Enough already!

Today was colder than the coldest day we had all winter in South Texas. It did not get out of the 30's today and there was snow coming down now and then. We had Chili for supper and it was the proper meal for the day. Really hit the spot.
We are doing odds and ends on the house but we are really stymied until the trim work and plumbing are done. And the plumbing should wait for the trim. You know how it goes...it is a priority thing...always.

And on a lighter side here is Baby Leo and his sister Elise. Baby Leo is 5 days old in this picture but he looks so alert and has from the day he was born. It looks like the siblings are high fiving each other. It starts early!

What a day it has been...

Or maybe two days. I was looking over our several thousand dollar order at Menard's when I noticed the refrigerator had not been paid for. Hmmm I found that perplexing so I called them and found out another trip up to Fort Dodge would be necessary to get some loose ends tied up. It will not delay delivery but we needed to get the ball rolling a bit better. It was a worthwhile trip getting some questions answered etc. 

Now with our Discover card we get a 5% discount from home improvement stores up to $1500 for the months of April, May and June and we far exceeded that with the Menards order. We still needed to buy laundry appliances so I went online to look and after much research and reading many reviews decided on a LG washer and dryer. We have a Lowes card so we get 5% discount with it AND they had a lower price on the washer than Menards did so after getting things wrapped up at Menards we drove to Ames and the Lowes store. Last day for the sale!! We did not know that but we seem to be very lucky that way...and we are grateful!

We stopped in Boone and the new Wal Mart store and visited with Jason and later Laura for a bit before coming home.
With all this buying and getting ready for things to get done our mental wheels have been very active. I woke up about 4:00 AM and started thinking. Not very conducive to sleep. And then I noticed Butch was awake too. I said, "You know what we could do?" Butch said,"What?" I said, "Get up and get a walk in before the rain starts." He said, " Do you think I would have time to clean the gutters out before it starts raining?" I said, "I'll check the radar." And yes the rain was a ways off so at 5:30 AM we are out cleaning gutters and then we were able to get a walk done too. It wasn't long after getting home that the rain did start and is now raining with some intensity.
So at this hour I am in the motorhome and Butch is in the house and we are both busy. Most likely we will nap later

Picture catch up...

When we went to Menard's and I posted what we purchased I forgot to include the bathroom vanity. I even took a picture of it while we were in the store.

Yesterday, one of the Deja Vu group, Judy Peacock Wills went with me to Corning Iowa to the Arts center for my sister Theresa's art show. It was great seeing her new work and visiting with her for a few hours. We do not get together as often as we would like.

Some of the pieces behind Theresa are hers and some are the work of her students at Lenox Iowa where she teaches.

A bit of an oops!

Meant to post on Our blog and hit the Magnolia one instead...sorry about that.

Snipped from Face book

Jason being his usual entertaining self!

A great shot of Jason and Laura while on a bowling excursion with Laura's family

And this is from a few years ago when the two of them were on a trip to Las Vegas.