Fair Fare

We are planning on going to the Topsfield Fair tomorrow. It runs for the next week. Sheep shearing, 4H genetically mutated animals, Canadian Mounted Police, and the Bee Queen are all waiting for us. I have been once before, but although Joni has lived in the vicinity most of her life, is a first timer. The gate charge is $12/person and parking is $8. And no, kids do not get in free.

There are 2 people who have booked viewings of the condo tonight. I had predicted last weekend that this would be the week we get the offer. Still have a day and a half left to prove my intuition was right.

I bought floor tile, cement, and a spankin' new bucket today. Even though it is only about 20 square feet of flooring, the tiles and cement add up to about 100 lbs of load to the back end of the little Mitsu. I had a special guest during my lunchtime shopping outing - Naked Karl. He called me while I was heading over to Home Dep*t and met me there. Unfortunately I still had to carry the boxes of tile and bag of cement. He has lost about 30 pounds. Good job, Karl!

I started soldering the shower valve and connections together last night. I have the riser to the shower head, the shower head connector, and the connectors for the hot-cold pipes in place. Still need the down-pipe and connector for the tub filler. Then I have to add the framing to support it all, shut off the water, cut out the old one, fit in the new one, and solder the hot-cold pipes. Piece o' cake.

Here are the Henry's. I added a modesty blur to one of the naked photos. The dog pictures were taken at Jordan's Furniture a couple weeks ago (not from the visit last weekend when he got sick Saturday and tossed up the ice cream and pickles I had fed him. Oh, did I forget to mention that story? He was sick over the weekend with a cold that started out with a massive up-chuck on the bed, Joni, the floor, and a trial to the bath tub. Poor guy [and gal]).