24th October 2025
We drove back out to the farmhouse to start loading the flooring. The lady had cleared a way through the barn making it less hazardous.
There was a lot of strips, in different lengths, but all with the nails that had attached them to the subfloor.
We started the job of loading them into the truck.
Kelli was in charge of off loading the pieces that I would carry, and load into our vehicle.
I’m sure there is far more than we would use, but if we could also do the laundry room that would be a bonus.
When we filled most of the available space in the truck, we drove home, no more than ten minutes away, the unloading began. I made sure that all the face were together and all the backs were together, I wanted to avoid any further scratches. Once that was done, we drove back for another load.
Repeating the same routine, although the main difference was that lady’s dog came into the barn, and close to where Kelli was standing, it did a huge dump, and it stunk the place out. Luckily I was close to the door, but even there my eyes were watering. Poor Kelli, she had to endure it until the lady cleaned it up. Now recovered, she continued to feed me with more wood strips.
With what there was left, there is at least another load, which we will do on Sunday.
We had planned to have dinner with Lloyd and Nancy at a restaurant in the town, it made a nice change to have someone else doing the cooking.
As we were driving into the town, the was a van in front that had “Wood flooring fitted” now that was a coincidence I said.
She said they should be quick at doing it because they were Mexican.
I asked her how she knew that?, she then pointed, and said “ because his name is Manuel Rodriguez”
“Oh”.
Another Lifetime to go 