The Weekend

The weekend was a hodgepodge of happenings

that I didn’t handle very well, I’m afraid.

Ed & I did our trike rides without incident.

Verla came bearing food enough for the entire week

Chicken salad – Oriental Salad – Three kinds of rolls.

Amy is so happy to see Aunt Verla come.

Brooke came over to install the Bidet

You don’t know what it is?

Shhhhhhh.

It leaked.

What should have taken ½ hour took 1½ hours

so he only got one installed

before he had to rush home to get ready to go to the temple

when Jonathan took out his endowments.

Brooke & Elizabeth already had a full day planned before they found out

that Jonathan was flying in Friday night.

His mother had been here for a week,

flying from Kansas City to attend her step-brother’s funeral in California.
Jan and Jonathan had their own problems.
Jonathan, who was staying with a cousin,
called Jan on Saturday morning,
revealing that he had left his temple recommend at home.
She had him call his Stake President.
With everything on computers now days,
it wasn't the problem it was in early years.
They just had to be at the temple an hour early.
When Mama got to the temple for my brother's wedding,
they found that the Stake President hadn't signed her recommend.
She had traveled from Orderville to Kanab,
to get it signed.
They got visiting and he forgot to sign it.
The temple president had to call President David O. McKay,
to get a approval for her to enter the temple.
Thank goodness, they remembered that it is better to
break rules than hearts.

We had plans to meet Carol for the play at Pioneer Memorial Theater.

DeRay decided to meet the Temple Group for dinner so he stayed home.

Working in the garden, he scraped his already tenuous leg.

When we got home, he had tracked blood throughout the house.

While I was scrubbing blood off the carpets and stairs,

and mopping the floors,

Amy was preparing herself a plate of Verla’s delicious food,

tracking on my wet floor.

Well.

The good news is, Ed stayed down to visit with us until after midnight.

The only time of year he stays up after 11 PM on the dot

is New Year’s Eve.

We didn’t see Amy again all evening.

She didn’t want to be around a crazy lady, so she said the next morning.

A new day, right? Sunday.

Amy made blueberry waffles with eggs and sausage.

Without warning, Ed comes charging out of the bathroom

slamming the door and cursing – on a Sunday.

We continue to visit . . .

“I think I hear water running,” Verla says.

Just then, Amy comes charging up the stairs.

When she gets out of the shower, water is pouring from the ceiling.

YES! We found another way to flood the basement.

The Bidet fastens on the toilet

And somehow Ed had turned it on

and got sprayed.

(Aunt Karen has one.)

After mopping up the water, most of which went in the basement (Amy’s territory),

DeRay goes to pick up Jan and Jonathan at her mother’s.

Eddy goes to Church.

For some reason, Verla goes home.

Jan and Jonathan enjoyed Verla’s salads

as much as we did.

Thank heavens for them!

The hike through the hollow redeemed the weekend.

Jan and Amy walk ahead and have a nice visit.

I loved hearing Jonathan’s stories on his security job.

It was a special time and place.

Amy and Jan fix steaks and French fries for dinner,

while I visit with a neighbor who dropped by.

Jonathan and I, even with DeRay’s help,

let Amy and Jan beat us in WitsEnd

so they wouldn’t cry.

We laughed so hard when we played

Telestrations.

It felt good to laugh.

Even though they have to leave at 3 AM to go to the airport,

we visit until midnight.

The designated driver went to bed at 10 PM.

Crazy weekends and crazy people aren’t that bad

when you look back on it.

I didn't think I would like the Bidet.

DeRay tried it out at Karen's and liked it.

Cold water.

Ugh.

But I LOVE IT.
I have missed so much  Church
that the Bishop sent the sacrament over Sunday.
DeRay says "Don't you think people will wonder
why you can ride your trike
but can't go to church."
"Simple.
You don't have to wear a bra to ride your trike,"