Mama’s day out, property quest

Mama and Victoria had a great time in the pool yesterday afternoon – so much so that Mama has decided that we should buy Peggy’s house. It is not altogether a bad idea and we have considered it in the past, but the price is a little steep; at least, the price was a little steep. I think Peggy is more ready to sell than she was in the recent past. She keeps the place immaculate at all times and it is beginning to wear on her.

Mama and Victoria met me at the office so we could meet the realtor at a house in Bridgeport. Mama had made the arrangements on Monday and we were anxious to see if the house was a good fit for us.  Sadly, it was not. The approach to the house and where it is situated is beautiful. The property being sold with the house is perfect; exactly what we are looking for. The house however was tiny. Every room was tiny. I do not think our king bed would fit in the master bedroom; much less any of our other bedroom furniture with it. It was disappointing.

We came back through Decatur to get some things out of Victoria’s car since Mama had decided to leave it until tonight in order to facilitate driving by another property north of Decatur. (We will pick it up after church.) On the way through town we stopped at a Mexican restaurant to eat dinner. Since Mama knew that it was one of Peggy’s favorite places to eat she called her and invited her to join us – and Peggy did come. She did not get anything to eat other than chips and dip but she sat through dinner with us continuing the time together with Mama and Victoria. We had a good time.

As we visited through dinner we found out that she had not eaten at that restaurant since her husband passed away almost two years ago. That made the time a little more special. She still knew every waiter and waitress in the place and kidded around with each one of them. She said the salsa made her evening – and she took home a container of it with her.

Once out of town we went home a different route. We wanted to drive by a house a little further out from town to see if it would be worth actually looking at with a realtor. We found it without any problem and it was not as far out as we had thought. It sits on twenty five acres at the intersection of two county roads. It, once again, was a beautiful property. The only drawback was that the master bedroom suite is upstairs. I am avoiding that for Mama’s sake.

Once we did get home Mama rushed around getting the piglets and the chickens taken care of. It was brutally hot outside and the humidity has been unusually high for this time of year. That is not necessarily a bad thing since it promotes the popup showers we have been getting lately. It does not make it any more comfortable for us or the animals, but the plants seem to like it.

It may make it uncomfortable this weekend at trade Days. We are praying for an inside booth.