POTPOURRI

Busy, busy recently! Vern tore up the old bathroom floor and back hallway. It was quite a job! Part of the sub floor had to be replaced. There was OLD vinyl glued down under the particle board, then he started replacing what was needed, ending with a top layer that had to be screwed into the particle board every 4 inches! This project took 3 days. The new vinyl was layed yesterday. Now, it's new sheetrock, texture and paint, install new fixtures and baseboard. He's also moved the equipment out of one of the back fields to get the heifers into another pasture, irrigating the third alfalfa crop, he and his brother loading up the ATV off to be repaired (it's back & running!). I feel rather helpless during all of this activity, so I lend encouragement, take pictures, cook really good meals, keep the rest of the house as neat as possible and share lots of hugs. I also have worked hard on one of the upstairs guest rooms and it's really shaping up. I occasionally go outside with my camera and "talk" to the girls (heifers),,,they get very curious and stand and listen and another 2 or 3 wander over to join the group! My cousin also made a beautiful flower arrangement for our entry. There is a *Michaels here and I had fun shopping a great sale for those flowers. We're still having fun amidst all these projects. The list is still long! Enjoying the flowers, sunrises, a recent movie and today, we are GONE FISHIN'!!! Vern thinks he might have fished once years ago, so our friends are driving us to a lake today and the guys are gonna' fish and us girls are gonna' sit on the deck and talk!! A nice break and tomorrow we'll be back at it!