So it’s been a few months since I last updated you all. It’s
been a slow time as most of the stuff is done but still when I sit down to
recall all that happened and surprisingly there have been quite a few things
that did go on here.
Sarkinen Plumbing came out and hooked up a water softener
that we had picked up at Lowes.
Jennie has been
working on furnishing the areas of the house that are lacking and updating and
trying to coordinate everything. That is proving to be a very big job. I will
add some pictures of the things she has been getting. We picked up a nice dining
room table that is high enough for me to get under with my wheelchair at
Cascade Furniture. We picked up a head
board and night stands at Ashley Furniture and they really worked out a good
deal for us. We’ve never had a head board or matching night stands
before, so Jennie is thrilled. Jennie has always wanted a china cabinet, but
she hasn’t been able to justify spending the kind of money they want for them.
Well she just happened to look on Craigslist and she found one in Battle Ground
that she loved and was able to get it for $150. She is just thrilled. It seems
like we did a lot more but just to get these things you drive all over the
place and look at tons and tons of things till you head swims. Jennie is still
working on a couch and some chairs and coffee table and end tables for the
living room. We have always have miss matched hamydown stuff, so we’re really
looking forward to getting some nice stuff.
My brother has spent several evening over hear putting my
sprinkler system back together. I even got a demonstrator trackchair to try out
to help my brother in the yard. It worked really well and now I just need to
figure out how I can get one of these. I had a friend that managed the United
Pipe store here in Vancouver that was donating me the irrigation stuff I needed,
but when I when in with my list of stuff he had this sad look on his face and broke
the news to me that the store was closing down and was in bank ownership now
and all of their irrigation inventory was already gone. I did need some night
lighting and he had everything I needed for that but he was heartbroken that he
couldn’t donate it because it was in bank ownership. He was able to give it to
me at cost, which is still a very good deal. While he was in the back room
getting me the supplies, he was talking with a representative from Ewing
Irrigation. They are looking at taking over that store front when United Pipe
is gone. He was telling the rep about my situation and when they came in from
the back room the rep asked to see my list of things I needed for irrigation,
and he said he would get them and drop them by the store for me by the next day(And
we’re not talking about a few cheep items either). My manager friend was
thrilled that the rep would step in and do that for us. So you might keep an
eye out for a new Ewing store to take the place of the United Pipe store
located to the west of the Costco in Vancouver.
Some upcoming events are; Home Depot will be coming out the
first two Saturdays to work on the landscaping. A friend of mine (Rick hooks)
will have his company (Waters Edge) put in a water feature in the walkway
island we have. I am so looking forward to that.
We are looking at sometime in July for the grand opening/ribbon
cutting ceremony.
God has been so good through this whole process. Things have
gone pretty smooth, and so many people and companies have stepped forward to
help out. We are so blessed.
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