It's been a really busy June! I feel like I can never keep up with everything that's going on.
Our house projects have slowed down a little bit. We've ordered windows but haven't ordered our doors yet. We're still working on getting a quote for getting the roof done. A lot of the roofing companies are busy in their general areas without having to go to Gardiner. One guy came out yesterday to look at our roof, so hopefully we'll get a quote soon. The bathroom has stalled (haha) because the man who was going to do our tile job got tied up with someone else's project which is bigger and was more pressing since it is a business that is just opening this summer. Our oil furnace has been replaced with a propane furnace and a heat pump. The catch is that our heat pump won't work until we make some major modifications to our circuit breaker box. We've got most of that done, but it's a project of a few weeks because we had to have an inspector look at the new work and people from NorthWestern Energy do stuff. When the propane tank was installed some damage was done to our underground sprinkler system. I fixed a good share of the damage, but things keep on breaking! With an older sprinkler system, I suppose it's somewhat expected.
Our house projects have slowed down a little bit. We've ordered windows but haven't ordered our doors yet. We're still working on getting a quote for getting the roof done. A lot of the roofing companies are busy in their general areas without having to go to Gardiner. One guy came out yesterday to look at our roof, so hopefully we'll get a quote soon. The bathroom has stalled (haha) because the man who was going to do our tile job got tied up with someone else's project which is bigger and was more pressing since it is a business that is just opening this summer. Our oil furnace has been replaced with a propane furnace and a heat pump. The catch is that our heat pump won't work until we make some major modifications to our circuit breaker box. We've got most of that done, but it's a project of a few weeks because we had to have an inspector look at the new work and people from NorthWestern Energy do stuff. When the propane tank was installed some damage was done to our underground sprinkler system. I fixed a good share of the damage, but things keep on breaking! With an older sprinkler system, I suppose it's somewhat expected.
Friday, June 17 Jean and I went to Evergreen Livingston to eat at their Father's Day barbecue. Grandma seemed to be doing alright. We had a good visit with her. She's had a problem with depression in part because she can't remember when people visit her, so last month I put a calendar up next to her bed, but the dry erase marker almost immediately disappeared and no one tried to keep up on the calendar. That afternoon Jean and I got some Velcro and new dry erase markers. Now the dry erase markers stick to the wall next to the calendar.
Thursday, June 23 Zana, Jared, and Kassie came to the house. During the morning we got some yard work done. After we went to lunch at the Town Cafe, I took the kids to Yellowstone Park for the afternoon while Jean and Zana did some work. Primarily I wanted to show them Artist Paint Pots because I hadn't been there in about six years and it's one of my favorite places. We made a couple stops along the way at Rustic Falls and Sheepeater Cliff. Artist Paint Pots is a very beautiful area with spectacular coloring. Jared's color diffusion made it a little interesting with a few of the pools, but he could easily make out the blue ones. They enjoyed watching the paint pots make plopping sounds.
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| Artist Paint Pots area |
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| A blue pool next to the paint pots |
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| Artist Paint Pots |
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| Artist Paint Pots area |
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| A thermal feature at Artist Paint Pots |
Jared and Kassie wanted to see more paint pots so I took them to the Fountain Paint Pots.
While we were out there, Fountain Geyser went off. Unfortunately we had to leave while it was going off. Fountain doesn't go off very often, so I was a bit disappointed, but at least everyone got to see some mud pots.
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| Fountain Geyser |
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