Leslie and David's Wanderings: 1 - 30 September 2026 Finally All Ours

If you can believe it, it took our contractor 30 days with pestering by David to close out our account and send us the final billing. We went in on 30 September and gave them the final check. We started this process on 1 May 2025 with our initial deposit. Seventeen months. They told us it would be 6-8 months when we signed the contract! We are glad that journey is now over. We got phase two of the landscaping put in. That adds the landscaping around the trees out front and down the side and around the back of the house. About $14K. David did a lot of the bed preparation work by removing grass and weeds. He had to rent a sod cutter to clear the grass out of the beds around the trees since the grass was so firmly rooted, digging it out by hand was not an option. He then rented a Rototiller and tilled in composite and dried molasses into the beds to get them ready for planting. The landscapers added more composite on top and turned it in by hand, then planted, added the drip irrigation and mulched. It came out really nice. Give the plants a season to root out and they will grow like wildfire. The weather remained hot (2^nd highest number of days over 100) and dry (over 75 days without measurable rain). But our phase one plants are doing well. That is why we went with Texas native plants in all our landscaping. The two trees out

front need a little more attention to keep them watered enough until they can grow their roots out. We got to put out our first Halloween Decorations.

Leslie stared her job, orthopedic boot and all. She is working 15-20 hours a week and having fun with it. She saw her podiatrist who told her she is healing fine but that she would need to wear the boot for another 6 weeks. David worked a lot this month as well. The month flew by. Leslie made a couple of trips over to Dallas to see her Mom. Unfortunately, her condition is degrading. We are making plans to try to get the whole family together for Thanksgiving. This might be our last opportunity.

Leslie got David a German Food cooking class for his Birthday. We had a fun time making Schnitzel, Fried Potatoes, Red cabbage and sponge cake in the class. David got the Wanderer ready to hit the road again with some final maintenance items. We are looking forward to hitting the road again!