Tuesday still February!!

 This winter weather has been incredible. Well unless you look at todays temp drop back to winter we go!Ugh!!!

It actually said 67*F in the car! It was a tiny bit windy so we tried to find places to sit out of the wind. 

Steve wanted to go have happy hour/drinks by the river so we picked 3 places. This photo was the 2nd stop in Hastings by the lake, instead of the river. We walked over the bridge to the little island to have it all to ourselves. 

First stop was Spring Lake Park, next to the Mississippi River/ lake area. It was too windy to sit on the beach so we sat back in the woods to block the wind. The last, not pictured was the best place, Prescott on the docks. Warm, sunny and no wind. We only had a few H.S kids fishing at the end of the dock. A perfect day to sit outside for a happy hour. 

I did get a few more home projects done in the morning since I had the day off. I had to do one more coat of primer on both of the windows. They are 100% done. I still have to put back the curtains and blinds on the spare room window. I also have one more coat of enamel to paint on the upstairs hall nook. I am going to finish that this morning before work. Then it just needs a little mud, sanding and painting. It will be nice to finish that up! It's been in the works for years!!! 

I also swept the entire back of our house siding to get the cotton/webs/dirt off. It's all prepped for power washing! I did more paint scraping on the deck and stairs. Steve will rent a big sander and do the rest, then we will do a clear coat of paint. A few top rail boards also need to be replaced, as an easy fix. I'll power wash the house this weekend when the temps are back into the 60's after today, temp drop tonight of 8 degrees and snow this afternoon. Yep, snow!! Let's hope it all goes north, which it looks like that's going to happen. We might just get a few flakes up to 1"?? It's all going to melt again Thursday- Sunday. 

I have a new client meeting this afternoon. It's a referral so hopefully, I will get that job for every 2 weeks! Steve did get a call yesterday for a small job. At least he is getting calls. Just wish it was for a good amount of work. Ugh!! Getting a bit worried about the lack of jobs lined up after the next two. At least I'm picking up more work but not enough to cover Steve's jobs. We have time to get more and spring/busy season is coming. Just very slow this year, probably because everyone is finding out they owe taxes. Yikes!! 

We will continue to get our house finished in case we want to rent or sell/build. We did find the perfect lot to build on, so that's a tough one not to jump on building. We have to just concentrate on finishing our house first before we can even think of the next step. Either way, I want it all done and ready for whatever we decide in the future. I think Celina is a bit freaked out by our talk of renting or building. She is still living at home and we don't want to displace her. Kendra just stayed in a hotel for the year while they built. Which is a good idea to get hotel perks, plus not have a contract and can leave at anytime, so we would not be stuck in a year lease. I might have to look into that. We would just keep our stuff in storage for the build or if we rented our house. No need to make any hasty decisions although that lot won't be available forever. There will always be land and we've found a few options over the years that we have liked. There are also lots in Hastings that I do like too, that are smaller and in a neighborhood.