A Nice Weekend

On Saturday, we walked on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant with our long time friends, Betty & Ray and Jackie & Rocky. After working up an appetite, we all had dinner at The Wharfside to celebrate Betty & Ray's 50th wedding anniversary. It was a very pleasant time spent with good friends. We are now planning a trip to Alaska for next year.

On Sunday we drove to Leo & Kristen's home near Hawley, PA for a delicious bar-b-q. Also joining us were Chris, Adrian, Katie, Stephen, Patti, Ted, Timmy and Bridget. It was so very nice to have everyone together. Well, Peter, Roxanne, Anthony and Alex weren't able to get up from Florida, but they were there in spirit. We had a small baby shower for Kristen also. Kristen & Leo provided plenty of food and a beautiful location. The promised wildlife, however, did not make an appearance. Maybe next time.

Today, Monday, Columbus Day, we watched while the excavation man talked about the work to be done to prepare for the pole garage that Leo & Kristen are having built next to their house. It is like a pole barn, but a garage and will be built by the Amish. It will be steel construction with a steel roof. If all goes well, it should be completed by Thanksgiving or the end of November, hopefully before the first snow.

After lunch we drove to Lake Wallenpaupack and walked along a path on a berm at one end of the lake. Leo & Kristen then took us to Promised Land State Park where we walked on a trail next to the lake there. It was absolutely beautiful with the colorful leaves reflecting in the lake.

On the way home we stopped to buy some Winesap apples and again to buy some real, raw honey. When we got home we got the excellent news that Chris is going to have a book published. Congratulation Christine.

Busy Weekend

On Saturday we raked and distributed mulch which was the result of having had three trees removed from our yard. While Anne kept on with her work of sanding and scraping the side porch railing, I proceeded to get a coat of paint on the floor of the back porch and to continue to work on the Box. We also rearranged our stack of firewood and brought some into the cellar to better dry there, I hope.

We had some sad news too. My cousin Tom's wife Mary passed away after a short bout with leukemia. She was my age. We are going to the wake tomorrow.

Today I put a second coat of paint on the back porch floor and helped clean up some of the side porch railing. I also got a coat of stain on the Box. I still have some more staining to do on it, but I'm anxious to see how it looks when it's all put together. I hope grandson Harry likes it. I think he will. Tomorrow morning I have to go for my periodic fasting blood test.