A Sociable Weekend
Well, things are happening at last! On Thursday the old furnace went out - in pieces - and the new furnace came in - smaller than a filing cabinet! I had thought it would take at least a day or more to take out the old one, but they were done with that in two hours flat! The pieces were all lying on the grass by the street. (See the photos below in Ruthe’s Roses article section).
There are two guys here right now to finish up the plumbing line changes and then they are done.
Yesterday Jake Wollf, the man who is going to do the carpentry jobs, and the roof came over to re-measure everything carefully so he can order the supplies he needs.
My Aunt Jean’s arrived on Friday, but we arranged for her other friends to pick her up, and they hosted her. I picked her up on Saturday afternoon, and showed her my office and house and then had to get her back so she could attend a birthday party with her friends. On Sunday I went to the same church as they, and from there Aunt Jean and I went to pick up my brother Tom, and we went out to a restaurant for a late lunch.
I’d heard about a display in a park near Tom’s place, but no one was in a mood for walking, so we came to my house and sat and visited, and even took a look at a computer that had been dropped off for me on Saturday morning. I had prepared food the day before, so was able to serve a light cold supper. It was a pleasant sociable weekend.
Sounds like you had a busy time what with the repairs on your home and company. I remember a time when I owed my house and I had to have a plumber come in and redo the plumbing in the house. It was in the winter and all the pipes froze. I also had to have a new water meter put in as well.It took them a few days to unthaw the pipes and do the work.
I really liked the picture of your brother and Snowflake. It is wonderful how animals have a calming effect on the handicapped.Dad always enjoys having the dogs come in for visits at the home. They come in once a month. My vet that I had started the Pet Therapy program here in London.He took his office cat Yoda into Mount Hope. He took him in to see a man named Bill who the nurses said hadn’t spoken in two years and when he left. Bill asked the nurse when the kitty would come back. This was the first time he had spoken. Of course Dr. Seltzer made it a point to see Bill the next time he went.