August
20-31...We unpacked the MH and got
it parked. Then we started mowing and trimming on Wed. as rain was
predicted for the remainder of the week. The rain started on Wed.
evening and didn't quite until sometime in the middle of the night on
Sunday. It was a steady rain and we ended up with 4 and ¾ inches.
Wow we were wet..the motorhome looked like it was parked in a lake!
After
one load of laundry we realized we had another drain blockage and the
laundry sink was leaking.....HELP Doug & Steve. Thurs after 3
hours they were able to break loose the blockage in the old pipe. It
caused quite a mess – black gunk everywhere. Dixie went for a
haircut and then returned and cleaned it up ~ but all is working!
Also on Thur Dixie painted the window frames and touched up the paint
around them.
Dixie
baked a couple of pies on Friday... a thank you for Marge & Dick
Hickel for watering while we were gone and one for us, Dad &
Tyler. Doug & Fran went to Great Falls and Denita and Steve to
Missoula to help Levi move apartments.
Sat.
we painted the bedroom.
Sunday
was church and then we made Taco's at Denitia for Dad, Tyler and
Shay. Later Tyler & Shay came over to our place and stayed
overnight.
Monday
~ Dixie started a new 'job'. Bonnie Harmon called the night before
and said she had agreed to help as a kitchen aid at the school. She
wasn't feeling well and wanted to know if I would fill in and
possibly do it 2 days a week until we leave in the fall. Of course I
agreed. It is just 2 ½ hrs a day. I did work the first week on
Mon, Tue and Thu. I help prep food, serve the small kids and do
dishes! The time goes very quickly and it's fun to see the kids!
More
painting projects – this week was the bathroom cabinets!
We
had Doug buy a new laundry sink/faucet and on Tue. Steve hooked it up
and also installed our 'whole house filter'. We worked on the water
softner as it is no longer worked. Mike scooped out most of the old
salt as we found out the salt that was there was the incorrect kind –
we need pellets. We had a salt bridge which stopped it from working.
Wed.
we went to Chinook. Dixie had a physical therapy appointment for her
elbow. We also bought paint for the bathroom and groceries.
