Haulin' House

The footings are in
Next the foundation
Here comes the house
Making the turn to come into the driveway
Almost here
The welcome sign on the door
Getting it ready to move onto the foundation.

It truly was an oversized load. The end.


Back in May our son and daughter-in-law's house was destroyed by fire. The house was over 100 years old and the cause was determined to be old wiring. The good news is no one was home at the time. So all summer long the planning for a modular home has been underway and today was the day for "Haulin' House". Well actually half of the house. The other half comes tomorrow.

It is quite a process to see what goes into setting a modular home on a foundation. So four of us, Paul, our daughter-in-law, her aunt and myself stood watch in case the crew needed any extra sidewalk superintendents. I am posting some of the photos. Our son had to work so we wanted to show some of the steps of the operation to him. Took the last photo for my daughter-in-law as she likes unusual snapshots.

Sept 1, Where has the summer gone.

Bella

Bella Blu Bixler

My water feature for our yard in Texas

The boats line up to watch the races

Captain Shirley takes us for a nice ride

Okay Shirley and I wanted to pose too.

The fellas had to have a photo under the tent for Big Dick's which is a bar.


Captain Ron's sponsors the race

Thought this guy might roll right into the lake.

Well it seems like the summer months flew by and while I am glad it is September, I hate to see all of my days go by so fast. Could the weather be any more beautiful than it was today? 50's at night and 70's by day.

We ended August with a trip to Ron and Shirley's at the Lake of the Ozarks. The occasion was the Lake of the Ozarks annual Shootout, not a gun battle but a competition of several classes of boats. Ron and Shirley's house sits right at the finish line so the view was excellent. Ron and Shirley are the best host and hostess I have ever met. You always feel like a welcomed guest and the food is always excellent and plentiful and also any beverages you would like. We drove the motorhome down as did Bill and Jo. The temps turned pretty chilly Saturday evening and Sunday so jackets were required.

Two other couples who travel to Texas in the winter also joined us, Rita and Brent from Ill and Jim and Nancy who also live at LOZ. It was good to see them again and a reminder that soon we will all start our trek south. Before we can head out to Texas we have to do some repairs to the roof of the Rolling Turd. It gets black streaks really bad so we are going to put a new coat of rubber something on the roof. Sounds like fun. Oh yes and we get to buy new tires for it. So September will be a busy month as we get ready to travel south and finish up projects at the house. So looking forward to raking up the leaves before we go. NOT.

Forgot to mention that when we get to our RV park I plan on planting new shrubs. Want to do a tropical theme as everything seems to thrive in the valley. Anyway I wanted a water feature and found one at Walmart. It's not exactly tropical but it was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up. It had been marked $128 original and knocked down to $45. Pretty good mark down I would say. It is a bird fountain and it's really cute for the price. As soon as I find the photos on my puter I will post them.

Probably the most hectic weekend we had in August was when our newest "granddog" came for a three day visit while her mom and dad went to Branson. Bella is a little darling, a Shi Tzu/Yorkie mix. She is full of energy and can run much faster than Paul or I. She is very small but mighty. After her visit we realized we are probably to old for a puppy. If/when we ever get another dog we might have to get an older one. But we do love little Bella.