Saturday, October 16, 2010.
I did not want to get out of bed today. I knew I had to clean a cabin that someone had been in for a month and was not looking forward to it. But I got up anyway.
Bob and Lynn, the customers who were here for a month, came into the lodge in the morning and we talked for awhile before they left. They had to give Buddy and Senna their goodbye treats and us our goodbye hugs. It was fun having them here for a month and sad to see them go.
Lynn has been coming up here since she was a kid - 48 years now. The longest running customer and I wish we could do something for a special customer appreciation. I will have to think about that.
After they left I turned on the Spruce cabin. I had cleaned it two days prior so I knew it was ready. So all I had to do was put water in the ice cube trays, put them in the freezer, turn on the refrigerator and hot water and heat. The musky fishermen are supposed to be here around 11 a.m.
John drove me into town to pick up my car that was in the shop. It turns out we never would have made it to Duluth tomorrow on those tires. There was steel sticking out all over. Ken from Mercer Rentals probably saved our lives.
I had made out a deposit before we left, so I got in my repaired car and drove to Manitowish Waters to our bank. I made it with only a half hour to spare before they closed their window for the day. I had some cash to deposit so I would not have put that in the night deposit and would have had to wait until Monday afternoon. So I'm glad I got there in time.
After I got back from the bank I made myself some lunch and then started on Alder. The cabin looked very clean so I appreciated that very much. The only problem is that when a cabin is lived in for a month, there is a lot more work to do. There is just a lot more detail work, I should say. For instance the inside of the refrigerator is more messy. The bathroom has more to clean up, there's more dust on everything and everything and I mean everything needs to be wiped down or checked. It took me about 3.5 hours, which I thought it would. If they hadn't left the cabin so clean to begin with, it would have taken me a lot longer though. It sure was a relief to have it done.
I came in and sat down to relax. Then I remembered I got a movie from the library, Defiance. So I watched that by myself because that is not John's kind of movie. I forwarded through the bad parts but the movie was very good. I recommend it for every grown up.
My daughter called today and told me they bought a newer used car, a RAV 4 Toyota. That surprised me since I hadn't known they were looking for another car. I don't think they did much research on it before they bought it but I'm happy that they're happy. Soon I'll have John's dad's car, a Lincoln. He hadn't been driving for the last 2 years before he died, so the car was used by the family for various things. Now we are going to buy it from John's mom. So that will mean that we will have a nice vehicle again. Ours are pretty beat up and bad looking.
So I will pick up my new car on Tuesday and drive it home. I'm glad and I think I will be a little spoiled. We have been driving old, run down cars for the last 6 years or more. John drives the old minivan that has over 200,000 miles on it. My car has over 144,000 miles on it and we just had to put $350 into it just to be safe on the road. We saved a lot of money by driving our cars until they "died" and I don't regret it at all. I think automobiles are the worst thing to spend money on because they depreciate so darn much so fast. But we all need them.
John cut down a bunch of weeds that were growing over the septics today. He has a weed cutter that can cut down trees up to 4 inches in diameter. The blade on the end is like a steel table saw blade. He wears a harness that hangs on him like a reverse back pack. The saw hooks onto the harness in the front of him and there are two bicycle-type handles he holds onto. We don't want trees or bushes to grow into the septics because that would cause major problems. So he spent the better part of the day cutting down brush over the septics. The rest of the day he spent picking up the piles of leaves I had raked. He put them over the septic systems after that. Hopefully the huge amount of leaves will keep the weeds down too. We'll see.
Now John is watching the Badgers. I just made a cranberry cake from a new recipe book I got for my birthday.
I can feel my hands trying to recover from all the chemicals I used to clean today. They are rough and tight around the fingers from all the bleach and comet cleansers. They'll be fine because my hands are pretty tough and have been for years. I can remember years ago when I would visit my grandma in the nursing home and I would try to hold her hand. She said that my hands felt like sand paper. Oh well, I guess I have working hands.
So now that the Badgers are over I will try to talk John into watching another movie. I have to take them back on Monday.
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