Sunday September 7 2008

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THANK YOU, SCHARF'S

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Placing the New Gate

Hanging Up The Gate

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Getting it Straight

Craig Drilling the Post

We’ve sure got a beautiful day here, not so cool. Joe’s painting all his wood trim. He was out working on that all morning. I had a slow start and then gradually did some things ahead for the dinner.

Bonnie and Craig brought the new gate over about 4 p.m. this evening and even put it up for us. Joe helped and I took a few pictures. I thought it would be a bigger job than that, but it only took them about an hour. I'll take one from the other side to show you how it looks tomorrow. We had invited them to dinner. We had T-bones, salad, corn on the cob etc. I made a blackberry pie, they are so easy. Everything seemed to turn out pretty good. It's so frustrating not to be able to taste whether food is "right" or not. I just have to keep trying to make it the way I always have and hope it's o.k. Had a nice time being with Craig and Bonnie and getting to hear stories and visit.

I have made a big boo boo! I never called ahead for an appointment for Joe and I to go to the Blood Screening. It's a very economical way to get your annual tests. They had it 3 days last week and are having it again on Monday and Tuesday morning, and I did nothing about it and no appointment at least for in the morning. You have to go fasting. Don't know whether to just go in there and stand in the line. On Tuesday morning I'm supposed to go to Jackson but would have time to go early and get the blood drawn there, and ick get it drawn again in Jackson. Then Joe would have to go alone on Tuesday. Maybe this year I should just get the appointment for Joe. Decisions. Well I'll just call tomorrow and see what happens and that will be IT. I have to stop this procrastinating about everything that needs to be done.

Check Gina's blog - today they rode up into country where the New Fork Fire burned - very interesting photos. And that's Nube taking Bob on a trail ride.

This is a note from Beverly today. I also put it under the plaque photo on the Willie Hand Cart Historic Site entry so it will be with that entry:

"Oh my gosh!!! Did you see the Willie Handcart plaque of the mass grave. That's the great, great, great, greatgrandfather, Thomas Girdlestone! I didn't know he was in that grave. I knew he died on South Pass in the snow storm. His wife, Mary (I think), died at the Green River crossing and she is buried there. When we were in Nauvoo I showed you their names. Its so exciting to see that."