A May Sunday
The schedule was light today. We had agreed on that. In the late forenoon, I had a request. I was needed for moral support. Off to the far back garage we went. The request was to just be near in case I was needed. The Cub-Lo-Boy would be pulling out the two-wheel trailer that would be carrying some garden art. So much for the light schedule for Dennis.
Yesterday Dennis dug in the garage and found some oil cedar stain. The bench that has been a part of our back stoop now has newly stained boards . . . two coats no less!
The bridge that Jeremy had made for me on a Mother’s Day before Megan could walk, she is now 16, was in need of some TLC. Out of the back garage on the trailer, it was marched right up to the outside faucet for a wash job to be rid of cobwebs and dust. Now there is a project. It will take time to cover all the lumber on the bridge with Dennis’ two inch brush. I may need to be backing off of the amount of vitamins Dennis is taking. Dennis doesn’t go at it hell bent. It is a slow and a steady process and it works great for him. That will be next week’s project after the bridge is put in the pickup garage. The sun has too much power for Dennis to be open for either sun burn or for the most recent daily event . . . wind burn.
We had gotten a post card last week that I had tucked away. It was for car insurance. I had done an online quote. I needed to talk to a real person. Today when I visited with Dennis he was all in with checking it out. I took a chance and called the number today. Sure enough . . . a live person. It was a reputable company. I had our current car insurance coverage at my finger tips. I went one by one of the coverage we currently have that I would like their proposal to be on. It was a fairly long conversation answering questions to the degree that our driving records were checked after I gave them our license numbers. The company that we have had as our carrier, we have had for over ten years. I could not believe that the quote was less than half of what we have been paying. I spent quite a bit of time going through the process to nail it down. I now have a new policy number complete with a printed out car insurance policy. It will go in effect May 29, 2020, as our old policy is due June 1, 2020. I also have the I.D. cards printed out that we will carry as well as a copy in the vehicles. The Ford Ranger and the MKX will continue having good coverage. I had heard that some companies have reduced the currant coverage by a percentage due to the fact of the virus and less driving by their clients. I think when we received the renewal with no reduction, that post card seemed like a good way to spend some of the afternoon.
Yup . . . it has been a good May Sunday. Watching our backs in today’s world is a never ending challenge. I do wonder about some of our friends when they may not know to watch what is their usual and customary. We surely had dropped the ball.