Mom left at the end of last month and work on the house came to almost a hault. Some of it was planned. Like our anniversary was the last day of the month. So we decided to get away from house work and Longview for the day. We ended up just going to Shreveport. On the way, we stopped at Gator and Friends on the stateline. Totally not worth the money. If you want to go to a zoo go elsewhere. I was not impressed. We also stopped at the Shreveport Water Works Museum. It was the water treatment plant for Shreveport for a very long time. It was in operation for about 100 years. It was operated by steam. It was a hot day when we walked through the museum and I cannot imagine working there in the heat of the day along side all the steam heat. The next day we drove down to Mansfield to go to the Civil War state park, but it was closed :( I was looking forward to going. We will probably do that another time. The drive back from Shreveport was a nice one. Enjoyed the "long" way back to the house. On our way back we stopped in Logansport. I was able to wander through an old cemetary. Back in 1996, an boy scout for his Eagle project drew up a map of all the plots with their names.
On the friday before we left for our trip, I found a little kitten at the door to my office. Tim said that we could keep it. I had someone watch it over the weekend while we were gone. He came home with me on July 1st. We ended up naming him Oliver (after the Oliver tractor). He was a blast to have around. He had some problems on friday, but nothing a little food would not solve. However, Oliver ended up passing away in my arms early Sunday morning. It hit us both pretty hard. We burried him in the back yard under the big oak tree.
Jen came to visit over the 4th. Well, she was in a wedding but stayed with us. It was great to see her again. I always enjoy the time I have with her.
We have done some work on the house. Over the 4 day 4th weekend, we ended up grouting the backsplash and finishing up the floor tile between the kitchen and laundry room. Tim also loaded his shed on to the trailer from the other house. We ended up moving it early Sunday morning. We have also been bringing stuff over from the other house's yard slowly. We moved the big tractor with the brushhog on the previous friday. We emptied out the car port shed this past sunday. All that is left at the other house is the big carport and the little tractor.
We are in the process in picking out countertop colors. Very hard decision to pick out a color using small squares for such a big area. The color looks great on the card but we have no idea what it would like in the big sheets.
We ended up getting a new refridgerator. We were using one from the duplex that was not needed. However, the one at the duplex broke. So we picked up a new one for us. Well it was a new used one. Not really what I wanted, but it was what we could afford. With the fridge out of the living room, the living room seems bigger. We also moved the dryer into its home. The dishwasher is now in the living room, but it does not look as big as the dryer and fridge.
I am planning a bday get together for Tim on Saturday. I am working on trying to get everything ready for it. I am excited to have people over and share in Tim's bday and show off the work we have been doing on the house.
