November 18th through November 24th

November 18^th through November 24^th:  Monday while mom was at work I installed laminate flooring in the new workout room at Kory and Amy’s home.  

Workout room ready for a new floor.

New laminate floor installed.

Tuesday I finished installing the plastic laminate top and putting molding up as backsplash.  I spent the rest of the day doing the punch list.  Mom spent the afternoon and evening at work.  In the evening I was able to go to Ellie’s play.  She was great and carried the scene.  

Counter top installed.

Ellie after her play.

Wednesday we went to our temple shift and then I spent the afternoon installing Charlotte’s new door handle and moldings on the inside of her new door.  

Charlotte's new door handle.

Moldings installed, check.

Thursday I reinstalled all the doors and bifolds at Kory and Amy’s home.  Mom worked till noon.  We then went to Tilly's school and had Thanksgiving lunch with her.  She is such a sweetie.  We went and got some of the boxes of Christmas decorations out of the storage unit.  Mom started going through them deciding which decorations we wanted to keep, which ones we would offer to the kids and then take the ones no one wants to DI.  It is a big job, we have over 15 boxes of Christmas decorations.  

Tilda and me at her school.

We sure enjoyed lunch with Tilly.

Friday I met with Shawn Brock.  Shawn went to work for me when he got back from his mission in 1985.  He worked for me for about 10 years and then started his own cabinet company.  His cabinet business is in the building that I rented for my company before we purchased our building in West Valley.  He offered me a job as Marketing Director and I accepted.  It will only be part time, but will give me the flexibility to work when I want.  I bought a new back window and tailgate at a salvage yard for my truck.  A few months ago, I put a 2 x 4 through one of the back windows and also ruined the tailgate.  In the afternoon, I also started driving Uber.  I drove for 4 hours and earned $77.00.  This is also something I can do or not do when I want.  Flexibility is very important to me.  I don’t want a job I have to go to every day and it will be a lot easier on my body to not be doing the physical work that remodeling takes.  Saturday I substituted at the temple and did the early morning shift as a sealer.  Chris came up about 9:30 and joined my last session of sealings.  It was fun to have her with me.  In the afternoon, I went out and drove Uber again for 4 hours with about the same results.  Sunday we went to church and then made mashed potatoes and pumpkin pies and drove to James and Kirstin’s home for our monthly family dinner.  We had a traditional turkey dinner with a beef brisket added that James smoked for 15 hours.  Everything was delicious.  

The grandkids at Sunday dinner.

I left my truck with the new back window and tailgate with James.  He gave us a loner car from his dealership and will get my truck fixed this next week.  Thanks James and Kirstin for hosting Thanksgiving dinner again and James for getting my truck fixed.  Life is good and we are so very thankful for our many blessings.