Working together

Dear Friends and Family,
First off, thanks to so many who wrote emails today, some in response to the blog directly, others to me personally. I've just read each one and I appreciate hearing from you and finding out about you.
Carol and Roger need our prayers, they are battling a serious hit of the flu and its got both of them down. They are so healthy that when they are ill it really hits hard.
Jerry and I had Belgium Waffles for breakfast then relaxed with a fire for awhile watching the rain fall and the wind blow. This afternoon we went to do a driveby appraisal in Antioch and purchased needed supplies to repair the mirror that was falling off the motorhome. It turned out to be quite a job and really needed both of us to work inside and outside the motorhome at the same time. Jerry is skilled at crafting the fix we needed, a steel plate on the inside with 4 bolts running through the mirror, throught the steel plate to washers and then nuts. Sounds easy but it was not, to work inside one has to stand on your head and work under the dashboard. I was under there many times but we finally got the old bolts out, the plate cut and holes drilled in the right places, epoxy under the mirror to keep the water out and then we were through. The sun set while we were working so we started the generator and ran a drop light. The parking lot closes at 9 and you can't get out the gate, we finished at 8:45. We came home and made some very tasty grilled cheese sandwitches and soup. Food tasted really good after the hard work. I was and am still concerned about Jerry's hands. He has had several surgeries on them to fix things and here he was working hard with those hands. We both can feel sore and strained muscles this evening yet the thrill of working together on a project like this that required a creative plan, materials, preparation and then completion. We both feel quite proud of ourselves and Jerry says the mirror is so firmly fixed to the motorhome you could turn the coach over with the mirror and it would not budge.
Tomorrow I am walking with Ken at 6:30 am so I will need to crash soon to get some rest. The furnace has worked part of the time, not perfect and not totally failed so until it does fail no repairs can be done, who knows what is wrong with it.
I've learned a lot of tricks on cooking, shopping, using tools and about life in general from my elderly brother, I found out he is 71, older than I thought and he is still going strong.
Please pray for Carrol Sorenson as she has an appointment with her doctor tomorrow and will find out results of blood work done on the 12th. Our prayer is that her cancer numbers are holding so she will not have to resume chemo, it has been 14 months since her last chemo and we'd like many more months of good reports.
So saying good night now and thanks for letting me know how you are doing. I get curious!

love

tim