Monday, March 10th, Juli and I drove down to the valley but, since I didn't have to be at the airport until 3:00 in the afternoon, we spent the morning and early afternoon visiting. First, we stopped to see our brother, Jim, in Anthem. Joan, who is recovering from knee replacement, wasn't feeling up to coming out to see us.
Then, we drove down to Glendale to see our cousin, Kay Winfield. Her arthritis has left her bed-ridden, she is on oxygen 24/7 and is on hospice and yet, in spite of all her difficulties, I am amazed at her good attitude.
My flight home was pleasant. I was able to snag a window seat in the 3rd row and no one sat in the middle seat so it was pretty comfortable. I watched a very interesting HBO documentary on Christopher Reeve. As we approached Lambert Airport in the dark, I was able to identify the River Des Peres (curvy dark line amidst lights) and Carondelet Park which meant, our house was directly below the airplane! (hi, Sally) This is not surprising as I regularly see Southwest airplanes flying overhead in the mornings as I work in the yard. Someday, I hope to see the house in the daylight...
Tuesday was a FULL day - unpacking, teaching lessons. I had Eliza in the morning, home school orchestra in the early afternoon, Maria and Ben in the middle afternoon, and grandkids Quinn and Larkin in the late afternoon. I then drove back home to pick up Sam and we attended a lovely Relief Society birthday dinner at the church. At the table are Sam, me, Marla, and the sister missionaries (Chambers and Larsen)
On Wednesday, Steve and I finally broke down and got a Costco membership. I have looked down my nose at Costco shopping for years, ever since we would go with Steve's mother back in American Fork. The blatant consumerism is just ridiculous and the prices were not any better than Aldi and the product sizes were more reasonable. BUT, the costs of eyeglasses, hearing aids, tires, gasoline and EGGS were enough to bring us over to the "dark side". We also got an oil change on the Kia and we did grocery shopping so it was a busy, driving-around kind of day.
Thursday, I finally got to stay home all day! I got a lot of projects done throughout the day including working in the yard for the first time this season. Temperatures were warm and I hacked down the tall maiden grass growing around the front yard flagpole. I also took pictures of the spring blossoms popping up in the front yard.
I confess I am not ready to resume yard work. I still have plenty of inside projects to get done but it is now mid-March so I guess I will be starting outside projects, ready or not.
Friday was a humdinger of a day. A strong storm front was moving in with severe weather predicted for the evening so it was warm and super windy (50-60-and even 70 mph winds!!!). Just as it was getting dark, Steve took Sally out to potty and saw that our neighbor's cedar tree lost it's top and fell on our driveway. Thankfully, it didn't damage anything like the fence or the neighbor's chicken coop (the tarp-wrapped structure in the 3rd photo).
Ahead of the storm, Steve pulled down the flag and we hunkered down in our basement watching the news as it blew through at about 9:30 at night. We could hear hail falling but found no noticeable damage the next morning. We were lucky as several tornados touched down and there were twelve fatalities as the storm blew through the state. It was a doozy of a storm, for sure.
Also, by Saturday morning, our neighbor had hauled the fallen cedar tree out of our yard and by noon, all the branches were chopped up and mostly hauled away. He is such a good neighbor!!!
It was a busy Saturday for us, too. We had the baptistry in the morning, I had back-to-back lessons from noon to one, I had to play my cello for a baptism at 3:00, the re-scheduled Pi-day potluck was at 5:30 and Steve had a rehearsal at 7:45 that evening. The potluck was supposed to be Friday night but the impending storm caused it to be moved to Saturday. I brought a GF pizza and lemon pie but not as many people were able to attend on Saturday so we took home leftovers.
Evidently, some snow fell overnight but when I took Sally out this morning, it was just wet and chilly. I attend my first Lamb of God rehearsal this afternoon. The upcoming week looks a little calmer...
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