High Adventure

Angie went to Young Women High Adventure. The stake took about 20 girls to the City of Rocks. I took her to the Stake Center to meet with the other girls and leaders that were going. Connie and Bill went, but they left a day early to set up camp. Angie was a little nervous. She does not like new things, but I knew she would love it--and she did. She had a great time. In fact, we had a lot of good reports that she did really well at the camp.

Angie came from High Adventure on Pioneer Day. Since it is not a holiday in Idaho, I had to work. Usually, our ward celebrates with the Downey First Ward at the Fairgrounds, but the virus killed that. We celebrated by watching the movie Greyhound starring Tom Hanks. It was really good--about the navy protecting convoys across the north Atlantic during World War II.

We held Sacrament Meeting at the chapel. Again, it was good to see fellow ward members and join in their spirit.

Spending More Money

When I was driving to work on Wednesday, I noticed the low tire pressure was on. I thought, I need to get it filled when I get to work. Then, the tire started to thump. I pulled off the freeway at the Arimo exit (actually right next to the on ramp). I got out to change the tire and started to loosen the lug nuts. I noticed one lug nut was different and could not but the tire wrench on it. I did some investigating and found a small bag with lug nuts. I discovered that locking nuts had been put on the car, but the key to unlock them were not there. I was perplexed what to do. Since I was next to Connie and Bill's I called them. They came over to help. After trying to figure out what to do, we decided to pound a socket onto the lug nut. It worked. We were able to get the tire off. That afternoon, Deb and I went to Ron Keller Tire in Preston. When the tire went flat, I drove it too far so we had to get another tire. Fortunately, they had a used one that they sold to us for $40. I found out that Honda dealerships have a key, and we can replace the locking lug nuts with regular nuts. We are going to have to do that--I do not want to be stuck on the freeway with no way to change the tire!

We had the pickup fixed up this week. It was almost $1000, but now we have a vehicle that is a little more reliable. Now we need to get the tires replaced on it.

A New Car!

We started the week in Salt Lake City. Deb had a follow-up appointment with the University of Utah Neuroscience Clinic. They were pleased with her recovery. Her next appointment will be in November for a scan to make sure the aneurysm is OK.

After the appointment, we (Deb, Angie, and I--Lilli stayed with Grandma) went to look at cars. It was hot. We thought we had found the car, but since it was a salvaged title, the credit union would not finance it. They only finance 50% of the value of salvaged cars, and the dealer was asking for about 75%. We had to pass on it.

I took Friday off, and, again, Deb, Angie, and I went car shopping. We drove through Logan and Brigham City looking for cars. We then stopped in Ogden to look at a car we saw on Monday, but the dealership was closed when we got there on Monday. So we returned. It was a nice car, we drove it, then decided to buy it. By them time we made the decision, the credit union was about to close so we made arrangements to have them get the financing on Saturday.

Saturday we purchased a 2012 Honda Odyssey. It is a nice car. We are happy with it.

We returned to church today. We only had Sacrament Meeting, but it was wonderful to feel the spirit of fellow ward members. 

An Eventful Week

We had quite an eventful week. Angie's Adoption Day was on Tuesday. I am sure she will never forget this year's day since Deb and I each had a colonoscopy. We started the "cleansing" process on Monday evening. Angie then drove us to the clinic in Pocatello. Since she could not go into the clinic, she had to wait for us in the car. Of course, when we got home, Deb and I went straight to bed and slept most of the day. That evening, we watched Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan. It was a great movie. Fortunately for Angie, we did celebrate by going out to dinner a few days late.

With Independence Day being on Saturday, I got Friday off. On Saturday, we went to the parade in Arimo (one of the few places that still held a parade). We then went to Mom's to celebrate. We grilled some burgers then watched Hamilton on Disney. It was really good.

We had planned to go to Malad to watch the fireworks, but we got away too late from Mom's. We found out that Arimo was doing a homemade firework show, so we went there. It was pretty good for a privately funded show.