SUNDAY - After Josh finished working at the golf course, he and I drove to Jefferson Lake in Rigby. We took the truck and his enclosed mowing trailer so that we could pick up a golf cart in Pocatello on Monday for his grandma. Unfortunately, it rained most of the drive and was rainy when we arrived. We were camping with my Terreton dominoes friends (we usually do one thing together each summer, and this was our summer plan for this year). Tanis had taken her camping trailer and reserved our space. I reserved a spot right by hers. We got there about the same time. We had a great spot with a beachfront access to the lake, but sadly we never used it due to the rain and cold. Josh and I talked to Tanis for a while in her trailer. When Lidia and Rosalba arrived, Josh left to go visit Pup in Rigby and we ate lunch. Soon after, Val and Angie arrived. We talked, laughed, and played dominoes. When Josh came back, he grilled us hot dogs (and Angie's carrot dogs because she's a vegetarian) for dinner. We sat around talking, laughing, drinking, snacking, and asking/answering questions from a book that Val brought of a hundred different deep questions. We had a hilarious time together, and discussed some pretty deep topics, too! Finally, Josh and I went back to our trailer to sleep for the night. Josh had laid out our mattress pads, foam pad, and sleeping bags on the floor already. It was the first time we've ever slept on the floor of the mowing trailer! It worked out pretty good. We used a propane heater to warm it up, and we stayed cozy all night in it.
MONDAY - Josh and I slept surprisingly well in the cargo trailer! I wet over to Tanis' trailer to hang out with the ladies in the morning. We ate breakfast and they had coffee, and we talked and laughed some more. We helped Tanis clean up the trailer and then Josh and I left around 10 to head for Pocatello. We picked up the golf cart for grandma and then drove the long way home--turning off at Blackfoot and drove through Arco and Challis on the way. We stopped at Arco to eat lunch at the Pickle Place--Josh had never eaten there before! The burgers were delicious and it was a nice stop. When we got home, Josh took the cart down to Grandma's house. She was SO happy! She loved it and giggled and beamed like a schoolgirl; it was so cute! Josh taught her how to drive it. She's going blind, so she can't pass an eye test to get her driver's license, but this is an easy, safe way for her to get around the neighborhood and not make her feel like she can't be independent.
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Such a cold day!
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TUESDAY - Kanyon and I got our teeth cleaned at the dentist. Thankfully, everyone in our family passed this round of cleanings without needing cavities filled! Josh bought a nearly-new BBQ grill on Swap Shop. Ours basically died on Father's Day, so it was nice to have a replacement found so quickly! He got a great deal on it, too, which is nice!
WEDNESDAY - I drove down to Idaho Falls for my permanent eyeliner appointment. I was kind of nervous how it would go. The lady who applied it was very nice and we had some pleasant conversation. She used a needle similar to the one tattoo artists use, and made small cuts/inserted dye into the upper eyelids and just the crease area of my lower eyelid. She went over each eye about 4 times--putting a numbing cream after each application. It definitely burned and was such a weird sensation! The worst was when she stretched the eyelid and it forced my eyelid open: the light above was so bright and it made me want to blink, but I was unable to. Finally, on her last application, I couldn't take it anymore and started crying, which was embarrassing for me. She was very kind about it, though. I was so happy with the end result! I got a couple of things at the store, met up with Ms. Blake from work--she brought me a gnome that she specially ordered for me, and then drove back to Salmon. By the time I got home, the numbness had worn off. I showed Josh my make up and he couldn't see it or figure it out! He's all, "Where is it? What color is it? Are you happy with it?" I took an up-close photo and pointed it out, because he thought I was getting eye shadow, not eyeliner! It made me laugh!
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Ms. Blake bought me a lady gnome. I put it out
front on the other side of the steps from the other
welcoming gnome. |
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Josh took these photos at the golf course after a rainstorm
blew through that morning. |
I tackled staining the floor of the deck after I got home. Josh did some of the railings, then he sat and watched me for a while to keep me company. It took me almost 3 hours to get the deck floor done. The flooring is a barn red stain, and I chose to get a cedar-colored stain for the banisters and railings. Thankfully, I had exactly the right amount to get the flooring done before I ran out! It looks SO good! It was hard on my back and I wanted to quit several times, but it was essential that I finished it that night since family would be coming for the 4th the following day and it needed to be dry enough for everyone to walk on.
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I used every last drop of the red stain!
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THURSDAY - When I got up, I started staining the rest of the railing, the steps, and the banister around the deck. this was much more detailed than the floot floor I did the previous day, so it took me another 3 hours to get it done. The final product looks amazing, though!
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I didn't have enough red to do the vertical edges
of the flooring, so I finished those off later. I
sanded the edges and then added a cedar coating.
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Tabbi and her friend Pete came to visit our family for the 4th and arrived about 3:30. It was fun to have company for the holiday! My family rarely comes to visit. Gideon and Alyssa's family also came on Thursday for the holiday, but they stayed with Ed & Kathy. We showed Tabbi & Pete around for a bit, and sat out in the Triple S for a while. Josh grilled some steaks for dinner. We'd originally planned to go golfing, but Josh wasn't feeling it, so the twins went to decorate a DFY float for the parade, and Josh and I took Tabbi and Pete to the Royal Gorge Hot Springs. It was a bit hot, so we only soaked for about 20 minutes.
FRIDAY - I got up early and made some food to get ready for the family lunch. Tabbi & Pete went fishing on the river after breakfast and I got ready for the parade. Thankfully, Salmon decided to do most of their annual celebrations for the 4th unlike a lot of towns that cancelled festivities due to the Coronavirus. Kanyon and I stopped to pick up Grandma on the way. She was so excited for her first July 4th parade in Salmon! Kathy saved us a spot by the hospital parking lot. Tiffany's family got to town in time to watch the parade, and Josh and Micah came from work to join us. It wasn't as long as parades in years' past, but it was so nice to have something that felt "normal". I enjoyed it! We ate lunch at Kathy's afterwards of grilled hot dogs. Tabbi and Pete came back for lunch and Jonah was able to be done with work and eat with us, too. We celebrated Teddy's 5th birthday after lunch. He's so cute! Tabbi and Pete went fishing in Tim's pond and we stayed and hung out with family for a couple hours. We caravanned with Tabbi to town so it could charge faster at a designated Tesla charging station at the Stagecoach Motel. Josh and I got some hospice ice cream cones, which I was so excited about, because last year they sold out and I was upset I never got any. Even better, there was shockingly no line! We'd gone to town right after a thunderstorm had swept through, so I'm sure that's why. When we got back home, Tabbi & Pete took a 4-wheeler ride up Perreau Creek, and Josh and I got everything ready for this evening's festivities. We set up the board for fireworks in Kathy's yard and I took down all the fireworks I'd purchased earlier in the week (good thing, too, because the firework stand ran out again like last year!). Josh made a fire in Kathy's firepit and I took down the sticks and all the supplies for s'mores and starbursts. It was fun watching everyone cook over the fire--it really brought everyone together. When it got dark, we started our fireworks show. The fountains I bought were awesome! I was shrieking with excitement--I just LOVE fireworks! Gideon's kids actually joined us for the first time this year, but they got scared and went inside after a few went off--partially because I was screaming, and partially because the fireworks were too much for them. Josh lit all the mortars, they were beautiful! Tabbi was impressed, too! (We could never do fireworks as children). On the last mortar, Josh decided to do a "grand finale" and put two other bottle rocket fireworks in the tube with the mortar, too, which made me nervous, because we've had it go wrong in the past when Ammon tried it. Sure enough, the bottle rockets exploded on the ground. One shot right towards Josh & Edward and exploded under a stool. The other one went whizzing right past me, literally 2 inches from my face, and exploded through the basement window. It was a very exciting moment! Thankfully, everyone was okay!
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