Our temperatures have ranged from 17 to 70 degrees. And Maria has clothes to match all of them. Here's her coat wardrobe:
And I love these boots:
Hopefully she won't have a chance to wear them again.
She, Olga and Natasha have been running errands with Steve. She loves to go out in the car or in the stroller. There's a park a few blocks from here that she and Olga visit regularly.
Meanwhile, we've been completing items on Natasha's list. Steve called in the pros for two projects - replacing the ceiling fixture in an 18 foot ceiling and pulling wires two stories for cable and Internet in Mike's office. He's pulled wire in every house we've owned, but we've always had basements, crawlspaces and attics. And he's had the use of friend's tools.
A lot of the houses around here seem to have two story entrances, so there were several companies to choose from to replace the light fixture with good ratings on Angie's list. They came in with a 16 foot step ladder, which made the job a piece of cake. So now all the fixtures on the first floor are silver, not gold. We replaced 3 ceiling fans and two chandeliers. I expect that Natasha will have the fixtures for the second floor picked out for our next visit. Natasha did note that the hardware in the trailer is all silver, so I won't need to change it. It is unusual for it not to be brass, but the previous owner specified silver when they ordered the trailer.
For Mike's office, wires had to be pulled from the attic and since the guest room is between the attic and Mike's office, it also got Internet and cable. Maybe next time we come we'll have time to use it. Since Mike and Natasha bought a new TV for the family room (the one they had wasn't big enough) and one for Mike's office, we may have a TV in the guest room.
Steve replaced the weather stripping around one of the french doors in the living room and we touched up paint around the house.
Mike has been in and out of town while we've been here. He says that it looks more like home each time he returns. There are still pictures to hang, but the big items will be done when we leave.
Olga keeps busy with Maria and keeping us all fed. I've cooked a couple of times, but Olga has done most of it. She usually has a very attentive audience of three dogs hoping for a handout.
Steve is finishing up baby gates on the stairway tonight. They are not needed yet but Maria's not far from walking, so we thought we'd get them up while we were here.
Tomorrow we move back to the trailer. We're taking bets on how many trips it will take us to move all our stuff back. Seems like every time we went to the trailer, we brought things back to the house. We need to get the trailer ready to move, as Wednesday we're headed for Livingston, Texas, just north of Houston. There's an RV park there that's also the headquarters of an RV group called Escapees. We'll get our first weighing of our truck and trailer to make sure we're not pulling too much weight and that it's evenly distributed. I hope we're under weight, as we still have a few empty cupboards, which I'm sure we'll fill up soon.
After that is a visit with Steve's cousin and a visit to the Houston Space center on Friday.
For now, I'm calling it a night. I'll close with a picture of Maria's beautiful smile.
Deb
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