Ulrich and YGW: when I was 17 the oral surgeon's name, who took out my wisdom teeth {impacted, no room to grow out], was ....DR. Payne! No joke!
Well, today we walk the one property to see if it still is our "dream porperty".
MOH and I have been fighting over the house to go on top, though. MOH was a fancy smancy taj mahal or Mc Mansion, I am looking at a simple ranch box, though. MOH would like 3 BR, 2 Ba, and while I'sd liek that too, I wan tthe taxes for a 2 BR, 1 Ba house though. I a realistic, MOh a bit extravagant.
Moh said "why don't you just go find a property and build your house, and I will just stay here" Could that be a hint at the BIG "D" word? I don't knwo.
we HAVE narrowed it down to these houses as in the running, though:
http://www.coolhouseplans.com/details.html?pid=chp-11455
or
http://www.houseplans.com/plan/557-square-feet-2-bedroom-1-bathroom-0-garage-cottage-39331
Both we would want to expand by a few feet, and am waiting to hear on the second one how mcuh of a cost to change the plans it will be. The first one wanted like $5k to alter the plans!
The socond on has to at least have the "great room" built bigger, as the 10' x15' is a bit small, we have 13.6' x 15.6' now, we'd want at least that! I was thinking making the whole house wider {GR now 18.25' long} and then 6 deeper, so the GR would then be 15 deep, so 15'x 18.25' would be nice. The extra foot would go into the coat closet up front there to make it a W/D closet. and the back BR? make it 8'x 13' too. An exit door top right of the GR near the kitchen would lead out to a potential future garage, adn no windows on that sie at all. Then next ot that egress door, would be a nice gas FirePlace on that remaining wall. The kitchen would then be 7.24 x 10', so a bit bigger allowing for a pantry closet as well. The dining area would be a simple small table affair, with side leaves that would sit beiside the kitcehn wall by the door, we eat in the LR anyway so as to watch TV news, anyway.
we'd flip the first house s the door is onthe R side like the mirrror image here:
we'd also flip the bath and kitchen so that the kit is next to the dinign area..i mean really it should be next to dining! and stretch the house from 38' deep to 42' deep so as to add to the GR there and make it 12'x 19 or 20', and hte dining are to be 8.8 x 132, 13' depending as the kitchen and bath are NOT quite the same size, but close....and we'd take th optional bath plan with the W/D in the hall, and a 4 ' walkin shower in the bath.
We COUld maybe make the first house exterior fit the second house plan if we wnated. MOH really wants the look of timber/post/beam construction! The GR in the second one COULD have post and beam for roof structure too...actually so could the first house....then MOh would get more like wha tMOH wants. MOh jsut doesn't wnat a "box ranch wiht vinyl sinding"..I say fine to that.
Both hosues would have full baseemnts under them, though access may have to be outside under a BILCO type door, until a garage is built over it.
so WHICH would YOU CHOOSE? I am taking a POLL, PLEASE!
Tell me which house of the two you would pick? as is or with the modifications we are thinking of doing?
Thank you, jsut looking for imput!
well...my headache from yesterday is still here, and it is cloudy now at 7:43 Am here.
later
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have a gigante cup of coffee with lots of cream, please.
Didnt make it to LHS last evening. Couldn't find my list of parts I wanted.
i noticed that in the general discussion forum, Mr. Otte posted how to post a photograph. Thank you Mr. Otte and MR staff.
Ulrich: Yikes!! Somehow I had Brunhilda pictured as looking more like the St. Pauli girl than that. (St. Pauli is a beer mfr. for those who may not know).
Ray: Your near death experience by tractor was a harrowing one. Very glad you had the presence of mind to react the way you did.
I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
yougottawantaUlrich - Geeeez that is one scary photo - I think I gotta go throw up ! Looks like one of my former physical therapist named "Mrs. Payne" !
I can assure you my PT lady looks a lot different!
Today's word,
August 7th,2015!
Prayers for YGW, Ulrich, Johnboy!
Ulrich - Geeeez that is one scary photo - I think I gotta go throw up ! Looks like one of my former physical therapist named "Mrs. Payne" !
Richard - I built a project in Tysons corner Va it was 56 million dollars. Some one switched their broken measuring tape for my good one. So I went to a local hardware and bought a new tape on teh company account. Month later when the bill comes in I got reamed out because I didnt buy a cheap one on line. Using my money...Buisness was so tight they were cutting expenses every where...it was awful but teh owners paid me while they went a year with out pay. I didnt complain.
Ken - will help whatever way I can.
Go see the cardo docs and lots of test tomorrow. If you pray keep me in prayer.
TTYL
YGW
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please
Just dropping in for a quick brew and let you know I am still around.
Jim Yes I like that photo, when travling was a big deal. Sometimes I think I should have been born in the 40's and not the 50's.
UP 831 I have no idea where that photo was taken, I found it on line.
Ulrich I did not have the time to watch the video you posted. I got on line late because I had to up date our / Sue's medical bills on the computer. She is very slow about getting then out to me so I can file them.
Before work I hope to send YGW the photos of my mess and do some digging before work.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning!
It was a tropical night - just didn´t cool off much at all. I got up at 3am after 5 hours of something I wouldn´t call sleep.
There is a series of thunderboomers heading our way, but the weather guesser say they won´t bring much of a refreshment. I am slowly getting weary of this kind of weather!
No real plans for the day - no PT today, as we have postponed it until we have a friendlier climate again.
up831 - here is a message for you:
Have a good one!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me tonight.... Well, hmmmmm.... OK Add a large slice of that fresh local cantalope with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it. Thanks!
JAMES MOONHowmus, plowing with moldboard plows has pretty much disappeared as chiesel plows and large discs seemed to have replaced old style plowing in most of the midwest and western Canada. The size of tractors is pretty staggering these days. I guess it is a lot less distructive in terms of errosion. Had a friend years ago that was one of the first no-till farmers in eastern iowa who absolutely swore by it as a soil saving technique that saved lots of fuel and money.
Hi Jim, While there are some large operators that are now using the minimum tillage route (once over the field), we still mostly see the standard old moldboard plows on the small farms here in the Finger Lakes (some of them are also pulling a spring tooth or other harrow when they plow). Oddly enough, my Father was a proponent of Minimum Till way back when it was first around back in the 1960s here. He rigged up a single moldboard plow that was followed by a section of spring tooth harrow and a corn planter arrangement that was attached to the frame of the front end manure bucket arrangement on the Ford 861 Powermaster that more or less worked. He spent more time repairing the homemade contraption than actually using it I think. One of the last summers I was at home, he got to borrow Don Howard's Farm Machinery (Don was my dad's cousin. The place was next door.) low till corn planter arrangement pulled by a brand new (first year out) Ford 6000. That was at that time a monster of a tractor (the largest farm tractor Ford made) and I got to plant the 20 or so acre back field down from the barn with it. The contraption had an two 18" subsoilers as part of it. The field I was working in had major hills at each end. I kept hooking the bedrock on the hills (when going up them) and breaking off the shear bolts on the subsoilers. Went through several boxes of them. I finally decided to not plant some of the hillside and lift the machine out of the ground (3-point hitch) right before I knew it would hook the bedrock. Worked for several passes, untill, I lifted the 3-point hitch just as both subsoilers hooked on the bedrock. That is the closest thing I ever came to death by tractor! The front of the tractor was at a 90° angle to the ground before I hit the emergency idler clutch on the "Select-o-Speed" kinda automatic transmission. It hung for what seemed to be an eternity with the front of the tractor right up in the air. I finally had the common sense to push the hydraulic lever for the hitch back down and she came back down on all 4 wheels..... I decided I didn't like that contraption I was pulling any more! My Dad saw it happen by chance. He was walking from the house to the cowbarn and happened to look down to the field (was a tenth of a mile away). He got in the pickup and headed over to where I was doing about 60mph down the farm path. We both were shaking like a leaf! We decided right there and then not to finish planting corn on any part of the hillsides in that field! Had a great crop that fall in the level part of the field though.
Anyway... Lo Till does save mostly on fuel and time and is an excellent technology for the right place. I'm not convinced it helps save the soil that today is destroyed by never putting manure and other humis back into the land year after year. Today it is only commercial fertilizer, Roundup, and mile after mile long rows of GMO corn and other crops of monoculture planting. I like the old fashioned way that the Amish have used to recover the production of the land. And.... The food they grow tastes better as far as I am concerned... just my 2¢.
Finally got the track light iup and working! Except for a bit of painting on the electric going from gthe box to the light, I am calling the room done! Now on to other stuff!
Hope you all have a great night. Stay safe and be well!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening Diners,
Bruhilda, I'll have a glass of your "finest" wine. You know, the one that doesn't have a bouquet reminiscent of bilge water.
Angelo, James, Galaxy: Did someone mention kitchen cabinets? I'm a little removed to help any of you out directly; however I can help Stear you right when you get ready to consider purchasing cabinets.
Now, as much as I'd like to see you all go to a design studio, I realize that may not be in everyone's budget. So, I'm going to tell you how to best take advantage of the box store experience.
First, if you can at all afford it I recommend getting semi-custom cabinetry. You will get a kitchen that will last for a long time. Look for dove tail joints in solid wood drawer boxes. "Quiet close" is a pretty standard feature that is included nowadays, so ask for that , unless you just don't want it. Most standard cabinet boxes are made from MDF, which is plenty strong. All plywood construction is available at a 20% up charge. Semi custom cabinets will cost from $100-300 / linear foot.
Be sure to plan to include the extra money for a countertop. Please don't think about saving your existing countertop, especially granite or other stone. Saving an existing c-top can be done, BUT it is extremely risky. Just too much risk of it cracking And breaking.
At a box store, you can get some good pricing with the specials, etc.
Even though we can often work around it, it is best to select your appliances first.
Contrary to popular belief, there are some very good designers that work at box stores for whatever reason, but you have to be selective Because they also have a habit of hiring people off the street with no experience and offer their own training, which may or may not be good. NKBA certifications are a good barometer, so are awards. Finally, talk to the potential designer and see if they are a good fit for you.
i hope this will help you make some positive choices when it comes time, and if you want some advice or opinion, just shoot me a PM. I'll be happy to help.
Wow, slept through not only the move to the new Diner location, but also missed lots of cool vids and pics. I have some catching up to do.
Seems the move gave me a case of vertigo. (probably inner ear)
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
angelob6660 I did my weeding a few days ago but I'm still going it. After walking the dog I'll do it for 15 minutes and quit. Mostly all that energy is gone and used up on the 45 min walk before working on it. It's also the same situation in reverse. Cabinet drawer is broken and fell apart yesterday. I'll try to fix it but we really need is a new kitchen. Getting the car checked out because it overheated again. This car is nothing but problems. Cloudy today with little chance of rain.
I did my weeding a few days ago but I'm still going it. After walking the dog I'll do it for 15 minutes and quit. Mostly all that energy is gone and used up on the 45 min walk before working on it. It's also the same situation in reverse.
Cabinet drawer is broken and fell apart yesterday. I'll try to fix it but we really need is a new kitchen.
Getting the car checked out because it overheated again. This car is nothing but problems.
Cloudy today with little chance of rain.
JAMES MOON Angelob, I understand your comment about cabinet boxes finally coming apart. We must both have kitchens that are at least 40 years old. I am also in need of a new kitchen but the MOH does not want to spend the bucks, so I keep patching stuff together. Ken, The interior picture of the parlor car sure presents a more leisure type of travel than modern air travel. All the people look comfortable. The good old days for sure.
Angelob, I understand your comment about cabinet boxes finally coming apart. We must both have kitchens that are at least 40 years old. I am also in need of a new kitchen but the MOH does not want to spend the bucks, so I keep patching stuff together.
Ken, The interior picture of the parlor car sure presents a more leisure type of travel than modern air travel. All the people look comfortable. The good old days for sure.
Angelo and James: our whole mobile home is 33 years old, It is now being patched together left and right as I intend to spend no more than necessary as we are looking to get a new home of some sort, we are getting proeprty in a short time, so we are biding time.
The kitchen drawers are reaching their limits!
so is some of the flooring...right through to the joists...
New kitchen? yeah we hope to get one within 5 years....in a whole new house!
James: we recently rode a steam train, and were fortunate enough to go first class in the parlor car...SO NICE not to be squished in on vinyl seats sweating to death! the chairs were comfy nice and well!
I could resemble that pic Ken posted!
well, I have a migraine today so been nursing it all day.
later all
Good afternoon, diners. It was a wet grey day yesterday. Today is still cloudy but a little warmer. Think it is supposed to be 64 this afternoon.
MRVP is good for some new ideas. David Popp's latest on adding a staging track got me to thinking that I can design a decent extention to the layout while perserving aisle space when needed. His folding design will do the trick.
Howmus, plowing with moldboard plows has pretty much disappeared as chiesel plows and large discs seemed to have replaced old style plowing in most of the midwest and western Canada. The size of tractors is pretty staggering these days. I guess it is a lot less distructive in terms of errosion. Had a friend years ago that was one of the first no-till farmers in eastern iowa who absolutely swore by it as a soil saving technique that saved lots of fuel and money.
Have a great day,
Jim
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup and a pot of Marrakesh Express dark roast coffee this morning. Oh and bring over the jar of regurgitated nectar to sweeten it. Huh? You know, Bee vomit. Yes, Honey....
The electrician is here (well, was here... Had to go get a few more parts.) We decided not to drill through the wall but run some very small conduit up next to the window molding that will blend right in and won't do any real damage to the new wall. Should be quicker as well.
Currently 69°F outside with a high of 75°F this afternoon. may be a good day to do some serious weeding in the garden.
My quote for the day: "Hardening of the heart ages people more quicky than hardening of the arteries." - anonymous
Later!
today's word: {it's a gross one}
Today's Quote:
Every {one} has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. -Guy de Maupassant, short story writer and novelist (5 Aug 1850-1893)
Well begun is half done.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Ulrich: we believe in letting the weeds fall where they may, as they stay green instead of scorched grass! so "grass fertilizing and such" is not quite in our vocabulary. BUT what IS; is 'grass cycling' or "mulching the grass", provides suppposedly 1/3 to 1/5 the "fertilizer your lawn needs"....The mower , with mulching abilities,, does the work and one never has to rake the lawn either. My father fusses, fixes and fiddles with his lawn, mows it twice a week religiously, and has scorched lawn every year.
We will either get a ride on tractor we can keep locked in the garage, or have someone mow it until we get a house and live on there.
I certainly wish we had more moeny, to get a house now, but alas...
now we can build our little English Tudor charmer...
Another hot day and no rfreshment in sight! PT was a short one today, as the room is too hot as well.
Zoe, I´ll have a nice and cool RBF, please - maybe that will make me feel a little more comfortable!
Galaxy - .42 acre is just about three times the size of my former property. Even the rather small plot we had meant an awful lot of work to keep it ship shape. The front yard was covered with bark and lots of rhododendrons, lots of flower beds and a "water feature" in the rest. Half of the ground was lawn, and, believe me, grass is the most unrewarding and expensive plant in a yard. If it were just the mowing - that´s still OK, but scarifying, weeding, fertilizing three times a year, cleaning the leaves from it in Fall - yuck! Petra wanted to have something like an English lawn, but we never made it.
As Ken liked the model railroad videos I posted earlier - here is another one:
Reto Sager from Switzerland has built certainly the best Bernina Line layout there is. He is closely modelling prototype locations, but see for yourself! Should I have posted this video earlier - it´s worth a second look!
hey all
spent most of the day talking with the real estate agent, MOH has had an eye on a 2.7 acre property around the corner...but teh REA looked into it, it has too many strikes against it. The property in the back opposite our side is on FEMA old flood map and on the revised/updated map after 2011 flooding, so that is one strike. hte other is it is deep "L" shaped lot with 50' road frontage, apparnetly the town of VEstal says it is zoned rural residential, which means it must have 240' of road frontage...a little short, so it would need a variance from the exisiting owner to build. Plus the other boardering properties on our side have apparntly "appropriated" parts of the lot for their sheds..hmmm...and a few other things point to it probably NOT being a property for us.
so we see the otehr property on Friday at 11Am to wak it. .42 acres is easier o take care of anyway.
that and I was looking at humdreds of home plans, modulars and stick buitl..
that last part is down the road, but no sense in NOT looking at it now....
have a great nights rest!
Janie, I'll have a cup of decaf if you please....
up831Ray: A six bottom plow?! How many horses were hitched up to it? My uncle's old Case 830 had all it could handle with a 4 Bottom plow.
Well... There were definately 6 work horses pulling hard! May have only been 5 plows and I'm sure they weren't 14" either. LOL But it was a whole lot more than the size of the 3, 12"ers we had behind our Ford 861 Powermaster back when I was a kid. They sure weren't plowing at the speed of the monster Stieger that was used on Torry Farms when I worked there one summer..... But watching those horses plowing that field was still a site!
I have been slowly cleaning, sorting, recycling, trashing, and putting away all kinds of stuff that should have been dealt with months ago. The dining room office almost looks clean at the moment. Spent way too much time trying to find my old Zip drive. I managed to unearth a pile of Zip media that goes back to when I was teaching. They have everything from my gradebooks to lesson plans, and some business records as well. I had the USB drive for them a few months back and it doesn't work with my newish iMac, but may work with my old laptop. I doubt there is anything that I will ever really need on the media, but it would be nice to save it in another format anyway....
I think I shall clean the kitties litter box and head out to bed. The electrician is coming tomorrow morning to install the track lighting.
Have a great night. Prayers for all in need!
Brunhilda, I'll have a glass of whatever passes for wine, please.
Galaxy: I like the quote from Balzac. Boy, is that ever true.
Ray: A six bottom plow?! How many horses were hitched up to it? My uncle's old Case 830 had all it could handle with a 4 Bottom plow.
Ken: Love the grey Challenger pic. Where was that?
Not much happening MRRwise, although tomorrow Afternoon I'm planning a short visit to LHS. Hope to pick up a few detail parts.
Evening all!
Flo a cold one if you please.
Hope all are well health wise.
Pretty decent day here weather wise. The wife and I hiked part of the Allegheny Trail today and came across the old West Newton Station. The trail is part of the "Rails to Trails" system and this section was part of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie. There was also a very neat piece of sculpture of a life sized man made completly out of old railway spikes lifted from the old tracks nearby. After a light lunch and watching at least four CSX mixed freights thundering along the double tracks across the river we headed home and I continued working on some of my structure kits.
Well I hope everyone has a great evening!
Happy modeling all!
Don
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that you decided to take the train and not fly."
Flo, Please
Over all not a bad day off. Watched TV with Sparkie The Rocket Dog. Took my Town Car in to have the rear air bags removed and have coil springs installed. Cheaper than fixing the air ride. Did some other running then worked on the fence some.
Fence Front I am some what incorage by today. I started to shovel out some of the gravel from the down side of the fence the gravel is not sliding down. Not that this will be a easy job, but so far it looks hopefull.
YGW Far as commssions going up with me working more hours. I work against what is called a Draw. If I make more by working over time I have to sell more which is fine excpet the store / company fell flat on it face the second half of the month.
Far as the Fence I did get the pictures taken and I will be sending them Friday if not sooner. Glad you enjoyed the veido.
Jeremy Far as the new job, be carefull what you wish for. If it the same kind of job doing the samething I would go for it. But, I remember how tickled I was I got the job I thought I wanted at NTB. I was ready to chew my arm off to get the heck Caboose out of there!
Ulrich I really enjoyed the scale model video you posted.
Don't mind me. I will just be resting here in the back corner. Had to get up at 3:20am EDT to catch my 5:30am flight home from Connecticut. (That's right, 12:20 am on my Arizona clock.) My employer is managing travel expenses with a microscope. The only way not to spend 5+ hours wedged into a coach middle seat was to take the early morning flight. I wonder what ever happened to the "respect for the individual" as a company core value. I could go on, but..........
Richard
yougottawantaHowmus - What is a Muskmellon ? You all have Mennonites up there ? I will never forget one day drivving down a local road and here rounds a corner a very large John Deere tractor with Dual wheels that looked 12' tall and way up in the cab was this little guy whop looked about ten years old driving that thing. I was amazed.
OK, Muskmellon is another name for a Cantalope. Mennonites.... Most people call "Old School Mennonites" Amish. The horse and buggy people going to church on Sunday Morning, riding bicycles on the roadside, and today running all kinds of small local businesses. They bought up and "saved" many of the farms around here in the Finger lakes area. Took completely worn out soils from "modern" chemical overload farming and used old school farming methods to bring back more natural soil fertility and have some of the highest per acre production around here now. Last spring I saw a Mennonite (Amish) farmer plowing a field next to the road with a team of 6 huge Percheron Horses drawing a 6 bottom plow! Didn't have my camera with me.... Drat. Those horses were having fun! They leaned into the load and just walked away with all that. All the farmer was doing was talking to them and telling them what he wanted and they leaned into the load!
I was driving the farm tractor (Ford 8N) a month before my 5th. birthday. By the time I was 6 I had driven several Alice Chalmers (B and WD 45's), the neighbors John Deere A and B, and a few others. Was driving 4 ton axle Chevy trucks by the age of 7 and my Cousin Don Howard's Brockway Semi trucks (in the fields helping with haying) by 10. When I see the kids handling farm tractors, I rest easy that Dad has probably taught them to be very safe in the handling of the equipment like I was. That training was part of my becoming a caring and responsible human being.....
Hello all.
Well we settle the old house today and tomorrow we pay off the new house. So Lunch is on me !
Mark - LOL At first I thought you had to go see a vet and not your cat
Ken - I thought with the changes and not having to share sales your comision would pick up. Watched the video yesterday. Pretty nice. My step sone for in the mtn division - The "Frozen chosen" .
Jeremy B - what is there to think about ? M-F More $ ! JUMP , MAKE THE MOVE...
Galaxy - Osculate - Hmmm I think I will Osculate with my better half this evening , no your house would not be to small to work on. I went to a friends house and fixed their latch on the side door. Thats small.
Howmus - What is a Muskmellon ? You all have Mennonites up there ? I will never forget one day drivving down a local road and here rounds a corner a very large John Deere tractor with Dual wheels that looked 12' tall and way up in the cab was this little guy whop looked about ten years old driving that thing. I was amazed.
Mr. B. I thought diabetics couldnt drink beers ? Are you following dr. orders ?
Missed posting here yesterday. Excavators back on site and as usual they bring a LOT of Drama with them. That sorry joker will drop a dime on to my boss quicker than a NY minute. Today we had a discusiion about that. I informed him two can play that game and he had better knock it off. I really dislike and dont trust that poor excuse for a human. Then some how I hurt my shoulder. Ice it last night but still sore.
Just found out one of my good friends is running for MER director of the NMRA. If he gets the votes I think he will do well. At least he gets my vote.
Friday wont be on here. Going to see the heart docs.
Good Evening!
What a day! Too hot, too humid to feel well. We had to get our water meter exchanged, so I had to clear our storage cabinet (it´s to small to be called a room) for the guy doing the exchange to be able to reach the old meter. The air was so sticky in there I could not do the job. I nearly fainted in the attempt, so I had to give up. The "water man" was kind enough to jump in for me - for a generous tip.
I heard it on the radio - there will be a LION on the loose in Pennsylvania! Have a nice and safe trip and may you meet your elders in good health!
Petra is calling for supper - CU latest tomorrow!
Mornin' Garry. Mornin' Brother Elias, Morning "G". Mornin' to everyone here in the diner!
Zoe, I'll have a couple sour cream glazed donuts to go along with a large pot of dark roast coffee this morning. Yes, Marrakesh Express in the R&GV RR Mug would be nice.
Lion do have a great trip to see your parents and other family. I remember when my Mother was in assisted living care. It was hard to see the downward spiral she was in. She had mid stage dementia and didn't always recognize me as her son. One time she said, "Oh, you grew a beard!" I reminded her that I had worn a beard for many years. She then argued with me and told me I did not as she would have noticed it!!! Hope your parents are doing well and enjoying where they are!
I will be doing more cleaning up and putting away today. Will be out and around as well. Have to get a couple Rx refills at the pharmacy. Tomorrow the track light should be installed. I am still waiting for the plumber to get back to me about the outside faucet and a couple other thing needing to be done. He did return my call and left a message saying he would call me again, but hasn't. if all goes well, I plan to restart some work on the layout later today.
Currently 69°F outside with a high of 75°F later this afternoon. Mostly sunny with some big fluffy white clouds in the sky here in the Finger Lakes Region today.