Tuesday, the base plate for the tow bar was installed on the car. Danny Surwic had ordered the wrong base plate and it had been installed before anyone noticed. Some modifications were made to the tow bar and everything fit nicely. We have lost some weight on the front of the car as a large part of the rack that the tow bar folded up onto is now gone.
We can leave the tow bar on the motor home when we are parked and not on the car. I like this much better. The tow bar cannot be folded onto the car as before.
We also had a receiver put on the back of the car to accept a bike rack. We don't have to hang the bikes off of the trunk as we did with the last car. This will hopefully save the paint on the car and the bikes won't bounce around as much.
The progress on Mike's house has slowed to a crawl, but with all that Mike is juggling, he seems to be taking it in stride.
The dumpster has been removed, as most of the destruction has been completed.
It is yet to be determined if all of the tile on the 1st floor needs to be replaced or just the grout between the tiles. The tile man removed several tile in different areas of the house to see the condition below the tiles. He found water and mud under 2 of the tiles and says all of tile needs to be replaced. FEMA is to determine if the flood insurance company will pay for this work. If so, the dumpster will return.
The entire 1st floor is all tile, no carpet anywhere.
He, Nancy and Dana came out to the house Wednesday. Nancy needed some time out of Dana's house as did Dana. They were both getting cabin fever.
Nancy got very tired quickly, so they didn't stay too long. It was nice to see her again, as we hadn't seen her in about 3 weeks.
Wednesday night Brian, Mike and I went to Macaroni Grill for a "boys night out". We had a good time just talking and having a great meal. I love Italian sausage and their Sausage Selentini is so good.
Mike and Brian had pasta dishes and both seemed to enjoy their meals also.
We were there for over 2 hours, almost like an Italian lunch.
Brian is going to help me change the oil in the motor home next weekend.
I got a generic owners manual, and I;m not sure if this engine holds 17 or 20 quarts of oil. Brian has 2 oil pans that hold 3 gallons each so we should have enough capacity.
Brian is an auto enthusiast so he has all of the right tools. The oil filter is way up high and there is a large metal cage on the bottom of the engine that may need to be removed to get to the filter.
If it needs to be removed it will be a 2 man job.
The orders have slowed at the nursery, but there is always something to do.
Brenda came and helped me pick up all of the dead plants left in the field after the flood.
It was a hot and dirty job and I appreciated the help.
Now the lawn guys can cut the nursery yard without any obstructions.
For all of those that pray, please keep Nancy in your prayers.
Ta ta for now.
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