More food and more fixing stuff

No mason guy and no gutter guy, still. Apparently the mason guy took the week off to go "shed hunting". We're pretty sure the gutter guy is going to be a complete no show. DH can't even get a hold of him now. Apparently there are no gutter installation service companies in our nearby city! Crazy. The plastic sheeting that we had the mold guys leave up, so that the insulation guys won't have to spend time covering the siding and windows up so they don't get insulation spray on them, was having a hard time with all the wind we've been having. Ugh. We ended up taking one front one off and hopefully got the other 3 sections set so they will stay put until they get here.


DH mowed for the first time yesterday :) He hadn't used our Honda mower since we lived in town, but it started right up. He used it around the edges and small area and then got out his *new John Deere and mowed the rest. We are still hoping the seeded areas will fill in good, and soon.

DD's husband went back to work at his plant yesterday. The company put back into the facility a huge amount of workers. As he works directly in the plant, doing training, he can't work from home much. DD is still working from home, with her job.

My Walmart pick up order said I could make changes until 1:45am this morning, so yesterday throughout the day, I'd check stock and was able to add quite a few of the things that originally said out of stock. I took this morning off and went shopping. We need food besides soup and sandwiches. With the limits for Walmart and then an email that they were out of honey ham lunch meat, I already knew I was going to have to stop at at least one more store. I stopped at Target. Found the frozen salmon there we like, so I got 4 boxes. I got an extra box of Hostess cupcakes and some Charmin TP was in stock,but they were out of the bread we like.  Then I went to another grocery store, where I found the bread and some thin ribeye steak. I only got one pack of 2 steaks, though. Too expensive. They also had Charmin TP, so I grabbed a pack there. We are good on TP now, until I can start finding the Quilted Northern we prefer, in stock again.

DH read a couple of articles that beer and soda may become a shortage as there is a carbonation shortage happening/coming. He's addicted to Mountain Dew and the limit with Walmart pick up was 2. But, I found a way around the limits on a few of my items. I just ordered different sizes LOL. So, I got 2 24 packs of the Dew and then 4 12 packs. He drinks 2-3 a day (ugh), so that's only a month or so supply. I had ordered some regular size cans of cream of chicken and mushroom soups. They substituted the huge family sized ones. Not sure how long that will keep in the fridge, as I won't need to use a full can. I only use the soups for casserole dishes I make.

And putting away all my food I just bought, it sure was nice to be able to put the extra freezer stuff in the new freezer, rather than trying to make it all fit in the fridge freezer!  I have to go back in next Wednesday for my eye follow up visit (Day 7 with no issues now) so I am going to do another grocery pick up order. Then we will really be stocked up much better.

While I was gone, DH had to cut a hole in the wall in our upstairs hallway so that the insulation guys can get back in there to fix the problem. Well, what do ya know? DH found the issue right away! They didn't spray enough foam insulation and there are gaps between the foam and the wall boards where you can literally see the daylight outside! No wonder we were having icicles last winter! It's exactly what DH figured was the problem and the insulation guy tried to tell him it was something else.  Now....what to do with a hole in the wall?....Originally, during the build, we had thought of making it a small storage closet off the hallway to the bonus room (it's just attic space) but I didn't want another door. There's already a regular closet across the hall as well as a doorway to a bedroom. Too many doors! Plus, it wouldn't be a regular full sized door. It would be like a hobbit sized door. We've decided to put a built in bookcase there.

Daylight coming through at the bottom of that roof beam where it meets the wall. Ugh.

Dinner this evening is going to be salmon, green beans, watermelon pieces and french bread. The trip to the city tired me out, and now I'm trying to finish working the rest of the day. I wish I could take a nap!