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Posted on Monday, April 04, 2016
Quick Pickup
We left the farm Saturday morning in the Silverado and headed for
Daleville. It was sunny, a little windy but warm. We were talking about
getting the golf cart out when we arrived in IN and staying till
Wednesday. I had made a mistake authorizing a new debit card and was
required to visit a local branch of PNC to make the card work. Our
nearest branch was in Bowling Green, 90 miles away, so I thought I would
find a location near our route on the way to Daleville. Google found one
for us in Elizabethtown, near where we entered I-65. The GPS guided us
turn by turn to the parking lot and I went inside. I was told to wait
for the Customer Service Manager who was with another customer. OK, went
to the waiting area where I found someone ahead of me. One hour and 15
minutes later, our new debit card would now work and we were back on the
road, almost. By then, Stacey and Linda were wanting a sandwich, so we
drove through a Wendy's and kept going. A wrong exit on I-65 as we were
ready to cross the Ohio River put us in a circle maneuver of around 10
blocks, then across the old SR 61 bridge into IN and back on I-65. A
couple slow downs for construction zones and then the wind started
blowing us around as we neared Indy. It became worse as I exited the
Interstate and drove to Chesterfield to shop for groceries. Then I
headed towards Daleville and we noticed the police at the county line
railroad crossing because the long arm of the signals had been blown
across the top of the electrical power lines. As we parked at the house
and began carrying things in the wind was blowing really hard. We hooked
up the TV and turned on the other things, then read that the power was
out in a lot of the area around Anderson and Chesterfield. WTHeck was
happening, all of a sudden it was snowing, not just flurries, but
snowing with accumulation on the grass and bed cover of the truck. It
snowed several more times as we watched the NCAA basketball games.
Sunday
morning we had breakfast, then Stacey and Linda went to visit with Kim
for most of the day. They had slept in the truck the day before and were
wanting to do something, I had not slept and wasn't wanting to do much,
so I stayed at the house and watched the NASCAR race on TV. I managed a
nap or two while they were gone. The reason for the trip was to pick up
the flooring we had bought from Lumber Liquidators (LL) for the house
and return it to the store in Bowling Green. Supposedly, it had three
times the allowed cancer causing agents in it. I had been persistent in
calling LL three times and going once in person to their store to get
them to agree to take their defective product back. Linda had moved a
few of the boxes of flooring before she left, I moved the rest into the
dining room. They returned to the house a little before dark.
Monday
morning it was still cold and cloudy. I told Linda I was going to load
some of the boxes of flooring into the truck instead of doing them all
the day we left. She said she was ready to go home right then. Oh?? I
let that be a few minutes and then asked if she was sure. Yep. We loaded
all 11 boxes in the truck, then had sausage biscuits before shutting
everything down. I went and filled up the truck with fuel while they
packed the clothes, then I returned and packed the rest of our things in
the truck as Linda did the dishes. We stopped in Pendleton to visit with
Nana for a couple of hours. As we were stepping off the porch to leave,
Imon and Linda K pulled up and got out to say hello. Linda K was on her
lunch hour, so we didn't talk long, then they left, then we left. A
drive through lunch and on to the farm.
It was 39 degrees when we
left Pendleton and it was 74 degrees when we arrived at the farm. It is
full spring time down here and still winter in IN. What were we thinking?
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Flooring For Daleville House
Stacey, Linda and I went to Lumber Liquidators in Bowling Green on
Wednesday 4-6-16. The first thing we did was pick out tile flooring that
resembles wood planks off of an old barn and find out how much it would
cost. We ordered the flooring. We then returned the Chinese manufactured
flooring to them after making arrangements with their corporate office
and receiving a release form so we won't be involved in the class action
suit. The guys at the local store were polite and very helpful. They
brought out a fork truck and helped unload the 11 boxes of laminate onto
a pallet, then took it into their warehouse. We went back inside and
settled up on the difference in price, received the paperwork and left.
Monday,
4-11-16 the Lumber Liquidators in Bowling Green called and left a
message stating that the flooring had arrived at their Bowling Green
location and we could pick it up.
Tuesday, Stacey and I went in the
pickup truck and they loaded the tile flooring in the back of the truck
with a fork truck. Sweet, everything had worked out. We drove back to
the farm and put the truck in the pole barn awaiting a trip to Daleville.
I
laid one piece out on the tailgate of the truck to see what it actually
looked like in the sunshine.
Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2016
Opening Day
We left the farm at 11:15 AM and drove to the Brownsville baseball
diamonds to watch Julie and Kyle play. Julie's game was first at 1:30
and I saw some improvement in her game. 
It
was just a short walk from where we had watched Julie play to watch
Kyle's game, which began at 3 PM. Kyle was distracted most of the game.
Messing with his hat or watching the other team's dugout. 
After
the games were over, Pauline and Brent invited us over for a nice
dinner. Brent cooked chicken breasts outside on the grill while Pauline
made the side dishes inside. After we had finished, we sat and chatted
till nearly dark, then headed home.
