Crochet Me Crazy

Jeff is drove to the "big town" today to buy the supplies to do three of his jobs. I hope the rain doesn't interfere with his plan for today. His plan was to get 2 of the smaller jobs done today...replace a water heater and wire and install a ceiling fan on an outdoor porch. Hoping to get those two out of the way this week so we can see a little bit of extra money. Te guy with the water heater job said he'll have more work if he likes Jeff's work. There's no doubt in my mind, that he will so hopefully it will start to snowball. Every one of the jobs he's gotten so far have just turned up without really any effort on our part at all to seek them out. All he did was walk into the local equipment rental company and the lady said she was hoping he would come in because she needs some stairs fixed. A guy overheard her and came and asked him what he does....then immediately took him over to the house where they need the water heater replaced and handed him a check for $325 to buy the water heater with!

I've really been trying to figure out the priorities when we get a few extra bucks. Curriculum for the kids, shoes and shorts for Alison...I'm pretty sure I will be trying to get my husband to go to the dentist and get a cavity filled first. The good news is that I have heard the dentist here is very reasonably prices and takes payment plans. I can see why he would have to do that to stay in business here. There are no large employers so there really aren't many people with dental insurance.

We have met the nicest people here. We went with my husband to the house he will be working at next week and there is an eldery woman there who has just about adopted us. She is amazing lady who's still running around painting, carrying ladders, getting on her hands and knees varnishing floors and she's 83 years old!! I'm figuring out that when she's determined to do something, you just better be quiet and let her do it. Michael spent the evening learning to tie a "monkey fist" knot from a book of knots she had bought Michael. Then she lugs a tile saw she had bought for Jeff and he has been resisting letting her get for him. He will need it to do the work at their house, but she wants to give him the saw for future jobs. She has high hopes for Jeff and flatters him about his abilities. She tells him to quit telling people he's not a "professional". She says Jeff is a "craftsman and she knows because her and her husband did work like this for years together" before he got sick. It's hard to argue with an 83 year old woman like her.
They want to hire Michael to mow the ranch in the summer and Alison and I can work the gift shop at their stables if we want to. It might work out but we'll just wait and see how everything works out with everything else.

Now, I have to figure out what in the world to crochet next. I brought a blanket I had been working on for Alison a long time ago. She has been asking me when I'm going to finish it. I think I'll try to finish that for now.