Well, the week is almost up. My parents will leave early in the morning to beat the traffic back home to Illinois. We did a lot of projects and cleaned a lot of stuff up. We had a ton of fun seeing some sights and hitting the local eateries.
We rebuilt the outdoor kitchen a bit, we replaced some trim around windows that needed replaced, we made some progress in the garage and in the office (see picture above), and various other small tasks.
We didn't get to all of the projects we wanted to, but we got a great start on the massive to-do list that always exists.
We pretty much cleared the big pile outside of the garage and by the front of the garage near the trailer. All was broken down and turned in. As we made our way through the garage, we found a few things stashed here and there that needed broken down a little further. After all of the work, I now have a maybe 12 gallon tub with stuff that need to be broken down as well as 2 cop/alu rads that need the steel cut off on the side of the garage.
My work bench in the garage is cleared, but the rest of the garage is still a mess. Most of it anyway. I already had a wall of shelving that holds nothing but containers for separated metals and computer parts.
Enjoy the time you can spend with your parents if you still have them. If you don't still have them, I am sorry for your loss. I have mine and I don't know how much longer I will have them. My mother will turn 80 next year I think and my father is hitting 78 or so. (sorry I never know their exact age, I have never been one that cared about that stuff). They are starting to really show it. This is the first time that I can say that my dad can no longer work circles around me and that is sad. He was a marine and is now a Baptist minister and he always seemed to have infinite energy. That is no longer the case. Last year my mother was able to spend all day with us hitting garage sales and thrift stores. Now she has 2 or 3 stops in her at the most.
If you still have your parents, grab them and hug them and cherish them. You may never see them again. With my parents that is a real possibility as we only get to see each other typically once a year in person. (Skype helps!)
Sorry, I did not take as many pictures as I thought I would.
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