Trevor needs new friends!

On Monday night at about 2am we woke up to Benny barking. Dad got up to see if the garage was left open and racoons were getting into the garbage. As he went down the hall he heard the doorbell ringing. I got up then and looked out the window in the guest room to see what I could see. The doorbell was ringing over and over like someone wanted something quickly. I could hear voices outside that were quite loud and I could tell it was a man and a woman. I thought maybe it was the neighbors and they were drunk and had a fight because I could tell by the man's voice that he was very drunk. Dad opened the door and the guy who was drunk said that he had met our son and that he told him he could come and spend the night. He said he was an alcoholic and he could not go home like that. He was so drunk that he could not walk unassisted and was leaning against the house so that the bell would ring and ring. Dad said our son is in high school, are you sure it is him. This guy was in his mid 20's had his shirt off , had plenty of tattoos and piercings. It took dad several minutes to figure out what he was wanting of us, he was insistent but his speech was so slurred it was hard to understand. I was nervous about the whole situation and called 911 to have the police come check out these two. It is very upsetting to be awakened out of a deep sleep with someone ringing your doorbell in the middle of the night. The girl said she was sorry that they must have the wrong house and helped him back to the car that they parked on the street. It took her 10 minutes to help him back to the car, get his shirt back on and into the car. By then the police arrived and checked them out and let her drive away. Of course, we sat glued to the window waiting to see if they would let her drive. We didn't know about her sobriety. The police looked around in the car and asked them questions and let them drive away. Needless to say we did not fall back to sleep too quickly after that. We teased Trevor that he really needs to get better friends!

Driveway is Done and is GREY!

The driveway has gone through many phases, but I am pleased to announce that it is in the final phase and we are all so happy. My favorite phase was the mauve rubble! They came with 6 guys to help and had cool weather on their side. Delfino saved the job and did a great job (the guy with the bond). We can't drive on it for 5-7 days but it is beautiful and DONE! The picture shows it dark and wet but it will dry to a normal concrete color. The neighbors all came over to congratulate us and were relieved that their home values had gone back up. Cathy Silmon was going to bring sparkling grape juice to celebrate. After the job was done, I had 2 people stop to find out who did my driveway because it was so good. Sorry, Elias no referals for you!

Mauve Driveway- Phase II

After many visitors coming and expressing their opionions this week, we are now calling our driveway a mauve color. It is not pink, but not quite purple so mauve is what we are calling it now. Our favorite contractor said he would come and tear it out on Wed. but called and said he was sick and would come on Thursday. He came on Thursday at about 11:00 am and worked for maybe 30 minutes and the bobcat broke down. He spent the entire day trying to get it to work and after giving up, loaded it up on his trailer to go get repaired. Needless to say, we now have mauve rubble! I think the driveway is cursed! Hopefully next week he can get it taken out but now our extra helper is going to Mexico. I will keep you updated on the next phase. I told you I would show you an after picture or one with me with my hair pulled out, but I decided that I like my hair style as it is right now and that would be a waste of a good haircut and we have had enough waste going on around here!