Really Fixed

 

The shower curtain fell down last night. This morning I fixed it up a little and was able to shower before it fell again. I fed the cats and made batch of old fashion oatmeal mush.  I started the roast in the slow cooker. I scrabbled two eggs and then fried an egg for Carol. Richard got up. I fried two eggs for him. I then made some tapioca pudding. I went to church. Carol and Richard didn't go because they were sick, Sacrament meeting and Sunday school were good. Carol fixed a good dinner. Richard didn't eat any dinner. Before Richard left we fixed the shower curtain rod so it will stay in place.

We took some electrical wire that was used for the telephone and wrapped it around the shower rod and taped it to the wall. We used several layers of duct tape. The photo is of the left shower wall. We did the same to the right shower wall.

Shower Curtain Fixed

Richard was gone when I got up. When he returned, he said that he had to go back to work to fix a problem.  I was able to shower by carefully getting the tub. I showered and then carefully got out of the tub. I dressed and watched the morning news; I fed the cats and fixed breakfast. I picked up the mail. Carol made cheese and baloney sandwiches for lunch. Richard helped me fix the shower curtain so it won't come down.

I checked on the plants in greenhouse five. The fig bushes have been growing leaves. But today I saw several of the bush with small young green figs.

Many of the seeds in this germination tray are beginning to germinate. The cucumber and topaz melon and watermelon seeds are germinating. I planted more potatoes in greenhouse six. I watered the with two buckets of water.

Two boxes for Richard came a couple of days ago. He worked part of the afternoon putting it together. The boxes contained a small tent, matres, pillow. It has a long zipper. 

With the warmer weather, we are expecting hummingbirds. Carol prepared the sugar water. This is on the west side of the front porch.

This is on the eastside of the porch. It is a black and white photo because it was cloudy when I took the picture.

Shower Curtain

Last night when I went to bed the shower curtain had fallen down, I took to the family room to keep out of the way. This morning when I got up I put the show curtain back up and was able to shower. As soon as I finished, it came down again. I watched the morning news. I fed the cats and fixed breakfast. We watched the morning TV shows. Carol left for her exercise class. I went back to my bathroom and after several tries, the shower curtain is in place. I don't know how long it will stay up.

There was a potato in the pantry that was grow sprouts. I cut into four pieces yesterday and planted them in greenhouse six this morning.

Robert and Dusten

 

I was still eating breakfast when Robert came. I finished mt breakfast and then turned the power onHe had an extension cord hooked up to the compressor. He was going to start our tractor. It has been years since we had it running. It runs diesel fuel. Dusten brought his truck to the tractor to charge the tractor battery, The fuel filter leaked. They drove to Fillmore and got a new filter. They finally got it started, Robert drove it over to get the tree spade. Todd Troset had a tractor that could lift the tree spade and put it on the trailer. Todd was working on a ditch and couldn't come. Dusten backed his trailer and began to load it on his trailer, The got it loaded. Dusten secured it to the trailer and hauled it away. Robert then drove home.

I could have taken plenty of pictures but I only got one and I took this one after Dusten left.

The Docter.

A short time after breakfast we went to Fillmore where I had an appointment with a doctor. He tested me for several different things; He sent several prescriptions to the drug store. We stopped at the drug store and picked them up, we then got our mail, One of the pills had to be taken with. We had lunch a little later and I then swallowed my pill,

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Worked Greenhouse

This morning we picked up Elisha and took her to the clinic in Fillmore, we then went to the drug store where Carol picked up a prescription. We went back to the clinic and picked up Elisha. We then to the Fillmore market. We bought some groceries.  

This is a photo of the rhubarb coming up in the north garden,

This is a photo of a blooming peach east of greenhouse four,

Took two pictures  ,  rhubarb

fruit tree

phone call-- Melissa

Lights Went Off

Day light saving ended early this morning. I got up and checked my apple tablet and it showed that we were on regular time. I thought that I would get up any way. It was really dark outside. I showered and started to make old fashion oatmeal mush. I fed the cats. Richard got up and soon Carol got up. We had breakfast. Richard got a phone call and didn't finish his breakfast until later. We went to church and as soon as we walked into east door the lights went off. Someone had a portable amplifier which was used by the speakers, The power came back on during priesthood meeting. We had most of our dinner. It was not cooked at all. Carol peeled and boiled and mashed the potatoes. She also fried some pork chops. After dinner Richard left. I watered the germination tray in house five.

The power was off in Scipio to Cove Fort.

Planting Seeds

It was a regular morning, except Richard was gone. After breakfast we watched the channel 7 wood working shows and cooking shows. For lunch we roast beef sandwiches. This afternoon I worked in house five planting vegetables and melon seeds. I cleaned all of the old potting soil of the heating mats, I plugged the extinction cord. The mat appeared to be on. 

I wrote the names of the seed on a a white stick label. I shake so much I couldn't read it. I took the seeds into the house; Carol wrote the name of the seeds on the white stick. They can be read. Richard came back. He has been fishing with his friends. We had supper.

Electric Fix

 

Carol made hamburgers for lunch. The tasted very good.

The night light in the bathroom would not come on. when I went to bed last night. I tried several things to get it to come on. It still did not come on. I tried several things this morning. I turned braker switch on and of several time, our neighbor across the road is a election. I thought he would be able to fix it. I found his phone number. Carol didn't want me to call him because he works with bigger power lines. I put a note on Face Book. About an hour later the phone rang.  He had seen the note and was soon at our door. He did several tests. It was an easy fix, He went right to work and soon fixed it. The problem was in Carol's bathroom. There was a switch on the west wall. It had been shut off. He turned it on. That fixed the problem in my bathroom. Carol plugged in her hair dryer, It worked. Richard gave him a $20.00 tip.

Richard has been here most of the afternoon. He fixed the blinds in the west window in the front room. It now looks new. 

Snow

 

Yesterday we had planned to the Mount Timpanogos this morning, the weather forecast last night was for snow. So we decided to stay home. I opened the front door and the sidewalk was wet. I showered, dressed and opened the front door. There was some snow on the front lawn, I made a batch of old fashion oatmeal mush. I fed the cats, We watched the morning news and channel 44 TV shows.  We had frozen TV dinners for lunch. I went out to greenhouse five. The snow had melted. It is quite cool outside.

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Eagle Mountain

It was around 10:30 when we left for eagle mountain, we were to meet April and her family at her home in Eagle. It has been quite a while since we have been there. We missed the freeway exit. We turned around and got on the right road, We drove up and down many of the roads. I called April and Carol talked to her. She told her how to go. We finally pulled of the road. We called April again. April said that she would come and we could follow he to her home. We did that. April had prepared a lunch for us. Before we left we signed a paper. We also took some pictures of her family. 

Yesterday I planted the tulip bulbs in the kidney flower bed. I covered them with this wire basket.

This is not a very good photo, The light was not good. This of Carol and I with April's family.

This is a photo of April's children, 

We then drove home, we stopped at Nephi and got two large ice cream cones. Mine lasted until we got to the Millard County boarder. We drove to Fillmore where we filled the car with gas. 

 

Tuesday

I showered without the shower curtain. I had the water turned low and was able to shower and didn't get any water on the bathroom floor. Later this morning we picked up Alisha Bills and drove to Fillmore. We filled the car with gas and took Elishia to the drug store and Carol took me to Roper's where I bought a rod to hang the shower curtains, We then picked up Elisha at the drug store and went to the Fillmore market, We took Elisha home. We had leftovers for lunch. It took me a long time to unwrap the shower rod, It was tightly wrapped with clear plastic.  I put the shower curtain in place, Just after I left the bathroom and the curtain fell.  

The ruhbarb is barely coming up.

After many tries in the bathroom, the shower curtain is up, I had to put a short piece of duct tape below each end. That stopped the curtain rod from sliding down,

 every evening when it is getting dark, we close the blinds. Carol was closing the blind on the west end of the family room, and it came down.

This is a picture of the blind and the stained glass.

Quick Trip

Carol needed to have her hearing aids fixed. We left around noon.  We went to Costco's in American fork. After we got there, it didn't take long. We stopped at Wendy's for some food and drinks and we went straight home. It rained most of the way home. After we got home, I went into my bathroom. The shower curtain had come down. It was quite dirty caused by the hard water. Carol put it in the washer and then the dryer, We put it on the curtain rod. I finally got it to stay in place.

The frying pan on the patio with one half inch of water in it.

I put up the shower curtain; I tried to get it up into place many time. I finally got it right. When I went to bed, the shower curtain fell.

Robert was here yesterday, This is one of the peach trees that he pruned. 

Fast Sunday

This was a pretty normal morning, except I put a roast in the slow cooker, We didn't eat breakfast because it was fast Sunday. Carol wrapped potatoes and put them in the oven, Richard helped me make tapioca pudding.  My hand was so shaky that I couldn't measure properly, We got is cooked and put it in the fridge.  We attended our church meetings. A member of the bishopric talked to Richard, He called Richard to be a teach the ranch boys each Sunday, We had a good dinner. The tapioca pudding tasted really good. Richard left. We probably see him each weekend, there is a full moon coming up in the east.

Richard Left !!!

Richard was gone when I got up. There was one bowl of mush in the fridge which I ate, I made three more bowls of mush. Carrol and I ate breakfast, Richard didn't come home until this afternoon. We drove to Fillmore for gas and some groceries. Carol made a couple of sandwiches for lunch. Carol put a frozen dinner in the oven for supper. It tasted good. 

Robert Came

Carol woke me up this morning, for some reason the alarm on my phone didn't ring.  It was seven when I got up. I showed, dressed. We started breakfast. That is Carol and I started breakfast. A little while later, Robert came. The first thing that Robert did was to reconnect the two pieces of drip tape together. Robert pruned all of the fruit trees in greenhouse six. We were able to start the wood-chipper. We took it outside of greenhouse and set it up west of greenhouse six.  

This is a small stack of shredded fig bush. The branches were on the wheelbarrow in greenhouse five.

This what's left of the fig branches when we the fig shrubs. 

Robert Is picking up the small branches.

This is one of six peach trees that Robert pruned. I carried most of them to the west end of greenhouse six where the shredder was located.  

Signs of Spring daffodils

 

We picked up Nyleen and went to the Mount Timpanogos temple.  After the session we took her home. She had a lunch for us, we then went to Sam's Club. We got some groceries and then drove home. Then we stopped at the post office.  There was no mail, but we posted two birthday cards. After we got home we put the groceries away. I put my work close one and then checked out the plants in greenhouse five. It was really hot in there. I turned on the fan. It soon cooled down.

This the big exhaust fan on the west end of greenhouse five,

It cooled down to 94 degrees.  I didn't want to leave the doors open.  I am trying to keep out the cats.  Here are the signs of spring:  one earwig, one yellow jacket, daffodils, butterfly.
  

It's About Gone

One of our gray cats was laying on a germination tables. I scared it out. It found a hole in the west end of the greenhouse.  It took me quite a while to get it close all of the holes that are close to the ground. I went back to the garage to get all of the tools that I needed.

This the west end of the door. It is taken from the inside.

This is the west of the door. I screwed a piece of plywood on the door.

This is a picture of the propagate bush that growing leaves. 

There are two large tubs of healthy chrysanthemums in greenhouse five.

The green arrow peas are looking good.  

Melting Snow

Most of the snow has melted. However, the is still a lot of snow in the shade.

This afternoon I walked out to greenhouse five.  I watered the green arrow peas. They are coming up really well. I also watered the figs, The peach trees in greenhouse five will soon be blooming. This afternoon I decided to clean my tub.  I used a razor blade and scraped all the hard water build-up on the sides of the tub. I washed down the drain, Somewhere the drainpipe was plugged.  I went under the house to see if there was a trap that I could clean.  There wasn't. The tub does drain, but it is slow. I treated it twice with DRANO. It does drain a little faster.

Warmer

The house was warmer this morning when I got up. I didn't have to make old fashion oatmeal mush; I had three bowels left over from yesterday.  I fed the cats and cooked breakfast.  The twin kittens were up to eat.  Robert had planned on coming this morning. He called and said that he couldn't come. He said that he would come necks week. Watched some of the morning TV shows. We then picked up the mail and drove to Fillmore. We stopped at the drug store. Carol got some medication. Went to the Fillmore and bought some groceries, we then went home. We had warm-ups for lunch. I went out greenhouse five and watered the plants. One of Roberts peach trees has blossoms. I walked through house six. Some of the peach trees in it looks like they will soon bloom soon. Carol's pomegranate bush is growing green leaves. The peach trees south of house six haven't bloomed.  

The green arrow peas are beginning to grow.

The peach tree with blossoms.

Ward Conference

 

Sunday morning: I made a new batch of old fashion oatmeal mush and then fed the cats.  Richard got up and he said that he didn't feel well. He didn't eat anything. He didn't go to church.  It was ward conference and there were a lot of visitors from the Stake. The speakers and teachers did a good job. We came home. Richard was feeling much better.  He cooked steaks and did a good job. He used a lot of condiments. The really tasted good. He parked his four-wheeler on the patio. He then left.

Cold Morning

 

Saturday: It pretty dark outside when I got up. Richard was still in bed. I showered and made some old fashion oatmeal mush. The water for the cats was frozen; I fed them and started breakfast. After breakfast we watched the woodworking shows. Carol made some grilled cheese sandwiches. I picked up the mail and went out to greenhouse fjve and watered the peas. They are beginning to germinate. The picture doesn't show any peas germinating.

It Works

 

This morning when I got up there was a little more snow.   I began to clean it off the front driveway. There was about a half inch, but under it there was bumpy frozen bumpy ice. I went to the post office. there was no mail. There was no snow on main street, but it was wet. I watered the plants in greenhouse five. I cleaned the snow of the front porch sidewalk. Carol fixed hot dog sandwiches for lunch.

I worked on the phone system for a long time and I think that I got it figured out, There is a phone on the table in the family room which in the picture above.  There is a phone identical to the above phone is in the master bedroom. the third phone has a place one the coffee table. 

This how the front sidewalk looked when I got up this morning. I cleaned off the snow. Richard showed up this evening.  He will spend the weekend with us. He was here and supper with us.

New Phones

 

This morning, we drove to the Fillmore Market for some groceries. It was supposed to snow but it wasn't.  It was snow pretty hard when we left the store.  We drove home on frontage road. We pricket up the mail and then drove home. Lisa ordered new phones and they were here this afternoon.  The box contained three phones; they were identical to the phones that we have.  I worked most of the afternoon getting them to work. There were three phones.  One for the family room and one for the bedroom.  We haven't determined where to put the third phone.  Some boys from the ranch cleaned the snow off our driveway.  

A picture of new picture of new phone.

Picture of the snow when we got home.  There is about six inches snow tonight.

Cold

Carol made some cheese grilled sandwiches for lunch.  I also had a bowel of soup. The phone range. Carol answered it. A neighbor called. I tested the phone by calling Carol answered it, I went into my bedroom and called. She answered it. Everything looked good until I went outside.  There was a cold wind blowing and it came from the southwest. After breakfast, I walked out to greenhouse five.  The temperature on the thermostat 64 degrees.  There were two peas that germinated.  I Didn't water anything; we are having trouble with Carol's phone.  Every time I call here there is a busy signal, this afternoon her phone rang. Carol answered it. It was the first time the phone rang for several weeks. It was a neighbor, I called her, she answered it. I went into my bedroom and called again. She answered it.  The doorbell rang.  It was CR Charlesworth. We bought some of his produce. 

President's Day

 

On Monday about once a month. we wash the sheets and pillowcases. We did this, this morning.  After they are dry. we make the beds.  

We drove to Fillmore to get some ink for my printer.  Before we went home, we bought two ice cream cones.  When we got to Holden, we drove up and down the streets.  When got home we had lunch.  I put the ink cartridges in the printer, It printed, but it was in black and white. I then drove back to Fillmore and got and another color cartridge. It worked.  I Then printed photo of one of our great grandsons, Carol stuck it the backdoor.  I watered most of the plants in greenhouse five,  

House Six

The Saturday shows are different from weekday shows.  We watched some of the news.  We also watched some of the woodworking shows.  After lunch I was getting sleepy.  I decided to plant some topaz melon seeds.  I got four plastic cups.  

This picture shows the four plastic cups.  I planted four topaz melon seeds in each hill.

This picture shows one hill with a plastic cup over the seeds.

Here is a pile of weeds that I dug up.

More weeds. I did a lot of weeding in greenhouse six,

New Vacuum

 

This morning, we were up at our regular time. The alarm on my phone had a funny sound on it.  I watched the morning news and some of the morning MeTV shows.  It was about 10:30 when we drove to Fillmore.  We got gas at the LOVE gas station. Our car was pretty dusty because of the driving the dusty roads yesterday. I washed all of the glass one the car.  We bought some groceries.  Carol bought some birthday cards.  We then stopped at Roper's hardware store, and I bought a cordless vacuum. We then went home.  For lunch I ate the rest of the pizza.  There were two pieces.  After lunch, I put the vacuum to gather and charged the battery.

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Rain

It was about seven this morning when we left Holden.  There was some rain in the valley some snow in the mountains.  We were soon in Linden where we picked up Nyleen and drove to the Mount Timpanogos temple. We were early enough to go the earlier session.  When the session was over, we took Nyleen home.  She made us a nice sack lunch. We stopped at Sams Club where we bought some groceries.  It began to rain quite hard. We then went to Walmart where I bought a connecting cable for my phone. It worked. I am now able to take picture and post them on my blog.

There was about one half inch of rainwater in this frying pan on the patio, it looks like a mirror showing the tree branches above. 

This another picture I took, showing the temperature in greenhouse five. We took the house garbage to the dump.  There has been some thunder this afternoon.

Power Was Off

 

After breakfast we watched one TV show when the power was turned off.  This was announced several weeks ago.  I backed the car out of the garage.  The power was turned off at nine right as scheduled.  We had planned to take three unopened glass coke bottles to Maryanne.  We soon drove to Sutherland and stopped her house.  After a short we drove around Sutherland.  We looked at the home where I grew up.  We went the cemetery where our baby and my parents were buried. We then drove on miles and miles of dirt roads.  We filled the care with gas in Fillmore.   W bought some hamburger and then drove home.  The power came back on. I went out to greenhouse five to hook up the drip tape to water a row of peas.  I tried several times. The water presure was too high and caused the connections to come apart.

Watering Peas

When I went out to greenhouse five this morning, I discovered that I had left the water on, there was a big puddle of water under the fertilizer container.  I shut the water off the water, Then I got a water braker and began to spray the row of peas that Robert planted. That didn't work very well. I then took the water braker of and the water directly from the hose. Awhile later I walked backwards dragging the hose on the row of peas. I expect that they will germinate in a week from now.    I then watered Robert's fruit trees and Carol's pomegranate bush.

The Safe

Richard stayed overnight, I got up and started a roast in the crock pot.  I showed and got dressed, Richard gets up.  I turn thce radio on to listen to Sunday morning music.  Carol gets up and I fix breakfast, after breakfast Carol takes me to choir practice.  Our church meetings were good.  We had a good dinner.  I went into my bathroom to try again to unlock the safe.  It wouldn't unlock. 

I took this picture; it is a little fuzzy because there is not much light.  In the safe there were important documents. There were a lot of old coins.

Combination

 

Last night I went to bed thinking about finding the combination for the safe.  I had a dream about the location of the combination. It will be in a book.  I saw the book. It showed the combination on the inside cover. I tried many times following the directions and wasn't able to unlock the safe.  I think my hands are too shaky, Richard came this afternoon.  I had him try to unlock the safe. He couldn't do it either.  

I scattered the pomegranates in the garden; they were all rotten.  Some may germinate in the spring.  If they do, I will dig some up and put them in nursery pot and grow them in greenhouse five.  Lisa ordered a cable to charge my iPad last Thursday, it came tonight,

Robert Came

 

Lisa stated all night

Robert came

Pruned fig bushes

Planted green arrow peas

Carol and Lisa made cookies. Later Carol and I gave cookies to some of her friends.