Oh Boy, yesterday was another long and full day. Up by 6:30. Made Joe some biscuits, sausages and eggs for breakfast. Today was our SCAG meeting in Pinedale, so went out in my pjs and cut some flowers for our table arrangements and got them packed in a cooler with four vases. I had gotten the car out of the garage and had most everything loaded in last night - a painting for my contribution, the stuff to be recycled, purse and all my paperwork. Showered, dressed and was gone by about 9:30. Oh, I have to tell you that I took out my training earrings, and for the first time since I got my ears re-pierced I wore real earrings – the small gold hoops that Debbie got me for Christmas. I really like them. Just as I got down to the gate, Sandra was coming in to check on the hay she's getting from Joe. She had her two grandkids from Michigan with her and she also has a friend visiting. I told her Joe was up at the house to go on in and talk to him.
Sheral was going with me as my guest, and I would drive. Dick was going to bring Sheral down to the corner and meet me there. But he decided to go into town too so was almost to the gate when I got out there. Sheral got in and rode with me and we got to visit all the way to town and Dick followed us. We had this guy following us all day – the stalker. First thing we saw was a group of 6 or 7 horseback riders coming up the road. Dick stopped and asked them who they were, he's very friendly that way, so later we knew they were a neighbor Nick and perhaps some Amish young people who come out to work in Sublette Co. during haying season – maybe riding to the hayfield to work. Amish have been coming here in the summers to work for a long time. All the ranchers along the way are in various stages of their haying season and its fun to see how they are all doing.
In town….. I did a few errands before the meeting; deposit at the bank which they said would be credited to my account in 10 minutes. The bank has been remodeled and is beautiful inside with huge gorgeous western paintings on the walls. Over to the internet guy's office to get the Ethernet cable, but his wife was out of town this week with their son at a sports event, so he wouldn't be open until 1 p.m. – I had to go back later. Then I did the recycling and on to the meeting. Charm, Judi and I are hostesses for this meeting. We got there about 11 a.m. and started on the flower arrangements. I was glad I had a few minutes to use one of their computers and went online to pay my bills. Yep, there was the deposit I had just made. Judi and I served up the salads, there were 16 expected. Members started arriving about 11:45. Kay brought me a tiny silver frog from Nebraska, and it was so thoughtful of her to think of me when she saw him. We wondered if we kissed the frog if it would turn into a prince, but Kay said don't do it because I would get Joe.
The meal was roast turkey dinner with pumpkin pie and it was very tasty. Afterwards we had our business meeting, a writing exercise and everyone's writing contributions. I really enjoyed the meeting and seeing everyone. Loaded cooler etc. back into the car with Dick and Sheral's help, and they decided they would stay in town for dinner and a movie and maybe ride up to the Fremont Lake overlook to see what the fire had done. Dick had eaten lunch in the dining room and said he visited with an 86 years old woman truck driver who had trucked in all the huge beams that were in the ceiling/roof of the building and guess he had quite a conversation with her. I never heard of this person, so am curious. Dick went to the library for a while during our meeting. So then I went back to the internet/cell phone store and talked with Dave, the man who installed my hughes.net equipment. He is still puzzled about why my internet receiver/modem isn't working, and tested my cable and said it is good. I also brought a new one home to try out and it didn't work either. So it's back to the phone support again. And Dave is thinking the lightning or power surges we've been having might have done something to the computer and suggested I bring it in to town to the repairman. I think he's right. Joe has said several times that if our regular phone is going to be out of order so often we'd better get a cell phone. While I was there I asked Dave about getting a cell phone as our primary phone at the house, and he doesn't think we would get reception, and also gave me the news that my provider for my old cell phone is going to change things drastically in March, and my plan and phone may not work any more, at least in a lot of places around the country. So now what? No new cell phone and no old phone either. When I got home I called our mail lady Carol, but she wasn't home, she can call us on her cell phone from our mailbox and it sounds good. I will ask her what she uses.
I next went to the store and got a few groceries, and may not have to go back for a while. Also ordered one of Joe's prescriptions, and then forgot to go back for it. I guess it will be ready next time I go – which may be soon so I can take the computer in to be worked on. Sheral and Dick found out the movie that is showing is too violent, so they changed their minds about staying and Sheral rode home with me, and Dick went on ahead, and he met us at the corner where Sheral got back in with him. Picked up the mail, got home at almost 6 p.m. unloaded the groceries and threw a couple of pork chops on the grill, some potatoes in the microwave and cleaned some corn on the cob and got that going. By the time I got the groceries and car put away dinner was ready. Ned called Joe and I got to talk to Millie. She sounded frailer, but they had been to her granddaughter's graduation in California so she must be able to travel a little. They might come up here later this summer where they have a lot of relatives and we will get to see them. Joe and Ned were talking about Frank's funeral, but didn't know where it was, so Joe called Frank's brother Louie and he told us where to send flowers. So neither Joe nor Ned is going to the funeral. It's in Bountiful. After that I tried the internet cables and went into the properties where Dave told me to check. All the settings looked just like he showed me they should be at his shop, and even says it is connected. So sorry that the cable wasn't the easy fix I was hoping for. A few games of Spider and decided to download my photos and write up the day for the blog. By dark the wind came up really whistling and blew papers all over the studio, with more thunder. Sparky says he's not going out there.
Antelope By the Gate this Morning
They all crossed the road right in front of the vehicle. One mother stood in the middle of the road and stamped her feet at me until the little ones got under the fence and across the road into the field and then off they all went.
This morning the sun rose very red through smoke. But it was high and not especially hazy in the valley. It had sprinkled with a lot of lightening in the middle of the night. There was a message on my answering machine from yesterday to call a moving company in Jackson about getting the TV delivered, so I called her back and after we talked she said her guy could bring it today and I gave her directions. He got here about 2 p.m. and set the reconditioned TV we get on the stand and boxed up the "old" one and took it away. He was just a truck driver who delivers furniture and couldn't help hook the TV up. This may be some progress, but I am discouraged. I am so ready to take it all back to Best Buy in Idaho Falls and get my money back including for the service plans. We plugged it in and can only get a snowy screen, so I guess it needs to be reprogrammed for DishTV and HD. I called Dave and left a message beseeching him to give us an appointment for him to come and program it. Who knows when that might be. I know he's really busy.
After other housework, I spent an hour or so cleaning the kitchen stove top – its got a grill and a down draft vent that gets greasy, then the burner pans too. Judi called and we visited a little. And later Debbie called and we had a nice talk for most of an hour.
Today Joe ran over his sunglasses and baled them up into some bale he knows not where. He found a lens. He's supposed to wear them to protect his cataract surgery, but took them off to work on the baler and forgot about them, so they were lost on the ground. I thought it was pretty funny. But now he needs another pair. We had enchiladas and refried beans for dinner. Hot, a little muggy and still in the evening. Still smoky.
