Almost Finished

 We had quite a walk, Joan showed up with a limp, Spark joined us to talk about mom's trip to Gulf Shores, then Mark showed up as Diane was showing us a special knife and finally Mike showed up right after Spark showed us how the lift works. That lift had been in Joan's barn for 8 years and not run. Spark got it running and we were all impressed.  Below Diane is telling us about that knife.

Below we are discussing the car top carrier and decided against it.

The video below is speeded up but Spark was showing us how it works.

Mike and Spark walked with us for a bit but Mark went on the other direction, he tries to get 6000 to 8000 steps in each day.

When we reached the cabin Diane had the cart ready to put by the fence.

They had finished their side yard, just need to put in a gate and finish the steps.

Right after the walk Mark and I drove down to Rabers to make sure all was in order with the hog we ordered and that the roasting would be finished by 4:15 pm. I snapped a picture as we were leaving of the bull there.

All is well with that.  Next we stopped at the Hanna City post office to pick up the 2 twin size mattresses for the game room in the barn. The last stop before heading home was to fill the 5 gallon jug with diesel fuel. The diesel fuel was taken to the indoor arena where the tractors and skid steer are stored then over to the new barn to drop off the mattresses. Those were opened and laid flat to inflate. Mark took the boxes to the dumpster while I rolled up all the plastic then threw it over the railing to the gym floor, except it got caught in the basketball backboard.

Mark had to leave for an estimate. I finished a few things in the barn then went to work on the golf cart. That needed a back seat. Joan's girls will give golf cart rides for anyone who would like to take a tour around the area during the hog roast.

The bolts needed to be removed as those hits the back when going over a bump. I found the correct size board to use of the sheet then brought a comforter to make it soft. 

When Mark got home he got the excavator on the small tractor to start on the potholes. Mom really wanted those fixed before the hog roast. 

Mark made the 1 foot pot holes into a 3 foot pot holes.

After digging the area up he smoothed it down then dumped more gravel on top. He found this solution on youtube and it worked. 

I took the video in to show mom how well it was working and noticed Karin's new drawing. This one was one of my daughters.

After showing mom the video it was time to go in the house to start the laundry and supper. Tonight we had left over pot roast that was slowcooked in May then frozen. It was actually pretty good. I had Mark drive the golf cart so I could try out the back seat and found I need more padding. I'm going to have to go back to two saddle pads, then cover those with the comforter. Mark drove me to the barn where Anna and Phil were finishing up with the gym air conditioner.

The mattresses were expanded so those were folded up and put behind the couch.

They fit well back there and cant be seen unless you look for them.

The barn is very close to being finished. 

When we walked out of the barn the sun was glowing red on the barn.

We loaded the air compressor on the golf cart and was taking that to the back barn garage but had to stop for another picture.

The sun was almost set by the time we got behind the barn.

Joan arrived to borrow the 2 horse trailer to haul some of the co-op play stuff over to Marie's house. Mark helped hook it up, Joan gave it a quick cleaning then off she went. Rhonda, Diane and Mike were walking around admiring the sunset, Rhonda shared some of the pictures she took Tuesday.

Below is the rainbow Kensley and I saw on our way to Dollar Tree Tuesday.

The pictures below were of the sunset.