Merry Christmas!

 For those of you I could not send a Christmas card. :)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed day. ♥

Must be Monday

 Out of town for hubby's appointment.

Lift for his chair been making a lot of noise.

Tried to get it fixed last week but government said the place that does the work couldn't adjust the lift without paperwork.

Which came in too late on Friday.

This morning the lift quit working.

Hubby got to his appointment. I stayed with chair in hotel lobby.

Now he's looking for a Phillips screwdriver to see if we can fix it when he gets back here.

Fun fun! 😛

You all be safe and God bless!

Except for yesterday the weather's been pretty nice.

 

The first picture shows our broke tractor. But both pictures show the weather we've been having.

Our bathroom has a little East facing window. No fun in the morning.

We fixed that yesterday.

Hubby has another appointment in New Orleans on Monday, so out of town Sunday and Monday.

You all be safe and God bless!

Haven't had much

 To say. Thank God for that. :-)

Waiting at hubby's appointment.

A bit of color and a blessed day from God.

You all be safe. Praise God and God bless.

Old and New

Said Good-bye to the "Old Buddy" this week, as middle son named it. He went to Baton Rouge with hubby to get the wheelchair lift out of our old truck. Annoying because the insurance company towed it from the impound lot here before the install company could get it out of our truck for us. Also got the XM radio out. The company here in town had a drive limit of Lafayette, unfortunately.

The insurance wanted to charge us to take it out for us and bring it to us. And their lot would not help, of course, though they did tow it out to where hubby and son could work on it.

Anyway, good-bye, "Old Buddy". You were a great truck.

So in all the searching we have done since soon after that day in September, we found a truck in Opelousas. Went to look at it a couple days ago.

It's not diesel, so it doesn't have the power Old Buddy had, but it's nine years newer and a few less miles on it.

Hubby liked it and God blessed us with it.

This will hopefully become "New Buddy." A Silverado 2500 HD. 

Only one picture because I was too lazy to put my shoes on. 

Apparently the previous owner was a doctor in Opelousas. It has a locked pin tow ball hitch that the doctor said quit working, so no key. We will have to figure out how to get that off. 

It's a long bed, so we will need to get a new cap. The front bumper is one of those winch bumpers. Hubby would prefer the original bumper, but will have to order or find one. In the meantime, we will hopefully not be able to get stuck anywhere. :)

$150 or so for a second remote for it. It doesn't have the retractable steps the old truck had; but I think once we get it lowered a bit, the steps it has will be sufficient.

The seat warmers work. Great for back pain.

It has 5 USB ports. plus the two... round things that look like cigarette lighters but aren't.

And it has a 110 plug on the console. Nice, but a strange place for it.

There was a part or two that didn't come with the lift from Baton Rouge. Hopefully the installation company can order them.

Once the VA makes up the new work order.

Our primary care doctor at the VA moved on to somewhere else, but we are hopeful it won't take long.

The tool box is slightly dented, but works. Just needs a little cleaning, like most tool boxes.

We praise God. It really is about as close as we could have gotten. What hubby really wanted, every used car lot told him would probably be impossible to find. 

And we know why. 

The diesel trucks are great trucks.

But thank you, Lord. This is a blessing.

You all be safe and God bless. :)

Fall blessings from God

 

You all be safe and God bless.

2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Duramax Diesel

 

Front end. Head on collision. God kept him safe. PRAISE THE LORD!

And this survived, too.

You all be safe. God bless.

A short post. With small update.

 Hubby had an accident today. I praise God that he will be okay. He was not injured critically though he did say his leg was messed up. No bones broken.

Our truck was/will be a loss. Not sure where it or his wheelchair are.

He is currently at a local emergency room to be treated. Number two son is there. After all that's happened, we don't have a vehicle that seats more than 2 people.

Except the truck.

God's will. And I praise him for watching over my hubby and keeping him safe.

You all be safe and God bless. 

UPDATE:

31 staples. Praise God. He walked into our home using his walker.

Tiny September

 Wild morning glories and Spider lily season.

Yes, still that much to do.

You all be safe and God bless.

Been a while

Not a lot to say. Getting used to the new home. Needless to say it is a bit noisier than the old, double-walled, wooden farm house.

Went to the flea market this weekend. The heat and humidity was not good, haha.

The only thing worth sharing was an impromptu "petting zoo", so to speak, at the flea market.

A piglet.

And a calf and goat.

The goat seemed to like chewing on a ribbon that was tied to the pen.

And the funny thing about the calf was whenever it wanted to be where the goat was, it would stick its nose on the goat's butt. The goat would jump and move, and the calf would move where the goat was.

The goat obviously didn't like it; but it never butted the calf back.

We came home after the flea market. Usually we go into Lafayette for shopping; but with the heat and humidity we just didn't feel like dealing with the Saturday traffic there.

I hope you are all doing well. Praying for God's mercy on the Western states, especially where the fires are. 

Praying for rain for you who need it.

Our rain has stopped for the most part, so now we have the summer heat and humidity.

You all be safe and God bless! 

Redneck TV stand

 until we can build another one.

You all be safe and God bless!

Please disreguard the mess.

 I honestly believe someone who does not cook must have designed this kitchen...

Stove, obviously.

Sink.

Distance from one to the other.

I am still thankful though. Don't get me wrong, just wondering how much water I will be spilling.  😛

You all be safe and God bless.

Pictures that are not of problems.

 Middle son took this one for me.

And some odds and ends,

You all be safe and God bless.

So we found out why the hot water heater

 doesn't work right.

Maintenance people were out to fix all the other problems, like roofing shingles, and found this.

I am without words. Well, I have plenty really. And I told the dealer how frustrated we were.

The maintenance team reported it though and the pipe that is supposed to be there is supposedly being sent to the dealer from the factory.

Dealer said he hadn't realized the problem because we were the first people to ask for a gas water heater in 20 years.

Now, I find that hard to believe. And was he okay with random tape being on the pipe? I mean, it's obvious SOMETHING was missing.

Anyway, WHEN they receive the part they will find someone to install it.

Hopefully.

In God's time, which is not my time, but it is getting harder.

You all be safe and God bless.

A cloudy, wet mother's day

 But we went out for one of my favorite meals. :)

Hope you all had a blessed day. 

Driveway

 Need more pictures, but we have a new driveway now. Didn't go quite as far as I would have liked, but we have enough for now. Thank you, Lord. :)

It goes far enough that we can unload hubby's chair at the ramp rather than riding it across wet grass and mud and using plywood to get over the muddiest spots. 

So no more of this, hopefully.  :)

Well, there will still be that until we can get the yard back under control; but I still praise God for our driveway. :)

You all be safe and have a blessed weekend!

Praise God for lifting me up

 When I was quite down.

When the manufacturer comes out to fix stuff like this

They said they will put the outlet in at no charge.

I think that's their way of saying they messed up, but either way, Praise God!

You all be safe and God bless.

Riddle me this.

 Why would you put in a circuit breaker for something?

And then not put the outlet in?

Apparently it's because we did not tell them we were going to USE a microwave. Even though the floor plan for the home shows a microwave opening.

Right under the pantry. Nowhere does it say Optional, like the dishwasher.

Lord forgive me, but the frustration is starting to really get to me.

You all be safe and God bless.

So we got the keys yesterday

 We were out at the property doing laundry. Our old washer and dryer you may or may not remember, we got working by putting the washer in the kitchen and the dryer in the dining room. 

There was a knock on the RV door and it was the man doing the... delivery work. He told us about a few things that he had reported, that the front door was open and the keys were in the kitchen. And he left.

After the laundry was done, we put the truck in 4-wheel and went over to the house to get the keys. Hubby has been under the weather for a few days so I went in. I apologize for the quality of pictures. I will take some more at some time.

Anyway, from the front door looking toward the kitchen-dining area.

There is sheet rock dust everywhere. The hole that was in one wall has been patched. I need to double check all the doorways that had cracks. The wall with the thermostat has been put back in place. Loose closet door frames reattached, etc.

A bad picture of the living room.

The second bathroom.

2nd and 3rd bedroom, sort of.

The only light is from the windows, or recessed lights. Light bulbs are on the shopping list, And now that I look closer those pictures may be of the same room. Haha.

"Dining" area.

I know you can't actually tell anything. Sort of sorry, but hubby was waiting and I was trying to see what all was what, since they didn't want us inside while anyone was working. 

The kitchen light switches go to recessed lights. Not sure what else until we get light bulbs. But I know that one switch goes to two lights and the other goes to about five overhead lights. The switch closest to the living room turns on the two.

Few more pictures of the kitchen.

The last picture I cropped to show you the shipping strap that was on the stove. I tried to remove it but it is hung up behind the oven somewhere. Since it's gas I didn't want to pull too hard. We'll have to see if we can move it enough to remove the strap. Don't want it to melt first time I use the oven!

The two drawers there don't close right. Common problem as I understand. I made a note.

And a couple pictures of the master bedroom/bath area.

The 'fix' for the gas water heater. Need to take that panel off to see if there is an exhaust for the water heater now.

I'm curious to find out what this hose is, in the A/C furnace area, also,

And I'm wondering what we're supposed to do with this stuff that got... left behind? And I haven't looked in the box yet.

That's pretty much it for now. I will probably try to do better pictures of some areas. We don't do Better Homes and Gardens though so not sure what all you will finally see. 

You all be safe and God bless.