Vehicle news, planting, porch roof, rain, leaks

Mama and I had a really good weekend. We were able to purchase our second vehicle - in Bowie. I found the add online before I left the office on Wednesday last week and Mama made the calls to see the car – at a local car dealer in Bowie. We got to look at the car on Wednesday afternoon and made an offer pretty soon after looking it over. We had to write a check for the amount of the purchase so we left the car at the dealer Thursday and picked it up on Friday. The vehicle was being sold to a person who worked at the dealership and not the dealership itself.

It needed new tired and some brake and shock work but we were able to get all of that done by late Friday evening. We waited too late on Saturday to get the car from the mechanic so we picked it up yesterday afternoon on our way home from church. The mechanic will get it back later this week to replace the bands that hold up the gas tank because he found a significant amount of rust on two of the three bands – enough rust that we feel we should replace them before we drive the car too much.

Mama will use it today to do some running she has to do for title transfer and to get some things to the laundry may. She is elated to have a second vehicle that we can swap between. She does not go out much but when she does want to go she really appreciates having a vehicle available.

We did a lot of planting this weekend – both in Mama’s flower garden and in the vegetable garden. If we can find someone to come to the farm and water while we are in Florida we will have the potential for a good crop this year. If not, we will have spent a lot of time working in the dirt only to see the plants die in the time we are away.

On Saturday I was able to finally complete the majority of the porch roof. I still have a small area to cover that we added to the project only recently. It was well timed to get the roof up. We had rain from Saturday night through Sunday. I am not sure how much we actually got since the cows pulled the rain gauge out of its holder. They do that every time they hang out in the corner of the field by the apartment.

It was a good, extended weekend – until we got home from church last night and found water on the floor in the apartment bedroom. Mama had mentioned that there might be a leak in the very spot where the water was dripping through the ceiling, but we discounted the idea because it did not look like a water leak at that time. Leaks are the most troubling to me of any fault of construction of assembly.

I abhor water getting anywhere it is not supposed to be and the shop has provided a score of such trouble spots. However, not until now have any of the leaks come in through the ceiling in the apartment. That is especially troubling because of the finish on the sheetrock that will have to be patched when the leak is repaired. I am not sure if I can match the finish well enough to not leave a constant reminder of the patch – or the leak that created the need for the patch.

I hate leaks. I tend to take them personally.