We had a good time while there. Lydia especially enjoyed her time with Uncle Tom, Aunt Mary Lou and cousins Dean & Wendy. It was cool & rainy most of the time we were there. I think she may have only went swimming once.
I added two more electrical outlets in the kitchen, did some plumbing to get water shut-off valves under the future kitchen sink, put up 3 sheets of dry wall on one of the kitchen walls and mowed the lawn. I probably should have done more while I was there, but I'm happy with the progress I've made so far.
Below is a photo of a produce stand a couple of miles from our place. It operates on the "honor system". You put your money in the black box on the table. It is in a field along side hwy 101.
Lydia is a good traveler. It takes us 11 hours to make the drive. Her little butt must be paralyzed from sitting in the car seat. Kelsey got her a chocolate covered ice cream cone at one of our stops. Note the ice cream on her upper lip and chocolate on her chin.
It rained most of the time we were in TN. It was a nice gentle rain. I don't think it had rained there since I left the previous trip. No rain here in Missouri, just heat. The heat index in forecast to be 105 this afternoon, actual high is forecast to be 95. There is only one other day in the next 10 days where the high is forecast to be above 90. I drove up to get the mail & paper, and to move my truck to a shady area, and that is the extent of my being outside today,
Kathy's tomato crop is being raided by rogue turtles! Who knew turtles ate tomatoes? Something is picking/eating any relatively ripe tomato that is within a foot of the ground. Other varmints may also be getting some of the higher ones.
Our "new" Whirlpool gas range (purchased from Sears when we moved in in June 2012) appears to be as big a piece of junk as the new Whirlpool refrigerator we purchased at the same time. The repair man was out this morning and said that the regulator on the stove is bad, $300 for a new one. $300 for a piece of junk that lasted just 2 years. I think the repair men have been out at least 4 times to work on the ice makers in the 2 new refrigerators (they gave up trying to fix the original new refrigerator and the ice maker in the replacement didn't work). One of the repair efforts resulted in a water leak, in the ice maker plumbing, that caused water to leak through the kitchen hardwood floor and damage the dry wall ceiling in our lower level.
I hope it is cooler wherever you are. May God bless you and yours.
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