Ran and exercised
Woke up Dee and made him breakfast
Vacuumed the whole house
Scrubbed a bathroom (the other one was scrubbed Saturday night)
Finally coordinated my visiting teaching companion and the two sisters we visit and we have two appointments this week.
Texted back and forth with Cameo...Kaylee was home sick with a stomach bug and fever
Picked up pictures I ordered
Went to post office and sent off Valentines to out of state grandkids
Made a cute little book for Kaylee to enjoy next week on Chinese New Year called "Red Dragon, Red Dragon What Do You See" I printed and colored the pages and then laminated.
Loaded more stuff in the car for Deseret Industries.
Kayty finished her birthday cake...
Dee picked up his motor mount bracket thingy but still needs more stuff to get that motor on the frame.
Dee washed off the pool filters and brushed the pool, sprayed weed killer on more yard weeds, worked in the garden, ate tomatoes
We looked for a bullet loader that was not where he put it and talked to Morgan for a bit on the phone.
I made it to Ezra in the Old Testament (I am reading the four Standard Works this year. Old Testament first. So far, not my favorite but I am enduring)
Tuesday - Ran and exercised before I got ready, woke up Dee, and headed to the temple. It was a really nice session, though I kinda wish the older folks in attendance would smile. I am assuming there are groups from Sun City that seem just a bit on the grumpy side.
Note to self: be a happy person...always...no matter how old you get.
Dad had meetings galore (he found out his new boss of a few weeks is no longer his new boss and he will have yet another new boss...this new thing is craziness!), worked, after work he painted Brother Humphrey's Food Truck (just the background so his wife, Peggy, can do her artistic magic with it)
mowed the lawn, unreserved family names from Family Search due to a family member's complaint, loaded some bullets for Doran to try out, he and Ethan put in for an elk hunt.
Kayty went to her endocrinologist appointment and worked.
After arriving home, I cleaned, vacuumed, weeded the lower courtyard, made an awesome lunch salad for Dee, made pretty fabulous chicken breasts and sautéed collard greens for Dee, took the trash down the road, worked on next weeks extras for Kaylee (we are celebrating President's Day and Chinese New Year next week), had an awesome phone visit with Nathan as he fixed his poor dented truck that some kind ward members pulled out of the ravine for him, labeled bullets Dee loaded, packed up a few things for Morgan and gave him a hug as he left and prepared for the temple early the next morning.
Wednesday - Our it was a day full of "stuff", sandwiched between temple sessions. I made the 6 am session...only 5 sisters and 19 brethren. It was wonderful to do work for family members who have passed on. They can now make the choice to take advantage of the ordinances performed in their behalf.
I cleaned up, went to pick up my visiting teaching companion, found out she was not home, went and visited one sister on my own, composed the visiting teaching letter to the by mail only sister I visit. I cleaned, dusted, laundered, picked up key limes, prepared and started dehydrating oregano, made sauce for our tortelini, ran to Party City to try to locate Chinese New Year stickers (none), and helped around the house.
When I arrived home from the temple, Dee was on the phone with his new boss, who asked him many questions and was trying to discern what his job is...a common dilemma in this new assignment. He measured Kayty's bed to make a new one, talked to Nate on the phone (he replaced his broken headlight), picked and packaged produce, and asked if anyone was interested in extra tomatoes. Our friend/neighbor Julie B was going to stop by. We meanwhile discovered a notice from the City of Phoenix that they were leaving our water on for one more day due to delinquent payments. I freaked out totally. Turns out, our new mailman does not deliver any mail to 4807 W Happy Valley Road, even when it has our name on it. Three months. (I know that sounds freaky but I just pay the bills when they come and don't necessarily notice) Dee has to complain to the postmaster tomorrow, and also explain to Phoenix what happened. I did pay the bill asap and signed up for email bills from now on. Dee's final nasty note to WalMart resulted in their FINALLY refunding all the bogus charge from November. NEVER again am I going to do business with WalMart.com!
After Julie and Mike B left, we headed to the temple together (which is a rarity) and finished out day in a session there. The nicest thing was that as we entered, Dee found a young couple that was going to perform baptismal ordinances and was happy to do the ones he had. After our session, there were still many, many youth in the baptistry...there had been 75 there that night. 75 is a lot for the Mesa Temple...way huge for ours! The temple workers just stayed, until very very late, to make sure every youth had an opportunity.
Thursday - Ran this morning. First the temple was dark.
Then it was light.
Nicest rest place ever.
I exercised, woke Dee up and made him breakfast before he left for a meeting.
After he returned, he spent time on the phone, first with City of Phoenix Water Department, to determine what had happened. Yes, our bills had been returned to them as "undeliverable"...funny since we have had bills delivered to the same address for 32 years. No water turned off, and finally the correct address on the water bill, after years of begging. Then, he called the postmaster to discern why our letter carrier did this. The result of 2 new letter carriers on 2 different routes and a clerk not realizing, again after 32 years of receiving mail. All got worked out! Finally.
I dusted, vacuumed and mopped big time today. I also found a HUGE tomato in Dee's garden...nearly two pounds. I took down my Valentine's Day stuff...no use waiting till Saturday night. While I was cleaning, I went to unplug the vacuum and whacked my head good on the wall. I spent awhile resting after that.
Dee and his friend Joe worked on his panel truck doors for awhile. Tacos for dinner. Quick run to the post office, Michael's, Harbor Freight and WalMart ended the day.
Friday - I left earlier than usual, so my wait for the temple lights to come on was longer. When I got back running, I was colder and it took a bit to warm back up. Exercising, wake up and breakfast and some clean up followed before I got ready and headed to my final visiting teaching appointment. We had a great visit...the first time we all three were there together. The only challenge was talking as her cleaning lady vacuumed. It was great.
Dee went to his regular meetings and I did laundry and managed to get a month's worth of photos put in the 2014 album. I even put many pages back twice when the binder fell off the shelf and some fell out.
Grrrr
It made that published photo book look even more enticing.
Dee hurried off to the temple to complete a few initiatory work and then he returned and ate my awesome Texas Two Step Chicken and did some machining work in the garage while Nate and I texted back and forth about him finally locating Juanita in Idaho, with an upper floor in her home the size of our entire house.
Wouldn't you know...his long lost mother is wealthy too.
Kayty had a good day at work and contacted some Bachelorette Show guy...not sure who he was but she was doggone happy.
Saturday - Dee called me in at 3:30 am. He said Kayty was not right. I checked and she said she was fine. I decided to check back later.
45 minutes later, I heard a noise and went back. Her legs were cold and clammy. I turned on the light, said, "Kayty, you are low" and proceeded to get soda. She repeatedly said, 'No, I am not low!" and got a bit mad, so I asked if I could check her. I got the meter and worked hard to get blood. When I finally got enough and read the meter, it said "38". She was extremely low. By the time I did all that, she was in seizure and I was frantically trying to get her to swallow the soda. I called for Dee and he helped hold her up until I got 2 cans of sprite down her and she was starting to come around. She then ate tootsies to bring it up. After tests of 110. 100. 84. and then 124, I let her fall back asleep.
I am so very very thankful for the Spirit, and for the Lord being so mindful of Kayty and her life. I always fall to my knees in prayer and thank the Lord for one more help.
Needless to say, I couldn't get back to sleep and was getting ready to go run, when Dee came out. Between is back pain (he hurt his back yesterday in the chicken coop, while bending over and walking) and not being able to get back to sleep, so he rode his bike and I ran, though I am way slower than a bike goes. It was his first time to enjoy the temple rest break and now he knows why I love stopping there.
Home, a little cleaning, ready and going to a few yard sales (I was looking for Dr. Seuss books...only found one...and not a very popular one. ) After we got home, he sat with ice on his back and I gave him his Valentine Card. We never made too much of Valentines Day. He was always working...disc jockeying either a wedding or a school dance or party. All our extra money went to getting stuff for the kids to give to their classmates, their teachers, and for us to get them a little something. Nothing left for dinner, etc. after that, and I have never been too much of a flower fan.
We worked inside and outside. He picked a ton of tomatoes.
I chopped and froze some of the older ones to make sauce on a week off.
I invited him to empty my jeep with me at Deseret Industries and then I suggested lunch at his favorite Chinese place. I am not much of a fan, but he enjoyed it.
A few stops and we were home, busy on the rest of the day.
I was sad that we weren't even invited.
Dee went to see Curtis' garden, and there was a discussion that went way too long with Curtis and we hurriedly went home, got ready and headed to our Stake Conference Meeting.
The meeting was different. It was on councils and there were demonstration and open discussion. It didn't really pertain to us, but we stayed and stopped for chicken at Albertsons on the way home. It is Dad's favorite too.
Sunday - Sunday is sleep in day, even if we had to be at our building for an internet broadcast of Stake Conference at 10 am. Usually there is only one ward in our building when a broadcast occurs, but something must have gotten mixed up when both wards were there. Not an empty seat in the place and many were out of town for the three day weekend.
It was a wonderful session. Four speakers each were assigned the topic of times when they were ministered to or did the ministering themselves. Four delightful and wonderful people with the same topic, but very different talks. The Mission President of the Phoenix Mission and his wife gave beautiful talks as well. Our patriarch, Kent Mecham, gave great instruction on making ourselves worthy and ready to receive personal revelation. President Page spoke about knowing what road we are on and how we are getting there, and about setting goals and having a family mission statement. President Martin went over the book of Enos in the Book of Mormon and taught us so much about the importance of a father's teaching, of prayer, of inspiration, and of concern for our fellow man.
Dee missed much of the meeting due to his back. He started there, but had to leave to get some ibuprofen. He was back for the last 15 minutes or so. It was nice seeing how some of our old ward friends had children who had grown up so much in just a little over a year.
We snacked, Dee iced his back and did some scripture study.
We picked up Morgan and went to Dorrie's for a post Valentine's Day dinner. Meatloaf, potatoes and cheese, cauliflower with cheese sauce, heart beets, salad, and bread, with brownies and ice cream for dessert.
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| Do not be alarmed. There were firefighters just around the corner. |
We took a walk to wear off all that yumminess.
We took Morgan home. We were thankful for his knowledge of the laws regarding controlled substances and gardening, and hope his advise was acknowledged.
Kayty came home and we had a quiet evening. Nate called and talked about his Valentine's Day for Jessica, about Lily trying to steal his biscuit, and talked to Dad about reloading. Dee talked to Sharynn on the phone and she helped him do more genealogy.
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