One day at a time

Things are moving along.

Ecos, the company that has the contract from the County to
help with the clean up is here today. They have removed all
the sandbags, heaven help us if we have a flood today, and
are clearing out the debris from the sides of the barn. They
are putting the dirt on top of the pile and the rocks to the
side of the pile. They assure us they'll remove the dirt
Thursday or Friday.

Yesterday, Sam whom Robert has hired to work for us
twice a week, cleaned the rest of the mud out from the
freezer room and helped rebuild the shelf, under the
north window, which had collapsed. Between Marti,
Carl and Sam an impossible task has been completed.
Erin worked hard, too. She worked in the main part of
the barn. Connie would have shoveled, too, but I put her
to work on other things. Thank you, thank you everyone!

In the meantime, through all of this, I have been trying to
preserve our property in Longmont. The deck has been
power washed and will be stained tomorrow. The
Landscapers are coming today. They will be removing an
old fence, adding a trellis for the grapevine to climb over
the wheel chair ramp, fertilizing the lawn, re-seeding
where necessary and adding some plantings and grass
stop, and mulch to the front. It has also recently been
painted. On top of all that the plumbing seems to have
fallen apart. We had one plumber do emergency repairs,
but have called another to complete the job and get the
plumbing up to standard.

It always seems like things happen all at once. Fortunately,
I can deal with the rental property by hiring people while
Robert is dealing with the flood.

All in all things are looking up and we are grateful that we
are hail and hearty. It's just a nuisance that we so easily tire.