As usual, the Douthit's have been running here to there with not much to show for all the running. Last weekend we headed to Casper WY on Thursday night, as the girls where out of school on Friday. We spent the night with Brother-in-law Jay. The next morning we were up bright and early and headed out to look at a new SUV that Mark had his eye on. Mark has said for years that the Tahoe is just too small to take on trips, when you have to take everything in the house plus the kitchen sink (according to Mark), and has wanted something bigger since about the moment when we bought the Tahoe. I on the other hand am thinking, we have the Tahoe paid off, and I don't like car payments. We can get enough stuff in the Tahoe, and if not, maybe we should take less. To make a long story short, we ended up buying the vehicle that we were looking at. It is a 2006 GMC Yukon. It is fairly plain jane, as far as today's standards go. It has cloth seats, and no DVD player. The good part about it is it only had 13000 miles on it. We got a good deal for us, and left WY with it.
After looking at the Yukon, we headed over to Lander WY, which was our original reason for our weekend trip. We were about 1-2 weeks too late to see the aspen in full color, but did get to see some, and enjoyed our time away. We headed back to Casper on Saturday to finish the car purchase, then headed home Sunday after Mark and Jay did a little work to Jay's house. Jay is going to start telling us that we can't come to his house and stay, because every time we do, a new home improvement DIY project is started.
I had suffered through a pain in my face that settled in my tooth all weekend, so called the Dentist on Monday, and they were able to get me in. I guess it had been over a year since my last cleaning, and I am suppose to go every 6 months. Where does the time go? The pain was getting to be less, and after my teeth were clean, it was all but gone. The x-rays did not show anything, but the dentist did say that I would most likely need a root canal, and a crown. I have decided to hold off as long as I can on that, as I have been through 3 root canals, and have not enjoyed any of them. He gave me a script for some antibiotics in case I start getting the pain again over the weekend. So far, so good.
My Mom and Dad headed to Israel on Monday. There is a web sight that friends and family can go to, to see how the trip is going, and you can also send them some notes. I was unable to get onto the sight for several days, so called my big sister, and she called the church to get the correct web address. Looks like Mom and Dad are having fun, and I am sure they will come home with lots of stories of their adventures.
Monday night Harold called and said that he had to have a test run on Wednesday, and could I work for him? Not a problem. Everything turned out fine on Harold's test, unfortunately he could not work the rest of the week, so I was very busy, doing both jobs.
Friday finally got here, and as I am leaving Kimball I get a call from the school. Not a good call to get on a Friday afternoon. I, of course am thinking, who got in trouble and has to stay after school. The news was just as bad, if not worse. Lexi is on the phone, saying that Kyra got sick all over her clothes and books, and can I come and get them? Well, no, unless you want to wait an hour. I'll call dad. Mark picks them up and takes them home. Kyra gets in the shower to clean up. The rest of the night we are reminded how much her tummy hurts. She seemed to be fine the next day, but still complaining that her stomach does not feel well.
Saturday was volley ball. Kyra stayed home, but Lexi was able to play. While she was playing, I went to the church to finish the bulletin, not being able to do it before since I was working for Harold. I then headed back home and worked on cleaning the house. I had not moped my kitchen floor for 2 weeks!!
Sunday we woke up to Kyra still not feeling well, and Mark complaining of a sore throat. We did not got to church, but I am teaching Sunday school, so headed in for that. There were not a lot of kids for Sunday school, so another teacher was going to take my class, so I headed back home to finish the cleaning. When I got home I turned on the water and nothing happened. Grabbed Mark, and we headed down to the well. After blowing 2 fuses, we decided that we had a big problem. Mark found the pump/ well guy in town, and 3 hours and $2000 later we have water again. We had to put in a new motor on the pump and a new pressure tank. We have a 3 HP motor, as we have 3 houses on one well. We knew that the pressure tank was going out, but hoped that we could get by for a while. I guess not! I think that God is punishing me for laughing at the people in town that are having to boil their water due to the e-coli in their water. That will teach me!
We are now back to Monday, and everyone went to school and work. I hope they all stay there!
hope you are getting better… sore throat is not a lot of fun its just uncomfortable and difficult to swallow.
ReplyDeleteusually, i would take the Nim Jiom Cough Syrup (www.geocities.jp/ninjiom_hong_kong/index_e.htm ) which has a thick consistency formulation. it coats the throat and includes herbs that are particularly good for that application.
i hope it works on you as well.