Some Days:-(

 Yesterday the guy from the water department stopped in front of the house and was checking our meter. It seems some high usage was showing up. So we started investigating and woe and behold we have a huge leak and it has been leaking since August 13th. We do have water for the house but the line going to the RV sites in the backyard is where the problem is located. At least we think so. It could be the new line going to the pool hall. However, there is a shut off on that line and it has not yet had any use. So now every line but the one to the house is shut off and waiting for repair. The plumbers who worked on it have been notified but haven't shown up yet and no word as to when they might. We have a meeting with the board of the water department to negotiate a solution for cost on September 22. The guy did a quick estimate of the cost and said we didn't want to know. Needless to say, the plumbers are not getting any good words from us now and perhaps never.

There are no visible signs or indications above the ground. I would say "when it rains, it pours" but rain is another thing we do not have.

Pool Table

 This is the pool table my sister has so kindly gifted us.

Guys Having Fun

 Russ and Butch finishing the siding on the south side of the pool hall.

Progress report 8/25/2020

 I had forgotten how tied down you are when you start new construction. You either have to be on-site because somebody's going to stop by for an assessment or deliveries of needed supplies.  And there are probably a dozen other reasons.  I am so used to Butch wanting to go with me when I go grocery shopping that it feels strange to go alone. What can I say, the guy likes to go grocery shopping. Now I know where Gary got it.  When Gary was about three I needed to go to the grocery store for a quick trip and he wanted to go with me. I took off in the car without him and unbeknownst to me, he followed me. it was also unbeknownst to his father who was at home supposedly taking care of him. A policeman came to our door with a 3-year-old Gary asking if that was where he lived. Thank God this was in 1964 and we lived in a small town or we probably would have gone to prison.

But back to the present -Butch is out in the pool hall doing electrical wiring and he reported to me a few minutes ago that he was about one-fourth done. That is good news!

Last weekend Jason came over to help. Butch needed to connect the house electrical box and take it through an underground trench to the pool hall or vice versa actually. Suffice it to say, it got done. We had it all set up for when Jason came to help and it went rather smoothly. Jason even helped us fill in the trench.

Butch has also been helping with the siding when Russ needs an extra pair of hands. I think you can tell by now that Butch and his leg are getting along fine as long as Butch doesn’t push things too far and forget his limitations. The only wrinkle lately is the ladder he likes to use because it is lightweight and also very wobbly and unsafe. He bought it at an auction for $2 several years ago and it has been the scene of more than one accident for him. As I watched another wobble this morning I told him it was going to mysteriously disappear some morning about 6:00 am. I will carry it (very lightweight) to the curb and let some other DumbA-- break his neck. Every time I see a nice ladder on sale I point it out but until the wobbly one is gone he won’t do it.

We are having a heatwave to match the drought. Just when you think this year could straighten out yet one more thing piles on to the load.

Here are today’s pics: