During this past week I have been on a Staycation... I was away from work but we didn't go anywhere. We stayed at home mostly.
We had guests over on the 3rd. We grilled a whole turkey, that was so good!
Played bags and sat on the deck all afternoon. The weather was beautiful.
Gary was the odd man in the last games and had no partner... and he won....
We went to Six Flags, and that was a lot of fun. ( I have to upload the pictures later) Ethan took his friend Jerry, they insisted that we meet for lunch at 1:00pm, then went off on their own to go ride the Superman ride.
Mary, Jordan, Raelynn, Nikolas, and I went the other direction. We enjoyed the morning and rode many rides and had a lot of fun. We went back at 1:00pm.
Ethan and Jerry? Nowhere to be found... we waited... and waited... and waited...
Finally I went out to the car to see if they were waiting there.... nope.
I called Raelynn's phone and let them know. Mary said she would wait for them and sent Jordan Raelynn and Nik out to eat lunch. I ate and went back so Mary could go eat.
Still no Ethan and Jerry...
At about 2:00pm they come strolling up... "Sorry, when we went to Superman the line was too long so we went and rode other rides, then on the way back the line was shorter so we got in.. we thought we would have plenty of time."
I looked at them and said... "Well, You didn't" we went out so they could eat too.
The afternoon was fun as we rode a few more rides. I went on the American Eagle with Ethan.... It was his first roller coaster he had ever ridden at Six Flags, and that was with me, so we had to go and ride it again... It was fun.
All in all a very good day.
Marvin came up and helped us put in new doors. He was a tremendous help! Thank you Dad!
We really needed them as the doors we had were going bad.
they were over 40 years old and were splintering.
So we bought new doors.
This is the doors as we bought them.
I stained them over the last month so they would be ready for when Marvin arrived.
He did the bathroom door to show us how it was done correctly....
We removed the old door (Jordan enjoyed the demolition) and found that this house had another surprise for us. Non Standard Stud sizes! What joy!
This meant that we had to cut almost 1/2 inches from the new door framing, and not the easy way. Marvin did the measuring and most of the cutting, I did a few cuts after he showed what was needed. Of course he did the measuring... I am not going to go into how many times I measure 4 times and then cut wrong anyway.... But we got all four ready then did the installing.
Here is Jordan and I helping Marvin on the Bathroom Door.
I then worked with Jordan to put in my door...(incorrectly of course, but Marvin has already told me how to fix it, so no big deal.) Then we did Jordan's door. Then we broke for supper. I had recieved some Lake Trout from my neighbor, (Thank you Bob!) Mary seasoned it up and also preped some chicken breasts. Jordan took to the grill and grilled up the fish and chicken.
This was a very good meal! Jordan has taken over the grilling for our family... I guess I have to admit that he is better at it than I am now... but that's ok as long as it keeps coming out so good!
After supper Marvin went home and Ethan and I worked on putting in his door. It was more difficult to get it as his walls were a bit more out of square then the rest of the openings, but with effort we were able to get them all in... All I have left to do now is put up the trim. I am still varnishing it now but it is looking so good!
Today we took a trip up to Kenosha for breakfast... If you read my older posts you will see a post from a motorcycle trip that Mary and I took up to Franks Diner in Kenosha.
This time we drove up with the boys and had a very good trip.
We stopped at the lake on the way back to look at the boats and enjoy the views.
Boats
Mary and I in front of the boats
Jordan enjoying the view
Boys on the rocks!
That gets us fairly close to being up to date. Sorry bout the long pause!
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