There's still a smidge of snow underneath J.'s bedroom window - the only way snow got there was the huge winds that blew it all over the place. There's not a ton of sun on that spot during the day and the temps are still pretty darn cold so it's going to take awhile.
I drove to Reno on Saturday and there were a lot of 'ice cubes' along the freeway edge - waiting for enough sun to melt what was snow and has now morphed into ice blocks. That will also take awhile. Still plenty of fresh snow on all the surrounding hills and it's so pretty.
J. is going to drive himself to physical therapy today! It's only 5 minutes away and he's done a short drive around the neighborhood in my car and managed fine. If the repaired hip was the right hip, he wouldn't be driving for a long time but it's his left and our cars are automatic so...he's good to go. He still isn't feeling up to trekking to Atlantis - it's a much longer drive and the walking to/from and inside the casino feels like a bit much - but it's great for him to have some mobility and independence to get to/from doctor and PT visits. He's doing really well and getting around with the cane is a big improvement over the bulky walker.
We reached out to our landscaper for a recommendation of some help with our landscape care and as I type this, the hum of a blower clearing out debris from the front yard is just outside the windows here. They've pruned all the plants back and clean debris as they go. The front yard looks great already and the backyard is in process. The best part? They charge by the hour and we don't need help monthly - so we'll just have them come 2-4 times a year for maintenance as needed! SCORE! I'm so happy. The hourly rate she quoted is pretty high but it's a team of three people so it's really not bad at all! They have been working steadily for an hour (so far) and the estimate was two hours - based on Google maps (which showed them the side of the lot). It's well worth the expense and I'll start doing a monthly savings amount to our household account so we'll always have what we need to pay them.
Such a relief to have the help because even without J.'s hip replacement, we've realized it's a huge amount of yard for two people in their golden years.
We just purchased tickets for the Beyond Van Gogh event at the Reno Convention Center - for August! Totally excited to see this amazing exhibit!
I'm working on a pantry overhaul and realized late yesterday that the pantry shelves on the left and the back wall are much deeper than the ones on the right side. Why is this important? Because the pantry hack (thank you, You Tube and FitFrugalMom) uses bins that were deeper than the shelves I first started to use for this plan - and to discover that if I just shift to the other side and all will be well - was a huge Huzzah! moment!
It's the little things these days.
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