Livin' Our Dream...: Labor Day weekend

The back porch was done just in time for Labor Day weekend! Curt and Lisa came over Friday and we all got to enjoy the porch for the first time that evening. We had a handicapped van lined up to go pick up Charlie at the nursing home, but with all the flooding in Houston and south Louisiana from the hurricane, they were using it to evacuate handicapped people from those areas to Shreveport so we called on Mum and she was more than happy to help...thanks, Mum!! Kenneth and Curt went and got her van, put the seats down into their cubbies under the floor and wheeled Charlie right on in! It definitely would be better to have a van equipped for a wheelchair, but this worked in a pinch because we had been planning this for several weeks and were all looking forward to it, especially Charlie. He loves to get out of the nursing home and go on a road trip! Mac came up and so did Scott. None of us have seen Scott in probably 36 years so it was fun to get old friends together and catch up. There was plenty of food, beautiful cooler weather and a nice porch to sit out on. We did eventually move into the house when the afternoon sun took over the porch and the temps got up into the 90s. We packed to-go boxes for everyone and the guys took Charlie and Kathy back home around 6:00 and Lisa and I cleaned the house. The four of us got to enjoy another evening on the porch and then Sunday morning, Kenneth and I got on the bike and Curt and Lisa followed us to Jefferson for lunch at Auntie Skinner's. They headed home and we took a nice ride around Lake 'o the Pines and got home around 4:00. Mum came up to visit on Monday and she got to enjoy the porch, too. I got all my laundry done and we had a nice visit, too. Katie got home around 7:00 Monday evening and got to spend a few days with us before she headed to St. Louis, Missouri for her next travel assignment. We had a wonderful start to September!!