Yesterdays News

The trenching went as good as those things can go. Heavy equipment makes me nervous. Butch had fun with it...just like the good oldays of working for him.

Our dirt work and rock were delivered for site one. We will have site two ready before too long.

Jason and Leo came to help. We are grateful. 

Yesterday Butch injured his hand while taking down a cabinet. I had told him I couldn't hold it...you know how that goes. His wrist swelled up and we put ice on it. He was sure it wasn't broken and it looked much better after the ice so life goes on. Yesterday was a big day and Butch apparently overworked his injured wrist as it started turning dark purple on the back of his hand and up his arm. So we went to ER to get  it checked out. It is fine. He is thin skinned, has a bunch of arthritis and overworked it. The ER doctor turned out to be a high school  old boyfriend of my sister Myrla! While we were at ER and Jason and Leo were holding down the fort our troublesome neighbor to the south paid us a visit. He and his son are considered slum lords in town as they own 49 rental properties in Jefferson. I know because I went to the Iowa assessors 

website and counted them. They were ticked off because they did not get our property snapped up before we did. There is an "unused" alley in our back yard through the block. Everyone uses it when they can but these fellows keep it blocked on the south end with a trailer so it can't be used. It does complicate things for us at times but the other end is open and we have access to the back of our property with a driveway on our empty lot next door to the house. It would just be so much nicer if these fellows would be good neighbors. But it seems they prefer to exert their power or exert what power they think they have. They bandied about with all kinds of threats and criticisms. But remember we were not there. They were telling this to Leo and Jason. Our plan is to continue to ignore them. 

So Butch is supposed to take it easy today. Anybody think that will happen?

Till next time.