another week

In no particular order, here is what happened during the last week. The boat lift is in at lakeside and the lawn has been mowed.

The deck is mostly complete (32 x 10 ft) and part of the step railing is up at the vikings. The lawn has been cleaned up and mowed. The golf cart has been repaired(engine overhauled, new piston, cylinder sleeve, some other stuff. Done by TNT in Busti. Cost was $200. runs good now.

The rototiller was just returned. some carburetor work, new exhaust, some other adjustments, and it too runs well now . it cost $76 and was done by Harris in Sherman. Now I have to use it so Laura can start her garden.

Laura and I played golf at Pt Chautauqua today. Senior special consisting of 9 holes and a cart for $10. can't beat that. I had a 50, my lowest score this year. Laura had a few more. It was fun and the course is overlooking the lake. It is really beautiful there.

For the last two years, we have been nursing the Windstar, as it has been losing transmission fluid. Well, yesterday, it gave up. AAA came to take it away to Dunkirk for repair. $2000 to rebuild it with one year warrantee. We decided to do it because, the rest of it is still in good condition, and we do not want to buy another one at this time. When we decided to leave the Dodge in Florida and bring the motorhome up, we set ourselves up for this. Did you know that we have put 2300 miles on the Windstar since we got back late April? Anyway, Ray came to get us, and gave us his Blazer to drive. Today, we gave the Blazer back and are driving Lesters Honda Cr-V until Monday or Tuesday, when the Windstar is supposed to be done.

The weather has been nice, but cool. We still have both furnaces on for some morning(and evening) heat when neccessary. Maybe soon, we can shut them down.