Rainy days and Mondays

There is a song with those words - maybe by the Carpenters? Anyway, it is Monday and it is rainy. Mom and Dad were up for the weekend - Saturday was Dad's 86th birthday - we had a little open house for a few people. I was a little late getting there - more on that later - so I missed Jer and Sarah and Peter. Uncle Ray and Aunt Veloy were there and Aunt ValGene and one of her daughters. It was fun to see them.

Dad wanted to play a game of Hearts so Mike, Stevie and I sat down and got whipped. I guess it was appropriate for Dad to win since it was his birthday!!

The reason I was late is I had spent the morning at Troy Garrett's. My seat in my Jeep has been busted for awhile so we finally got together to fix it and like most projects, it always takes a lot longer than we thought. I kind of overdid the lifting and I am still paying for it today, but it sure is nice to have the seat fixed. We also installed my spare tire carrier which mounts on the back bumper. It looks pretty good and I am thinking about taking the roof rack off the top for less wind resistance and better gas mileage.

Pretty much hardly anyone has been getting on the blog so I am hoping that will change and a few of you will not only read but also take the time to write.

Love to all - JB

February and time marches on...

I have 2 new holes in my back, so the recovery time is set back again. They wanted to go back to the spots they took off in December and enlarge them so they have good clean skin all around and get the stuff tested again. So I have 2 new sets of stitches and when I get them out in a couple of weeks, I will get some more new ones.

Our 4 wheel drive club spent President's Day weekend in Moab, but, of course we couldn't go. We are hoping we can do Black Dragon Canyon in March, but probably won't do Easter Jeep Safari in April for the 1st time in years.

I have been far more miserable and less tolerant with winter this year - at least partly because I haven't been able to do much - but I am praying hard for warmer weather!! Real estate is still very slow but I think it will pick up a little with the coming of Spring. We went to Realtor Day at the Legislature this past Friday and I had a chance to talk with my Senator who I know fairly well and my Representative who I have voted for but never met. We had about 1000 Realtors there and most of the Legislature was able to attend for at least an hour or two.

Hope all is well with all of you!! Love to all - J.B.

February Blahness

Hello from Vernal. Not much to report for us out here. We have a case of the blah's as well, getting really antsy for spring and the park and golfing (for Russell, Luke and Duane.) All of our jobs are going well, for now. We get a bit nervous from time to time about the slowing of the oil field, but so far so good. Luckily for me, there will always be people that have to come to the doctor! We had a fun time at Gavin's birthday party in January, we went ice-skating and had some great cake that Molly made. We had just gotten rid of almost all our snow here, thanks to a couple days of rain, and then we got over a foot of snow in one day!! That was a mess! Luke is getting so big and cute (and sassy!) He talks all the time, this is such a fun stage watching him learn new stuff all the time. Hope everyone is doing well!

Lots of love- Meg, Russell, and Luke