For Trish

A while ago I went shopping for some pants. Every since I took Trish shopping with me a few years ago, shopping brings a flash-back. When I try on pants they are always about 4-6 inches too long. When Trish tries on pants they are that much too short. So I was in the dressing room and Trish was bringing me pants to try on. Then she decided to bring some Capris that I could wear as long pants. It almost worked, but they are a bit short for me.

So back to my latest shopping. I bought a pair of pants and of course they were long. They had a strap that I could roll the pants up and button up the strap and I would have instant capris or leave them down for long pants. I hoped that maybe I could roll them up and wear as long pants. The strap was 1 roll up too many. So close. Back to hemming my new pants.

court house stairs.... the saga continues

Some of you will remember my report of my venture up our court house stairs a month ago. Well I still needed to go to the county assessor and get my house title stamped that my taxes were paid up so I can get the title for our house. I was waiting for the elevator to get fixed and me to feel like the adventure at the same time. Today was the day.

First I went to the court house annex right next to the court house. I had to go down 5 steps and then to the elevator to the 2nd floor. I told the lady there what I needed and she told me that I had to go to the county treasure to have that done. I told her that this is where I had it done last year. She didn't seem to care. I knew she was not the nice lady that took care of it for me last year. So I went down the elevator and hobbled up the 5 stairs and then to the court house. I was NOT up to all the stairs today so I went up the handicap ramp and then only had to go up a half dozen steps or so. I went to the county treasure's office and explained what I needed. She told me that I had to go to the county asssessor. I'm not so smart, but I could tell that this was not good. I explained to her that I had just been there and was sent here. This nice lady looked at the paperwork I had and told me that I needed to go to the county assessor's office on the 1st floor not the 2nd floor. Silly me.  So I hobbled down the half dozen steps or so and went outside and down many more steps and into the annex building. Down 5 more steps and into the assessor's office. There I saw the nice lady that I recognized from last year. She fixed everything and sent me on my way. Back down the hall and up 5 steps.

Last year I had everything ready to go and didn't get it mailed in time. You can bet that I will get it mailed off real soon. I would think of hand delivering it to the office in Carson but that might involve more steps.

Gym membership

My Dad gets free gym membership with his insurance and he is actually going to the gym. I am in total shock. This is the man who laughs because people drive to the gym to workout. He doesn't use the machines, but there is a "Silver Slippers" excercise class that he likes to go to. As it sounds, it is excercises for seniors. I think it is a great thing for him to do. Maybe if I work real hard, I can work up to a silver slipper workout myself.

My Wood Badge is Completed!

Some of you may remember a little camping trip I went on last summer for my wood badge training. I am very HAPPY to announce that I have completed all the things necessary to earn my wood badge. The beading ceremony will probably be next Tues at 6:00. I guess you should let me know if you are planning to attend so I can let you know if we have to reschedule it. The problem is that my scarf and beads may not be here in time, but we think they will be here. I will find out Fri of this week.

I would encourage you scout leaders and future scout leaders to attend wood badge training. I promise you will NEVER be sorry for doing it. This includes you Lance, Norman, Todd, Cam, John, Carl, Russ, Jeff. It would be good for Becky and Debbie also, but they can probably wait a year or two before they do it. Let's see Molly should do it too but she can wait a few years.

Door

This is for those of you who like reading about the stupid things I do. Yesterday I stopped by my friend's house to check on it since she is out of town. I got the door unlocked but had trouble getting the dead bolt unlocked. I tried it 2 or 3 times and then thought maybe I just need to push hard on the door. As I pushed hard on the door, the door easily swung open. I about fell into the house. Mike was in the car laughing.

Ideas anyone?

Mike and I are thinking about spending a week in SLC the middle of May. I'm looking for ideas for places to go, things to do and people to see in the area. I will share a partial list of what I have come up with, but now I'm looking for things I might not know about.

Here's my list
BYU vs Utah softball (yep top of the list.
Jeff and Heidi's wedding reception (2nd on list)
Hale Center
Bees Baseball
SLC cemetary
Drive up the canyon (Big and Little Cottonwood, I have never been there)
Hill Air Force Museum (I had to give Mike one choice)
Maybe summer rides at Snowbird
Oh yeah and of course 2 or 3 dr visits