Oct 12th - Workers Have Gone Home

Doug and my Mom left after lunch yesterday. By the time both had gotten home they had a nearly 600 mile, butt-numbing, trip. They sure helped a LOT while they were here. My Mom nearly wore me out trying to keep up with her as she helped me cut and split wood <grin>.

Doug did some wiring (we now have a light in the stairway down to the lower level!), trim work and installed some braces on the back deck. He tried to install some lags in the ledger that attaches the back deck to the house but couldn't find anything solid enough to hold a lag. That is probably bad news.

Kelsey and Lydia came over for a "goodbye lunch". Below is a photo of my Mom rocking Lydia. Lydia must be getting some teeth because she sure is chewing her fingers, or a pacifier, a lot.

In the afternoon I cleaned up my tools we had out for the work at the house and cut a little more wood. Mom and I had started cutting up a tree that had fallen out in the woods while she was here, I finished cutting it up. I could only get the tractor to within about 40' of it because of logs I have not yet cleaned up. The three yellow pieces on top were from a small log that was in the way. They are hackberry and are supposed to have great heat value.

Time to head off to town for errands. Have a great day. May God bless you and yours.