January 13, 2010

Happy birthday today to my brother-in-law Don. We won't talk about how old he is.

Yesterday's trip to the Sand Dunes was fun. Posted pictures of the dogs and dunes on Facebook. Dogs were happy to be off-leash. I huffed and puffed up the hills and rested on the downhill side. That reminds me, I need to figure out how to get my WII fixed. I'm supposed to be using my free time here to get back in shape. Of course, round is a shape.

Brought a good portion of the sand from the dunes back to the house. Have I mentioned that my shoes pick up everything but money and men? On days that I don't go outside, I wear houseshoes, because the sand and small gravel in mine make the worst tracks. I have to take them off at the door, and we have a permanent mud and sand puddle where I leave them. Doesn't do any good to sweep or mop, because as soon as I put them back down, they leave their mark. Budd says I need new ones, but another trip to a city with any shopping is a couple of weeks away, at least.

Today was laundry day. What a chore! It is a gray day, which matched my mood as I braved the laundromat again. When you consider that the $12 bucks a week or so that we're spending on it would easily make a payment on a washer/dryer set, it seems such a waste, but of course there are no hookups here. If there had been, we might have considered bringing our machines with us. At least our daughter is putting them to good use. Maybe I should charge rent?

Tomorrow we're going on a field trip. The video setup here wasn't working (I think it's security video, but not sure) and no one knew it until Budd started tracing how it was set up. Video wasn't being stored to the server, I think was the problem. Anyway, the employee who set it up in the first place but hasn't been able to get here to maintain it is working at Glen Canyon NRA in Page. We're going there so he can show Budd how to set it up again using his installation there as a model. I get to tag along. Thought it would be fun and a little warmer, but the weather forecast for there is the same as for here. We'll have a little sun on Friday afternoon, on the way back, but the rest of the time from now 'til next Friday looks like rain and snow. Budd says it's a conspiracy, but I won't buy into that unless we start getting smog like in Salt Lake. Sure, I'd prefer sun and warm, but I'll take gray and cold as long as I don't have to take that toxic air, too.

Time to stop avoiding the chores and mop the floor again. Then it will be a good day for a nap.