7-5-25 Beef Heart and Code Red Zero

 Retired/Missionary Life. Sunday.

Happy Sabbath!! Here! Have a Jesus Picture!

Yes, it looks like he is at the Stewart Highlands. Nice view.

So.....Sacrament Meeting. Special Adult Meeting with the Branch President. Missionary Correlation Meeting. (No tacos were involved though)

Home for leftover Chicken Tortilla Soup and Toasted Cheese Sandwiches. Unpacked stuff from yesterday. Read. Studied. Watched a church video. Planned out our lives for the next two weeks. (This week is crazy.... we have FIVE lessons scheduled for Tuesday <Hanna says this is a world record>, Zone Conference all day Wednesday, Cancer infusion day on Thursday, and we'll be ready to rest and celebrate by Friday.)

Finished the night off with popcorn and an episode of The Chosen. (The end is about to start...)

Retired/Missionary Life. Monday.

Day of preparation and recreation.

First, Gus says "Hi". And then Frivvy says "Hi". We all went on our walk early in the morning before it got too hot. They both were very hyper after recovering from the exhaustion of this past weekend's campout with the grandkids. They hardly moved at all yesterday.

Old people must eat. So...Planned scrumptious meals for the week. Created a menu. Made up a shopping list. Drove to Plummer. Ate salads (and onion rings in my case) and played Rummy. Went to grocery store and bought the groceries. Drove home. Unloaded. Put away.

It always is an educational experience to shop in Plummer. Beef Heart anyone? It's cheap....

I spent the afternoon reading, studying Spanish, napping. In the evening I watched a prerecorded football game. Arizona State vs Kansas. Great game won in the last seconds.

Down days are good for old people. It was a down day, right?

Retired/Missionary Life. Tuesday.

Revlimid Day. The day when we are grounded to the house while we wait for the FedEx Dude to bring Hanna her extremely poisonous and expensive Chem pills. Grounded for most of the day that is.

Here, have some pictures of cool dogs. Gus has decided under the table is his new favorite place to hang out. Frivvy loves to hang out underfoot in the kitchen where he can smell all the good smells and hope for dropped food. And a picture of both napping after their walk. Is this what is meant by the dog days of summer?

While we waited for the FedEx Dude we read, studied Spanish, all that good stuff, plus watched a spray rig turn around in the road below us.

And then the FedEx Dude showed up! (Die cancer cells die!!) And freedom began. What did we do with our freedom? you ask... We drove to town and taught four lessons (three in Spanish), helping four different folks prepare to go to the temple and come closer to Christ. A great use of time.

A fifth appointment cancelled which gave us the opportunity to buy some tacos. (Scheduled at 4, 5, 6, 7, . Tacos are never a bad deal. Spiritual and physical nourishment!

Came across a beautiful Palouse sunset on our way home.

This is the life................

Retired/Missionary Life. Thursday.

I made yummy sausage omelettes for breakfast.

And then we spent the morning doing our studies, going for a walk, all the fun stuff. I had a little bit of time left, so diagnosed the break in the invisible fence line, which has been intermittently shutting off at times for several days. I'll dig it up and repair it probably tomorrow.

After lunch, in the afternoon, Hanna went in for her monthly Infusion and to meet our new cancer Doctor. Our previous one moved to a different practice. We like the new guy. All the blood tests showed she is strong enough for the infusion, so immunotherapy it was. Shot in the stomach. Kill the cancer cells. Keep Hanna alive.

After topping off with cheap Idaho gas, we rushed off to the South Hill to attend August's (Grandkid #16) first birthday party. It's great spending time with family. He seemed to enjoy it. And pizza was served.

We noticed the wheat starting to change color on the way home. And once home, we chilled and watched an episode of Heartland. As usual, Frivvy climbed onto Hanna's lap and watched from there.

Retired/Missionary Life. Friday.

Below is a picture of a Code Red Dew Zero. Why? Because this is my very last Code Red Zero. If you've been following along, then you will remember that while in Rochester, Minnesota last October for Hanna's annual Mayo Clinic exam, I found they sold this deliciousness in the grocery stores there. So I bought 30 or so cases of it and hauled it home in my new truck. I calculated that it would last me about 18 months. Bad math. I obviously drank more often than I thought I would and I shared a bunch. Sadly, this will be my last one (unless I buy a single one when we are in Minnesota again this fall...) because I'm now avoiding caffeine and Aspartame. Switched to Poppi. Healthier Soda.

After studies and etc. in the morning, I worked more on the dog fence and mowed the lawn. Hanna gave the dogs a much needed shower.

Late afternoon, the Sister Missionaries that serve with us in the Spanish Branch drove out for a BBQ, including patriotic brownies with ice cream. Always a pleasure...

And then the traditional watching of ID4. And fireworks out our living room window.

Finally, a bunch of pictures from Wednesday's Zone Conference. Can you find us in each picture? This includes a picture of the APs, who dressed like two sets of twins. Leadership Unity, right?

So long Code Red Zero....

etired/Missionary Life. Saturday.

Old people go out to breakfast day. Palouse omelettes at Harvester. And Rummy. We took the backroads and there were some obvious great views to gawk at. Including a dog in my mirror.

Dogs took a nap. I got my reading and studying done.

I worked on the stupid dog fence which appears to have countless bare wires and breaks. Not sure why it is a problem all of a sudden. Five repairs now. It stays up for a bit, then goes down again.

Del and Ella and Justin came over for dinner and a birthday cake for Del. And then we put Del to work building a trellis for Hanna's raspberries. While he pounded, the boys wrestled. And we said our goodbyes during a good Palouse sunset.