This morning the sun will come up!  Mom and Dad will be off for Alberta, on the first leg of their return journey back to the "West" coast, and home for them.  I cannot thank them enough, for all the hard work that they did around here.  Especially Dad with all the heavy lifting, and driving me around.  There were the trips to the big city, to deliver scrap steel to the salvage yard, trips to the Chiropractor's, and of course the trip, to pick up fence supplies at the local hardware dealer.  Plus numerous other trips, that I cannot remember.
  What did we get accomplished?  Let's see, window and door trim prepped for painting, check.  First coat of paint put on, check.  One load of salvaged steel sorted and removed, check.  One blue bin ready for the recycle on Wednesday, check.  One Half a garbage bin ready for the following Wednesday, check.  Table saw repaired and stored, check.  Outside fire pit cleaned, painted and ready to be stored for winter, check.  Outside surface deck boards finally secured to deck, check.  Last load for the lake is in the front garage, ready for Derek to load in the pick-up, check.  Don't forget the numerous times the brooms were out sweeping, and dust pans were out picking up the garbage that the brooms collected, check!  Then there were two garages that were basically sorted and cleaned that all this stuff came out of.  Yes, I have one attached, and one detached garage!  Just more room to collect junk.
  As you can see a lot was accomplished this week, keeping in mind there were numerous chiropractor appointments, that I had to make it to.
  After my parents leave this morning, I will do some prep work on one small bathroom window I could not reach yesterday.  No step ladder!  Then when it is dry enough I will give it a first coat and give the rest there second coat.  I am already missing the help from my parents, and they have not left yet!  Strange how the mind works on oneself.  Anyways, I guess it will have to be back to a slower pace for us now at Building the Simple life................................