All good things must come to an end and that is exactly what happened for us at 5:00 Saturday P.M. We had a wonderful trip and enjoyed everything so much but our home did look good after having traveled 5,200 trouble free miles. It was good to spend time with family and friends and to attend the beautiful wedding for Brandon and Dailon. (More details later.)
Sherlyn had kept our lawn mowed, having mowed it 2 times while we were gone and it is not an easy job---one and one/half acres of uneven ground. We appreciate all she did for us, also she kept Jan's customers satisfied by filling in for Jan those 2 weeks. Jaron watered my plants so he gets credit for having done that for me. All I remember that Courtney did was complain that I wasn't here to fix her noon meal each day!!! I am kidding but she did mention that she missed the service she had become used to. I did feed her Sunday and yesterday so she is happy again.
We came home to a VERY hot house. We had not needed our air conditioning before we left but soon found out that we had NO cool air Sat. night. The fan ran but that is all. Needless to say, we were not very comfortable as the temp was 90º on Sat. and since our house was all closed up, it had obtained a lot of heat. We were thankful for some floor fans and we did make it through the night OK. Sunday was not much cooler but I managed to prepare a noon meal for 8 people. Devin was home for the week-end so he, Carley, Jan, Jaron and Courtney joined us. Sherlyn didn't feel like eating. She had worked too long in the hot sun mowing on Sat.
We were blessed with some cool temp yesterday. We had rain off and on during the day and the temp did not reach 70º. Right now it is 59º with a very dense fog. I can barely see Jan's house right across the street. It should lift during the morning hours. Yesterday and today we do not need air conditioning but we may tomorrow and we have a repairman scheduled to come today. I hope repair will not be too "painful". Our air conditioner is less than 2 years old.
We have LOTS of work to do to get things back in place so I better get busy. I need to spend some hours on my computer. It is very bogged down with all the things that stacked up on it during the 2 weeks I was unable to check my mail. I wished for a lap-top. It was hard to wait so long to see what had happened. (Near the end our our "tour", I was able to view my mail while we were in Wyoming but not enough time to delete and sort.) I am thankful for Vicky, Darla and Sherlyn's filling in for me on the blog. I see no reason for them to stop just because I am home. I hope they will continue to post.
Our garden looks good but need to be ploughed and Merrel is not able to use the tiller. He had hoped Jaron would do it for him but yesterday the rain kept him from doing it, today the gound is much too wet and tomorrow Jaron is flying to AZ. I sure hope we don't lose everything. The fresh veggies help so much on the grocery bill plus we surely do enjoy them.
I must get busy. Thanks to everyone who contributed to our 2 weeks away from home.
Love to all,
Dortha
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