Busy Couple of Days!

Brian and Jana have arrived.  They drove from Cincinnati to here in miserable rain.  They still made good time and arrived safe and sound.  It was so good to see them.  I should also mention that Mattie was also with them.  Brian will be leaving early Tuesday morning (They arrived on Wednesday night about 10:30).  Jana will be staying until approximately the first of February.  It will depend on the weather and when someone can take her back to Cincinnati.

All of us have been busy since they arrived.  Kevin took off work.  He will not return to work until Tuesday.  They are busy doing some jobs for me.  This is my birthday present.  So far they built a wall across the front of my patio.  They filled that area and the area at the end of the patio with rocks and then river rock.  It looks really nice.  

 
They also put my downspouts back up on the house.  Brian, with help from Kevin, hung my ceiling fan which had fallen earlier this summer.  They moved some things for me.  Brian hung my “quilt wall” in the She Shack.  Of course it came advertised as 6’ x 6’.  It was definitely out of square, but it still looks nice.  I also purchased a shelf rack for the She Shack which they put together for me.


In between they did a few things for Jana that she needed done to finish setting up her camper.  Now they are working on putting on a barn door on the shed where the boat is stored.  Hopefully, this will keep the birds out of the shed.  

The three Christmas tea towels are ones I embroidered for Jana.  I gave them to her early so she could hang them in her camper.  She is very happy with them.  I think they turned out pretty good.

I have these in my kitchen.

Thursday while the guys worked on the wall Jana got her camper in order.  She put everything away that she brought with her.  Brought the books over to me that she brought for me.  I gave her the books I had been saving for her.  I also went to the orthopedic doctor about my knee.  Regular checkup.  Everything is fine and I don’t have to go back for a year.  He also gave me a cortisone shot in my hip since it has been bothering me again.  It was a busy day for all of us.  Kevin grilled pork chops for supper.  Brian did the inside work.  Supper was delicious.  We spent the evening watching Mrs. Brown on television.  We did a lot of laughing.  We also played with Copper and Shelby.  It was a fairly early evening because everyone was tired.



Yesterday we went to morning Mass, then we had breakfast at Ihop.  Hadn’t been there since last year.  We both had French toast which is our favorite.  After that we went shopping at Walmart. Jana and I went down to the She Shed and moved some things around.  They had put together my shelf rack, and we started putting stuff on it.  Took a break for a while.  By then the guys had started on the barn door.  They stopped and grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for supper.  Renea had made broccoli slaw which everyone likes except me, but that is okay.  Brian had requested it.  Then we watched Two and a Half Men and did a lot of laughing.  We also played with the dogs again. It was another early evening.

Saturday Kevin took Renea to Atlanta for a baby shower.  When he returned he and Brian started work on installing a barn door on the part of the shed where Rick’s boat is stored.


Jana and I went to evening Mass.  When we returned Brian and Kevin fixed us supper.  He grilled fish he had caught earlier and froze.  It was delicious.  We had mac and cheese, broccoli slaw and rolls with the fish.  Since it was pretty late by then we did not stay.  Everyone was tired.


Early Sunday morning Kevin and Brian came over to be sure they had taken care of everything I needed done.  The two of them decided that Brian would return home on Monday.  They were not going to go fishing.  They both had too much to do.  They did finish the barn door on Sunday except for painting.  Kevin said he would do that later. 


In the afternoon Brian and Kevin went to Atlanta to pick up Renea.  When they came back they grilled chicken.  We had left over mac and cheese, salad and rolls.  Again it was an early evening because Brian wanted to leave about 4:00 a.m.

I don’t like this time change.