I FORGOT ETHAN!

I cannot believe I did that. He is such a special little guy and our only great grand SON. I guess when you get old you can't count to four anymore. Here is Ethan brushing his teeth. Since he has moved to Newton his grandparents do not see him enough and we see even less.

I am so bummed that I forgot Ethan. At least I didn't lose him in a grocery store.

Surprises

I don't do facebook much but the other day my granddaughter Ann's name caught my eye so I requested to be her "Friend" and she accepted. In so doing I found out she is pregnant with a girl, plans to name her Scarlet and is due around August 16th. This would be our 3rd great grand-all girls.
I also found out that Butch's grand niece Jennifer is also pregnant. I guess if you are not on Facebook- you know nothing!! And even then you have to be a detective to get it all figured out.
Yesterday Butch and I purchased some 16 inch square blocks to make a path to the moho from the house so we would not track mud. We are also making a landing at both moho and house. This is the kind of work that kills my back but Butch's back is already hurting so I started in. I was able to get the landing outside the moho done but it has taken a toll so I will have to rest up before going at it again.
 Butch decided to get down and dirty today so he started tearing down drywall in one of the bedrooms so we could bag up insulation. Last I knew we were up to 10 bags. I helped this morning but so far I haven't made it back out after lunch.
We are getting beautiful weather but no rain. I was afraid my rain barrel may be lacking and the forecast isn't good for filling it up unless we get one of those isolated T's they keep warning us about. I say beautiful weather but it is hot and we do have the AC running in the moho. Everyone's definition of beautiful weather is just a bit different.

Compare to picture in the header and note new color on the steps and the garage door. We obtained our dumpster this morning and filled it with the accumulated debris. They are scheduled to empty it tomorrow so we should be free to do more demo now as we will have somewhere to put more debris. We also got a burn barrel so we can start burning some stuff. Leo was a big help in obtaining the barrel at a very good price-Free. Things are coming right along.

Big Day

I put the topcoat on the garage door. I am really loving it and it looks almost like a new door. Bill and Jo Brooker came to help us with furnace and AC issues. Jo and I visited while Butch and Bill worked. We had lunch here. Keri baked bars that were scrumptious and I ate way too many...but thanks, Keri. Later Leo stopped by to help us get some dirt moved. Butch's back has been hurting so this was a BIG help too
I had made carrot burgers so we went to Leo and Keri's where Butch grilled the burgers. Keri and I both had made sides to go with the meat and it all was delicious. I tried my oven that is in the garage that came with the house. The lady who lived here before going to the nursing home (Bessie Murphy) was known as a really good cook. She was a cook in several restaurants around town in her younger years. I am telling you her oven has not lost its touch. I made a broccoli casserole (Thanks Kay) and it turned out all brown and bubbly on top. It looked as good as it tasted. I am going to like that oven in the garage. It will be a big help to my culinary skills. I am sure Bessie had to put her special touch on her stove.
It was a very good day despite the wind.
Last year at this time we had just arrived in Michigan. We will always treasure that summer at Thunder Bay Golf and RV resort. It will forever remain special as will the 3 we spent prior to that at Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA of the Rockies. We made alot of friends in both places. Treasures all.

Next day

Butch continued to whittle away at drywall and I tackled putting primer on the garage door. When we first purchased the place, our plan was to replace the garage door but then Butch was able to get it functioning mechanically without much trouble and I decided a coat of paint could do wonders for it. It is a fiberglass door and it is almost more fibers than glass but the primer is welding it all together in fairly fine fashion. I am anxious to see it with its topcoat but today is a rainy one so it will have to wait. It will definitely be an improvement over the ugly brown that it was yesterday.
Jefferson's school colors are black and red. I have a class reunion coming up so decided to make a bracelet for a door prize. Finished it last night.

Here is the new location of the rain barrel and with the rain we got last night and today it should have some rain in it.

I think it is the perfect spot for it now. Certain people are encouraging us to take down the evergreen but we both like it and now it has a new job.

It is a good day for napping so think we will do that.