Thank goodness for our boys

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted last, nothing to really tell, my next blood letting isn't until this friday July 11th, with appointment being next Friday the 18th, I think I've said that several times. we had a pretty uneventful couple of weeks, until last weekend. Patty and I were both struggling with some of our issues, it would have been better for both of us if we could have tossed them both into the sky and each caught half of the other one's. We would have both been happier. Last Weekend, we left home last Thursday July 3rd. We had been planning on sealing the floor of the Parowan Garage for quite some time, but this happened to be the first weekend that all the kids had Friday off, so Patty and I went to Coral Canyon Thursday and since Bruce and Cara had to come south to pick up some supplies that evening, we met them at Iggy's for dinner and then went back to the house to visit for a while before they headed back to Parowan to get some sleep before heading out with Krystal for the weekend. I am very grateful to them for all they do for us and for opening their home up to us to rest and relax while we were up working on Friday and Saturday. Ryan, Amanda and Holden went to Richfield for a Stewart Family get together for the 4th of July, they had a great time and we were happy for all the things they got to do. We got to watch (sort of) Maggie and Zoe for the weekend since they were staying at a motel. They also arranged for some beef for us in Beaver - FYI Connie's brother is the butcher there. Anyway, Friday Patty and I went up and bought most of the materials needed to seal the concrete floor of the garage, I would say all, but when Josh and Matt came up later, they actually read the instructions on the epoxy paint kit and noticed that I had forgotten a few things that would make the job better and more complete. I also borrowed Bruce's weed-eater and stole his yard tractor - I was suppose to use dad's old riding mower, but I must not be smart enough to get it to work because it had a flat tire, that even after putting a can of fix-a-flat into it, it still wouldn't hold, so the tube inside must have been totally shredded. And the transmission must somehow trigger something to make it not work when it is uneven like that, because it would not go into gear for me except to make on run out to the street, and then it quit, then after a lot of struggling, it almost made it back to the garage. So, that is when I became a thief and stole Bruce's good old John Deere tractor mower. It worked wonderfully, but I probably owe him some new mower blades - when I confessed to them, I did offer to pay for new blades. Anyway, the steroid induced rambling continues. The boys came up late Friday afternoon and cleaned out the garage to get it ready for the next day's sealing party. Saturday the boys got up early and left the house before us to get the materials to get started on the garage floor. Patty got up and after spending more time getting ready that we thought we would headed up the hill to meet the boys. When we got there Josh and Matt had finished acid washing the floor and were just getting started painting the epoxy paint in the back, if you've neverdone it, you put in down in small squares and rectangles so you can sprinkly the colored flakes around to give it a little texture. Because they were all worried about me, my job was to sprinkle the flakes and to be honest, I did a lousy job. They did let me roll a couple of sections, but then they stole my roller and gave me the flakes bag back. I was doing a prett lousy job for about 2/3rds of garage when I made the decision to sit down on one of the paint cans for a while, when I saw they had painted enough that I better get back to my lousy application job, I stood up - I guess a little fast because as I was approaching the wall to get started with the flakes I started to wobble and tried to make it to the wall, Josh noticed I was going out and ran over to help me, He grabbed around me and helped me get to the floor without hurting myself. After that, they walked me to the truck and made me get in the air-conditioning with Patty while they finished. They didn't trust me the rest of the day. When they were about done, they sent Patty and I up to get water and drinks to take over to Bruce and Cara's house to rest for a while until the floor could dry enough to close the doors. While we were at Maverik getting the drinks and some gas, Ryan and Amanda showed up to get some ice to put in all the coolers that we had been hauling around for the beef they were bringing back. We all went down to Bruce and Cara's and Ryan loaded up the coolers and put them in the shade until it was time to leave. In the mean time, Josh and Matt came down, we had some lunch and we unloaded one of the 4 wheelers to Ryan, Amanda and Holden could go on a little ride together. Later Ryan and Josh went up to the garage to look at a couple of things. We finally got ready and went to Coral Canyon to get our stuff and clean a little before heading back to Vegas with a wrapped cow in our truck. As I said at the start, thank goodness for our boys this weekend. Not to dimish what Ryan and Amanda do for us all the time, but I would not have been able to do the garage floor without Josh and Matt putting aside their long weekend to help or rather do this for me, and I would have still been trying to finish the job later this summer without them. My next blog will probably even have some medial news in it, hopefully it will be good medical news. Until then I've got some calls to make to finish determining some decisions that I need to make before my last day of work (officially July 31st) It's hard to decide what to keep and what not to keep after having everything be taken out of my paycheck for these many years. Hope everyon had a great 4th of July weekend and got to enjoy the holiday in what ever manner works best for you. And while Patty and I both have our issues, I am so grateful to be living in this great country, even with the problems we have it is still the greatest country in the world, even though some people have forgotten many of the reasons why. I will close now before getting into any political views. Again, hopefully everyone had a great weeked and you all had a safe and fun time - what ever you were doing. May you all be blessed and happy.