2017: Quiet day at the house. Ashley took the girls to their dentistappointments. Matt and Britt had to work, so I had the house to myself fora bit. Continued working on Society6 store - resizing and uploading imagesto round out projects. Ashley made beans and rice for supper. Delish! Thenwatched quot The Shack.quot
2018: Headed in to the mural meeting at Smiley building to discuss design andfundraising, then headed home for lunch and to take care of some lastchores around the apartment. In for the painting (3 students) and drawingclasses (2 students), then headed home. Ashley beat me there by just undera minute. We changed clothes, grabbed our bag and headed down to the ranchto pick up the RV. Got a text message on the way that the seller was doneand left the house locked with a spare key hidden outside - it's ours!Craig met us at the ranch, helped us load up the RV, then park down at theend of the driveway and we chatted for a little bit before heading to bed.
2019: Kristen's feeling poorly so I covered the store for the day. Ashley cameinto town for coffee with Janna and then grabbed lunch from BackcountryGourmet for us. Good thing that I was at the store - Don Walker showed up!I didn't recognize him at first but then he hung out till close. Ashley metus and we walked over for supper at Steamworks then caravanned home for theevening. Stayed up chatting for quite a bit.
2020: The painters came and mostly finished sanding the house. Lily took longnaps throughout the day. Gary fed Lily in the morning and held her foralmost a whole awake period. Mom read her two books before bedtime.Everyone seemed to get along pretty well - I think that Lily's finallygotten accustomed to having other people around. I motorcycled into town tocover lunch - nice to be on the bike. After Lily went to bed Ashley and Iwent for a walk around the lake - awfully nice! We saw a couple of beaversand generally it was a delight to walk in the evening. I worked on thegates for the front porch - making them safer for Trixie and Lily to getout and play on - they'll be ready for stain whenever that happens. Supperand everyone was ready for bed.
2021: Lily slept a bit later than normal! We all had breakfast then the girlsheaded out for a walk and I went in to the store. Made job offers andplanned tomorrow's start for Mia in the frame shop - including prepping atraining schedule/checklist. Home and grilled chicken and corn-on-the-cobfor supper. Tasty and nice to sit on the deck and eat. Hot, can't wait forthe weather to cool down a bit. Read for a bit before bed.
2023: Up and went to irrigate early. Then breakfast and some time with Lily andAshley. We recorded an announcement video with Lily's help to send on toMom and Tobey. They were thrilled to hear the news. Then out on the porchto swing for a bit and Lily called Gail over to visit (and shared the newswith her). Then Ashley and Lily headed to the TreeHouse and I went on towork. Painted the last two portraits in the testing series (until the nextset of paint arrives). Headed home and met Ashley at Mill Street Bistro fordate night! Great supper and time visiting. Home and wrapped up for thenight.
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