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Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Indiana Tile Job
Saturday morning, Stacey, Linda and I took Coco and drove to Pauline and
Brent's house. Linda and Stacey were going to take care of Julie & Kyle,
Poco, Pepper & Coco while Pauline, Brent and I went to lay the tile in
the Daleville house. We left their house around 9 AM and drove to IN. We
stopped and ate lunch, then continued the drive to Daleville, arriving
around 2 PM. After unpacking, we took a ride around town in the golf
cart. We ate pizza that evening.
Sunday morning Pauline fixed
breakfast, then we mixed up mortar and began laying tile in the center
of the two rooms. First, we worked towards the front door and to the
edge of the living room. Then Brent reversed direction and worked
towards the dinning room. Laying the nearly 3 foot long tiles took
longer than laying the 1 foot square tiles. They wanted pizza again, so
we ordered again from Pizza King.
Monday
morning we ate breakfast and began laying tile in the dinning room. Imon
and Bobby came to the front door to plug in an air compressor. They were
moving the old garage from the tax sale lot down to Imon's house and
needed to air up one of the trailer tires. We went outside to watch
Bobby pull the garage off the foundation and down the street. After they
left, Brent and I went back inside to continue laying tile.
When
the mortar ran out, we took a short trip towards Muncie, stopping for
ice cream at Cammack Station. After picking up two more bags of mortar
at Lowe's, we returned to the house and worked till around 9 PM, then
quit for the night.
Tuesday morning, we hustled through breakfast,
then began filling in the missing tiles that had to be cut with the tile
saw. I had cut most of them Monday while Pauline was buttering the tiles
for Brent to lay, but I still needed to cut some that required other
tiles to be filled in before an accurate measurement could be obtained.
The
results were pretty good. The tiles fit really close to the tiles at the
kitchen, hallway and front door. The last tile was laid about 11:45 AM,
then we showered, packed our things, closed up the house and headed for
Pendleton. We stopped at Jimmy's in Pendleton and bought several BBQ
sandwiches, then took them to Nana's house and ate with her. She was
surprised that Pauline and Brent were with me. Of course she had a
couple of jobs for Brent to do after he ate his sandwich. LoL We stayed
a little over an hour, then after saying good bye, I headed the truck
towards KY. The area around King Fish was packed with cars and people
attending a party at a nearby restaurant. We left the restaurant after
eating inside and crossed the old I-65 bridge, which is nearly
refinished. We arrived at Pauline and Brent's house around 7:30 PM,
where we talked with Linda & Stacey and played with Julie and Kyle for a
while since Julie and Kyle were going to the farm. Linda, Stacey and I
left there and made it to the farm by 9:30 PM with Julie and Kyle.
Everyone went right to bed.
Many thanks to Pauline and Brent!!
They both worked really hard and did an excellent job. I would have had
an extremely hard time getting the tile laid without them. Thanks for
the time and effort!
Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2016
Surf & Turf
Pauline and Brent Norris were over this week end to pick
up their kids after fall break. Thanks to Michael Lamont we enjoyed a
Surf & Turf dinner Saturday evening. Mike sent us a seafood package
earlier this year and we boiled the lobsters to enjoy with our steaks.
Thanks Michael Lamont, you're a class act!!
Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2016
New Grill
Saturday morning, Brent help me dig a 3 foot deep hole, pour it full of
concrete and set the pole for the Pilot
Rock park grill. I had used the back hoe on the tractor to place
large flat creek rocks around the location that Linda and I had picked
to put the grill, but I waited until the pole was set to put the last 3
rocks in place. Brent and I assembled the grill by adding a few items,
such as the exterior shelf, a bar to keep the lid open and the
adjustment pieces used to let in more or less air.
Sunday
morning the concrete was setup, so we hauled the grill to the pole and
set it on top. I dumped in quite a bit of charcoal and lit the fire to
burn off any paint or contaminants before we cooked on the grill. After
that burnt out, I added more charcoal and cooked hot dogs and Italian
Sausage along with a tin foil pack of green pepper and onions. Linda
brought down the picnic basket with the things needed to eat. Then we
chowed down. The brats were delicious!
Monday, Linda, Stacey and I
cooked more brats.
Tuesday
we had chicken breasts cooked on the grill.
Wednesday, chicken
breasts again.
We're loving the charcoal flavor and eating creek side!
Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2016
Farm Camp Out 2016
Linda and I began preparing the farm, pole barn and house for the Farm
Camp Out on Tuesday. Linda began cooking pies and soups Thursday.
Our
guests began arriving Friday afternoon. A light rain shower began about
dark, but it did not put out the fire Brent had started in the fire pit.
In fact, most people stood in the misting rain until it stopped a half
hour later. We served three kinds of Linda's homemade soups that were
kept warm in crock pots for guests to eat as they arrived. The last
group of guests made it to the farm about 9 PM.
Saturday
morning, Linda fixed bacon, eggs and biscuits with homemade jellies that
we had made. Sharon, Jackie, Sondra, Regina and Pam joined us to eat
lunch. They brought side dishes to pitch in with the two pork loins that
we had bought from Hamilton's BBQ. Linda also made some side dishes and
pies. We had way too much food and I think everyone was able to eat all
they wanted.
The
skies had cleared and the temperature was 83 a little after we finished
eating. People began riding the ATVs around the farm on the trails.
Brent
and I hooked up the hay wagon to the tractor and I pulled a load of
guests around the farm, down the creek and to the gravel bar where
everyone was throwing rocks into the creek. Some of the girls learned
how to skip the rocks over the top of the creek water.
Cold
pop sickles after the hay ride and then the kids began playing in the
creek or on the rope swing.
A
full stomach and a hay ride caused some to need a break.
Around
5 PM, I started the charcoal in the grill as the kids and Brent kept a
small fire burning in the fire pit.
More
swinging for the kids while the adults carried on with conversations as
we waited for the Italian Sausage with green peppers and onions to cook.
We
used the left over side dishes from lunch to complete the evening menu.
A
few cold drinks and lots of laughs rounded out the evening.
Toasting
marshmallows and smore's were fire pit favorites later on.
Linda
had fixed French Toast with sliced ham for everyone Sunday morning.
Inevitably, it is the last day and people have to start preparing to
leave. Several trips were made to round up items as the kids were left
to play in the living room while packing was done.
A
group picture was the last thing before people began leaving for their
homes. After a road trip on the ATVs, we heated the soups back up at
lunch time for those that stayed longer to eat before they left.
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It was a lot of work, but Linda and
I feel it is well worth it to have the Farm Camp Out. We get to see the
people, eat together and keep in touch with what has been happening in
their lives. I hope others enjoy it as much as we do and will continue
to join us here.
Posted on Monday, October 24, 2016
Grouting Tile
We left for IN Thursday morning, stopping in Louisville for lunch, then
on to Daleville. After unpacking, we went to Lowe's to pick up grout to
put down in the living room and dinning room.
Friday morning we ate
breakfast, then I mixed the grout with water and began spreading it on
the tile floor in the living room. I worked along the walls and finished
the living room by going down the middle towards the dinning room. I had
enough grout to do along the outside wall in the dinning room and
stopped. Linda had Stacey helping her wash the drying grout off the
tiles. I also helped with the wipe down of the tiles to remove the dry
film of grout. We worked most of the day cleaning the grout off.
Saturday
morning Stacey was experiencing problems. Not seizure trouble, just sick
to her stomach, but we weren't sure how things were going to pan out, so
we held off on tile grouting. Around lunch time, Stacey seemed to be
feeling OK, so I asked her if she wanted a Beef 'n" Cheddar sandwich
from Arby's. Oh yeah! After eating the sandwich, she seemed fine, so
Linda and I went to work on finishing the grout job. I spread the grout
and Linda washed it away. We only had to finish about 2/3rds of the room
and it went quick, but our legs were tired from the previous day's work.
Several buckets of clean water later, we had it good enough to let dry
completely, so I took a shower. We went to Wilson's Furniture Store in
Daleville and picked out a love seat, two recliners and two end tables
for the Daleville house. The recliners had to be ordered and should come
in about Thanksgiving. We left the store and I called the Pizza King in
Pendleton and picked up a large Royal Feast, a 2 liter of Coke and a
large unsweetened tea, then we went to Nana's house and ate with her.
Sunday
we relaxed, rode around town in the golf cart and watched the NASCAR
race on TV. Linda washed the tile a couple more times.
Monday,
Wilson's Furniture delivered our love seat and two end tables. We went
to Pendleton, picked up Reba and bought Dairy Bar BBQ sandwiches, then
went to Daleville to let her see our tile work and talk a while.
Linda
and Stacey took Nana back home while I went to the Town of Daleville
Office and paid for demolition permits for the tax sale house. Lee
Enterprises should be demolishing it in the upcoming weeks.
Tuesday
morning, we ate breakfast, then I checked and it was said it would
probably be next week before they started work on the tax sale house, so
we packed up and headed home. We ate outside at King Fish and the
weather was great. We made it home about 4:30 PM.
