It has been so hot all week long with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees every day. And, all I have done is water to keep the yard alive. Thankfully, we are charged just a flat fee for water usage. That seems weird since I grew up in the west but I am not complaining. My gourds vines are producing and see these two pretty ones! And my zinnias are going crazy.
The corn is actually doing well but the squirrels have discovered the almost ripe ears! The second photo is what I am trying to do to keep them from molesting any more ears. We'll see if it is a deterrent.
Monday morning, first thing, we had a new dishwasher installed. Our two-year old Samsung dishwasher died a second time and we were not willing to fork out another almost $200 to fix it again so we bought a $399 Frigidaire (bottom of the line) which hopefully will last longer than two years. We've had Frigidaire appliances before and they have good longevity. We learned from the installer that Samsung appliances are junk. The appliance store doesn't even carry them any more! And finding someone to repair Samsung was really difficult.
Elizabeth Crippen drove over Monday afternoon to stay the night and go to the temple with us Tuesday morning. Tuesday evening I had a meeting with the treasurer and president of the orchestra via Zoom. Wednesday, Noah and Quinn came for the day. They helped us buy groceries in the morning and Steve had them learn to make sloppy joes in the afternoon. They are such cute kids. We introduced them to the movie "Interstellar" and it blew Noah's mind.
Thursday was our day to go to Columbia for Steve's annual eye exam. After the doctor, we had lunch with Steven at Wendy's (that is them sitting by a fake fireplace in the restaurant) and then I taught a cello lesson in the southwest part of town. We needed to get back home for Steve to do church responsibilities in the evening so it was a long, tiring day. Steve admits that he probably should start looking for an ophthalmologist somewhere in Saint Louis. His Columbia kidney doctor, however, will stay the same for the time being. Beckie came over for lunch on Friday, and late that afternoon, we had to head to the temple to work an extra shift at the temple baptistry and it was BUSY! We came home just exhausted. Yesterday, Saturday, was a ward pancake breakfast and art show and Steve stayed home - he had just too much he needed to do and there had been no time during the week to accomplish much. I, on the other hand, attended and displayed some pottery and paintings. Plus, I ate a ton of gluten-free pancakes and I was not hungry the rest of the day until dinner time. Joe is out of town on a business trip so Emily brought the kids over Saturday afternoon for piano lessons and they stayed for pizza before driving back to Ballwin. It was nice to have them here. In three days, we got to see three of our children in person. Of course, we talk to all of them every week which is also very nice.
Besides watering, the temple, entertaining friends and grandkids, and driving to Columbia, the other project this week has been to cut, sand, prime, and paint some shelves and wall pieces for the basement bathroom. I am now finished with that part and I hope to get them installed this week. It shouldn't be TOO hard to do (famous last words)....
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