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Up a regular time

Christmas Day

Lisa, Eric, and Richard stayed overnight. Richard slept in the front room on the coach.   Lisa and Eric slept in the little bedroom.  I turned on the TV news.  I got things ready for breakfast. Carol started the bacon and toast. I started the eggs.  Lisa and Eric were up.  Eric continued doing the eggs.  After breakfast we went into the front room and began to open our presents.  We had lunch with a lot of food.  Lisa and Eric prepared their things and they soon left

Before they left, we got this selfie.

I watered some of the plants in greenhouse five, the above is a picture of geraniums that were on the front porch, for supper we had left over food from dinner.  

Christmas Eve.

This morning was pretty regular.  After breakfast we watched the morning news and the morning TV shows.

Family picture.

Marsh mellow game.

They broke the pinata. Candy scattered all over.

Here they are picking up the candy.

Still picking.

The little girl is there.

The bigger child is hitting the pinata.

Another picture.

One more boy swinging at the pinata.

Playing the marshmallow game.

Lots of food.

A random picture.

 Mowed up the leaves.

They Came

It was a regular morning. but it didn't end that way.  After breakfast the doorbell rang.  There was man there who said that he had a thermostat for greenhouse five.  He installed it.  The picture is later.

The pomegranates are ripe and ready to be picked.

Here is a picture of the thermostat.  It is set to turn the furnace on when the temperature reaches thirty-four degrees.

Adam and three of his boys came.  The brought us a new dish washer and installed it.  They where hear over an hour.  

They had to lay on the floor to get it in the open space.

They had a portable light so they could see to hook up the drain connections.

Here they are adjusting the tiny legs.

        Here they are allmost finished.  The white in the picture is the front of the dish washer.

Here is the dish washer after it is installed.
 

They Didn't Come

We had breakfast.

We cleand the family room

the kitchen

we removed everything under the sink

Then we waited for them

I called them

They had some problems, electcal

We gased the car

We bought a lot of groceries

Great Sacrament Meeting

I fixed breakfast this morning. Before we ate Richard came back from his early morning drive.  Later we went to church, I missed choir practice.   The program was very good. There was a lot of music. There were some who sang and there were some who played the piano.  Richard left.  Carol made a batch of cookies; we delivered some cookies to some of our friends.  While we were delivering, we drove around town to see the Christmas lights.

Warm Weather

 

Richard came and stayed the night with us.  He was gone when I got up.  He usually goes for a ride around the countryside.  He was late breakfast.  

Trees Pruned

This morning was pretty regular.  I made a new batch of old fashion oatmeal mush.  We watched the morning news and TV shows.  The doorbell rang. There was a man at the door and called me by name.  He was here to prune the trees that were close to the power line.  There was a big truck backed in on our driveway.  He said that he was waiting for the rest of the equipment.  After a while they came.

This is a picture of the chipper and trailer on the other side of my truck.

A closer look at the chipper.  Someone would feed the tree branches in to the chipper.  The chips were blown into the trailer.

There was a man in the bucket cutting the higher branches off.

The truck is in the driveway.  One of the workers is in the bucket.

There are two braces supporting the truck.  One is on each side.

Here the workers are cleaning all off the little branches and putting them in the shipper.  After they left.  Carol and I got the containers of nuts and a few presents and drove around town delivering the gifts.   Richard came tonight and will stay with us for the weekend, Calico showed up on the front porch, I took her some cat food and some water.

Quick Trip

It was a little after eight this morning when we left Holden.  Traffic was pretty light as we drove to Payson.  Carol needed a few more presents.  We walked up and down the rows until we she got what she wanted.  She got a present for my sister, Karla, she wrapped it in the car. She then put a bow and label on it.  We drove to her home in Santaquin. We visited for a while and then drove home.  We picked up the mail.  Later in the afternoon we drove to Fillmore and bought some groceries.  I paid my bill at Ropers.  We then went to the drug store.  Carol got some medication and birthday cards.

Starting Over

This morning was the same old thing with a few exceptions.  One exception was a trip to the dump.  We had a lot of household garbage.  On the way home we picked up the mail.  We had lunch of fried potatoes and jello.  We watched TV and Carol had an appointment with Dr. Grose at 1:30 this afternoon.  I put on my new pants.  Carol drove to the clinic.  We were plenty early.  We waited in the waiting room.  Carol had to have a blood draw.  Later we went into the exam room and waited some more.  Finally, Dr. Grose came in and gave Carol a thorough exam.  He recommended that she would have a cat scan, we waited about one half hour before the cat scan.  On the way home we stopped at the drug store for some medication which will relieve some the pain in her legs.  

While I was waiting for Carol and her cat scan, I had one of the ladies behind the counter take two pictures of me and the Christmas skeleton.

Tonight, after dark Calico showed up on the front porch.  I took her a dish of cat food and a drink of water.

Getting Behind

 We attended our church meetings This morning.

Finished, Almost

 

This morning after breakfast we watched channel seven wood working and cooling shows. We then drove to Fillmore and filled the car with gas and then bought a few groceries at the market. I was told that I would have to move my further east because the tree pruning people were going to prune some of my trees and the truck was in the way.  

Richard Darnel 

This afternoon I installed the light chain,  

Trip

We stopped at the bank where Carol got 10 twenty-dollar bills.  We the got some gas at the gas station.  While I was filling the car with gas, a woman came by.  I couldn't understand what she was saying.  I had her talk to Carol.  She was a dark completion woman.  Carol gave her $20.  We got a couple of things at the Dollar store.  I got my flashlight and the drove to the Walmart store in Payson.  We were there for a long time walking up and down the rows looking for presents. Carol bought me a pair of dress pants. We then drove to Sams Club and got a few groceries.   Our next stop was at the distribution center.  We couldn't get what Carol wanted.  We then drove home.  This evening Rod, the town worker stopped by and told me that someone would be pruning the trees that were over the power line.  Our truck was in the way.  We would have to moved it,  I thought Rod could move it.  I got a couple pieces of chain, but they were not long enough.  I called Richard, our neighbor, if he could move our truck.  He got a long chain and hooked one end to his truck and the other end to his truck pulled it east until it was out of the way.  

Tonight, Calico showed up at the front door. We haven't seen here for a couple of months.  I gave here some cat food and water.

busy day

 

We stopped at Costco where Carol had her hearing aide fixed.  We bought a few things.  When I went to pay for it, I didn't have my wallet.  

Loat my wallet 

Wednesday Morning:  Later this morning we drove to Fillmore and some groceries.  I took a battery-operated light to have Dan find a device to be able to charge the battery.  I left of with Dan.  He kept it.  We then went to the Market.  We stopped at the drug store where Carol got her prescription.  We then drove home.  I worked most of the afternoon putting the Christmas lights in the front yard.  

Richfield

A regular day this morning.  We left Holden this morning at twelve this morning headed for Richfield for an appointment with my doctor for a checkup at the hospital.  We were early so we drove though Richfield.  Richfield is a big town or a big city.  Everything was good.  We then drove home.  I had pork and beans for lunch. 

I took some pictures.

We saw a big herd of buffalo on the way.

Here is picture of the hospital.  We were on the second floor.

This a picture of old gas pumps in Scipio.