Same Old Stuff

There is nothing that we would call exciting going on in our world, just basic household maintenance. Last week the garage door opener quit working so we decided to replace it with one of the quiet belt drives. After getting this installed the spring on the door broke so we had to have a new one made to fit. Needless to say what seemed to be an easy project became one of those homeowners " It Never Fails" moments.

We also decided that the old wooden landing at the bottom of the deck needed to be replaced. They had gotten so bad that we didn't even like to step on them. After shopping around we choose to use blocks and a slate look stone. They went in easier than we anticipated and after a couple evenings we finally had something we were happy with.

Now that Keith has been back in South Carolina for a couple of weeks he has put his name on a list to do another TDY in August. This one is just out west for a week or so but it would still be a nice trip. Since he's been home he has used some of his free time to finish restoring the shotgun that he began work on when he was home on leave. Now I need him to come home again so I get a chance to try it out.

We think we are current on the PEZ collection as we have the new MLB PEZ along with the Pirates of the Caribbean. We are missing Bruce the Shark and Gary the Snail but I'm sure we will come across them sooner or later. After all half the fun is in the hunt.

We are now looking forward to spending some time this weekend with some friends in Danville were we will be celebrating the graduation of their daughter. It's hard to believe that Kris did babysitting for her. We didn't realize Kris had gotten that OLD.