After we put out the awning and attached and secured the shade screen this morning, we spent the rest of the morning with tape measure and stakes figuring out where we are putting the patio and shed. Roger spoke with a shed representative after we "designed" the shed on-line. Once I hit the "save my a quote" button and put in our info it wasn't 10 minutes and the phone was ringing! Talking with her, though, was quite helpful as she had hints and clues as to what we should/shouldn't do.
Roger then spent a couple hours after lunch filling out and gathering together the paperwork required by the architectural committee to get approval of our plan. He got it turned into the representative for our street and he said it looked good and we should have approval by next week some time. (The good news here is that the printer worked. I was afraid that the ink might be all dried up.)
Now, we have to figure out the logistics of lining up the contractors who will do the work. Everyone is getting work done right now, so we just have to be patient - but it is hard. We want it done and we want it now!!
We had dinner out at a nice Italian place in Florence. Very good pizza. We will go back many times over the winter, I'm sure.
We heard coyotes last night. A neighbor reported seeing scat on the trail this morning. She also told me that this summer there was a "ground squirrel eradication program" by the park personnel. I'm not sure I want to know what that entailed but between the coyotes and that, we sure aren't seeing any squirrel activity. Maggie keeps watch, but so she's been disappointed.
It was 81 degrees and sunny this afternoon with a slight breeze. We did run the furnace this morning for about 15 minutes to take the chill off while we had tea/coffee and read the news and checked email.
Tomorrow I'm off to the Bay Area. No blog until Monday.
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