Sunday.
A lengthy ordeal 2 days ago with Tractor Supply that I am not going to bother going into great detail here, just to say the experience was ridiculous. In a nutshell, I ordered 4, 50-pound bags of rye grass seed from the store 30 miles away. We were going there anyway and the price was $5 per bag cheaper than in my town, so why not. I got to the store after receiving an email saying it was ready to be picked up - and found out they didn't have any of the grass seed, had thrown the printed order in the trash and left it like that, while hitting my account for over $200.
Yeah, as I said, it was a lengthy ordeal and the charge is still showing on my PayPal account. I ended up getting the seed in my town, probably at the higher price, I don't know, I didn't check, I was disgusted by the time I got to that point.
This is definitely a nothing day. I will take the seed over to the property, put it in the locked shed, perhaps go for a walk with the dog and that's about it for today. Tomorrow, I will be over there early enough looking to see if the power company is there yet - I do this every day now - and then I will make a decision about which machine to rent. Basically, I will call the place renting a dozer and see if they will even rent to me. If they won't, I'll get the small machine at the local rental place and do what I can with it.
The dozer will be more expensive but it will get so much more done, with a better result. As I said, I will just have to make a decision tomorrow.
My $1,500 property tax bill isn't going to be officially late until February of next year, that one is going to sit there a while. Bracing myself for whatever the power company is going to want for a deposit, I'm imagining thousands of dollars but hoping for something smaller. I'll have no choice, whatever they tell me.
The shed is going to wait to be transformed into a vending machine/laundry/shower. It's just not in the cards right now for the money situation. I want to get everything done that I have to plus the doggy park. The materials for that are paid for, I just need a machine to do a bit more leveling before I run the fencing around it and get some grass seed down.
There is a medium chance of rain coming this week on Wednesday and Thursday. The chances of rain go up and down every time I check. But, I got the grass seed in case I get these lots leveled and ready to plant - and - if it's going to rain. The seed will sit in there if it isn't going to rain until there is rain definitely coming.
The week after this, rain is forecast with varying percentages most every day. This will not only water the grass seed, but if it rains enough, I can see if my drainage pipes are going to work. Adjustments can be made. Not without a lot of work, of course, but if necessary, I can pull one or more out, do some more digging and hope for the best. Really shouldn't be an issue, I think I got it right, but who knows until we get a nice, heavy downpour?
We went to a local parade yesterday and then there was a carnival and a bunch of food and trinket tents set up. Spent 5 hours there, lol. The 7 year old went on his first ferris wheel ride. Except, this wasn't a normal, relaxing ferris wheel. This one, you get into a cage and not only does the entire apparatus spin around (like normal), the cages also spin separately - whether you want them to or not. The poor child was screaming, crying and carrying on the entire time!
I got a video of it, lol, sent it to the parents. Sorry, but there was no death or injury, we all got a laugh out of it. The boy laughed this morning at a pic I took of him after he had gotten off the ride - you'd think he'd just gone through a war zone! He got over it after that and went on far less - exciting rides.
Well, I'm going to continue my "tax research" today. I know, I need to see an accountant but it's just more money to spend. Money is a factor here. Getting down to the nitty gritty.
