Another Trip to Branson

Yesterday the farm house upstairs was scrubbed and cleaned from all the construction. On one of the many trips down the stairs a 10 foot 4 inch pcp pipe was dropped. It gouged a hole in 2 stairs. Both places are about an inch by half inch which will need to be sanded and stained. Greg Reed was called about finishing the grout in the downstairs bathroom and caulking around the tub. He will be here on Saturday. He also needs to work on the upstairs bathroom pocket door. It was sliding but now not. Mark called to report the bed was not in stock and had to be ordered. It should be here Nov 6th which sets back the move in date but actually gives us more time to finish. Speaking of phone calls every time the phone rang I had to step outside to communicate. The metal roof is great at keeping the rain out but terrible for reception. The phone would ring which would mean a trip down the stairs and out the door into the rain while talking. One of the phone calls was from the equine dentist. He is to be here on Monday for the boys and one mare. Bad timing as far as money in the check book but a necessary expenditure. There is still some painting to be done in the kitchen and up the stair well. The afternoon was spent doing laundry and cleaning the apartment. After dinner Mark and I headed back to the farm house to start putting together furniture. We now have the bathroom storage cabinet put together and ready to be moved in when the grout is finished. Philip ordered 2 desks which came in yesterday. Mark and I decided to tackle the big corner desk first, worked until after 9:00. We quit without finishing, something that drives a compulsive person nuts. Just saying Mark had no problem with walking away from the mess of desk parts spread all over the 'wrecked' rec room. Actually it was a good thing we quit when we did, the packing for Branson hadn't even been started. Eva Jean, Janell, Wally, Karin, Mom and I are leaving at 7:00am this morning. We purchased tickets to Joseph at the Sight and Sound theater a long time ago for Saturday night. It turned out to be a bad weekend to leave, the choir is traveling to Belvidere on Sunday which I will have to miss.