It has been incredbly hot here in Pocatello. In addition, the weather
pattern is bringing a lot of moisture up from Baja California. That has
spawned some very spectacular thunderstorms. In between, it has just plain
been HOT. The small window air conditioning unit in our apartment isn’t
capable of keeping up with the heat. The new house is air conditioned!
Hurrah!

We’ve got some company visiting. Dawnmarie and her five kids are staying
with us this week. Kirk has flown back to Pennsylvania to work for a week.
He’ll be back late Saturday the 24th. The small two-bedroom apartment gets
pretty tight occasionally. Meanwhile, this is an eventful week coming up.
We’ll close on Wednesday afternoon and take possession on Thursday morning
with a walkthrough at 7 a.m. Air conditioning, here we come!

Dad’s workshop is coming along. My brother Perry drove over from Green
River, Wyoming on Friday. I went over Saturday morning and we spent the day
putting up siding. We got the west side done and most of the south side
until we ran out of material. I made a quick trip to Home Depot last night
to pick up the J-strips needed to complete the siding work. We’re going
over this afternoon and will take the motorhome over this afternoon so
everyone can ride in the same vehicle. We’ll take the remaining siding
material with us so the rest of the siding can be put up. Life is good (and
HOT)!