Trip to Ohio

A belated Happy 4^th of July to everyone out there in my blog land and I hope you all had a good time where ever you are.

Our week was a busy one which lately seems to be the norm in our life. Larry worked down in the basement putting a new panel box up to get things ready to change things over to 200amp.

Of course this meant pulling the plug on the power to the house for several hours. Luckily I have a good battery in my computer and could at least do some cleaning up on my system that I’ve wanted to do.

Then on Thursday we picked up my sister and headed for Renee’ and Brian’s in Avon Lake Ohio. That afternoon we went over to Brian’s folks and had a nice picnic with his family. Lots of food and such fun watching the kids (including Brian & his brothers) having squirt gun fights. Luckily we declared the gazebo as a safe area and no water squirting allowed.

Friday morning included a trip to Lowes and Home Depot as the kids needed a new front door once dad decided the old one was not fixable. And Renee’ thought as long as they had the tools out and a mess in the entrance way they might just as well install the screen door she’s wanted.

Here’s Brian and Larry putting the new screen door on

Once the doors were purchased and we had them back to the house we girls decided the best thing we could do to help the guys was to get out of their way. So we did this by going out and purchasing a couple of aerial rugs for the kitchen & living room. Then we stopped at the local Nursery to wander around there. This is Nadene and my favorite thing to do and as it turned out my daughter has the same desire. What a neat huge place with so many gorgeous flowers and the inside was full of garden items. And when we returned to the house (several hours later) the doors were installed and looking really good.

That night Renee’ and Brian took us out to this Mexican restaurant for dinner. The food was good and the margarita was really good. Saturday morning were up early and headed for home.

Yesterday (Sunday) we had to run into Lowes and while there I went out to the garden center. They had these really nice Dogwood Bushes on sale for $3.00. Just couldn’t pass those up so we purchased 7 of them and that afternoon we planted them along the fence. This will help with a little privacy when we’re in the back yard. Pictures next week.

We have had a heat wave the last few days. Temp’s haven’t been that bad but the humidly has been around 85%. Needless to say we don’t do a lot outside. Course not much inside either since we don’t have air conditioning.

Last night we had happy hour with neighbors, which usually ends up being dinner since we both load up on snacks. We’ve decided to have a neighborhood picnic next month. We’ve (Pat & I) have talked with several neighbors and mentioned it and they all said what a wonderful idea since they don’t know their neighbors. Some of these folks have lived near each other for 20 years, can you believe it. I guess that’s one of the advantages of living in a RV Park, your not shy on walking up to a new person and introducing yourself. Anyway this should be fun and more on it when it gets closer.

Guess that’s it for now. Till next time……………