THURSDAY, 10TH 2008

IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH SINCE I WROTE ANYTHING HERE. NOW WHAT DO I WRITE TODAY?? MAYBE SOMETHING WILL COME.
YESTERDAY WHEN I GOT UP DRESSED READY FOR THE DAY I PUT ON OLD CLOTHES SO I COULD REALLY GET OUT AND WORK IN THE YARD. I DECIEDED TO CLEAN UP THE VOLUNTEER TOMATO'S THIS YEAR AND TAKE CHANCES ON WHAT EVER GROWS NEXT YEAR. I GOT THE TOMATO'S PICKED AND WRAPPED SO SHOULD HAVE TOMATO'S FOR SOME TIME. MY RELEIF SOCIETY PRES. TOLD ME I SHOULD DO THAT. THEN I PULLED THE VINES FOR THE GARBAGE MEN TO HAUL OUT. I KEPT THINKING I SHOULD QUITE AND GO EAT SO FINALLY WITH THE NEW CHERRY TOMATO'S STILL THERE I CAME IN IT WAS 2:30.WHEN ANDRA CAME HOME WE FIXED FOOD AS ALL I EAT WAS A TOSSED SALAD. FOOD TASTED GOOD YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT. THIS AM I GOT UP TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE JACK FROST PAID A VISIT. NOW I NEED TO FINISH BAGGING THE LAST OF THE TOMATO'S AND PULL THE ZUCCHINI.

I STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS PENNY WROTE DOWN FOR ME TO WRITE ABOUT. WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR CJ TO GRADUATE FROM DENTAL SCHOOL KAREN CLAY VERELAN AND I ALL FLEW BACK THERE TO ATTEND HIS GRADUATION. VERELAN HAD EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN SO ONE OF THE DAYS WHILE WE WERE THERE CJ AND FAMILY AND CLAY KAREN VERELAN AND I LOADED IN CARS AND DROVE AROUND THAT PART OF CONNETICUT TO FIND THE OCEAN. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT A PLACE WE WALKED FROM THE CARS FOR A WAYS AND WE OLDER FOLKS MADE IT. THERE WAS A COOL BREEZE AND CJ ENCOURAGED GRANDPA TO TAKE HIS SHOES OFF AND STEP IN THE WATER. THERE WASN'T ANY PLACE FOR HIM TO SIT DOWN EXCEPT THE BEACH AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD FOR HIM SO HE JUST STEPPED IN THE SHALLOW WATER WITH HIS SHOES ON SO HE COULD SAY I'VE BEEN TO THE PACIFIC AND NOW STEPPED INTO THE ATLANTIC. HE WAS DELIGHTED TO TELL PEOPLE HERE WHAT HE DONE. CJ LOOKED ALL AROUND TO FIND THE RIGHT SEA SHELL FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO GIVE HIS GRANDPA. THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL FOR SUCH A SWEET EXPERIENCE FOR VERELAN TO KEEP STORED IN HIS MIND AND HEART.
WE DID ENJOY THE DAY CJ GRADUATED AND THE CEREMONY THAT WAS PRESENTED. WE WERE ALL INVITED TO A LUNCHEON THERE AT UCON AND ENJOYED THE VARIETY OF FOODS. WE TOOK GRANDPA OUT FOR DINNER TO CELEBRATE HIS B/D THAT WAS SOON TO BE. WE BOTH LOVED SEEING ALEX AND ANDREW AND MEETING AVERY. IT WAS FUN WATCHING THE OLDER BOYS PLAY OUT IN THE YARD AND STREET BY THEIR PLACE.
WHEN WE LEFT I.F. WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT EARLY AS WE NEEDED TO BE THERE FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT IS NEEDED TO CHECK IN. OUR RIDES HAD LEFT WHEN WE FOUND OUR FLIGHTS WOULD BE LATE. WE SPENT THE MOST PART OF THE DAY RIGHT HERE IN OUR AIRPORT. THE PLANE KEPT BEING DELAYED. WE ARRIVED IN SLC AND FROM THERE AFTER A RUSHED TIME TO CATCH OUR PLANE WE FLEW A WHOLE DIFFERENT ROUTE THAN PLANNED. IT WAS ALL HURRY UP AND WAIT FROM THEN ON. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN CONN. KARENS SUITCASE WAS OUT IN SOME PLACE ELSE AS SHE HAD CHECKED HERS THROUGH. IT WAS DELIVERED TO OUR NICE MOTEL THE NEXT DAY SO SHE FINALLY HAD CLOTHS. THE FLIGHT HOME WAS NOT SO HARROWING AND WE CAME HOME A DIFFERENT ROUTE. IT WAS FUN TO LOOK AT THE CLOUDS FROM ABOVE THEM AND SEE THE CITY'S AS WE CAME IN FOR LANDING. VERELAN LOVED THE SWEET ATTENTION HE HAD WHILE BACK THERE. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO HELPED US ENJOY THAT EXPERIENCE.