Friday, June 24

Feeling Good

I would say I am feeling A-1 Okay today. Of course I haven't attempted anything as yet. I am still in my P J's . But I feel as if pulling a few nails or going for a walk would be something I could do and feel good about it.

Yesterday our Georgia son Rich and his wife Donna came for a visit. We spent the day together. Took a tour of the town. Ate at the Chinese restaurant. It was a very good day.

Below are pictures of Nina Grace who is Rich and Donna's granddaughter and the light of their life. I snipped these from Facebook.





And here are house pictures. There has been progress since these were taken. I am a little behind. These pictures show all the bagged sacks of loose insulation. They are all gone now plus further progress on the walls and ceiling.




Butch had a conference with Russ Cosens a local contractor and longtime friend. Now that we have the bones of the house exposed we wanted to know form an expert, and we consider Russ an expert, what we could safely remove and what may need reinforcement etc. We were very pleased with what he told us. He pretty much told us it was safe to do most anything we wanted to do. Butch does plan to reinforce the roof in the living room/ kitchen area but the remainder of the house is firmly supported and needs no further bracing. We are good to go!

So now I need to get dressed and on with the remainder of what looks like a beautiful day.

Thursday, June 23

From Papa Gary -Elise at Taco Bell

Papa playing with his new father's day toy.
 

From Mom Barb: Ya'all did notice she says HIGH FIVE  a couple of times near the end? Tell me you noticed?!
 

Wednesday, June 22

Behind me

The surgery is over and they tell me successful. Yesterday was a long day even with sleeping through most of it. I was home by 10:30 AM today and have slept a fair amount today as well. The surgeon says I can do as much as a I feel like doing but really that is a trick answer. I assume I will heal quickly and be back to normal activity quite soon. But today is not the day.  Normal is a ways off yet.
Till next time...

Sunday, June 19

Gertie

 I found a garter snake in my flower bed. Needless to say the weeds are still there. But my mother in law would never let anyone kill a garter snake because they eat bugs and rodents. We have found NO mouse droppings in our renovation so I think she may be right. The garter snake is staying. We named her Gertie.

From Grandpa Gary

I bought a Sharper Image "Flip camera wannabe" for father's day. The quality is not as good as the old sony 8mm but it sure is easier to use and upload. Old one I had to record into a TV card in my computer and convert it. Now I just plug in the SD memory card and go.
 
My first 2 videos are from Friday when Elise came to our house and we visited a brand new park that city built that is a mile west of us. Later that day she went swimming at the pool. Elise loves the outdoors and she loves water so I think she had a real fun day.
 
First one I think we should have a counting contest. Who can get the right number of eeh's and (da\That)'s?