08/21/2026
I would love to have the mercantile open tomorrow(Friday), but I don’t see it happening. I will have the mercantile open on Saturday afternoon around 5 pm or a little before, since there is a concert that night. Things at home are hectic to say the least still. The ins adjuster can out today to our place to survey damage and he confirmed it would have been what they call a tree top tornado. A tornado that comes down to the tops of tall trees and then goes back to the clouds. It never officially touches down, but it does a lot of damage to trees and roofs. The house is going to be classified as unliveable until ECK comes out and does a lot of work. Living in our almost new camper inside a Morton building is challenging. Filling water tanks daily and dumping sewer daily gets old. Turning the AC off to use things like the microwave gets old. Now our hot water tank is not working quit right in the camper,so it means 4 min showers. I am hoping ECk can fix my camper issues first, because the house may take several days to fix.
With having to do laundry at a laundry mat 30 min away, picking up limbs still in the yard, and now going back to physical therapy for my hand because I have edema in the bones in my hand. I have only been able to spend 3 hours a day in the store and I just am not getting much done. Plus with the pressure outside being at 30 nearly everyday it has caused an osteoarthritis flare up from hell on my body. I don’t sleep well and my pain is through the roof even on my prescription meds. Plus I keep having damage inside the store caused from the construction company outside and I have to keep cleaning up messes. It’s discouraging finding big items and some of my nice glassware items broken, when I walk in the door, everyday.
Sorry folks, but my life is hectic at the moment, but I will be open Saturday afternoon at 5pm that is a promise! With everything that is going on at home, I am not sure what days I will be open for quit awhile. Just watch fb is all I can say.
