We're in the same boat about the kids, except it's our daughter and son in law we don't see very often.  We did see them several weeks ago when we went to see a production the local theater company put on.  The only reason we went was because our daughter was stage manager and our son in law a stage hand/actor.  It was the Wizard of Oz, and with all the limitations they had it was great.

Seems our weather has been all about high humidity and high temps.  We may only get to 98 or 99 but with the humidity up in the 60s it feels more like 100 or higher.  We've had rain the last couple of days so the temps will be lower--thank goodness.

Did manage to get out of mowing Saturday because it rained--yahoooo.  But now I'll have to make up for it sometime this next week--nuts.

Would be good to know how everyone else it doing, but I guess that will have to wait until they make an appearance.

Enjoy you trip Bob.

His dad saying sarcastically he's a man now means he has a lot to learn, and he doesn't even know it.  He'll get a wakeup call one day when something lowers the boom.

If I get rained out one weekend then I have hay to cut the following weekend.  I don't try to cut during the week because it can take up to four hours to mow our lawn.  Though I have taken the time during the week to mow our other lawn, since it's only about a two hour mow.  No, after being out in this sauna weather all day I'd rather spend the time before and after supper inside where it's cool.

And in a few months this conversation will be about the cold.

Not sure of the acreage but I'm not at the stage where I can't mow.  The main time drain is going around all the trees using a conventional riding mower.  The one I have, acquired from my MIL, has a very poor turning radius, has all the safety features that prevent you from backing up with the blade engaged, and even though the owner's manual says has a floating deck doesn't have an even cut over uneven ground.  I have my eye on a ZTR mower but until we sell our other house it will have to wait.

We've had our old house on the market almost three years, and have had several prospects, but that's as far as it ever gets.  People are interested but I'm guessing they're having trouble getting loans because we never hear from them again.  Hopefully, soon, someone will come along who is a good credit risk and the house will sell, and then I'll be down to one yard to mow.

Decisions, decisions.  Something we do on a daily occurance, whether we want to or not.  But not all are as major as the one you and your wife have to make, especially if your house is involved.  I totally understand about no one wanting to pay what you're asking, we seem to have the same problem getting rid of our old house.

People come by, look, say they're interested, but that's the last time we hear from them.  Don't know if it's because the ecomony is still shaky, or lending institutions aren't willing to put their necks on the block just yet.  Whatever is causing people to not buy is not good for those wanting to sell.

Well we finally did it, had the roof of our new house reshingled.  And with the style we chose it almost looks like a shake shingle roof from a distance.  Only one problem, though.  I took the roofer up into the atic to show him where I wanted vent caps placed, one for each bathroom and one for the vent from the stove.  I told him I had the two caps for the bathrooms but not for the stove vent.  I had already marked the locations and he drilled location holes for the master bathroom vent cap, told me he might have a cap for the stove vent--he had to know the second hole he drilled was for the kitchen--and I used his drill to drill the other location hole for the front bathroom.

I came home from work Friday to see they'd finished roofing, and I was very pleased with the overall look.  That is until I saw the vent cap for the front bathroom had been put in the location for the vent cap for the stove, and they put a flashing cap that you'd use for pipe coming out of the roof at the location where the other vent cap for the front bathroom should go.  Pissed....oh was I pissed.  The roofer was in the atic with me so I know he saw which location hole was for what, and instead of a nice 4" hole for the vent cap to the front bathroom there's a 7" hole with the terrible looking piece of crap on our roof.

And to top it all off this terrible looking piece of crap didn't have a cap on it so anything and its dog could have gotten into the attic.  So after I cooled down a bit I got up on the roof and taped a piece of plastic over the opening.  I've already decided this mess will be resolved or the last half of the payment isn't going to be made.