MONDAY / JULY 31 / CLOUD COVER / INSURANCE PANIC AGAIN / SOME RAIN / WALL ESTIMATE /

MONDAY

7-31-2023 

 

 

 

 

 

Up at 6AM. I got dressed and went to the kitchen to make lattes. 

My knee is feeling some-what better. Not a lot. Still painful to touch or bump it into something.

I made lattes & Nanogreens. Hubby warmed up breakfast for the dogs.

Wilson is LOSING SO MUCH WEIGHT! We are so proud of him. He does not sit around begging for food anymore. 

There was nothing to deposit today as the shop was closed on Friday.

Hubby & Tater left at 8:30AM. Tater was so excited to go back to the shop again that he was dancing around, barking. He barked at us as we kissed.

I sat down to watch TV.

I was in pain with my leg and wanted to get up to take a Tylenol. I forgot. 

Hubby called at 9AM to advise that the Shop Insurance was due and they were sending over a policy, I needed to sign it and pay for it. Effective date would be 8/1.

But nothing came and I called Hubby back. He said it would come thru.

So I waited and when it did, THE AMOUNT WAS A $2000/YEAR INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR!!! 

I was in shock. It was EVEN A DIFFERENT COMPANY THAT WAS FEATURED AS THE INSURANCE COMPANY!

This IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL WAY TO HANDLE INSURANCE. The insurance agent did NOT get hold of us in advance to tell us they were shopping around for new insurance. They did NOT get hold of us to find out if anything changed. I WAS LIVID. There is just NO WAY that we can afford an increase of $2000/year for shop insurance especially after Berkshire Hathaway fucked us over and did not pay out on our last claim. We were stuck with an asshole kid hitting the door and we were out of business for 8 months to fit it!

 

So I said Fuck It and shopped around online. I found a better policy for $2000 LESS THAN WE PAID LAST YEAR. I don't really even care if they ever pay out because you are only buying "AIR". Insurance companies are getting more fucked every day. Fuck Florida making everyone else pay out more for them!

Hubby talked with the Agent and told him that we are going with another company. I got the other insurance set up in minutes and paid. End of Worries.

I did bookwork.

At 1:30PM when I was done with bookwork, I finally remembered to take an Extra Strength Tylenol for my leg!

Made an iced latte for myself. I sat down on the sofa and was in a lot of pain.Watched TV for a while.

Hubby & Tater got home at 3:50PM. Jeremy, the construction guy, followed him home. Jeremy is doing an estimate on the stucco wall outside the patio. He left after checking it out for a few minutes.

Hubby had to make some Bruschetta.

I put away laundry. I washed dishes and put them away.

We watched TV for a while. 

Went to bed at 10PM.

 

 

 

SUNDAY / JULY 30 / DOG WALK AT PARK /

SUNDAY

JULY 30 2023 

I actually slept all the way thru the night in bed! Woke up at 5:45AM. 

Asked Hubby if we should walk the dogs in the park before it gets too hot. 

We got dressed. Made the bed. I made lattes. Hubby fed the dogs. I put out cheese & milk for the cats. 

I put the laundry in the washer. 

We loaded the dogs into the Dually. There were no leashes in the Dually, so I found them inside where Hubby had hung them on the Armoire. 

We drove to Pioneer Park across from Smith's and walked them on the hill. It had just been watered, so there were puddles everywhere and the grass was wet. Big blackbirds were drinking out of the puddles. 

Wilson pooped and I picked it up. Tater refused to poop. I picked up somebody else's dog poo at the top of the hill There were two cars there walking their dogs, but we stayed away from them.

Stopped at Starbucks on the way home to get Impossible Breakfast Sandwich for Hubby and two Egg Bites for me. 

We got home and I ate my egg bites. 

Watched the TV Series RAKE on Popcorn Flix channel.

 

Affixed water bottle holder to my E-bike. Hubby put on the rear red reflector on my bike. 

 

I did bookwork for a couple hours.

At NOON, I wanted to check out Apple Cider beer at Lee's Liquors. So we drove there; but they did not have much choice. After some deliberation (and an asshole older couple that would not get away from the coolers until Hubby told them there was a way to go INSIDE the cooler from the back), we finally Cosmic Crisp Apple from Oregon, and an Angry Orchard multi pack. We had picked up some Eggnog for the fall/winter. It's JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

School for Clark County School District starts again on August 7. This year has gone by so fast. 

We drove to Tractor Supply and purchased some Science Diet cat food for the cats to try. We also got Salt for the Water Softener. 

Drove back home and it had already rained SOMEWHAT here. Just a dribble. Not even enough to soak the road. But it is now HUMID. It did drop the temperature from 110°F to 99°F.

 

We tried the Cosmic Apple and I found that it tasted HORRIBLE. I don't remember what we got for previous ciders that were so good.

 

Hubby put everything away from the truck & loaded salt into the softener. I fed Wilson & Tater their afternoon food. I put away laundry. . 

 

Hubby made celery with peanut butter & raisins.

 

Hubby watched Automotive shows all day.

 

I washed some dishes. Better to keep on top of it rather than have them pile up. Put the dishes in the dishwasher rack to dry.

 

I sat on the sofa in lots of pain from my right knee and foot. Took more Tylenol Extra Strength. 

 

Went to bed at 10PM after watching some Hogan's Heroes.

SATURDAY / JULY 29 / LG DISHWASHER BREAKS / ORDER NEW BOSCH DISHWASHER FROM LOWES

SATURDAY

7-29-2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  LG DISHWASHER BREAKS / ORDER NEW BOSCH DISHWASHER FROM LOWES

Up at 6AM. I got dressed. Hubby helped make the bed.

I went to make lattes & Nanogreens in the kitchen. Hubby fed the dogs. 

We sat around mostly all day because my knee was really hurting. I could barely walk.

I took lots of Extra Strength Tylenol.

I took a couple naps on the sofa.

Hubby napped on his chair.

We watched TV.

 

I ordered a new Bosch Dishwasher from Lowes. 

Went to bed at 10PM.

FRIDAY / 5AM BIKE RIDE / FALL /

 FRIDAY

7-28-2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tater would not stay in bed last night. He was up with Hubby at Midnight. I woke up hot & sweaty, then went to potty. Went to the sofa and slept there. Hubby was sitting on the patio. They came inside shortly after this. 

Tater woke up again twice after this and I let him outside and back inside again.

I was up at 5:15AM. Went to the bedroom and woke Hubby up. We got dressed and went bicycling on our e-bikes. Made sure to turn on our lights this time. Hubby's turn signals still don't work.

When we got back home to put the bikes away, I fell off mine onto my right hip, almost hit Hubby's fender on his dually truck. I scraped up my right knee, right foot, toes, left knee and left foot. Hubby helped me up and got me inside. My UnderArmor pants did not even rip! Put ice on me.after taking off my pants. Hubby made toast for me. 

We watched TV. Hubby plugged in the heating pad as I was getting cold with all the ice on me. 3 Ice packs in zip lock bags. 

Then I went potty. Hubby put cream on my knees at NOON. I went outside to put fresh water in the dog bowl. Everything smells burnt. The earth smells burnt outside.

We brought the bikes inside and put all the accessories on them. Phone Holders, Bike Bells. I synced up our bikes to our iPhones.

I just sat on the sofa all day with my legs elevated and put cream on them. 

At 2:30PM, I put away laundry. I put away dishes. 

I got ready to go for my nail appoinment at 3PM. We left the dogs at home and took the Jeep. Hubby drove as I did not feel that I could brake with strength in my knee.

Hubby dropped me off at GS Nails at 3PM and I got my nails done. Andy fixed my big toenail on my right foot where I had scuffed it up when I fell off the bike.

Then Hubby came to pick me up at 

We drove to Walgreens to pick up my prescriptions - Nitro and Prednisone. They were cheap to purchase with Cheap RX than it was with SelectHealth Insurance company. It was $40 and $30 respectively to purchase with insurance! I got the prescriptions for $17 and $11.

Hubby was hungry, so we decided to try Mad Mike's. We parked over by the Donation store in the shade and walked over to the restaurant. It was REALLY good food. We talked to Mike for a while. Hubby said since he is in construction, he might know somebody to put in our patio wall. So Mike said he needed Hubby's phone number and will call him Sunday. 

We left there and drove home.

Dogs missed us and met us at the door. We fed Wilson because it 5PM by the time we got home!

Wilson vomited a couple times later. Might be bad food? We had to let him outside and he just sat on his dog bed. 

Tater continued to go outside and sleep on the side patio. It is SO HOT and we kept telling him to come inside, but he would want outside again.

We watched TV until late. I tried to nap on the sofa, but could not sleep.

I took some Prednisone, some Tylenol. 

I tried going to bed at 9PM, but could not sleep. We finally went to bed at 11PM.

THURSDAY / JULY 27 / KERATIN HAIR TREATMENT / ST GEORGE /

JULY 27 2023

THURSDAY

Up at 4AM. I went to sleep on the sofa. I was too hot in the bedroom and again - Tater was sleeping on top of me. 

I slept until 6AM and got up. Hubby was still asleep in bed with the dogs. I got dressed. Then I let the dogs outside for potty. Hubby got dressed. I went to the kitchen to make lattes.

Hubby made the bed. I helped.

Then I helped Hubby put out food for the dogs & cats. 

Hubby got dressed and sat on the sofa to watched TV. I reminded him that we had to trim his ear hair, so we went outsisde and did that. It was really hot on the back patio. The sun was in my eyes the entire time.

Then we came back inside. I cleaned cat litter. Hubby poured more litter into the box. 

 

Hubby left early to go get a trailer from Jose's yard and pick up a customer's UTV. 

 

I started the laundry. I cleaned up the counter and put everything in the dishwasher.

 

I did bookwork.

WEDNESDAY / JUL6 26 / IV INFUSIONS / HOT

 JULY 26 2023

WEDNESDAY

I woke up at 3:30AM and was hot/sweaty. Went out to the sofa to sleep.

Cats were throwing themselves at the sliding glass doors this morning. Woke me up. I thought the dogs wanted to go out.

Hubby & dogs were still sleeping.

Up at 6:30AM. I went potty and got dressed. 

Hubby left for the shop at 8:30AM in the Dually. He loaded the parts that had come yesterday by UPS.

I loaded the washer and started it. I started the dishwasher and cleaned the countertops.

I walked down to get the mail. Stuff for our bikes from Amazon were delivered yesterday. Got a check from NW Plus Credit Union to close out our account. It had been opened. I called to make sure there was only ONE check in the envelope. She said that the other account had not been closed yet. I could NOT close it over the account, so I had to send another letter. 

I did bookwork until 11AM. 

Hubby got home at 2:30PM and he had some lunch. We packed our water bottles and I drove the Jeep down to IV Infusion. Rodney was there and said he had been let go from his Dr Business offices and that he could not compete for 2 years. He is sad. Maybe a job in St George? 

We stopped at DQ on the way home and got ice cream cones. Hubby licked his because it was melting in the bowl. We fed it to Tater when we got home. Gave Wilson a very little amount. Tater had the cones. 

We watched TV.

 

Robert was yowling at some birds on the fence outside. Tater demanded to be let outside and ran after the birds. He did NOT catch them...

I did some bookwork at 8PM.

Tater howled at some sirens that were outside.

TUESDAY / JULY 25 /

TUESDAY

JULY 25 

 

 

 

Up at 4AM because I was hot and sweating Hubby kept flinging his arm on my shoulder and it hurt so much because I am having a LUPUS flare up. Then Tater tried to cuddle & push me off the bed. So I got up and took my pillow to sleep on the sofa. I went potty then back to sleep.

I was woken later by Wilson whining and I knocked on the window because Hubby was asleep in the chair outside. I told him to put Wilson outside.

I went back to sleep.

I finally woke at 6:30AM and asked Hubby what time it was. He had already made the bed and fed the dogs. I got up at 7AM to make lattes & Nanogreens.

Then we sat for a while watching a documentary about Inventors and Inventions on TV. 

Hubby cleaned cat litter and I vacuumed. 

I put all the dishes in the dishwasher and cleaned the counters. Started the dishwasher.

Hubby loaded his stuff into the Dually and started it. Then he left at 8:30AM for the shop.

I did bookwork until 10:30AM.

MONDAY / VERY TIRED / HOT / LUPUS SYMPTOMS ARE BACK

MONDAY

7-24-2023

 

 

 

 

 

Up at 5AM. I went out to the sofa to sleep. Tater was pushing me out of bed and I was sweating because he was trying to cuddle up to me. 

 

I slept there until Hubby got up with the dogs at 5AM. I asked him if he wanted to ride bikes, but he said he was too tired.

 

I went back to sleep on the sofa.

 

I got up at 6AM and got dressed.

 

Made lattes & Nanogreens in the kitchen. I cleaned cat litter. I fed the cats & gave breakfast to the dogs.

 

Hubby got up at 7AM, but I told him to sleep for another 30 minutes. 

 

I put out the bath mat so he can take a shower this morning.

 

Hubby was up at 7:30AM and took a shower. I made the bed. Put the comforter in the laundry to wash it.

I am really hurting today. The lupus symptoms are back; Toradol did not last very long this time. Maybe because of being beat up on the 4WD trail on Friday? Too much stress & adrenaline?

Hubby left for the shop at 8:30AM. He loaded his new shop vac we got from Walmart and left.

I tried to make a bagel, but accidentally burnt it. Then I was not hungry.

I ordered some HDMI cables from Amazon for the DVD player.

At NOON, I downloaded the Aventon APP on my iphone, but cannot connect as there is no QR code to be found on my Full Color Display on the Pace 500.3 ebike. So I called Aventon, but after 20 minutes on hold, nobody answered. I tried to start a CHAT on the website, but it is controlled by AI and did not provide an answer. I was encouraged to OPEN a TICKET to respond thru email. 

SUNDAY / HOT / BIKE RIDES / PEDICURES/ WASH & VAC JEEP / KR CALLS

 SUNDAY

7-23-2023

 

 

 

 

Awake at 4AM and went out to the sofa to sleep. Hubby took the dogs outside at 5AM and sat for a while. Then he came inside to wake me up, but I was really tired and still hurting. I wanted to sleep some more. But it was a nice morning outside and I decided to get up anyway.

We got dressed and rode our new E-Bikes around the neighborhood and out to the Soccer field. A little further out on the road to the walking area by the water tower. Then we turned around.

Both of us were sweating when we got back, but not tired.

We made the bed. I made lattes & Nanogreens. 

Hubby made breakfast for the dogs & fed them. 

We sat around for a little while so Hubby could eat his breakfast burrito. Then we took the Jeep to the Conoco gas station by the shop to fuel up. We then drove to the Car Wash by Walmart to wash it 2 times in the drive-thru. Then Hubby cleaned the floor mats in the RV bay and I vacuumed out the interior. Then I cleaned it superficially with Clorox wipes. There is still lots of dirt inside that needs to have the Detailer clean.

We put everything back inside and drove home.

We watched TV at home. 

I did some bookwork.

I did laundry, then put away clean laundry. I put away clean dishes. 

I filed dead skin on my feet, then I put hot water in the basin and soaked my feet. I put cream and socks on my feet. 

Andy from GS Nails called at 10AM and asked if we could come in at 11AM instead of 3:30PM. So we got ready and went to get PEDICURES. 

 

PEDICURES

 

We returned home as he got us done in exactly 1 hour. I took a nap on the sofa from  4-5PM. 

Wind came up at 7PM and we brought the cushions inside. There were dark clouds over the mountains all day. It had been thundering at 4PM when I woke up briefly. Dogs growled at the thunder. 

 

KR called and talked for a while about her new job starting tomorrow. They sent her the wrong hardware/software and they had to go purchase the correct items at Best Buy. She is not very happy about going back to work. She wants School Vacation to be forever!

It NEVER rained. Just grew very dark and dark clouds outside. Wind decreased. It might have rained in Scenic. 

 

THE STORM THAT NEVER WAS

 

I went to bed at 10PM. I was exhausted. Hubby came to bed at Midnight.

SATURDAY / JULY 22 / PUT BIKES TOGETHER / HOT

SATURDAY

JULY 22 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Up at 6AM.  

I got dressed and went to the kitchen to make lattes. 

Hubby was already making breakfast for the dogs. He fed the cats. 

I made Nanogreens. 

Put together the e-Bikes. Hubby's Level.2 

My bike Pace 500.3

I also bought and attached a Nantucket Bicycle Basket Madaket Creel with Lid. 

 

 

We later purchased Bike Bells, Gel Seat Cushions, and Water Bottle Cages. 

 

Took the bikes out on short trip around this neighborhood to see how they performed. It was very hot still, but we really enjoyed the ride.

We watched TV. Dogs slept on the sofa most of the day.

Hubby made Linguine with Shrimp for dinner.

 

Garlic Shrimp on Linguine

 

 

We watched a really BAD old movie called Cassandra Crossing.

 

We went to bed at 10PM.

I got up with severe cramps at 11PM and had to take a hot bath and lots of aspirin.

 

 

FRIDAY / JULY 21 / JEEP TRIP TO TOQUERVILLE FALLS / SHOWERS

FRIDAY 

JULY 21 2023

Up at 5AM. I only slept in the living room on the sofa for 1 hour. 

Hubby got up and let the dogs outside. 

Hubby cleaned cat litter. I vacuumed.

Yogi Window Cleaning, Tejbir, Jose, and Desi came at 7AM. They cleaned the windows by 8PM. I paid and re-scheduled.

 

We packed everything up in the Jeep and loaded the dogs. 

 

Drove to Maverik in Mesquite to get fuel. Drove the back highway to get on the Interstate at Littlefield. Interstate was not too backed up, but we avoided it anyway.

 

Took the Southern Parkway around St George. Very nice ride. Listened to "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" from several different singers.  

In Hurricane, we did the drive-thru at Tropical Smoothie Cafe to get Bahama Mama smoothies and Hubby got a couple wraps. 

Drove to Arby's for burgers to feed the dogs. Then we drove to the Park in town  Went to use the Restrooms. Very clean and flushing. Walked the dogs and then had our picnic on a picnic table in the shade. 

We drove to Toquerville and got off the road. 

Spend the next 2 hours driving up the trail to Toquerville, Falls. Got lost and drove all the way up the mountain to the Cell Tower. Turned around and went back.

Finally found the Falls. Road was bumpy, rocky, awful. 

Some family was there when we got there. Walked the dogs thru the water. Wilson swam, but did not want to. He tried to stay by the bank. Tater thundered thru the water. It was not deep enough for him to swim.

TATER, HUBBY, WILSON AT TOQUERVILLE FALLS

Wiped the dogs off with towels and loaded them into the Jeep.

We sat on the chairs while Hubby drank a beer. It was SO hot. Still 101 degrees F. The dogs stayed in the truck with the A/C running.

We finally left and Hubby decided to take the trail across the stream that would cross the river about 10 more times. 

Finally realizing after we got stuck in one of the river crossings that the 4WD would not stay engaged, we finally got out and continued. But it was WAY too rocky for the dogs. Tater got scared and kept putting his head up by my arm which bruised my arm.  Wilson was on the floor and scared. Not a good time for them.

We finally joined up on Spring Road again and got back after 2 hours on the trail. It was way too long for the dogs.

We stopped at the beginning of the trail and walked the dogs for potty. I fixed the sleeping bag in the back seat as it had slid off the seat.

Stopped at Quick Quack Car Wash. Then pulled over so Hubby could wipe it down and vacuum out the dirt inside on the floor mats.

We drove home the Southern Parkway again. Dogs were fast asleep in the back seat.

Hubby drove to Smith's to get milk and Krispy Kreme donuts.

 

 

We drove home.

I was exhausted. Got into the shower, washed my hair. Then had Hubby bring Wilson in the shower to wash him. I had to get out of the shower to dry him off. Hubby was busy unloading the Jeep.

I collapsed on the sofa for 1 hour, then dried my hair later. 

We watched Hogan's Heroes. I dried my hair. I took a nap on the sofa.

I went to bed at 9:30PM. I could barely stay awake.

Hubby took a shower at 10PM and washed Tater. They came to bed later.

THURSDAY / JULY 20 /HOT

 THURSDAY

7-20-2023

 

 

 

 

I went out on the sofa at 5:30AM. I slept for another 30 minutes. Dog got up and Hubby asked me to put them out. 

 

I got dressed and made lattes in the kitchen. I made Nanogreens for myself.

 

I fed the dogs & cats. 

 

Hubby said he was up for hours with leg cramps.  

 

I cleaned the kitchen and loaded the dishwasher. 

 

I cleaned out the cat litter. 

 

I picked up dog poo outside.

 

Hubby got up at 7:30AM to feed the dogs, but I told him to go back to bed. 

 

He got up again at 8AM. I re-warmed his latte for him as it had gotten cold.

 

I vacuumed the cat litter up off the floor.

We sat on the sofa and watched TV. Hubby did not feel good. Said he had coughed all night. He took a Benadryl. He left for work at 8:45AM. 

Finally got done with US Census for the business. 

Then I got done with bookwork at 11AM. 

I put away clean dishes. 

I watched TV for a while.

UPS Delivery driver is BACK from vacation. I talked to her for a few minutes. She brought Hubby's present - a fire pit tool.

PIT COMMAND RANGER

He will be so excited! Something to use for playing in his fires while camping!

Hubby called at 2:30PM to tell me that he would be coming home in a while after stopping to wash his truck. 

Hubby got home at 3:30PM. He had washed the truck and brought home Dairy Queen ice cream cones. We shared with Tater and Wilson.

Hubby sat on the sofa to watch TV.

 

I did bookwork. Scanned paperwork. Answered emails.

 

I was tired and wanted to go to bed at 9PM. Hubby made the bed. 

We sat on the sofa until 10:30PM, watching Hogan's Heroes. Then we went to bed.

WEDNESDAY /BEAVER DAM LOTTERY TICKETS/ STARBUCKS / IV INFUSIONS /

WEDNEDAY

7-19-2023

 

 

Awake at 5:40AM. Dogs crawled all over me. Sage jumped up and snuggled. 

I heard Hubby get out of bed. Then I went back to sleep until 6:40AM. 

I got up and dressed. Made the bed.

Went to the kitchen to make lattes. 

Hubby was already up and had made breakfast for the dogs & fed them.

I transferred $ from Quickbooks to Bank.

Hubby ate his breakfast on the sofa. I drank my Nanogreens.

We left the dogs at home. Drove the Dually to Beaver Dam to pick up lottery tickets. There was no traffic back-up on the Interstate according to WAZE and we got straight thru! They had old, gross bananas, so we did not buy any. Hubby got his tickets from the machine.

We drove to Mesquite to Starbucks and got Egg Bites. 

Then we drove home. Hubby dropped me off. I went inside and gave old hamburger to Tater for a treat. 

I started working on Bookwork.

Had to call Amtrust again and talked to Ellen. I advised her that the refund had not come thru, she advised refunds could be up to 60 days and I said that was not acceptable as I talked with Sharon the other day and she told me to expect a refund on MONDAY. So Ellen sent an email inter-department and copied me. I will have to call again in a few days to make sure they refund the amount.

Hubby came home for a few minutes to have a sandwich. He and Chris were shuttling vehicles and had just dropped off Todd W's UTV.

I went back to doing bookwork. 

I put away clean laundry. I put away clean dishes.

TUESDAY / GARBAGE DAY / HOUSE CLEANING / HOT HOT HOT

TUESDAY

7-18-2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up at 5AM. I went potty, then came back to bed, but Tater was on all my blankets. Rather than fight with him to get the blankets, I went out to the sofa to sleep.  

I woke up at 7AM. Dogs were licking my face. I cleaned out Wilson's eyes.

I let the dogs outside for potty. It was HOT. 

Hubby was still in bed. I went in to get dressed. Then I made up some of the bed. 

I brought the dogs inside and started making lattes. 

I put out cat milk & cheese. Hubby got up. He opened a can of dog food and put it out for the cats. He warmed up Tater & Wilson's breakfast to feed them. 

I put dishes in dishwasher. I put the rest of the garbage out in the can. The garbage man came. I brought the can inside the fence.

I watered my plant that is dying out front. It looks awful. Black, light green where it should be dark green. 

We changed the sheets on the bed.

I started putting things away for the HouseCleaners that are coming today.

 

We watched morning news today.

 

Hubby got a phone call from the FASS dealer as he was leaving.

 

We had to put the sleeping bag in the back of the Jeep again so Tater can be in there today. Hubby said he needed his truck today.

 

I had to clean up the cat litter because Hubby forgot to do so. 

I did more bookwork. I paid credit card bills.

I put away clean laundry. I put away clean dishes. 

I finished up putting everything away in the garage from the house for the Cleaners.

The cleaners came at Noon. I put Tater and Wison in the garage and loaded them into the Jeep. We drove to Wendy's. I called Chris to find out what they wanted for lunch. 

I bought lunch at Wendy's. The nice kid there greeted me and said he recognizes me now. I give great $5 tips everytime. So he gave me a free Large raspberry tea and a chocolate Frosty. 

I drove to the shop and unloaded dogs. Carried Wilson to the hsop as I did not want him to burn his feet. Hubby tied Wilson up. Tater stayed in the shop. I gave them their single cheeseburgers with mayo. Then I put away T-shirts. It was SO hot down there. 

Casey's wife and kid stopped at the shop for a few minutes. 

I left at 1PM. The Cleaners did not text me, but I saw thru the cameras that they were gone. 

I drove home with the dogs. Chris carried Wilson out to the Jeep for me. 

At home, I gave Wilson his diet canned dog food. Tater got another 1/2 burger.

They took naps on the sofa.

MONDAY / WASH JEEP / WENDYS BREAKFAST / HEAT DOME

MONDAY

7-17-2023

Slept the whole night in the bed. Had the fan on high and A/C on 72 degrees. It was about 99 degrees out last night. Still horrible. The air is super heated to breathe. 

Hubby was up at 1AM unable to sleep and he was using his iPad. I went back to sleep. Hubby came back to bed at 4AM.

We both slept until 7:15AM. Stayed in bed, petting the dogs. I had to lift Wilson up on the bed as Hubby had let him out earlier in the morning and Wilson had just slept on the dog bed until then.

I got up and dressed. Hubby let the dogs out for potty. 

I went to the kitchen to make lattes. Hubby fed the dogs breakfast. 

Hubby made the bed. I went to transfer $ from Quickbooks to Bank. I reviewed all the emails.

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. I cleaned the kitchen and started the dishwasher.

Hubby had me write out a refund check for some customers.

 

We both left the house at 8:40AM. I drove to the Walmart Car Wash and washed the Jeep. It was still covered with bugs from yesterday. 

 

 

 

Then I drove to Wendys and picked up chicken maple bacon croissant and chicken sandwiches for the dogs. I got home and fed the dogs.

 

 

 

Then I watched TV for a while. 

 

I did bookwork at 10:30AM. 

 

I had repeated diarrhea. My stomach was upset. 

 

Really hot all day. 

 

I watched TV. Let the dogs in and out all day.

 

Both dogs slept on the sofa all day. They were hot and exhausted from their adventures this weekend.

 

 

 

I did bookwork in the afternoon. 

Hubby got home at 4:30PM.

 

We sat and watched TV for a while so Hubby could cool down. 

Then at 7PM, we drove to Tractor Supply Center to pick up canned diet dog food for Wilson and a bag of Tater's Taste of the Wild food. 

We drove to DQ to get ice cream cones, but they are now closing a 6PM.

So we drove to McDonalds to purchase ice cream cones. On the way home, I dropped my phone between the seats. 

I got out of the truck and went inside to get some ice cream to the dogs. Tater bit off all the cone and dropped it on the floor which I had to clean.

Hubby found my iPhone and brought it inside. He brought the dog food inside. 

We watched TV for the rest of the night. Hogan's Heroes until 10:30PM and went to bed.

SUNDAY / LEAVE CABIN / SHEEP IN ROAD / WASH JEEP / UNPACK / COLLAPSE

SUNDAY

7-16-2023

 

 

 

I started out in the queen bed with Hubby, but Tater jumped on it and crowded me out. I was too hot. I went to the twin bed to sleep next to Wilson in the other twin bed.

At 1AM, Wilson got into bed with me and snuggled into my right arm butt to my face. I petted him until I fell asleep.

At 5AM, Tater jumped into the bed next to me and slept near us.

Up at 7AM, I was hurting too much to sleep any longer. The beds WERE NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL. 

 

Fed the dogs. Hubby had leftovers. I dropped my Raspberry fritter on the floor and then just threw it away.

 

We got packed up and load the dogs into the Jeep. Drove to Reception to check out.

Left the Bear Paw Resort and I remembered we had forgotten my pillow. Had to return to get the key and then go back to the cabin. Hubby got the pillow then we left again. Dropped the key at reception again. 

Drove thru the town and out on the highway. We ran into SHEEP BEING HERDED ON THE HIGHWAY!

It was so exciting 3 lazy, stupid dogs with 1 cowboy on a horse. The sheep were frightened by Tater's barking so we got him under control. Then had to roll up the windows because of the MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MOSQUITOES that swarmed the car. 

Finally got moving again. The sheep went up the hill.

 

 

 

BLACK SHEEP

SHEEP SURROUND JEEP - SHEEP SHIT FLUNG ON JEEP

Drove to Cedar City. Washed the Jeep at one car wash, but Hubby said it did not get any of the under dirt. So we drove to the Soccer field and let the dogs walk and potty again. Hubby used the potty at the west end of the park.

We drove to Tropical Smoothie Cafe to get chicken wraps and Bahama Mamas. Of course, the drinks were NOT good again. 

Hubby stopped to get Fuel in the Jeep at the gas station next door.

We walked the dogs around the area in the grass. Then we drove to Quack Quack Car Wash and drove thru the car wash. The Jeep hopped quite a few times on the entry, but finally got it going again when the Manager came out to re-start the car wash.

Then we got on Interstate. Drove thru to Littlefield where the Traffic was backed up over 1/2 mile. We got off to get Lottery Tickets then back on the Interstate to Mesquite. 

Hubby got us home. We unloaded the dogs. Hubby unloaded the car. I helped him unload stuff and put Dirty Clothes in washer. 

I took a shower with Wilson. 

Then Hubby sat down for 1 hour to rest. He took a shower with Tater. 

We watched TV for a couple hours then went to bed, exhausted.

SATURDAY AT CABIN PANGUITCH LAKE / OFF ROADING IN JEEP

SATURDAY

7-15-2023

 

 

 

Drove around the lake, walked the dogs. As we were leaving, we ran into Dean from Mesquite. He was just standing by his truck and fishing. We talked to him for a while.Shocked to see somebody we knew so far from Mesquite.

Saw a car wash on the side of the lake. We decided to use it later. Then saw a HUGE HOME with meadow and outbuildings with horse barn. VERY EXPENSIVE.

Saw a BEAVER cross the road.

 

CAR WASH IN PANGUITCH

 

 

BEAVER

EAST PANGUITCH LAKE

Returned to the cabin.

We were bored at the cabin, sitting on the camp chairs at the side of the cabin. Hubby wanted to go 4-Wheeling with the Jeep. So we loaded dogs up in the Jeep and drove to Burger Barn. Lots of UTVs stopping to get burgers. Hubby went to order burgers for us at NOON. I waited in the Jeep with the dogs.

 

BURGER BARN

 

We went 4-Wheeling up Pass Creek Road and found a place to pull over. Both dogs pooped - still really good tootsie roll type poo. Then we had our burgers in the shade of a tree. Nothing to sit on-no table to set up. Hubby said there is a table that can be put on the back of the Jeep door. 

We continued our 4-Wheeling into the Forest Roads. Saw a water tank that we came back and circled 3 times. 

Saw lots of deer in the meadows. Lots of mountain ranges.

DEER IN MEADOW

 

 

 

We got done off-roading about 2:14PM and drove back to the Cabin.

We got back from off-roading in the Jeep and I was exhausted. I was going to take a nap for a while then take a shower, but I slept on the twin bed and was out for the next 2 hours. Hubby had a nap in the chair at the table, then went into the bedroom to sleep. Tater napped beside me on the other twin bed. Wilson napped on the floor beside Hubby with the fan blowing on his belly.

TATER SLEEPING

We woke up and had some more hamburgers. Gave the dogs some beef jerky.

CHIPMONK

CHIPMONK 2

GREY MOUSE

Went outside to sit on the camp chairs. I fed the chipmonks and a little grey mouse some graham crackers, peanuts, bread, and oatmeal/honey protein bars. A very pretty blue bird flew thru our camp and then picked up some of the bread and nuts I had put out.

 

 

At 8:38PM, Hubby started the fire. We sat out there until 9:30PM, roasted marshmallows for s'mores then went to bed. Dogs were nervous and went to bed about 9PM.

SATURDAY NIGHT FIRE