LOCATION: Our new tiny house in Retama Village, Mission, Texas
WEATHER: Not as hot. Only (!) about 93
What a wonderful start to the day.....A neighbor dropped by wth a welcome gift, a wooden spoon that her husband had carved. She chatted quite a bit and gave us some helpful information.
We feel like we accomplished more today. First, we did the annual required Texas car inspection. With that certificate, plus titles, proof of residency, proof of Texas car insurance, and a fat checkbook, we were able to get our new Texas license plates! One down!
Then to Target, where I had seen a table that I liked. We wanted to make sure that the chairs we had bought would fit with the table, so we took a chair we had bought in another store into Target to test it out. Yeah, it fits! It is an indoor/outdoor table so we can take it outside when the weather is cooler. "Some assembly required"......
Back to the store where we had bought the chairs. We had to return one as it was wobbly, and wanted to buy 2 more, so we would have a total of 4......planning ahead for hopeful visitors. But, they only had 2, so we have to order the 4th one online. Always something.....
Then to Lowe's DIY store to get the window blinds cut down a half inch. I had to stay in the truck to guard the chairs in the back of the truck, so George was unsupervised in Lowe's, a bad thing. He bought a couple of things that I'm going to return another day. Unnecessary stuff that will just clutter the house. Naughty boy.
Back home, George installed one set of blinds. I think they look great!
Then, off to have cocktails at the home of some neighbors. These people used to live in a mobile home and had a small coach house here. They liked the community so much that they sold their motor home and built a "regular" house. It is beautiful. It cooled down enough in the evening to sit in their patio. We had a very pleasant chat with them. Everyone seems so nice.
DINNER: In my goal to use up all the cans in the "emergency food box" and starting afresh, we had a can of soup. Pretty unexciting!
I know a lot of people who have moved and needed to install their own furniture. It can actually be cheaper to get used furniture from a second-hand-store or a place that simply sells used furniture. Yard sales are a life saver for these sorts of things, because people generally will sell their used furniture for a fairly decent price.
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