progress

Since my last post a lot has been accomplished in spite of the bad weather. Floor is down, walls are up and wrapped with Tyvek, shingleing has been started, some windows put in. Still hoping for a July moving day.

Flooring was put down before the rain started. Things will be at a standstill for a few days because of the weather. Rain/snow/wind and everything else is predicted for 3 days. Roof joists (or whatever you call them) can be worked on in Kelby's shop so won't be a complete waste of 3 days. Yesterday it was 72 digrees. Today the temp downtown said 28. Only in Nebraska.

progress

Foundation is poured. Plumbing for basement bathroom was put in so it is ready if we ever decide to finish the basement. The basement floor was poured today and the waterproofing applied to the outside of the basement walls. Dirt was being filled back in around the foundation. Weather permitting, we should see some walls going up next week. We finally got to play a round of golf today. Kind of windy and cool when we started. By the time we finished the wind had gone down and it was feeling pretty nice out.

New beginning

Have to start a new series of posts to log the building of our new home. After selling our house in Norfolk, we moved into an apartment in Wayne for a few months while our house is being built. Most of our belongings are in storage. The apartment is sufficient, but has not been kept up very well. We were told that it would be cleaned up, but it had not been touched since we looked at it. It bothered Angie so much that she had Joe pull out the fridge so she could clean behind/underneath it. Thank's Angie. Since Kyle was the tallest, she had him clean the ceiling fan. Thanks Kyle. Thanks also to all of those that helped us get moved. I would name them all, but I would probably miss someone and they would feel bad. I spent about 3 hours cleaning the top and outside of the stove. We mentioned to the maintenance man that we could not use the oven the way it was and that the drip treys under the burners could not be cleaned. He took it on himself to clean the oven and get new drip treys. Dick Hitchcock has a trailer so he and Jerry got the golf cart moved to the Wayne Golf Course. Our dues are paid and we are impatiently waiting form nice weather. Yesterday was perfect, but WSC has a 2day tournament. Finally on Thursday the hole was dug for our basement. On Friday the footings were poured. If the weather holds the foundation will be done on Monday and on Thursday the floor will be poured. Framing will start the following Monday.

The rest of the story

Since our vacation was brutaly interrupted by Jerry's hospitalization, there was not more fun. After he was dismissed to a rehab facility, we spent 3 days there trying to get out. The therapist said he really didn't need to be there, but no Dr had seen him and he needed a dr's permission for dismissal. We finally got back to our casitta on Friday afternoon. Packed up on Saturday and took off for home on Sunday. About 30 miles from Tucumcari, NM it started raining/snowing/sleeting. We made it that far and were so thankful for our safety. A huge snow storm had passed through that area closing a lot of main roads. We opted to stay where we were until better road reports. Left Tucumcari on Tuesday and were on track to get home that evening. Not to be. Stopped in Concordia, KS for some to go burgers. More snow/rain, etc. Made it to York and decided to put up there for the night. Finally made it home on Wednesday. So---after the "vacation from hell" we were so very glad to get home.

Sun., Mon., Tues

Spending most of the time at the hospital with Jerry. Did take time to explore the new Tangier outlets on Sunday. Should have waited for another day and not the weekend. Monday when I left the hospital I touched Jerry's foot and he didn't scream in pain. So showed some progress. Tuesday with the help of others we got Jerry to the chair for awhile. Then to the bathroom. Still making progress. The bacteria seems to be getting out of his system. Have taken him off morphine. Heiers asked me to supper of burritos, but I ate something before I went over. We had a couple of drinks and played cards with Andersons and Geyers.

Saturday

I went to the "Chocolate Affaire" for awhile before going to the hospital. Bought some fudge and kettle corn. Spent the rest of the day sitting with Jerry. We watched The Help on tv. Don't think he was to interested. Kind of hard to watch a movie when you keep getting interupted. Looked up cellulitis on the net when I got home. Treatment is antibiotics so guess he is getting what he needs. Really don't get the personal care that we get in Norfolk. Had to raise a little stink when I found out that they were not giving him his albuteral treatments and his oxygen dropped below 90. They got the message and I had them check all his meds against what he is getting. Guess they got the rest of them ok. They made sure he got at least 2 yesterday and were going to give him one more later.

Next

Thursday we were scheduled to play with Heiers, Guyers, and Andersons at Palm Valley. Jerry's arm from the elbow down was bothering him so he had to cancel. I went with the others and shot a 52 on nine holes. It was Norm Geyer's 70th birthday so I went with them to eat. Jerry didn't feel like going. We ate at a Mexican place. I had a Mandarian chicken saled that was very good. Friday Jerry's arm was worse. Swollen & red. We went to an Urgent Care facility and they sent us to the Emergency Room at Thunderbird hospital. We spent 5 hours in the ER and they decided to keep him and give him antibiotics by IV. Blood work did not show any abnormalities. Not sure what is causing it. I came back to the cassita to get some things for him. Marilyn rode with me to help me watch signs. We got there about 8:45 and they were just getting him to his room. Bummer of a way to spend a vacation. Pat just called and said the World Herald had not stopped the paper. Better call them.

third installment

Tuesday we found a 9 hole short golf course, Sun City Quail Run. Played the nine holes with a guy named Al. Jerry shot 40 and I shot 43. Sounds good until we say par was 31. Was a nice little course for a warm up round. Didn't do much else Today we filled the van with gas and picked up meat at Safeway and a few essentials from Walmart. The weekly Wednesday pool party was at 4:30. No one swims. Everyone brings a snack and whatever we are drinking and we have a little get-together. Met the people that have the place we stayed in last year. They are from St. Lewis. Thay asked Heiers, Beavers, & us over for one more. Nice couple and we had a nice visit. Sat outside for awhile this afternoon and read. Temp got to 72 today. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice and then the weather is going to be a little cooler for a few days. Might need a sweatshirt to play golf.

Second installment.

Sunday didn't do much but watch the PGA and Super Bowl on TV. Glad Phil won again. I am always disappointed when his wife & kids aren't there to greet him when he wins. Amy was home taking care of a sick child. Didn't really care who won the SB. Jerry was disappointed. He lost a candy bar to Jake. He won a beer from Joe. Monday Jerry had a Dr appt to have the wound on his leg checked. It is doing fine. Then we went shopping at Antigua, a factory outlet for mostly golf clothes. Bought some shirts that I really didn't need, but can't pass up a bargain. Dad got a lightweight jacket to replace one that he has worn out. Got the car washed at Danny's car wash. They wanted to replace the windshield that had a chip in that had started to creep. We decided to wait until we got home in case we got another chip on the way home. More nice weather. Getting into the 70's.

2013 get away

Our 2013 winter get away. Left Norfolk on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Drove to Dalhart, TX. trying to get away from the snow. Last 50 miles was icy and slow going, but we made it ok. Drove to Flagstaff, AZ on Wednesday. Weather was great. It got to 66 degrees before the day was over. Thursday took the winding mountain road to Sedona and spent the morning exploring the shops. Bought a bracelet, some earrings, and a piece of horsehair pottery. Friday we arrived at our rental around noon. Got groceries and unpacked. Went to Vistas for fish with Heiers, Andersons, and Geyers. Then played cards at Heiers. Being lazy today. I walked to Walgreens to get the paper. We are spending the day watching the PGA on TV and resting up. Temp is almost70 today.

last entry

Saturday we played at Willowcreek with Heiers. I shot 103 Jerry 94. Didn't care for the course.
Sunday evening the residents had a chili feed by the pool. Seems to me that 80 degree weather and chili isn't a match. Chili was good though.
Monday we watched some college women golfers for a while at Vistas.
Tuesday we packed up and loaded some stuff into the van so we can be on our way back to the cold country tomorrow. Should be home sometime on Friday.

more

Tuesday was laundry day. Wednesday we played in the 9ers outing at The Lakes. We were with Betty and Richard Wasserman. I shot 45 Jerry 48. Don't know who won they will give out the prize money next week. One thing they do is draw a score card for one team to win $20.00. No one volenteered to draw so I said I felt lucky. Gues what---I drew our card so we took home $10.00.
Thursday we went to Casa Grande and played at San Meguel. I shot 52, Jerry shot 42.
Art and Sandy Reinhardt have a place in Casa Grande so he set it up for Andersons, Heiers, Reinhardts and us to play. We ate at The Place afterwards. Casa Grande is about 1 1/2 hours away so we didn't get to go to their house.
Friday we went to the fish fry with Heiers and Andersons. had some really tasty grilled cod. Then played cards at Heiers for awhile.
Not much time left so better go soak up some more sun.

continued

Tuesday we had Heiers and Andersons over to play cards. They didn't like the Quiddler game so we played some other card games.

Wednesday we played in a nine-hole outing at Vistas with the Heiers. I shot 44 Jerry 49. Didn't win anything.

Thursday was laundry day.

Friday we played at Great Eagle in Surprise. A Texan named Randy was put with us for the first nine, but quit after that. He was a real dork. I shot 92, Jerry 94.

Saturday was the Wickenburg parade. Afternoon we went to the Nebraska tailgate party and the baseball game with Gonzaga. Sunday afternoon we went to the third game of the series. NU lost both games in the 9th inning. They also lost the Friday night game. After the game we had drinks and snacks at Heiers and played cards with them and Andersons.

Monday I had to call the cable company to reset my modem to get online. Now I know how to do it. Just hope it doesn't happen again. Nothing special planned today. Just need to get a few groceries.

3rd installment

Friday we didn't do much of anything.

Saturday we went bargain shopping. Antigua sportswear has a factory near here and 2 discount stores. Then we went to Stein Mart and Big 5 sporting goods. Did get some good bargains.

Sunday we golfed at Hillcrest with Andersons. The play was so slow that we only got in 15 holes. After golf Andersons had us over for cocktails and to show us their place that they just purchased this year. They bought the place fully furnished right down to the dishes and towels. We went with them to Dillons for supper. Their specialty is BBQ, but they have a lot of other choices on the menu.

Today we went to Barnes & Noble to get a card game called Quiddler that we played with Myrna & Paulette. Then picked up some groceries.

It was a little cooler yesterday & today and rain expected tomorrow. Still beats below 0 weather and snow.

get away

Sunday Heiers had a Super Bowl Party. I won the first 2 quarters of the pool for $12.50 each. There were about 8 or 10 couples.

Monday we played cards with Heiers and Andersons.

Tuesday we didn't do anything special

Wednesday we played at Belair, an executive type course. Executive means the holes are all rather short, only 5 par 4s and the rest are par 3. For a short course it is really tough. I shot 83. The pair they put us with were Tim & Jack.

Thursday we play Coldwater in Avondale with Leroy and his friend, Jack. Then had grilled burgers at Heiers. Coldwater was a nice course I shot 92. We played a putting game and I had the most 1 putts. Maybe I better check my lottery numbers.

I have been getting my exercise by walking to CVS pharmacy to get our daily paper. It is about 1.3 miles away so get about 2.6 round trip.

More later.

winter get away

Left Norfolk aroun 9 am on Jan. 23rd. There was a little snow on the ground, but roads were clear once we got to hiway 30. Ate lunch at Dairy Queen in Lexiington. Made it to Rawlins, Wyoming for the night.

We paacked stuff for sandwiches so not need to hunt for places to eat after we check into our motel rooms.

Tuesday there was a little dusting of snow but road were ok as soon as the sun came out. Stopped at Little America for ice cream. Had lunch in Gainsville, Ut at Subway. Made it to Elko for the night.

Wednesday roads were good. We ate our sandwich lunch at a rest stom in Nevada. Made it to Reno. Had supper with David and family. What a great family.

Thursday we left Reno for Sacramento. It was rainy and foggy all the way until almost Sacramento. Had a delay when a truck hauling hay dumped part of his load on the hiway. Made it safely to Myrna's in time to mooch supper off of her.

Friday Myrna & I took a walk around downtown Sacramento. We had lunch with Paulette. Thanks for the lunch PJ. We then visited her classroom and watched a great teacher in action. Watched some silly movie and other stuff on TV. Myrna doesn't have TV, but gets Netflix through WII.

Saturday we went walking again while Jerry watched Ks & Iowa State in the rec room of Myrna's complex. We went to a bookstore and the library and purchased some cheap used books. We had supper/dinner with Paulette then went back to Myrna's and played a fun card game. Can't remember the name of it, but it was kind of like Scrabble.

Sunday am we packed up and had Breakfast with Paulette. Thanks for the breakfas, Janell. Then left for Los Vegas. Since we had a big breakfast we just ate cheese & crackers for lunch. Spent the night in LV, but didn't do any gambling.

Monday we drove to St George, Utah to see Angie's Gramma and Nels. We had lunch at Village Inn before we got there and Nels took us to the Texas Roadhouse for supper. Mary & I worked on a jigsaw puzzle and listened to Nels talk about all the places he has been. They were not happy that we only stayed one night. Jerry told them we would try to arrange to stay longer next time.

Tuesday after breakfast we took off for Arizona. Our load was a little heavier as Nels likes to give things away. He gave Jerry a golfclub and a bunch of used golf balls. As we were getting into the van he asked if I read. When I said yes he started handing me books he had read & put in the garage. All were mysteries, which is my favorite readiing. Ate in Kingman at IHOP. Made it to Wickenberg, AZ for the night.

Wednesday we made it to Peoria, Picked up groceries at Walmart and moved into our little home for the month of February. Wednesday is "pool night" at this complex. Everyone gathers around the pools for drinks & snacks. So got to meet a lot of people, but probably won't remember too many names. A lot of the people were from Canada.

Thursday we went to the golf tournament. Friday we went to A Chocolate Affaire and bought fudge. yumm. Saturday we had to go to Best Buy to get a new laptop. Now I guess I better go fix some supper.

Class reunion

This is my class of 1961 that got together at the Lyons alumni banquet. It was great fun to see all those in attendance. Some I had not seen for 50 years.

Olympic Training Center-Co Springs

After touring the facility, we decided to train for the next winter olympics :)