Day 151: 8-11-20 (Tuesday)
Primary business started EARLY! I had a lot to do with several kids with upcoming baptisms and a couple of new families in the ward. It felt good to actually have something to do as far as my calling is concerned. It is so strange not having a million things to do church-wise and...not going to lie...sometimes it is kind of nice.
We had a very interested prospective buyer for the Sandpoint house. That was super exciting but then it fell through. Our realtor urged us to lower the price which we did. Hopefully that works. It is a cute house with a lot going for it but it is also a bit quirky with an open floor plan and many North Idahoans don't love an open floor plan.
Kirk and Meki told us that they can't come up for their 2nd week at the lake. It would have started next week. We were super disappointed. Kirk's work is too busy so he gave his week to me. That was very sweet but I was really hoping that we would get another quick visit with them this summer.
Today had a rather blah and disappointing vibe. We also found out that our school district decided to delay the start of school for an extra two weeks. We don't start real time distance learning until Sept.14th!
Day 152: 8-12-20 (Wednesday)
Today is a cool and cloudy day. It is nice. Tyler and I had a good walk and I was able to process a lot of feelings about things. Tyler is a good listener and has good advice which is very helpful. Then we both came home and worked all day. I finished up a big project for my booth. Things are continuing to sell rapidly which is a huge blessing!
Tyler took the girls out for a few hours this evening. Tyler and Bryn flew their drones at the middle school and then Tyler let Ailey practice driving. We miss Kam and his *chore* of taking Ailey driving! Ha Ha!
We had three showings on the Sandpoint house in a 24 hour period so that is good. My sister and her family are moving out of the house at the end of August and into a rental in Sandpoint. It would be nice to sell the place by that time.
Day 153: 8-13-20 (Thursday)
Ailey got her school schedule for what her real time distance learning will look like. She will have an A/B schedule. Three classes one day and three more classes the next day. She also got her distance learning Seminary schedule too. One day personal study...the next day a Zoom class...then personal study...then Zoom etc. At least it won't start at 6am. She is happy about that!
Tyler's mom and step-dad are coming for a visit the first week of September. They feel like they can travel now. It will be good to see them and to have a bit more family support.
We are thinking of buying a Peleton. Kirk and Meki got one and love it! Paul and Whitney just ordered one. Since we obviously won't be heading back to the gym anytime soon we need to come up with another plan. We are paying our monthly gym fees for nothing. The gym is open but super restricted and it's hard to feel like it is a *safe* COVID -free environment. The governor just made gym rules and restrictions even more strict this last week. The new guidelines just make it harder to go to the gym not safer. So Peleton here we come! It will be fun to be able to connect as a group for challenges and things with Kirk, Meki, Paul, and Whitney.
Ailey and Bryn came with me to do some birthday drop-offs for Primary and then Tyler and I drove to Coeur d' Alene for vendor night at the store. I did a big rearrange and brought in another big piece of furniture. I was at the store for about an hour and a half. I am loving my booth. I can't believe the good sales I have had every day. Why didn't I do this years ago?! Tyler and I grabbed some Greek take-out and ate it lakeside. It was a beautiful peachy pink night. Am I the only one who thinks that sunsets have been extra pretty since quarantine?
We had several more showings at the Sandpoint house today and while I was working on my booth our realtor texted us to say that someone was making an offer that night! They did and it was a pretty good one. That was exciting and hopefully some momentum on the estate will lessen some of the stress.
Day 154: 8-14-20 (Friday)
Today we had more showings at the Sandpoint house and got another offer. Two offers! I guess dropping the price did the trick. I spent most of the day going back and forth with our realtor and siblings. It was exhausting. But we accepted one offer so we are under contract now. So that is good news.
Tyler and I decided to go to Coeur d' Alene for our date night. We wanted to check out Hayden Lake. We stopped off at Midtown Market and I dropped off two freshly painted coffee tables for my booth. We grabbed Noodle Express take-out and then headed to Hayden Lake. We had the BEST time!! I can't believe that we haven't ever been on this lake. It was really pretty and much larger than I expected. I think this lake will be where we go for our next boating day. We also found out that you can rent Bing Crosby's house on the lake. How fun would Christmas be at Bing Crosby's lake house?!
We ran into a trio of sister missionaries while we were checking things out. It was fun to talk to them. We told them about Kam and they said that they would pray for him. Good. We will take all the prayers! We told them that we were out on a date night and they suggested a place for dessert that is owned by their stake president... Birdie's Pie Shop. That was already on our list of places to go so we went and tried it out.
Tyler got the key lime pie (delicious) I got the the pecan pie (not delicious) but I am a pecan pie snob and I think that mine is the best pecan pie ever so I will have to give them another chance. Plus that key lime pie was pretty fantastic!
Right after we were walking away from the sister missionaries we got a FB message from Kam. There was a crazy storm going on in his area and he was sending us some really cool lightening pictures.
As we were getting out of the car after arriving at home a giant shooting star blazed right over our heads and our house. It was so beautiful. After that we hung out on our deck for awhile to see if we would see any more. It's the time of the perseid meteor showers. Not a bad date night at all. I have to say that I think our date nights have been more fun after COVID. It's gotten us out of our dinner and movie rut. We definitely have had to be more creative.
Day 155: 8-15-20 (Saturday)
Nothing too exciting today. It's been your basic COVID-19 quarantine Saturday. It is still weird that we don't have kids in 50 million sports/activities on Saturdays anymore. I also realized that I have barely taken any pictures this week. Oh well. We went to the park and the grocery store. I did a Primary porch visit to a family who is taking the discussions and the nine year old is getting baptized. We all just worked on projects around the house and yard. We also started cleaning and organizing the garage. Good times. LOL.
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