ARKANSAS??!!!

There was no plan for me to go to the house today. So Dan got up early and headed out without so much as eating or grabbing coffee....although I'm sure he did on his way out to the house!

I saw Dave outside cleaning stuff out of his truck after Dan left, I thought he had a job to go to today. But it wasn't until late morning that Gina told me he had gone out to the house to help Dan!

They spent the day putting drywall compound on the walls. We call it "mudding the walls". Here is a sample (Dan was in charge of pictures today, I had the camera, all he had was his phone camera!)

Dave on the scaffold spreading the "mud"





The master bathroom with the mud already spread on the green board.



Closer up of master bathroom walls.




I hear Hank showed up first thing this morning also and helped all day. They said he assisted them but also did "cleaning". Wonder if he's for hire once we move in?!




I spent the day working on family reunion details. I went to both Cosco and Gordon Food Service and compared prices on the food we will need. I was surprised to see G.F.S. had better prices across the board. They had more of what we will need too. So, I see a shopping trip to GFS in my future. Plus, you have to have a membership to shop at Cosco...which we do not have. Gina has one, so we could go with her if necessary.

We spent some time with Dan's family this evening. They will be going back to CA early Wednesday morning. It's been nice having them here an extended amount of time. We've been able to spend some additional time with his neice and nephew - been very pleasurable to get to know them better.

Then we had a curve ball thrown at us this evening when we returned from Dan's mom's house. Gina met us in the driveway and told us that they are buying a van (we knew they had been looking for one) and they need to go pick it up - in ARKANSAS! Long story, you can ask them the next time you see them! But they will be leaving in the morning and coming back Wednesday night. So, they won't be here to help prep the food like we'd planned. Any volunteers? Just kidding. Mindi and I talked and decided we didn't need to do that much. She'll stay home and do all the baking, and I'll buy as much precut, ready-to-serve food as I can find!

We go check out the rental house on Wednesday night, then have access Thursday. Family starts coming in Thursday, so it is working out well.

Gotta go finish my list for tomorrow. Have a pleasant night!