Last summer, Grandpa Ken and Grandma Debbie arranged for their friend and our's, Connie (Conrad) Marsolek, to come to our house help us (translation: he did most of the work, and we were the grunts) pour a cement patio out our back door. You may remember my post from that adventure that can be seen here:
The patio turned out lovely, and we hoped to one day put a hot tub out our back door.
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Well, the hot tub came to us sooner than we had planned! Grandpa Ken decided to get rid of his two-person hot tub that he had in "Jamie's Old Room" at his house, and he and Grandma Deb generously gifted the hot tub to this Klimek Family!
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Well, that poor old hot tub spent the winter out on the back patio, well, COLD! Getting the electrician to come and put in an electrical box outside and run it to our circuit box proved to be much more costly than we had ever anticipated, and with the way the economy had been affecting the car business... Well, there are priorities, and, unfortunately, a hot tub isn't one of them.
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Fast-forward to tonight. Our good friend, Dallas, took time out of his night that he could have been spending with his own family to come to our house and help Jamie wire an electrical box to the side of our house for the hot tub! (Dallas is the President of Barron Electric, but he still can get his hands dirty with the grunts!) The guys worked from 7pm until 10:30, but they got the project done, and once Jamie fine-tunes the "plumbing" underneath the tub, we will be in business! Abby is just thrilled at the prospect of having a hot tub available to her possibly as soon as Wednesday!
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We are grateful to have such giving friends as Connie and Dallas. Neither of them had any obligation to help us with these projects, yet they both gave willingly of their time and knowledge to help Jamie (and myself with the cement) create a nice area for our family. Thank you, Friends!
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Also, thanks to Grandma and Grandpa, not only for the gift of the hot tub, but also for the time you put in helping us put in the patio last summer! We wouldn't have gotten it in if it wasn't for your help! Thanks, too, for the new trampoline--the dogs (and the kids) love it!
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I will have to snap some pics of our nice backyard area in the near future so everyone can see how great our friends are! We are blessed!
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You are blessed with good friends and Ken & Deb. I will be anxious to see the finished product.
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