Hey,  I have gotten really behind in updates.   But we are trying to settle back down to our normal life,  whatever that is!   We had a great time in Door County, always is when you are with good friends.   The time always goes too quickly.    We got home Saturday July 31 and we had an uneventful ride.  Then it is usually hot when we get home and we work to empty the trailer.  Not that we had to get everything out the first day,  but we do.

And the week has been about trying to get caught up at home and back in a normal groove.   I had to move the old pontoon boat when we got home,  because I had it where the trailers needed to go to be picked up the Thursday before.  But that had fallen apart,  but that gave me a chance to get to Door County earlier that evening.   But it meant moving it around a few times more.   But the buyers did get out to get it Monday night.   So we got to say good by to it and have some extra room in the driveway.   I cleaned up the boats last Sunday and we put both to use that day.  And on Monday night Noel brought their trailer back up,  they had taken it to Wauwatosa to unload.   Noel treated us to a nice meal at Fratello’s to celebrate the pontoon sale, and we probably had one more beer than we needed.

The rest of the week was wash for Chris and trying to get caught up in the yard and garden for me.   I had the concrete guy drop me a truck load of screenings for the driveway, and I am working on spreading that out and taking care of low spots.   And work in the yard and gardens have been tough.   The mosquito’s are like blood thirsty piranha’s.  Long sleeves, long pants, hat and spray.   And still tough to stand them.   More chemicals to be added to the lawn to make it livable!  The gardens are better and the grass getting trimmed up.

Work has been crazy busy.  I am getting some help for the next month so I can work on some of my duties that have been low priority.  but if the weeks are like this week was it won’t matter.  Full days spent on crazy projects trying to make things happen.  Next week has to be better.

Friday night we headed down to Milwaukee and got to see Mom.  She is doing well.  It had been a few weeks since we had seen her.   We did a little shopping and had a chance to talk.   We headed home this afternoon.   When we got to Oshkosh we stopped at the Verizon store to get me a new case for my cell phone.  And while we were there we checked out a new phone and plan for Chris.  She has complained a lot about the coverage, or lack of it by ATT.   She has had a long time plan with a good price,  but we got a comparable deal with some extras.   So now she has to learn a newer technology phone.  So that should keep her busy.

So I still had time to move a little more gravel tonight.  And watered the garden,  the heat this week was taking it’s toll even though the ground is still damp a few inches down.  There is some thunder we can hear now,  but it looks like a small cell that could easily miss us.  The Weather Channel says there is a chance of these all the next week.  Hopefully we get some boat time on Sunday.

take care