Then up to Colville Saturday evening to stay overnight, Sunday morning was spent with a close friend on my mom's who I've known since I was about 4 years old, then a stop in Spokane and home. Monday and Tuesday were catch up on things around the house, then Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we undertook a remodel of our deck and replacement of the walls of our carport and the storage room behind it. I'm sore. I hurt in places I haven't since the last time I helped my dad remodel something when I Was in my 20s!
But... we've gotten rid of a LOT of crap that just needed to go, plus made a serious start on our project. I ordered a front-end load dumpster from the garbage company, which allowed us to get rid of things that had simply accumulated along with the old siding, lattice all around the decking (I hate wooden lattice), and everything on the end deck aside from the pressure treated wood posts. I may even be able to put a hot tub there (when I buy one) after this is all done! It only took 12 years after moving into the house to get DH to really go on this project, but it will be done this summer, one weekend at a time until it's finished. And he's also finally started cleaning out some of the r/c airplane stuff he won't use again. A lot he can't fly due to a tremor from diabetes in one hand, and he's been so involved the past few years in his full-size kit airplane (yes, he flew it up to Coeur d'Alene) that he's not really interested in that hobby anyway.
Progress! Now if only I could just not be an essential worker for a couple more weeks.... imagine what I could get done when not simply taking vacation time!
