On August 29th, we traveled to the Veterans cemetery to say hello to Michael's father, on the second anniversary of his death day, and took Irene out for lunch. The next day, we met our daughter and her husband at the Minnesota State Fair.

Monday saw us complete a number of mundane chores, which included beginning the process of ordering floor trusses and buying building supplies. Today we began sealing the basement of walls.

And they talk about working in the trenches...

We hope to finish this particular project tomorrow. Slopping mastic on block walls while avoiding slipping in the mud and wiping the sweat out of your eyes is only so much fun. So we celebrated finishing off the first bucket by fixing dinner (brats and salad), and then engaged in some chicken therapy. Ah.