September rumblings and ramblings

It has been a few weeks since I waxed poetic and not for lack of topics. Sometimes so much happens in a short while that one can hardly sort out the trivial from the not so and it all becomes a tangled jumble...Last I wrote we were planning on driving the old camper down to Maine to get some repair work done. Marie followed in the Dakota and we were then off to the coast for some fresh lobster. It was hot and got hotter as the brakes seized up on the pickup and began smoking. Call CAA. Hang around Augusta for another three hours getting repairs. Time for a new truck, but hey - we survived Tropical storm Irene. Back home a week of phone calls, checking Kijiji and Autotrader. And of course we are trying to get the construction of our new home underway, dealing with window manufacturers, quotes for the foundation and septic system, making changes here, there and trying to find someone who will be able to plow our long driveway come winter of the inevitable 5 feet of snow... 80 degrees outside and the s word has appeared for the first time...I am off to Florida next week to visit with Mom who is in therapy, recovering from her pneumonia and MRSA ....sore today from a day of laying sod at Lara's duplex and Phil calls me up and wants me to help him pick up 35 sheets of driwall. He wants to redo the basement before the baby arrives...even if it kills me I am going to smile and just keep scratchin' where it itches...gws