We had a non-stop day again today. As soon as we showed ourselves, just after 7:00 a.m., everyone started work. Jeffrey came by and disassembled the pantry so he could work on repositioning the water manifold. People were busily at work both inside and outside. That's a good thing, but the resultant disorganization and water and electricity cutoffs are not such a good thing.
We were in our living room at one point, and we could hear the workers in the front of the coach trying to figure out what is wrong with the solar system. My ears perked up when someone said, "Something's on fire!" I had visions of our new home burning up. Fortunately for us, the fire turned out to be a vehicle on nearby I-70. We all went to watch a car in flames. We heard that all the occupants had gotten out. Otherwise they would clearly have been toast.
Did I mention that much of the work was being done outside or actually inside our compartments and that the high today was 91 degrees? Tomorrow promises to be another scorcher.
Chris and Jeffrey stayed late to finish up. Jeffrey was finishing his work on repositioning the water manifold. He finished and headed home a couple of hours late.
Quite a bit was done today. The 3g antenna was installed on the roof. The propane quick release was moved out from under a shelf to make it accessible from the side of the kitchen island. Our new MCD shades for the center back window was installed. Corey designed and installed some panels to fit between the bottoms of the windows above the entertainment center to the counter. He's not quite done, but it's looking very good.
The vessel sink was turned so that the minute chip in the rim is back under the faucet. The wine rack was removed, which involved tearing out a cabinet. Our coffee table was delivered. The end table with a flawed finish was replaced. The fan in the toilet room was switched out to the correct model, and two of the remotes were mounted. And lots more. We couldn't keep track of everything and everyone.
We were so tired and the kitchen was so torn up that we decided to go to Long John Silver's for supper (a once in a decade indulgence). We shared a grilled tilipia platter and added two battered fish filets.
On the way home, we spotted a Goodwill store. We had some items in the truck to donate, so we stopped. Of course after making our donation, we shopped.
We found several items, but two were especially good buys. We got a set of four wineglasses from Jacques’ Wein-Depot in Germany. They will look sharp in the new wine glass holder. They play a nice crystal tone when I run my finger around a wet rim. I hope they last a while. The mobile lifestyle isn't necessarily kind to fragile items, but the more serious danger is that we'll drop them or allow them to hit something in the sink when they're being washed.
Why would a Goodwill in Junction City have a box of wine glasses from Germany? Maybe this photo will provide a clue:
Yup, Fort Riley is adjacent to the city. Everywhere you turn, there are uniforms.
The other great buy was four nice mugs from Crate and Barrel. They look brand new--but they cost only twenty-nine cents each. What a deal! We've been looking for mugs for a while. Unfortunately, we had managed to chip or break two of our mugs.
On our walk tonight, Ken spotted a large owl sitting on a telephone wire. As we moved nearer for a better look, the owl spotted us too--and flew away.
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