When we bought our house, it was a mess. It was a repo, and the people who lost the house left their animals in the basement, and left the place a mess. We ripped out the carpet, and bleached the floors downstairs more than once. Yet a bad smell remained. We bleached again. But the slight bad smell remained. Today Richard had an idea and called the gas company. They said to not light any matches, use any household equipment, and to leave the house. They came out immediately----within 15 minutes or so---and found that we had three, count that 3, gas leaks downstairs. Not big, but big enough that we had a bad smell in the house for weeks now. We have been working, ripping out walls, using the saw, drill, washer and dryer downstairs, and have had a couple of hot dog roasts out in the backyard. We are very thankful that God kept us safe, and we didn't have any explosions.
The gas man, with his helper Taylor, checked out all of the lines downstairs, and the main line coming into the house. Leaks are fixed. They even checked underground in the backyard....and we are good to go.
And wow.....no more bad smell in the house.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Visitors
We have had a good week here in Casper. Janelle went to camp with the youth from church for the week, and enjoyed working, getting the camp ready for the summer. Our good friends from Oregon, the Sous, arrived on Thursday evening for a couple of days. We took a quick trip up the mountain for a picnic, and another afternoon out at Alcova Lake. It was so nice to visit with them. Velma and I have been friends for more than 30 years, and she and her son, Joseph visited us in Mexico two years ago. Joseph was also in Bernal a couple of months ago with the youth group that came.
On Friday we celebrated 3 years with Taylor. We have been so blessed to have Taylor in our lives. Today, while we were out at the lake, Taylor and LiAnne went on a walk with Crystal. When they got back she told me, "Taylor is such a neat kid." I agree....he is a keeper, and we are blessed that he is ours.
On Friday we celebrated 3 years with Taylor. We have been so blessed to have Taylor in our lives. Today, while we were out at the lake, Taylor and LiAnne went on a walk with Crystal. When they got back she told me, "Taylor is such a neat kid." I agree....he is a keeper, and we are blessed that he is ours.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
100 Questions
Taylor:
Mom, will there be schools in Heaven?
Schoolbooks?
No? oh good.
Are there computers?
Food?
Cars? Gold roads? Will be WALK on them?
Mom, will there be dentists in Heaven?
(He has gone to the dentist a couple of times lately.)
Mom, is there ???? in Heaven?
I think that we have now asked and answered every Is there ? in Heaven question
that there can be.
Taylor, gotta love him.
Mom, will there be schools in Heaven?
Schoolbooks?
No? oh good.
Are there computers?
Food?
Cars? Gold roads? Will be WALK on them?
Mom, will there be dentists in Heaven?
(He has gone to the dentist a couple of times lately.)
Mom, is there ???? in Heaven?
I think that we have now asked and answered every Is there ? in Heaven question
that there can be.
Taylor, gotta love him.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Catching up....
Actually, I'll never catch up here since I am sooooooo far behind.
Today is the first time in nearly 3 months that I didn't have seven kids at home. I miss them, but it sure was quiet here today, and I got a lot done. The 4 grandkids were home with their mom today, so that was good. Hoping that things will continue to improve and that she will be home and able to take care of them now.
On May 25th, we moved into a small house that we bought here in Casper. It was a repo house, in need of a LOT of repair. Richard has completely remodeled the bathroom on the main floor. It had been remodeled....in a very strange way....so he was really just putting it back pretty much as it had originally been. We are texturing all of the upstairs walls, replacing doors and have a garage full of windows to replace all of the windows and the front door. Anyone want to come help??
We will soon be starting on gutting the basement, tearing out most of the existing walls and putting in new drywall throughout. Once that is done, we will have quite a bit of more room than we have now with just the upstairs. Since Richard is doing most of the work himself, it is a slow project, but is getting done step by step.
We are getting more and more involved in our local church. I will be helping in VBS in a couple of weeks, working with 3rd and 4th grade. Richard and Janelle will be helping next week with the youth group, working to get the local Baptist camp ready for camping season. It is a good opportunity for Janelle to mix with the youth, work on English as well as social skills. The church has asked us to set up some kind of mission trip for next year to China...so we are making inquiries about that. Richard will be preaching in a couple of weeks in the Hispanic service.
We have friends from Oregon coming out for a visit next week. It will be so fun to have them here. If you are planning to drive through from east to west or from west to east, and are driving through Wyoming....please plan to stop through to visit. We would love to see you.
Today is the first time in nearly 3 months that I didn't have seven kids at home. I miss them, but it sure was quiet here today, and I got a lot done. The 4 grandkids were home with their mom today, so that was good. Hoping that things will continue to improve and that she will be home and able to take care of them now.
On May 25th, we moved into a small house that we bought here in Casper. It was a repo house, in need of a LOT of repair. Richard has completely remodeled the bathroom on the main floor. It had been remodeled....in a very strange way....so he was really just putting it back pretty much as it had originally been. We are texturing all of the upstairs walls, replacing doors and have a garage full of windows to replace all of the windows and the front door. Anyone want to come help??
We will soon be starting on gutting the basement, tearing out most of the existing walls and putting in new drywall throughout. Once that is done, we will have quite a bit of more room than we have now with just the upstairs. Since Richard is doing most of the work himself, it is a slow project, but is getting done step by step.
We are getting more and more involved in our local church. I will be helping in VBS in a couple of weeks, working with 3rd and 4th grade. Richard and Janelle will be helping next week with the youth group, working to get the local Baptist camp ready for camping season. It is a good opportunity for Janelle to mix with the youth, work on English as well as social skills. The church has asked us to set up some kind of mission trip for next year to China...so we are making inquiries about that. Richard will be preaching in a couple of weeks in the Hispanic service.
We have friends from Oregon coming out for a visit next week. It will be so fun to have them here. If you are planning to drive through from east to west or from west to east, and are driving through Wyoming....please plan to stop through to visit. We would love to see you.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
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