Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Putting a Gazebo on the Deck!


I am so excited! We now have a little "gazebo" installed on our deck! The deck is on the west side of the house, and it's too hot to enjoy it during the day, and the mosquitoes eat us up in the evening. Now we have shade and mosquito net sides for evening enjoyment!
I'd been looking for one since we came home from Don and Ada's in Colorado. Finally found one, and it came today via truck. Here you see Dennis working at tightening up all the nuts and bolts. It went together quite easily. I am sure we'll enjoy our deck much more than ever with this little addition!
Dennis still has to secure it to the deck so the wind won't blow it away. We're hoping that there will be no wind tonight, because he'll have to get some lag screws tomorrow at the Farm and Home store.
That's about the only news I have today.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Midnight Ride to Branson!

We received a call from the bunch in Branson. The car broke down, and they needed us to bring the van down to take them home, and pull their car back.

HERE'S THE UPDATE......with Pictures.

Well...we made the trip down in just under six hours. We unloaded the van and slept in it so we wouldn't disturb anyone at 2:30 AM. We were so thankful to have made it without problems. We were blessed beyond measure! Mom was the first to wake up, and we surprised her....and I DO have a photo of that surprise, however, because I am a very kind and considerate daughter, I have decided NOT to post it here. However, I will keep it in my files....just in case. We then loaded up the Oldsmobile, but unfortunately, I was so busy pushing it up onto the trailer that I didn't even get a picture. It went on much easier than I expected! We enjoyed a very fine breakfast, courtesy of the Ramada Inn, and at about 10, we were on the road for home. Just about 10 miles west of Lebanon, we had some tire trouble, but were able to pull off of the interstate to fix it. Dennis was unloading the jack, while Tyler got ready to pull the bad tire off. As soon as Dennis lifted the trailer, Tyler put the spare in place, and within an incredibly short time, it was done! Any NASCAR teams looking for a tire man might want to look at these guys!