A HELPING HAND

On Saturday, Aug 6, Larry and I went to my sister's home and helped her get ready to have her whole house re carpeted. We moved all the knickknacks, Cd's, china, cut glass to the cellar or garage. Larry went back to Circle M and I stayed at my sister's until Wednesday.
We were expecting the carpet men to come about 9 but at 7:45 they were knocking at the door. Lynda caught her cats (she has three) put them in the cellar and we sat outside.

There were two men. One worked upstairs and the other man worked downstairs. First they moved all the furniture to one side of the room. Then they had to cut up the old carpet and mat, roll it up and take it out.

The new carpet being put down in the living room.

All the furniture has to be moved from this side of the room, old carpet taken out and finish installing the new.

The living room is done, now the dining room.

Yes, even the stairs were getting carpeted.

Lynda's bedroom furniture all pushed together. She had removed the carpet from her bedroom when she got her new bedroom suite.

The new carpeting in her bedroom, now it just needed the furniture put back in place.

Bob's bedroom never had carpeting, now it does.

Her computer room is now also carpeted. The computer chair sure doesn't roll on it, so she has to get a mat.

All the carpeting laid, and furniture back where it belonged in only 6 very hot hours! We thought it may take them two days.

We spent the next day washing all the china and cut glass and trying to put it back in the cabinets. Getting all her knickknacks put out, things returned to their proper room and rearranging her living room. Her house is looking real nice.

Lynda , Bob and I used our time outside to go though old family pictures. Many of our great grandparents and great great grandparents but unfortunately many didn't have the date or name on them. But using the family Bibles and a few pictures that do have names I have started work on my geneolgy.

We were also lucky that the rain held off until evening when all outside work was done. The rainbow made a perfect ending to this project.

Saturday we went to Larry's sister's home in Lebanon and had a picnic with her husband Tom (not in this picture) and his brother Trey and his wife Loretta. Trey has been very ill for the past two years and is waiting for a liver transplant. We treasure the time we all get to spend together.

BACK IN PA

We got up at 5 to leave the Wal Mart in Stauton, VA for the last leg of our trip home. We couldn't get the bedroom slide to come in. We had found a roller was off from under the bed. We finally got the slide in with a little pulling and tugging. We called the Tippin factory and they sent us to Cummins in Harrisburg. We had already arrived in Lancaster, so we worked on getting the coach registered and inspected in PA before heading back to Harrisburg.

Cummins looked at it but didn't know how to fix it and Tiffan plant technician had already gone home. So we stayed in the Cummin lot for the night and called Tiffin the next morning. There is a design flaw and since we were getting the slide in and out (most of the time) we agreed to take it to Alabama in June to have it fixed.

We were back in Lancaster by 11 so Larry could go to his dentist appointment. and then we came to Circle M in Millersville, PA. We had to set up in the rain.

Our site was on a slope. Our rig self levels and when it was done the front wheel was off the ground. We moved back and forth a few times trying to get it level and finally ended up putting blocks under the front wheel.

We are all set up and ready to visit with family and friends.