Shuttered But Still Open For Business

Wednesday included a very nice visit to Acapulco. Sometimes it is great to be home!

Wow! That was an excellent meal!

Shutters

Several years ago we noticed a feature we really liked in the house of some of our friends in California. Bro. Jared and Sis. Valerie Burris had shutters on the inside of the windows and we loved them. Odie decided early on in the house project that she wanted the shutters if we could swing it. 

We swung hard and they were installed Tuesday.

Odie chose a set of blinds on her small kitchen window that match the shutters on the other windows.

The rest of her windows, seven of them, are the same size. The guy came out several weeks ago while we were in revival out west and Dad met him at the house. He brought samples, measured windows and a few days later we received the quote. 

I had already received some quotes online so I knew his price was fair. Some of the national companies that carry shutters have no representatives in our area. They required us to order the custom shutters on my measurements. I was a little hesitant to do that. 

I was comforted by the fact that my measurements were pretty close to the figures the professional found. His price with his measurements and his install was the best price so why take a chance on me messing up? The rest is history.

We think they look great and Odie loves them. What more could a guy ask for, right?

The next couple of days I will be working on closet shelving, grab bars and little things like that. Kelly Jo and Odie are busy trying to get pictures hung and other decorating situated. We will update with pictures when we have them.

Thank you for reading today and for letting us know you missed seeing us here for a few days while we were neck deep in vacation. We appreciate that. See you tomorrow.

Davy

A Little Travel and Vintage View Vednesday - August 2004

It is good to be back. I have lots of interesting things in the stack of stuff, so let us get to it.

Monday/Tuesday was certainly an amusing travel day. By amusing I mean nervous chuckling, shaking your head and clucking your tongue at the same time kind of amusing.

We have a saying in our family that I have talked about here several times. It is used in the context of something I have scheduled that might not have turned out the best. The saying is, "Well, it looked good on paper" usually followed by, "No, that one did not even look good on paper!"

We woke up about 6:30 AM Pacific time in Seattle on Monday and arrived at the Lazy OD Ranch about 9:00 AM Eastern time about 23 1/2 hours later. 

The reason we spent the day there and flew out so late was because of airline miles. When we booked those flights months ago, the red-eye flight required the fewest amount of miles and the timing seemed reasonable. It looked good on paper.

It was a long day, but it turned out well. We kicked around Seattle, took the red-eye to Cincinnati, fought rush hour traffic in the rain and arrived safe and mostly sound. 

Kelly Jo went to the bus and Odie and I went to the house. We had a contractor scheduled to be there between 9-11 so we were just in time. I will have pictures from what he did maybe tomorrow.

He left about 2:30 and then a long nap was in order for all of us. Kelly Jo made a salsa run about 8:30 PM (4:30 on our body clocks) and then it was bed time shortly after. What a day!

This is Wednesday and time for our Vintage View Vednesday post. This post is from our visit home for Dryden Rd. Fellowship Meeting in August of 2004. A big part of our August Fellowship Meeting visit home is always family. Here are some throwback pictures of our family that month.

First up is a visit to the Morgan farm and some of the Kelly Jo's extended family.

  

Then a few pictures from my parent's place as we visited with family. Notice Dad's old black barn in the background that has since been replaced by the nice red barn where we have so many family gatherings.

And a few great pictures from Brook and Jack at Fellowship Meeting.

Beautiful girls.

Thanks for joining us today. I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Davy