Almost Finished

Friday I spent a good part of the day brushing wood sealer on the swing set beam, a few long boards for the "A" frame and pieces of wood that Curtis had put up for the banister that I hadn't done yet (mostly the boards on the top of the hand rail). By the evening I was pretty tired and even though it was getting late we really wanted to get the holes for the swing set dug out and filled with concrete so it will set up sooner. As fun as this project has been I think everyone is just wanting it to be done and have a break from projects like this for awhile. So I'm not sure if we'll get our pergola up for our patio this year. Curtis really needs to start studying for his engineering license test he's planning on taking this Fall.

Marking out where to put the holes.

The wood is just to hold this anchor in the cement while it sets up.

Saturday I could hear rain blowing against our bedroom window throughout the night and even though the wind started to calm down by the time I woke up it was still raining quite a bit. We have a couple more boards to get for our swing set but I told Curtis it can wait for when it's not raining. It was a slow morning because of the rain but after I showered and got dressed Curtis and I decided to walk down to the corner of Greenhurst and Midland to get some fresh big tamales from the man who's been selling there for over a year now. He's usually only there on Saturdays and Sundays. They are so good so we knew it would be worth walking in the rain to get them. We did have our umbrellas on our walk too. My shoes and pants got a bit wet but the walk was so refreshing.

Our nephew Asher (Shauna's youngest child) was having a graduation party with family at my in law's house from 1-3pm. Curtis and I made a quick trip to Walmart to get a few things before going over to the party. We all had a good time visiting and Garrett got to hold his cousin Kallie's new baby, Graysen, who was born on May 22nd. It was the only picture I got while there but worth it. I have to admit that as much I love having had my babies I'm glad to be finished with that phase of my life and I can enjoy other people's babies, especially my nieces' and nephews' babies.

Today turned out to be very nice weather so Curtis and I went on another walk but this time we went to Wilson pathway where it begins on Greenhurst close to Albertsons then all the way to Wilson Ponds and back. It turned out to be about 4 miles total trip. I'm hoping I can find some good new walking shoes soon. We went shoe shopping to several places yesterday looking for some but was unsuccessful to find something for myself, although Curtis found a good deal on shoes for himself. I had to stop using my New Balance shoes because a week ago when we walked the side of my left foot hurt a lot, and then again when I tried them a couple days later. Now I'm just using a pair of Nike shoes that I got hand me down from my neighbor friend Ashlie. They work well enough but they too are not the best walking shoes for my feet.

On the Wilson pathway close to the ponds.