Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A cool (85) and overcast day

When we were at the Humane Society yesterday we spotted a duck. This poor duck has problems with it's legs but can get around slowly. We thought it would make a fine friend for our mascot goose, No Fear. Since the duck only cost $2 we decided to name it Two Buck Duck. ;-P
As you can see, they're happy together at the friendly fowl day spa. The gate is open for them to wander and the fence gives them a sense of security.

I finally got my bird house gourds planted ....... upside down. I hope they grow well and give me lots of gourds that I can string around the property for the birds to live in and do their bug eating best.

This funky worm was crawling through the yard this afternoon. Its as big around as one of Bubba's fingers and nearly 5 inches long. Notice the horn on it's butt?? The colors were pretty amazing too. It wasn't bashful; crawled right toward me at a pretty good clip.
Must get to town tomorrow and get gas for the lawn mower ........ must ......

More later ........

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Post script

These next two weeks are going to be so long!! Our little girl has to stay at the shelter until her scheduled spay surgery on the 13th. I think I'll take her a new soft bed and let her get used to it, then bring it home and, hopefully, make her feel right at home right away.

Pictures are coming, but not today

This gorgeous little girl stole my heart at the animal shelter this morning. We went searching for a companion for our Mijo. He's eight years old now and ready for a friend. Now that we're off the road and away from the RV Parks where he had chance to meet new dogs every day and play every time he went out, he's gotten lonely. Last week in Iowa he played till he dropped with Corky, Mom's dog. We've never seen him play so hard or so long with her. I think both of them lost weight from it! ha ha ha This little beauty will be Munchkin and she looks very much like Corky.

This is Corky, Mijo's best buddy. I'm anxious to see how she reacts to two dogs in our house when she comes to visit this fall. She is a rescue dog too and has proven to be a nearly perfect house dog and lap dog for Mom & Dad.


On a freakier note; how many people do you know who, in one five minute trip outdoors with their dog, encounter a rain shower, a jack rabbit and a small tarantula in their yard???? That was my late afternoon trip with Mijo. Very interesting!


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Friday, June 26, 2009

Its a beautiful life

What a beautiful family. Only two siblings and their spouses missing from the celebration of Mom & Dad's 50th wedding anniversary. Its such a shame Leroy & Deb and Roger & Joyce couldn't make it, but we enjoyed a grand celebration.





I'm not sure what I enjoyed most, the evenings around the game table or the family dinner and slide show. Bethany put together an AWESOME slide show, including music, of photos and memories from Mom & Dad's life together.

I could go on and on but am pooped from unpacking tubs today. We emptied our storage unit and drug all remaining 'stuff' home to Texas on this trip.

It was only 104 here today! HA HA HA HA Expecting just 99 tomorrow and hope to get some more of those pictures taken that I promised Darlys & Jan. Stay tuned! ;-P

More later .............

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Thank GOD for my husband

In the past two months my wonderful husband has undergone a beautiful transformation. He is still the sweet, understanding, patient friend that he has always been to me and has now become a much better friend to himself. His level of confidence and conviction have grown, or recovered, along with his physical stength and ambition.

He used to be a softy to everyone, not just me. He wouldn't argue with or push a salesman, he wouldn't stand his ground with contractors or say NO to much at all.

After two months of being at the mercy of contractors, sales people and manufacturers, and getting more physically active, he's taking a different approach. He's not being angry, rude or belligerant, but he is standing his ground and making his point. I have a hard time doing that myself. I get frustrated, I get angry and I get impatient. I don't always communicate that to the people it might effect, but I sure vent it later.

This morning our home warranty company sent two men from a local plumbing service to our home for the water heater. We told them the hot water faucets were simply trickling water out and it was not hot. We believe the water heater is full of sediment and either needs flushed or replaced. Before they came out the plumber called, listened to the symptoms and declared that it must be some other problem, not the water heater. He sent his guys out and told them not to spend more than an hour and to do whatever they could shy of replacing the unit............

When they opened the outflow they saw what they believed to be a marble. Rather than believing this is some sort of safety valve, they decided they would try to break the 'marble' to clear the tube. They called their boss to tell him what they found and he said the warranty would not pay for a water heater, that they needed to fix it. Bubba called the warranty company while they hammered and drilled and convinced themselves that there was something behind the 'marble' that wouldn't move either.

The possitive thing is that we didn't even pay the service fee we were supposed to pay and we didn't pay the parts they installed, unnecessarily, and wanted to charge us for. The negative is that they left and now we have to wait for their boss to accept the order for a new water heater and send them back out. If they don't call back by this afternoon I'm sure Bubba will call the home warranty company and request a new service provider. These two were not someone I would choose to invite back into our home if we don't have to.

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Follow up after lunch .... The plumber called and said the home warranty company will not pay for a water heater. They offer to pay him for two hours of labor to come fix it...... Bubba called the home warranty company back and drilled through at least two levels of customer service and still has no positive response. Now that the service men have drilled through what may be a valve and have declared that they don't believe the unit is fixable we are still being told that home warranty won't replace it.

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Another follow up. An hour after Bubba got off the phone with the home warranty company the plumber showed up with a new water heater. Praise be!!!!

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