Early taste of winter... Yuk!!

I'm not ready for this. The highest I saw my thermometer get yesterday was 41° and I stayed indoors most of the day working on my distribution sheets, getting laundry done, and trying to stay busy to keep my mind off of missing a very important person in my life. It's supposed to warm up again this coming week so hopefully I can get out and get some pictures of the fall colors. At least that's my plan. Maybe as early as tomorrow... I can only hope. Any way you look at it, ya gotta love it!!

Lodi

I just got back from a fantastic week in Lodi with Karen. We spent the time finishing up a remodeling job on her brother's house so they could put it on the market. There was plenty to do but Karen had gotten most of the hard stuff done earlier in the year.



This house is an old one in a pretty nice neighborhood in Lodi. Karen's grandson Cody was staying with us and helping out, as well as a cast of characters that dropped in during the week and also did a bunch of work.



The interior woodwork was quite cool as you can see in these pictures. There was an old wood toilet with the tank high on the wall in the bathroom, and a claw foot bathtub. Of course my favorite thing about this last week was that I got to spend more time with Karen which meant more to me than anything, I'm crazy about this lady. Considering that we were also working together on a worthwhile project made it a very special event that I will never forget.



Meeting all the nice people who came to help including Karen's niece, nephew, his wife, and their friends and seeing how enthusiastic they were to pitch in was a great thing and a testament to the support that Karen has in her family.

It doesn't get much better than this!