Bonnie and I are still here in Vegas. Having a pretty good time. You can send me a note on the blog and I'll see it and can answer if you want. I can't do email, because I can't remember the passwords for either centurytel.net or hughes.net. Guess I should write those down and put them in my purse for times like this. Anyway thank you for the messages you've sent on the blog, I've read those and read everyone's blog keeping up with you too.
The weather has been mostly cloudy but so much warmer than in WYo that it is pretty pleasant - we've done some sitting by the pool and been out and about without jackets.
At the moment about three helicopters - the cops - are buzzing over and over the neighborhood in circles apparently looking for someone on the run. Debbie said last time this happened the guy jumped their fence and was hiding under the next door neighbor's boat. They caught him there. Curtis says the cops are down the street and that it wouldn't be wise to be outside unless we want to be on the news. So much for life in the city.
Bonnie has gone off with her friend who lives near here for the day. They were next door neighbors in Utah 20 years ago or so. And this evening all the family will be here at Debbie's for spaghetti dinner. Debbie has been sick with a cold since before we got here so she is going beyond the call of duty, cooking, entertaining and making us comfortable, etc. There will be about twelve of us. I made a couple of pies for the dessert this morning and she is doing the rest. Everyone will be over in a few hours for the get together. I'll see little Sammy, my first great grandson. And the grandkids Justin (and Stephanie) and Shane, (Andrea and Sammy), and the rest of the family.
Yesterday Debbie stayed at home and Beverly took us to the Springs Preserve which is a kind of desert museum focused on history and "green" living and conserving the water. We did quite a bit of walking to see a good part of it. The site is the original springs that drew people to this spot in the early days. Las Vegas means The Meadows and that is the site where the first settlement was, because of the water. Before John Fremont or the mountain men, the Spanish Trail between Mexico and California went north of here and one of the Mexican expeditions sent a young man out looking for water by himself. He located the springs here and the trail changed, the railroad eventually came through here because of the water, and then Las Vegas was born about the turn of the 20th century.
On the way home we stopped at Whole Foods, a huge health food store and grocery, and I stocked up on the Bach's Rescue Remedy there that has been on my list for a very long time. It's for stress and anxiety, and I use it for relaxing to go to sleep. It does help. Originally I bought it for Sparky during lightning storms - it works for that too. We also stopped at old friend's Millie and Ned for a visit for about an hour or so. So great to see them, and they seem to be doing fine. She has had back surgery and he recently had rotor cuff surgery so is still doing therapy.
Last night we had a barbecue here and Beverly stayed for dinner. Clayton was home doing homework for school, and Brent went with friends to the BYU and UNLV basketball game at Thomas and Mack Center (UNLV).
Spent about an hour and a half this morning on the phone with Dish Network. They had turned off the TV at home, so Joe had no TV. At least this time got clear to the bottom of the situation. The payments I've been making had been going on to the Boulder account, which is put on "pause" until we go back to the ranch, instead of the Arrowhead Drive Pinedale account. So they had my account being two months behind with no payments. I had spent time on the phone with them last week and thought that was fixed, and had emailed about the messages still coming up on the screen with no response. I knew when I left I'd probably have to get on the phone here or Joe would be without TV.
Finally the support person transferred the money from Boulder to Pinedale and I had $0 balance. He really didn't want to bother transferring the money and just wanted me to throw more money at it. Very frustrating and exhausting way to spend a Sunday morning. It better be fixed or we may cancel the whole works. Guess Craig and Cheyenne went over in the afternoon to see if they could help and get it working. Need to call Joe back and see if the TV is back on now. The whole problem was that when we went to Pinedale they SAID they set both houses up as one account, but it turned out being two accounts with two account numbers, and I had identified the account with the Boulder address on my online banking payee list.
Had a little relaxing nap after lunch. I've been sleeping good at night and am feeling good. Keep trying to watch a movie on the DVD but don't get past the first few lines before I'm asleep. We don't know when or how we'll get back home yet, but in the meantime are enjoying every possible minute. Debbie might take me to Best Buy tomorrow and I'll get that new camera. We'll also vacuum shop!! Can't take much of anything back on the plane but Debbie can bring the big things when they come to Pinedale in six weeks or so.
