Thursday 11-11-10 Happy Veteran's Day

I had hoped today would be the day we moved dad home, but the house is not ready yet. As I mentioned in a previous post, the tree was a side-bar project that had to be completed. When I learned the tree was on the ground, I asked if it was going to be in the soldiers' way of working on the deck this weekend. The answer: Oh yeah... it's everywhere. It's a mess.

After I talked to Alan about it, he decided he needed to go check it out, so he dropped everything, left work, packed a bag, and headed for Mansfield. This is the picture he sent me via his cell phone when he arrived. The tree was everywhere. If you look closely, in the bottom left corner of this picture are some of the stairs going down to the deck. The railing is gone.




He worked all the rest of the day Wednesday clearing the small brush out of the way and cutting up the larger branches. He spent the night at Dad's, and worked all day today as well. He used a day of PTO from work.

Later this afternoon when I talked with him, he sent me another picture. He sounded surprised that he had made so much progress. This will make good fire wood next year. Two soldiers are supposed to be at dad's tomorrow to work on the deck and the plumbing.

Thank you, Alan. I couldn't do this "Taking Dad Home" project without you.