Quiet Day, Busy Day...

It was another late night with an early morning.  I remember seeing 2:00 AM, so the alarm at 7:30 AM  was not greeted fondly.  My intentions were to go to church, but ever since I arrived at the church to find no one there but in stead a picnic at a different place and time that I knew nothing about, I have to admit that I am not feeling kindly about attending.  So, since I would not be a happy attendee, I opted to stay at home.

I cleaned up the kitchen.  Danny and Marji had indicated that they might come up, so I was clearing up some things preparing for their visit.  Marji heard that I had made my beans, so she wanted to come and have some dinner so she could enjoy them.  She also wanted to bring an electric tacker for the OBX board project.  She also brought all of the gadgets that she has put together for the button flower project, including three of the 67 bags of buttons she got last weekend.  I do not think we will be lacking for buttons for this project in October.

Marji and Danny arrived a little after 1:00 PM.  We chatted for a bit.  Danny & I discussed the chimney cap.  He had installed it a couple of weeks ago but it was larger than the chimney (even though the advertisement said it was  adjustable) and I had been concerned, not so much about ti flying off in the wind but more that it would loosen and fall over the opening and fill the house with carbon dioxide.  Turns out he had been concerned about ti, too.

So, he set about taking the cap back off and making some alterations to the cap itself.  He added a couple of straps that will rest on the top of the chimney and prevent it from slipping down on the chimney should a screw or two loosen.  I am much more comfortable about being ready for the heating season.  I am going to resurrect the CO2 detector and get it into a placement closer to the basement.  It has been near the TV in the living room and will sometimes go off when I know things are fine.

Marji and I chatted a bit about the trip and then I worked on the board project.  There are three layers of material that are going on the boards.  I have figured out 2 of them and only have one more to create.  Then I just have to get all seven of them finished.  Four weeks from today we will be checking into our house and working on the button flowers.

After Danny finished with the chimney, I had sloppy joes ready to eat and a big pot of baked beans, too.  Not very many of the beans left and I gave Marji the last bag of beans in the fridge.  I still have a container to go through here.  I am so happy to share something so good with someone who enjoys them so much as the Lantz family does.

I will be working on the board project one board at a time.  Molly is so scared of the electric tacker.  Each time I pull the trigger she jumps.  She finally hid in the bedroom, all the way around the bed, as far away from the living room as she could get.  I actually had to go all the way around to her to get her to come out.  So I will do one board at a time while she is outside so as not to traumatize her.  She has been very subdued all evening.  It must be one of the tones that she can still hear and it scares her badly!

No plans tomorrow.  Maybe I will head down and visit Debby to see how her leg is doing!