Wednesday this and that

Today is my last day off, before back to working. It's been a nice break. Weather has gotten back in the 90's, which is a bit hot for me to enjoy being outside. But, the mornings are starting to feel a bit like fall. Cool and crisp.

We ended up running into town twice yesterday. DH needed some more pvc pipe and elbows from the lumber store. While there I ran into the grocery and got the salad and some fried chicken. I had to run back around 4pm, when DH realized he didn't have enough pvc cement left to finish.

I'm waiting on about a $1300 insurance refund. Last March I had to renew our construction insurance (since builder didn't get us completed in a year) and had to pay up front for a whole year (again). It still took another 3 months to complete build and 2 more months to close the loan out, but I am due a 7 months refund. Hopefully, it won't take them that long to refund it.

Did I mention DH's dad's will won't get through probate now until next year? As usual, the story keeps changing (from SIL) as to what is going on with it. Originally, it was the will doesn't even have to go through probate, if the one sister who is not in the will signed an affidavit that she wouldn't protest the will. She signed it. Then it changed to, since the sale of his house didn't close until a week after he died, now it has to go through probate. Then it was we just had to wait the 4 months for the creditor's notice to clear. Now, it's they have to file his income tax return for this year and can't do that until 2020...and something else slipped in there about waiting to see if there is a bill from hospice.Geez, how long do they get to send a bill to a deceased person's estate? We did receive a small check for $368 recently. It was his last social security payment split between the sibs. Apparently, that gets mailed out direct by social security and not to the estate.

My mom met with the realtor and he got her house listed yesterday. $130k asking price, which I think is pretty darn good for just a mfg home, no land. and it's a small double wide, 2 bedroom, 2 bath. and I think it must be about 20 years old by now. I can't remember when they moved in there. Sometime when my dd was a toddler, I think.  There are a few things DD and I had already discussed with her last year, when she wanted to make a list of anything we would want, if/when she moved. She has 2 small antique side tables I want and a few knicknacks. I can't remember what DD picked. She has a beautiful pecan dining room set, but neither of us have a need for it (let alone trying to move it all the way here, haha). It's more of a traditional style, whereas with my home, I'm going for more of the rustic/farmhouse style. It sounds like she will be giving my son her sofa.

In the ride-about DH and his friend took the other day, they visited with some of his nearby "neighbors"...around here most people are spread out a mile or so apart, LOL. Met a guy with a small tractor or bobcat. He is supposed to come over tomorrow and get the 2 ditches DH needs dug done. DH is tired of waiting on the guy who is supposed to do it...2 weeks ago. Last night he finally said he's going to give the other guy, who is supposed screen the topsoil, a call again and demand a specific date to get this done. He should have done that a month ago, when the guy didn't show up when he originally said. But, DH makes himself sick to his stomach to have to "get mean".

Well, back to vacuuming. I just got the upstairs done. Now to the down. Not as much to do down, since it's just our bedroom that is carpeted.