Someday Soon

Someday soon I will have many things done in the house and just the way I want them and all cleaned up real spiffy like and I will take some final house pictures but until then you will get the crappy pictures just as the house looks this very minute.
 Saturday we went to the auction in Guthrie Center. Sunday we went to one in Yale Iowa (16 miles south of Jefferson). The lady of this house passed away about a year ago and her husband was selling to go to a retirement home. This nice husband did not put any restraints on his wife's spending and she liked nice things. She was fond of Cuisinart as many of her appliances were that brand. She was a quilter and had many different machines, probably each one being an upgrade. It is interesting to look into other peoples lives through their possessions.
It threatened rain all day and sprinkled on occasion  and the auctioneer adjusted his path accordingly. We most likely would not have been there but Butch had his eye on a John Deere mower. He didn't get it...too much money. We bought a loveseat, a 6 drawer dresser, a drill press and a couple of outdoor ornaments for a grand total of $120.
We panicked a bit after buying the loveseat as we were not able get it in the car because it already had a dresser filling it up and it was threatening rain. So we called Leo and he being the nice brother that he is came and picked it up for us and even delivered it into the house! Later Keri came by with a pecan pie for Butch since it was his birthday. Butch is enjoying it tremendously and I have had too much of it myself.

 Today Butch bought a used mower locally for less than half what the John Deere went for. He is tinkering with his new toy as I write this. He did me a "favor" and wind rowed the grass so it would be easier for me to pick up. Isn't he just the sweetest thing?