Studs

It has been an adventure adapting at our age to life in a small travel trailer. Our dear friends have been so gracious and helpful making us feel welcome as we live in their driveway. We do have a lovely view of the lake and can see our new home as it grows. It is nice to be able to keep an eye on things and see when the crew comes and goes.

We've had fun neighborhood gatherings to watch the full moon rise, chatting, laughing and to let all of our young dogs play. We have hit some snags though, as one night watching our dogs romp, we noticed our small cat stalking a stray cat up the yard. As we watched them, all of a sudden, the dogs noticed them too and broke into a wild chase. Barney cut through the middle of all of us and hit the back of Bob's legs and sent him flying. He was standing next to me. I felt a breeze and he was gone. I looked down and there he was. He took skin off his elbow and was sore but seemed okay. The next morning he was pretty sure he had it licked and then the aches set in. Just what we needed with all there is to do.

Then I woke up early one morning with a case of Vertigo. I had no idea what was wrong with me except I couldn't sit up without spinning and then got very sick. Luckily Bob knew what to do and helped me along. Our dear neighbor advised us further and added to my treatment and got me up and running again. I thought maybe it was just sea legs from life in a rocky trailer! Anyway, I sure was thankful and feeling blessed to have such wonderful help.

So we are moving along again and making progress. Interior walls are in and now they are working on the upstairs. Here is a short tour -

This is our main entry with a coat closet on the left and then a powder room.

This is the downstairs bedroom.

Here are his and hers walk in closets and then the master bathroom. And yes, we have windows in our closets. I like that and hope to have good cross ventilation.

This is our kitchen with a lovely big window over the future sink. It looks north to our neighbors wooded lot. There will be an open counter space dividing the kitchen from the living room. A screened in porch will be off to the left of the living room and a fireplace will be on the right hand wall.

Joel is busy building steps to our basement and upstairs.

Here they are adding the upstairs walls.

The weather has been much better with cool nights and dry days and then we finally got some much needed rain. We've gotten used to permanent sand on floors in our trailer, in our shoes and on our dog. I can sweep till the cows come home and it's still thick.

And here we go into August with Raft O Rama weekend and people everywhere. Add that to the 90 degree weather we're supposed to have and the park filling up with everyone trying to stay cool. I hope our neighbor Angie is ready with her "Slow Down" and "No Parking" signs.