seeing Red

If you look carefully, you can see the earrings are little red hats. How special!

Lois nearly out of town to meet a group of ladies driving out of state. It was "Red Hat Ladies" trip to Lima, Ohio. They went to a store to buy.... drum roll, red hats.

Lois cut open her leg getting into the van, shedding first blood.

and on Friday

Well, Diane and Marcus planned on bringing down the marsh with weed-wacking. There is always a complexity to everything. Diane, shortly into the work, got a boot stuck in the mud. So, she went the rest of the trip without either of them. She unceremoniously pitched the other one away from the swamp.
It was, of course, a photographic moment. I walked out in my boots that stayed on for they were tied, and retrieved it.

Grassy!

Diane's wonderful grass socks after the work.

Yep, even from a distance you can see the boot. If you look carefully, you can see how high the swamp is at the neighbor's.

As well as the grass cutting in the swamp Diane wanted to mow the grass.
[mystery music]
Where is the key for the lawnmower? It isn't near the lawnmower.

Jim had to charge the battery also.
Diane had to sort through the junk drawers and found lots of junk but not the key.

Finally, Diane comes back from Mutton with 2 keys.

The wood trailer moved?
No bloody way! Yep, it was moved.
Jim and Marcus had to use a hillbilly way of jacking up the trailer to put on the wheels.
It was a bit of silliness, but it was done and the newer-looking wheels were on.
Then the trouble began.

Jim drove the trailer with his truck and the wheels on the trailer didn't go round and round. They left skid marks on the cement and made wonderful squealing noises.

Losing momentum, the trailer and truck stopped and poof! It was curse here and there.

Jim had us empty the trailer leaving just the frame. They worked and he got it to the firepit.
The trailer made light skid marks in the lawn on its trip.

Well, an empty trailer.

The rotted wood placed on the firepile making a hot, hot fire.
Jim used gas as a last resort to start it.

Another of Diane's, "Aw, snap!"

It's a hole of course in the door.

Lilly isn't much of a hard worker. She is a good player though. She rested her head on my chest when I was using the electric drill to screw in the hinge to a door.

projects for Thursday

when given a choice between what she could do, Jessica chose to stain the office door.

Diane called up Marcus for projects. We got a few done. The one primary one to do was impossible.
There was not a single type of baseboard that would fully go around the large room. So, Diane is opting out of it for the moment. Later Diane and Marcus cut parts of the dead limb from the tree in back.
In the end, lots of projects, little time.

Happy Birthday Diane

Diane, Tom, Lois, Joe, Marcus all met at Azar's for Diane's birthday. While short, sweet, I hope that we do something a bit more complete for her. This weekend isn't going to be it. She has too much to do. Love you Diane and I hope that your day was special!

tick tock

Thomas got a tick, but from where? Here she is ... glutton tick.
Another question is, what kind of tick is it?

Marcus packed it in napkin, coated with alcohol, ignited it.
This was a funeral pyre of one for no one.

no more?

I popped out to Diane's last night and helped her clean up a bit. There was drywall dust on cabinets downstairs, chairs were a bit messy and there were fuzzies on the floor. We cleaned up what we could, what we saw. We put on "over-sized" face plates on the outlets and put up the railing to the downstairs. It was a slower day for sure, but really I think my sister needed one.

the cutting

I don't think those are the same scissors.

will fall

Diane's locust tree has a torn limb.

cabinets

It took a lot longer than I thought, but ... Jim screwed in the screws to the cabinet. Diane moved dishes and glasses to the new cabinets and all are more secure and bear less weight.

Jim found that the old cabinets were either never straight or had slid down over time, much like people do when older.

growing trash problem

So National Serv-All doesn't serve her. This is week number two that they have failed her. I am thinking someone needs to die.

rolling out the carpet

Please ignore the outlets missing face plates. Those will be fixed later. While not perfectly arranged, it gives you a feel for what the basement will look like.

Diane's new carpet in the rec-room and the office.
The office was from a remnant and was a little better quality. The other main room is cut pile and has "fuzzies". Lilly was naughty and dragged her butt on it twice before being booted out of the basement. There were no streaks or marks from her dragging, but she left a scent she could smell.

cut the cake

quick look at a group shot

No, the happy couple is not in the shot for they stayed behind to meet the other guests who came around 2:00 something. This also doesn't include all the guests or family, but it is a shot showing the many people there. This may not even be the best shot, but I have many to sort.

Don't challenge me to, "name 'em" please; I would fail.

Anniversary

First, I would like to thank everyone who sent notice of well-wishing, heart-felt compassion to our loving couple. I know that it was a bit short notice and that that all people could come. I thank you very much for your love. I also thank all the people who came to the event and it was quite a turnout. For a short while, it was nearly as though there wouldn't be enough places in the main room, despite others sitting on patio.

The folks were impressed, pleased, perhaps even a bit moved. Thank you very, very much.

As of this writing, I am sorting through pictures (the collection is not yet mastered) and will then select from those, which go on the blog. It is likely that I will start another blog to house the pictures and comments, etc.

Those who have RSVP or called

Leticia Clark
Betty Dorton
Bill Ferguson
Donnasue Osborn
Cathy Pebley
Doris Hugh
Sherry Blake
Ruth Schoenie
Norman Grandos
Barb Kukman
Lois Hess
Kate, Bill, Gavin, Alex, Jaden
Merle, Grace Seiy
Art, Dee Storer
Mr. & Mrs. John Steiner
Bill, Lennie Serstad
Mr. & Mrs. John Mader
Mr. & Mrs. John Kruk
Kris, Mary Agabekian
Blanche, Tony Orozco
Mr. & Mrs. George Nichter
Dan, Margaret Roth
Larry, Sandy Standfield
Ramiro, Lube
Bill, Gloria Carey
Mr. & Mrs. George Wiggins
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Derbyshire
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hobler
Mr. & Mrs. Don Gerber
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Haines
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Oglesbee
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Stininger
Sue Frato, and guest
Mr. & Mrs. Rex Stinson
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Kerekes
Herb, Marcie Klug
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Hendryx
Keith, LeAnne Koteskey, plus two children

Dick, Gale Kosiarek

Bob, Margie Kosiarek

Joe Volosin

And no offense, but others (names keep coming a bit late, difficult to keep amending. There will be a guestbook.

There will be family there as well, so it will be a good crowd. The list is in no order.