Bill and I rushed to pack for our Kanawha work trip so I did not notice what he had packed until we were unloading the truck. On top of his work clothes and usual bag of shaving stuff he has placed my Bible, a Cokesbury Hymnal and a backscratcher! I have married the perfect man.
When Bill turned the water on he found the spicket was occupied by a black widow and her egg sack. She was glossy black like someone polished her and her hourglass red stamp made her look like you could flip her over and it would say "made in China". She and her egg sack are far too dangerous to occupy the same lawn with us.
We were surprised to find a car parked at the store. It had suffered a flat and the owner and his mother from several miles up the loop stopped in to say they were moving it. It was nice to meet Judy Pyle. She ask when the store will open, and Bill told her July 11th.
We stopped at Sears and remeasured the AC units. Leah was already gone for the day but we will see her next time.
We gathered the framing and shelving materials at Home Depot Friday evening and lost our race against the sun. As we neared the turn at Woodland a fire engine, lights ablaze and siren singing made the turn to Kanawha. We followed it, lagging further and further behind until we lost sight of them. We still do not know what emergency they were answering.
Saturday afternoon Jody stopped to visit a bit and she introduced us to Brenda Fennel. It was good to meet her. Brenda makes homemade juice for her family and has a clever made in Kanawha label she puts on each one just for fun. Maybe country women are just more inventive and industrious than most city people or maybe they watch less TV.
The Vaughn family will be moving to Kanawha soon. Their little daughter, Alexis introduced herself. She is as bubbly as she is pretty. Bill helped her Dad fill his 4 wheeler tire with air. Alexis has a baby brother 3 months old.
June bugs are out in mass...it was disgusting to crunch them but they are attracted to the light reflected through the glass door and carpet the porch every night...so in the morning you have the grizzly task of washing their squashed bodies away.
Bill removed the old rusted out steel door on the side of the building. He framed it in and secured it with heavy duty plywood, screws and nails. He caulked it and primed it until we can return to finish it off. This will be where we piggy back the two AC units from Sears. Eventually we will have an arbor over them and althea planted to give more shade.
He also finished the plywood covering for the wall partition inside the store. He told me he could have finished several more projects if he had not been called to cut so much wood for "my" project.
In addition to all this he made the mistake of using his new can o foam and realized he had to use it all or waste it so he climbed a ladder and foamed quite a few places where the air just blows through the building.
The mail lady stopped to deliver our mail and low and behold we have a permit to sell tobacco products! Thank you Shelly.
Our cousin Gerald came over to visit. He gave us quite a bit of expert advice and help. Gerald knows a great deal about all aspects of building, plumbing and electrical as well as being frugal and acquainted with many fine tradesmen in the area. We were very thankful for all the information, but also glad to finally get to visit with him and look forward to his return.
I hammered many boards together and though the shelves do not look at all like the plan I drew on paper they will be handy for merchandise, as soon as Bill secures them to the base.
It began to rain on our last day. Jody is our weather watcher and she said this was coming. The ride home, we found the section of 410 North coming out of Detroit toward Woodland is under construction. It seems to be a major renovation. We stopped to visit my parents and another stop on 271 to look at portable buildings. The drive home was dark and dreary as a wall cloud loomed in front of us and then veered off to the left. It had the greenish tint that warns of impending tornado activity, but none could be seen yet.
