Hubbie got a graving late morning for some of his grandmother's quick beef noodles so he made some for our lunch and of course he made too much so when #2 son and Tif came by to work on her jeep they ate with us.
He and hubbie checked the jeep's brakes and found the problem right away as the brake pad in the passenger side front wheel had disintegrated into a lump of twisted metal causing the problem.
He and Tif left to go get parts to replace the pads, rotor and caliper in that wheel and the pad on the other side. #1 son came up and helped get the brake lines bled and get everything back together.
Tif is lucky that no more damage was done to the wheel and that it was that easy of a fix.
Of course I'm sure if you asked #2 son he would say it was not such an easy fix after rolling around on the ground in the mid 30's temps of the day for hours was not what he would call an easy fix !!
It was chore time by the time they got finished and it was back to breaking ice on water pans again. Apparently the mid 30's sunny afternoon still was not warm enough to keep the morning water from freezing back up.
After chores we headed over to daughter's house to load another load of things for here and her house tonight and to help her clean the rugs and couch she sold that are being picked up tomorrow. Son-in-love had his turn with the stomach bug last night and today so he was laying low tonight trying to re-coup so he can go to work tomorrow.
As I packed boxes from her pantry I thought back to days when she first bought this house and the excitement that moving into her first house on her own shown in the joy on daughter's face as we filled this same pantry with some of the same things I was packing up tonight. As I looked around at the walls and floors she so laboriously chose colors for a sad feeling came over me that this chapter in her life was closing. Now she is getting ready to do it all over again and in more ways than not I am glad she is selling this house. It is in a bad location with curvy , very hilly roads getting to it and it is a bit small for raising a family. She did exactly what she sat out to do and made money on the purchase so now was the time to sell.
We loaded hubbie's truck and her SUV and stopped by her apartment and dropped off what was going there and brought the remaining stuff here.
We will need to go over each night for the rest of the week to get her house cleaned out and cleaned up for her closing Friday.
Son-in-love was feeling a bit better tonight so that was good.
Hubbie and I came home and unloaded the things that came in the house and left the rest in the truck for tomorrow.
We relaxed for the rest of the evening and got an early bedtime to hopefully help get over this crud that seems just to not let go of us.
Seems we are going to have another bout of ice and snow on Tuesday and Wednesday. It's early for any exact predictions but it looks like we will get something and the ground surely will be cold enough for whatever falls to stick around.
Thankful that we are feeling good enough to get things done and help the kids. Thankful for the blessings of the day and for the grace of a loving Savior and Lord.
God Bless and Good Night
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