===== 2020 in Review ===== ^Date^Activity^ |Dec 2019 - May 2020| Winter in Florida | |Jan 2|Salute to Vienna - Van Wezel| |Jan 11|Siesta Beach birding| |Jan 15|First light stand wired with LEDs| |Jan 18-20|Fly to Denton for Memorial| |Jan 22-29|Vicki stays with us| |Feb 3|DnD installs new garage door| |Feb 11|La Boheme - Sarasota Opera| |Feb 15|Birding at Fort Desoto| |Feb 23|Swan Lake Bolshoi| |Feb 20-25|Petrys & girls visit| |Feb29|Tampa Violet Show| |March 2|Garage Solar fan| |March 5|Elixir at Sarasota Opera| |March 13| Last Apprentice Concert. Rest of Opera season cancelled| |April 3|Removed huge stump for Plumbago in back yard| |April 10-13|Sarasota Glass installs Impact Glass| |April 27-May 3|Slider door replaced by me| |May 4-8|Stuccco added around new windows| |May (most of month)|Replaced downstairs windows with Impact Glass| |May 26 - June 10 | Apex house cleaning | |May 29 |Walk Through with Anne| |May 30 |Order Granite| |June 1 |POD #1 arrives in Apex| |June 6 |Computer card cabinet sold| |June 10 |Travel to Sarasota with flat tires| |June 12| Braendel starts painting KB front| |June 15-19|Replace downstairs family room and ballroom windows with impact glass| |June 20 | Pod #1 arrives in Sarasota| |June 23| Build backyard sunset viewing patio| |June 24| Tom G starts to paint back of house| |June 29| Ersen & Juliya citizenship & party| |June 30| Begin painting upper West wall of KB| |July 4| Neighborhood hot dogs and fireworks on the Blvd| |July 8 - Aug 22| Apex| |July 9| Begin disassembling plant towers| |July 10| Visit Brenda & Mahlen in Smithfield| |July 14| Painting disaster ruined woodwork, walls, floors and ceiling| |July 24| Real Painters begin| |July 29|Emergency! Upstairs AC water leak ruins 4 ceilings| |Aug 5| Upstairs Workshop demolition| |Aug 10| Dumpster arrives| |Aug 11| Disassemble outdoor plant cage| |Aug 17|Tom & Libbie paint Master bathroom| |Aug 18| Begin Master bath floor| |Aug 22 - Sept 1| Sarasota| |Aug 26| Lanai roof leak repair with aluminized rubber tape| |Aug 27| Tarzan trimmed our Palms and cut down the Oak branch over the driveway| |Sep 2 - Oct 14 | Apex| |Sep 7 - 13| Kitchen flooring project| |Sep 16|Jesus replaced front foundation shrubs| |Sep 19| Back stairs runner| |Sep 22| Paint downstairs bedroom closet and audio room closet| |Sep 25|Paint garage closet| |Sep 29|Shampoo carpets| |Sep 30|Pod #2 arrives. Steel gray desk moved down and into the pod| |Oct 1|House listed but with terrible pictures| |Oct 4|Replace rotted siding next to back door| |Oct 6-7|Bobby Jones pumped the lower tank and replaced the pump| |Oct 8| Replace greenhouse top step and threshold| |Oct 10|Replace downstairs toilet| |Oct 11|11:30 AM showing made an offer on our house| |Oct 12|Accept offer, sign contract, Sold!| |Oct 12|Pod #2 arrives. Start packing| |Oct 14-15|Drive to Sarasota bringing Libbie's car| |Oct 20|POD #2 arrives in Sarasota| |Oct 26|Well location sighted| |Oct 31|Emergency! Garage floor flooded. Water Heater replaced| |Nov 4-5|Well drilled| |Nov 6|Happy 74th Birthday. Due diligence list of repairs| |Nov 7|Drive to Apex| |Nov 13|Meet with buyers at Downing Place. Walk the property| |Nov 14-15|Drive to Sarasota| |Nov 20|Close on Downing Place| |Nov 23|Receive Downing Place proceeds check| |Nov 24|Louis grades well location, replaces sod. We open Fidelity account with house proceeds| |Dec 3,4|Give Kids the World, Kissimee. Stay Embassy Suites| |Dec 4|Bok Tower Gardens| |Dec 16|Wellness Checkup. I'm fat but well.| |Dec 17-26|Replace Driveway with Pavers|