A BUSY LABOR DAY WEEKEND

We started the weekend off by meeting up with Stillman and Michelle and the kids, as well as Michelle's mother, her sister and her 2 boys, and her brother and his wife and 4 kids. Tony and I got to I HOP 1st so we reserved tables for 18!!  The girl looked at me and said, "is he serious?"  I said yes he is.  lol  We waited for a bit for them all to get there and then we waited a good hour for us all to be seated. It was incredibly busy because of the holiday weekend. 

We were finally seated at 11 or so and the waitress immediately started bringing drinks to everyone.  It took awhile for her to get around to taking our orders and Stillman asked if they could put a rush on Tony's and mine because I had a doctor appointment.

I took pictures from each end of the tables while we waited.

Then Tony took a couple so I'd be in the picture. 

It wouldn't have mattered.  Can hardly see me anyway. lol

Tony and I got our meal 1st and had to eat quickly. It was a bit embarrassing eating in front of all them but had to do it. When they all got their food, it was time for us to leave for Caldwell to see my nefrologist. My appointment went really well. My blood pressure was the best I've ever seen it. 117/64 !!  I was surprised it was so good! Dr. Keller said he wants to keep me on the rituximab for one more year and then take me off completely and see if my body will stay in remission. So, two more infusions in 2027 and I'll be done. He said at that point he'll check me every couple of months by having me do labs and seeing if all stays good.  After my appointment, we came home and got some things and then went to Lynn's to watch the BSU vs the DUCKS game. It was a good game really. We didn't expect the Bronco's to win but they gave them a run for their money and didn't make it easy for them. We were proud. 

Colby and Cindy and Lehi showed up around 5 or 5:50.  After bringing in their things and getting settled, we visited for a while. They wanted to go to the new SpiderMan movie but it didn't start till 9:30 and that was just too late. We tried to get it on Lynn's TV but couldn't so we went to our house.

 Colby brought it up on Disney channel (which we don't have) but he does and he put in his code. We watched the 1st Spiderman with Andrew Garfield. It got over at 10:30 and we were getting tired so we called it a night. Lehi wanted to watch the 2nd one with Garfield and Tony discovered we have them all (but two) on DVD so I'll bring it to Lynn's this afternoon after church  just in case.

Colby warmed up a Calzone for Lehi and we all watched the movie. 

Went to bed late after they left to stay at Lynn's house. We are having dinner with Chris and Tammy's family tomorrow as well but they don't get outta church till 4 and it's fast sunday ! I don't think we can wait till 4:30 to eat so I'm making cinnamon rolls to take to eat before they get there. It was a good day.

I visited with Chris and Scott both yesterday via a phone call.  Chris is in West Virginia for awhile for training. I had no idea. Miss ALL my boys and girls so much. It's hard. But hopefully in time, I'll get to see them again.  I called Jill as well and plan to go over next week to help her clean house for the listing. 

GOD IS GOOD!~

A WET FRIDAY

I told Pat that we'd go to the gym late today but then I woke up at 6:45 and couldn't go back to sleep....SO, I text Pat and told her we'd be there at 7:30. Since she wakes up regularly around 4 am (don't know how she does it) so we met and did our walking.  On the way home, we stopped at Lynn's to look for her temple packet. We couldn't find it so said we'd go to the temple to see if it was in the lost and found. We went home, changed clothes and Tony printed some temple cards off for me and then we relaxed for a bit before leaving. I finished my John Grisham book and started on the book "CRISIS" for book club. At 2 o'clock, we eft for Meridian.

It had been sprinkling in Nampa but was really wet in Meridian. 

We had to rush in and went to the laundry to check for her packet. They had so many but her's is lacy. However, I looked at all the lace ones and I didn't see hers. We called her on our way to Boise and told her. She said she'd just buy a new set.  We had a gift card that Scott and Jill gave us quite a while ago and still hadn't used. We just don't go to Boise all that much and this place was downtown on 8th street. It was pouring by then so we got out the umbrella and walked a bit to R&R BBQ.

It's a pretty cool spot and since it was only 3 o'clock, there wasn't anyone in the place.

I ordered the Buddy Bowl and Tony got pulled pork, hush puppies and sweet potato fries. 

It was really good. Too much food for the both of us so we had to take some home. lol BUT, it was so good! Tony loves leftovers, so there's that! 

They had cute signs and we really got a kick outta this one.

PITA wouldn't but we did! lol

We filled up our drinks and when we walked back to the car, the rain had stopped. We got on the freeway and it was backed up

 BIG TIME!!

It took us forever to get to here and they were  running all the traffic to the right hand lane..... 

With the amount of cop cars and two fire trucks, we figured it was a bad accident, and sure enough.....

The pickup truck on the left was turned around going the wrong direction and then there were three more cars messed up.

The white car, the black and the blue plus the truck. Not sure if anyone was injured but it was a big mess. Once we finally got past this, the traffic went pretty smoothly until after Meridian but it was still moving so we got home by 5. I took a shower, did my blog and now I'm gonna start on my book. This weekend is gonna be busy but we don't have to go to bed at 7am so I have time to make my chicken salad for Sunday. Colby and Cindy will be here sometime around 2 or 3 tomorrow. Stillman and Michelle are coming tonight and we are going to breakfast with them tomorrow morning before they head to Rexburg to drop off Alex and Jaden. I have a doctor appointment right after breakfast and then we'll watch the BSU game. 

It's gonna be a great weekend.

FRUSTRATING FEW DAYS

Saturday, was our last day working the Saturday AM shift at the temple. It was bitter sweet and we are leaving a lot of wonderful friends behind, but I'm sure we'll be asked to sub on occasion.

It's September and this is how I feel!!

The temp going in was so wonderful! A lot cooler than we've experienced the last while so I guess Fall is on it's way.  It was a lovely day when we got out. We will be starting on the Thursday PM shift this coming week. We got a call from our new shift coordinators last night and they are excited to get us and I know we;ll make new friends. It will be good for us.

Sunday after church, we invited Yeti and Drue over for dinner. I made Kielbasa sausage and sauerkraut and scalloped potatoes and corn on the cob. It was delicious in my opinion. lol Yeti had never had sauerkraut so I don't think he was thrilled but he wished I'd had more corn on the cob. lol Shawn had given it to us so I only had one  cob a piece so there's that.  lol

Today, we went to the gym and it was 47 degrees when we got up. That made the lawn care very comfortable. 

The little plant that Isabel gave me for Mother's Day had grown a ton. I'm so glad it's a perennial and will be back in the spring. I love it. I got the yard mowed and even went over it twice. Patrick took a power washer to our fence and cleaned off the paint Tony had put over the graffiti.  

It's a bit spotty but so much better (in my opinion) 

It looks so much better than the big grey patch. lol Patrick was in his backyard watering and I thanked him for doing it. 

 I had to laugh at this.  I thought of my little vandals that decorated my fence. lol  Not that this has anything to do with them. lol

Got a call from Diane asking us if we could look at Mom's house for her credit cards. We said, "You used it at the gas station on the way to Utah",  she said she didn't but we reminded her about all the trouble with the hundred and sixty nine dollar charge that came up and how they had to put a stop on her card etc......she said "Oh yeah, now I remember."  Then it took them all day to finally find her little purse that held all her cards. That was the start to our frustrating day. Then,

we went to Verizon and traded in our old phones for a new updated one. My battery has to be charged a couple of times a day so we figured it was time.  It has been such a pain. They wanted $50 bucks to transfer all the info from our old phones to the new. Tony was upset about that, so we came home to do it on our own. (and we are old and not so computer literate)  He was so grouchy the past 2 days just  trying to get the info for his own phone.  We went back today to get help. Again, they want the money if they help us so he called Verizon on the phone and got a real nice guy who helped us completely. While still talking to him, we drove home and got both phones done. I warned Tony that if he lost his temper in the store, I was walking out so he said he would try to be on his best behavior. lol  The only thing he said was, "This is ridiculous!"  before he got on the phone with a rep. Don't know why we didn't just call in the 1st place. So much easier than dealing with them in person. 

I also went to the Library and checked out the book for this month. They are changing Book  Club to Tuesday night so I will be able to go. It used to be on Thursday night and with my new shift I would miss it. I was actually not upset about that because I don't always want to read what they choose, but Klynn insisted we change the night so I could go. lol I just finished a John Grisham book and started another because I love his writing. I'd suggest one of his books if I thought the ladies would read it but I kinda keep my mouth shut now. I'd suggested a Dan Brown book once (which I loved) and the ladies weren't that impressed. lol  I guess we each have our likes and dislikes. Now I gotta finish the book by Grisham (more than halfway through) so I should be finished soon and will start on the one for book club.  What a week thus far. Hope it goes better the rest of the week. I'm sure it will.

SUCH A GOOD START TO THE WEEK!~

It's been a busy week with the gym and the yard and visiting with the twins , Danae and Alivia and Cory. On Wednesday,  after the gym, Pat took me home so Tony could meet Diane and his mom at the clinic for Lynn's yearly. I cleaned up and when Tony got home, I drove to the Infusion center at St Lukes.

I got there at 1:15 and this was my view till 6 PM. It shouldn't have taken so long because I am only getting 500 CC's now but the pharmacy was backed up so I waited a bit.

I brought a good book to read so it was ok. My nurse was Jasmine again. I had her 6 months ago and she remembered me. She was so sweet and she said she was happy I was coming in and she requested helping me.  That made me happy!

She told me that there was a request made by Cypress, who is Dr. Keller's PA. She said I needed to get labs before my appointment with the doctor on the 5th of September. I told her I was going in on Friday to get them done. She said she could do them right now if I wanted. OF COURSE! That saves me a trip to the hospital to get them on Friday. YAY!~

Once they were done, she said the Rituximab was in from the pharmacy,  so she got me hooked up and started. 

I got a lot of my book read while the slow drip was going in. I will have another in February of next year. It's really not bad and the staff is so kind. A good way to relax I guess. lol  After my appointment, we went to Lynn's to see the family before they leave on Thursday. 

Lynn had gone shopping with the girls and bought herself a rhinestone cowboy hat.

It looks pretty good on her. She also got herself a T-shirt in McCall. 

She likes it when the girls come because they take her shopping. lol She is going back to Utah with them to stay a month with Debbie and a month with Diane. She'll come back in November. It will be a nice break for Tony and I. She's getting quite forgetful and she needs a lot of attention and help so this will be nice.

Today, we picked up the Browns and went to the temple. We did 2 endowments and then initiatory. The Browns were gone for a month to Montana and she said she really missed the temple while they were away. She said her heart was so full to be able to go again with us. We are happy to have them with us.  After we took them home, we hurried to Chick Fil A for some lunch. I needed to be home by four because I told Ellie we would babysit Evelyn while they went out to Pickle Butter to target shoot.

They brought her over a little after 4 and she was a doll! She didn't cry at all and played so well.

I fed her her dinner at five. She started with a yogurt smoothie that she sucked dry in no time.

She also ate little sweet potato patties her mom makes for her, as well as some cheese and tuna that I warmed up in a pan for her. Then she ate some banana slices. She's a good little eater for as tiny as she is. 

She army crawled all over this house and I told Tony, 

"I think we need our carpets cleaned again." 

Her little feet and legs got a wee bit dirty. lol 

She pulls herself up to everything now and loved playing with the trash can. lol

We played SnapChat but I couldn't get any pictures as she kept grabbing my phone. lol

Her folks came back about 7 and took a picture of us with our little sweetheart. I told Ellie that I'm not as young as I used to be.  She sure wore me out. Ellie said she totally understands. She said Evelyn wears her out too. lol She's a little go getter!

I took a picture of Mom and Dad with her, and Alivia ( who is home from college for another two weeks.)  Cute kids and I had a good time tending our sweet little great granddaughter. 

It was a good week. Mom and the twins got away and should be in Utah soon. The temple was wonderful as always and it was good to see the kids and tend the baby.

GOD IS GOOD!

HOME AGAIN.....

We all got up this morning and got ready to head back to Nampa. After  eating a quick breakfast, loading the car, and doing a quick run through the condo to make sure we got everything, I took one last shot from our patio deck. It was a lot cooler this morning and no one was on the lake. Everyone's gone back to the valley as the kids are all in school again. It was so peaceful.

Cory and Alivia got up early and went on one last bike ride here. They managed to get a picture of a spotted fawn. I was so glad they did because I missed my shot of the momma and her twin spotted fawns on Saturday morning. 

We then went over to help Mom and Debbie and group, get their belongings up to their cars. I took a picture of where they were to where our condo was, which was on the other side of the pool. Farewell till another time.  It was a wonderful weekend.

SUNDAY IN McCALL

Sunday, we got up late and then went to the 11:30 church at the McCall building. We stayed for Sacrament meeting and then came back to the condo's and discussed a conference talk.

I got a picture of Cory and Alivia before we started.

The rest were seated in the living room of our condo. Not sure what Diane was sneering about lol but mom looks pretty serious as well. 

But then again, so do Danae and Deb. After our discussion, we ate lunch. I made chicken salad and brought up croissants. Then, they added, grapes, a relish tray and chips. 

We played games after dinner. Cory had gone back to their condo and Jess went to his room to rest.

It was only the 2nd time we played games so I didn't have a problem joining in.

Alivia photo bombing. She's so pretty!  We played about 9 rounds of Golf and thenn Danae wanted to leave. Lynn wanted to stay and watch TV but when she saw everyone in the condo she was staying at, left, she went to. 

Jess (the family clown) said he was going swimming again. He went everyday to swim in the lake. Early morning  or late at night. He posed on a rock because he knew I was taking pictures from our patio deck.  What a joker!!

Diane took pictures too and yelled out the window....

"HE's all mine."  lol

SO, you know me..... I AI ed him! 

Then he went in and we went back to watching TV.

The sunset was lovely.

Another good day!