New TV & Mike

My brother is a wonderful and patient man.
Since Nancy's last diagnosis & prognosis, Mike has had a lot on his plate. Add to that, the recent flooding of his house and the ensuing repairs. Wow, what a load.He also has a business to run, which has been put on the back burner. There just aren't enough hours in the day and the need for welcome rest for him, to do all that is asked of him.
He does a remarkable job of coming into the nursery 2 days a week to ship orders (His business is 95% mail order).
As stated in previous posts, he and Nancy are staying at Dana's 2 bedroom townhouse and Mike comes out here almost everyday to check on the progress of the repairs to their house. Fortunately, Dana stays and cares for Nancy while Mike is away.

I have been keeping an eye on the nursery, as we are close-by. I check on the watering and clean the weeds out of the pots and generally keep the plants alive. I don't claim to be an expert at these things, but so far it is working and the plants are looking pretty good.
We seem to have had a good year in sales so far (I don't have the sales numbers), but we have sold out of a number of varieties.
We have been looking for a HD TV for the front of the coach, but we hadn't found one at the price we wanted to pay. Mike and I went on an errand run, and we found the TV we had been looking at at Sam's for a good price. Unfortunately, they didn't have any and seemed uninterested in selling the floor model. When we returned to Mike's house, he went on line looking for that TV. He found one and purchased it for us as a gift. He is so generous. I didn't expect or want him to buy it for us, but he insisted.I ordered a wall mount online, and expect it today. The TV came Tuesday.
I have been preparing to install it and I have installed a home theater system while waiting for the mount.

It is good that I have had to wait for the mount as I had time to make it look good after installation. Each of these installations is slightly different with a different set of problems. I enjoy the heck out of the challenge.

We had the windows of the new Hyundai tinted and will have the base plate for the tow bar installed on Tuesday. All we need now is the plates and registration for the car and we are all set to tow the car on our way North.

Becky had her ultrasound yesterday and she and Fred now know what the sex of the child will be. Lindsay is going to be a big sister to a sister.
It would have been nice for a boy, to carry on the Grannan name, but girls are nice, too.

Jessica, Bev's daughter and youngest child, graduated from the 8th grade Wednesday evening with a reception following. No cap and gown, but white dresses for the girls and suits and ties for the boys. A very nice ceremony and reception.
She won a scholarship from the K of C for her commitment to the community.
She will continue her Catholic education at St. Agnes Academy high school.

Brenda is active in the soup kitchen on Tuesdays, and she will be helping a friend at a girl scout camp this weekend. Last Tuesday she helped Bev prepare for Jessica's graduation reception. She did our laundry while she was there, too.

Ta ta for now.