Awake: 6:06am Temp 66 Rain---heavy @ times Overnight @ Nicktown, PA
We drive to 8:00am mass…..then back to our property & move our bus a
distance away from the drilling rig.
Bill & Justin arrive in the water truck @ 8:50am. After a little chit-chat
with them, the boom goes up & the drill bit starts biting back into that
bedrock where they left off yesterday. @ 93 ft, there is water. We ask
Bill to continue drilling down to 160 ft ….he does but finds no additional
water. Bill measures that our well is producing 10 to 12 gallons of water
per minute.
During this drilling operation, a small audience begins to assemble: Al &
Donna were 1st to arrive, then my cousin, Florentz. My cousin explains:
even though no additional water was found in drilling to 160 ft, this
extra shaft length is a good reservoir for water storage in the earth.
Bill & Justin clean up their drilling rig, power down the boom & drive
away to their next drilling project.
Meanwhile, Melissa calls from Indiana to bring us up to date on their
house hunting. The Footes had made their 1st offer on the 6th Street house
in Indiana on Friday, the 26th. This is the house that we looked over
carefully on the 21st & my cousin Florentz scrutinized on Wednesday, the
24th. Well, the same day the Footes made their offer, the owner countered
but came down very little from her asking price….during the evening time,
the Footes countered again. And again, the owner countered but still only
reduced her price on the house very little.
Monday, after realizing the owner is not reducing her price very much with
each counter offer, the Footes made their final offer.
Today…this morning, they found out there is another party interested in
the house they are negotiating on. As a matter of fact, that other party
has already made an offer. Now the Footes are concerned that maybe their
last offer wasn’t high enough & they will lose out in getting this place.
Melissa asks us what we would do. It’s tough to give advice on something
like this. Kathy is neutral….I tell Melissa I need some time to think
about it. 20 minutes later, I call Melissa & tell her my unemotional &
unprofessional opinion….that I would do nothing….leave your final offer
just as is. If it’s meant to be, you’ll get the house.
@ 12:30pm Al & Donna drive up to get the final figures on the well drilling.
7:15pm dinner: Parmesan breaded eggplant with chicken breast, salad & toast.
Kevin calls mid evening: they bought the 6th Street house. They held their
ground & their final offer was accepted. Supposedly, the other offer
didn’t have good financing even though their offer was higher. We
congratulate them on their strength & for holding their ground.
Late evening: we call Joan in Navarre, Ohio & wish her a happy birthday….
we talk with her and her other half, Mark, for nearly an hr. They are
leaving on Thursday for a 2 week driving trip to Nova Scotia and points in
between. We wish them a safe & fun trip.
High temp today= 72 Lights out: 11:12pm
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