My 24 hour Bug

Dee Anna shared her bug.

I felt fine the whole time we were there and the whole day driving home. We unpacked, put everything away, and I worked on my blog for a while.

At 10 PM I realized I was sick. I needed to throw up but didn't have the strength to go do it. Later I had diarrhea, and finally by 6:00 AM I had the strength to get rid of what was in my stomach.

I was very weak all day long. I didn't have the aches and pains that Dee Anna said she had, but I had every other symptom.

The following day I was well. Well, not 100%, but I did exactly everything I wanted to do.

I had enough strength to clean our drawers, cupboards, and closets, along with 2 batches of clothes, changed the sheets on the bed, cleaned the bathroom, and blogged!

I cleaned the kitchen, and I'm telling you, for just getting over the flu, I sure accomplished a lot!

Dee Anna and her 24 hour Bug

We had a wonderful time in Arizona and a nice visit with Dee Anna, Hughie, and Dee.

Dee looks great! Last time we saw him he had just gotten out of the hospital. He has recuperated nicely. He looked much stronger, and all around healthier.

Dee Anna however, was not healthy. She had just come down with the flu before we got there. I was sorry that we were there having her worry about feeding us. She just needed to get to bed.

The next morning it was mostly gone. It was luckily just a 24 hour bug.

She had enough strength to go shopping. We went to an LDS bookstore for a book she wanted to buy for a few friends.

We went to four stores for me. I wanted to buy an exercise ball, but they were very expensive. $25 at Sports Authority and $40 at Big Five. We gave up on that.

We went to Trader Joe's to find gluten free French rolls that Kenny buys in Connecticut. But they didn't have them.

We went to a cosmetic store and finally I was successful in buying what I went in for.

The food Hughie and Dee Anna served was delicious as usual! Mike and I wanted to take them out to dinner, but she didn't feel up to eating out.

Next trip I'd like to fix them dinner or bring in a take out they like.

Moving Rocks

Maybe I should move the rocks in my head before I go to the neighbors and start shoveling their rocks.

Robyn asked me what that means. I explained that I must have rocks in my head, to go to an empty lot and start shoveling rocks. But that's what we're doing.

Actually, I asked permission, and secondly, I'm not shoveling any rocks, Mike is! We live in Arizona and have no grass, but rather lots of gravel. Last spring we planted quite a few plants, and a pigmy palm tree, but the yard still looks dismal!

We had a nice ficus tree that got caught in the freeze that killed lots of ficus trees and a lot of citrus in the valley last winter. Mike chopped the dead ficus tree down yesterday in our 112 degree weather. He was dripping wet.

Last night we, okay he, raked the gravel away in six spots so we can add more rocks and gravel in place of where the gravel was and then spread the gravel back on top. We are attempting to make small hills in the yard, where plants, and boulders will be placed around. I want to make a different elevation. I don't know if we know what we're doing, we might end up calling Hector who works in the park, and does a beautiful job of it.

Either way, the end result should be nice.

We're Back In Arizona Again

We must be crazy!!!! It's a 110 /116 degrees here. It is cooling off thought. It will be a nice 105 in the next few days.

We wanted to come back to check and see how our home and yard, particularly the new plants that we planted in April just before we left.

It was a good thing we came because the line to the drip system split and water was gushing where it wasn't supposed to gush, and nothing was going to the plants.

Our Gardenia bush died. That wasn't a surprise. I expected to lose it even if it got water. They require lots of water and lots of shade, and they don't like hot weather. It didn't get anything it wanted.

We have two Gardenia plants, and the other one is doing well because it is under the neighbor's tree, and she waters it.

We are only staying a week, and will leave here on Monday, spend a few days in Vegas with Dee Anna, and then head home.

I love Blogging

This last blog was my first paid opp on my new blog, Enuf Kids 10. It felt great. I have been working for a four months or more to get it going. And now it is up and running.

I had three comments on the blog, "Ben's Kite." I thought that was really exciting! When you have a brand new blog, and find people are already visiting it, it is exciting.

I have had a busy day on this computer blogging. It need to get off and get some food into this body!

The last opp I took on my other blog, Pegsazlife, was on eating good, and staying healthy. I think I'd better pay attention to what I tell other people.

Ben's Kite Was A Dragon!

Ben had a great time flying his kite. Andrew was a sweet brother and spent the whole time getting Ben and Katie's kites out of the trees, and back into the air.

Ben's kite is probably hanging in his room. We didn't go downstairs to Ben's room. We'll have to do that next trip, so we can get a close-up picture of his kite.

They had a really fun day, and Ben was right back out there the next morning flying his kite, Katie saw him and went right back out there again too. It was colder that day. I wanted to be out there with them, but had to watch from the window. It even wrapped myself up in a blanket, but returned to the house.

The Kite Named "Peggy"

Here's Katie and I flying her bird kite. She named it "Peggy" after me. I thought that was pretty cool!




Sunday morning found her out in the field flying her kite again. I wanted to be out with the kids, but it was way too cold for me.

Idaho is colder than Utah, and the wind blows constantly! I finally warmed up after we left.

We planned on going to church with them, at 1:00, but I had a tummy ache, and threw-up what little I had in there. Ben had a tummy ache too, and I figured we both caught a flu.

Mike and I left for home at the same time they pulled out to go to church.

Katie's kite named Peggy now hangs in her room.

Enjoyed Idaho

It was a short trip. We arrived in Idaho Friday afternoon. Mike and I were so excited because we were showing up in a new car. We called Susan on the cell phone when we got to within a mile of their home. She said she was in the road and was watching for us. I was shocked when she waved us in to the driveway, and didn't even notice the car was new.

She said, "well, I knew you had a gold car. . . . ." No, I said, "our car is red."

We spent the first few minutes showing both of them the car, and then we went in to see their beautiful home.

That evening we had dinner with four of Mike's friends. Actually, one friend who he worked with a the Bountiful Temple, who brought his wife, and they were in Rigby, only 10 miles away, visiting friends of theirs. So they all came to dinner and it was very nice.

The weather was very nice on Saturday. We drove around Rexburg. Mike showed us the temple, and BYU Idaho. Then we looked for the wedding place, that was the house my uncle was born in. I swear we drove around every block 10 times. What was supposed to be easy, wasn't!

I thought I knew which house it was but, after I called Dee Anna and emailed her the picture, she said that was the wrong house.

Mike went to Wal Mart and bought the kids kites. We went back home and Mike and My Mike (well, they are both my Mike's) anyway, they put them together and we headed out to fly them.

What a ball we had! It was really great!