Finishing the summer in NC

Tuesday we spent much of the day continuing with our packing.  In the evening we had our neighbor, Wanda, come over to help us finish off our chili from Saturday.  She came and brought 2 books that talked about life in the mountains 50 years ago.  Her parents and other neighbors on their homes and fields where they raised their crops and livestock.  She was really excited to share her memories with us. 

Wednesday we spent the day at home.  It was quite cold especially in the morning.  I moved some of the deck furniture into the living room as Evelyn wants me to do.  She does this every year even though it just tells the world we are not in the area.  In the afternoon I went to the slope on the south side of our house to attempt transplanting a rooster comb plant we bought years ago.  It is always a challenge to dig any hole on that slope because there are many tree roots in the ground and are very hard to cut through.  I finally got my fox hole shovel that converts to a sort of pick and cut through enough to make a transplant.  It has been cold enough the past nights that made us concerned about our mandevilla.  We had cut it down and brought it and a begonia plant into the shed.  I left the light on in an attempt to generate some heat. 

Thursday was errand day.  We just worked here at trying to remove some mold from our bath mat before I took Evelyn to Maggie Valley to get he hair cut.  We found a suggestion in Good Housekeeping that recommended using bleach to wash it in a washing machine.  We had no bleach but used vinegar instead.  The process worked fairly well.   I had a list of errands: returned some books to the library and got some paperbacks that they were giving away; I went to the thrift store and bought a small cooler to cannibalize some zipper pulls to place on my computer carrier; I went to the grocery thinking I could get a 12 pack of Pepsi but found it priced too high; I bought some PowerAde to raise Evelyn’s potassium level; I went to Mountain Tire to make arrangements to have our trailer tires inflated tomorrow; I went back to get Evelyn at Pat’s and went to a carwash on the way home.  I unloaded the car while Evelyn made lunch.  She then rested while I vacuumed the car for the trip.  I also got the GPS reconnected for the trip.  We took a short nap before Doris came to say goodbye.  Just as she left and Evelyn started to heat the pizza for our supper, Gary and Linda came to say goodbye.  They stayed for an hour.  We were hungry when they left.  We ate, did the dishes and washed out the refrigerator before watching the World Series.  I also talked to Jim Juhnke about hiring someone to cut some weeds at the church.