First, other news of the family. Talked to Paula late last week for the latest installment of Dairy Drama. They are still culling cows for slaughter and hoping for an end to the milk reduction. She's working on a news piece to update us all. Paula also has her second article published in Southern Idaho Living as the #1 feature! Go take a look at: http://southernidaholiving.com/ and check out the article on Earnie Sites. Also got to visit with Jessica and Clayton for a few minutes on Google Video Chat as they are contemplating their living options in Texas this fall. They both looked great and are doing well.
Frank is in sunny Singapore for this week. He flew out Thursday and will be gone 10 days. Talked to him briefly on Saturday afternoon and it was a sunny, Sunday morning there and he made the flight in good shape.
Dan was attacked by the old house monster over the weekend! (I have these dreams about my house crumbling underneath me!) The drains plugged up due to an old cast iron pipe that had completely rotted on the bottom half where water had stood (see picture). He spent the weekend busting out concrete, putting in new pipe and mixing concrete to cover it up. By Saturday night...he was bushed but did a good job!
Last weekend, with all the people that come and look at my map, I decided I needed to light it up a bit. Of course, a simple plan went haywire (or should I say drywall wire?) and I have several holes in the wall in the old study but now I have an enlightened world map!
Big news for me is that now Idahahome has a tractor! After 9 months of looking at KSL and pricing around, I found a good deal in St. George. Dan graciously borrowed me his truck and Saturday morning I drove down, loaded it up, then drove it to Idaho and was back to Oreahome by a little after 1 a.m. Attached is a shot of Frank's kids clambering over it on the way through. It came with a bucket, two scrapers, a backhoe and the trailer...much less expensive than new so all those hours browsing KSL Classifieds (the Clegg brother past time)....hopefully paid off!!!
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