being in Maine with the quiet and the slower pace.   The ride was a bit longer than usual due to the harsh downpour that followed us for hours. The stops were few and very short.  Even Fenway was quick at the bathroom break. And we had lots of deliveries while we were gone - new boat trailer tires, cleaning supplies and our lumber delivery.  Not only was the lumber delivery free, they placed it right in front of the work area which meant they had to do a bit of maneuvering with the truck.  And they also put the bags of concrete in the garage out of the weather.  Great customer service! The sun only lasted a short while and the pouring rain has begun again. National Georgia Day.  We spent a lot of time in Sava...