Truman Lumberyard Trip
It was planned to get the 1″ x 4″ lumber home for the garage work. June is right around the corner for our handyman to come on over! As our lone lumberyard has been for sale for some time, there hasn’t been any new product coming in. The one 1″ x 4″ x 8′ board that Dennis brought home from this lumberyard for $6.00 looked like beavers had had their way with it.
Fifteen miles to the south we headed to Truman’s lumberyard. What a great layout. In one of the offices we had a chance to visit with Vaughn. Vaughn had worked at the Overson lumber yard in St. James before they took bankruptcy last year. Vaughn also owns a rental house that butts up to our acre. It felt comfortable to make a purchase this morning. When the yard worker brought out our 10′ boards to the pickup, all I could say was . . . “Oh my gosh, they are beautiful.” The yard worker commented that they handle #2 pine. I took that as a good thing. We were pleasantly surprised that the price for the eight 10′ boards was $40.19. Yup, we are totally prepared. Dennis will go to our local stores for odds and ends that the handyman may need. The high end items are on site.
We enjoyed coming back to St. James via the back roads which took us right through South Branch where my family had lived when Carrie and Kevin were in their high school years. Our building site that we had cleared the grove out and kept it mowed is totally obliterated and overgrown with . . . everything. Too sad.
Today in the mail I received the update from Medicare in relation to the cost I have incurred to date for medications. The cost to me thus far was a whooping $6.20. My blood pressure pills are the only prescription meds that I take and it runs about $2.00 plus for three months. I feel fortunate when I see the bag of pills some pick up and pay for.
I visited the vacant home a bit north of us as the owner, Roger, was mowing his folks’ lawn. I asked if it was okay to pull some rhubarb. I now have washed and chopped one bag in the freezer for a crumble dessert and one pan in the oven of the crumble dessert. Dennis is quite sure that it will be cool enough for a dish topped with some ice cream by eight this evening. He is most likely correct.