Day Log 07.21.05 Thursday

Stared the morning at 6 AM, washed up and left for the Toyota dealership by 6:20, arriving sooner than thought because of no traffic, so sat in parking lot for about twenty minutes updating the computer messages from yesterday. At 7:05 the Service director took my information and I started my wait in the room to see how long an oil change and tire rotation would take. Battery on computer is about drained so am not sure I will be on line when he comes to let me know things are done. The management seemed to be in place by the worker bee’s were not around when I came to the waiting room. Someone was working as at 7:35 or 30 minutes I was paying my bill. $47 not bad for what needed to be done. Jerry did point out that they didn’t take the time to wash the windows, or dust the inside, so some improvement could be made in their service.

In the mean time a quick weather report. At 6:20 the temperature outside was 75, sky is a smoky hazy blue, and the clouds talked about on the TV last night are not in sight yet. The dry air, calm, morning would be a great time to be walking one of the paths or trails along the river if I was one to get up with the sun.

We stopped off at bookstore and picked up a couple of pounds of reading material, before going over to to visit with Jerry. We talked inside and outside until the heat of the day made it better back inside. At about 1:30 Nicole, Mariah and Bubba, two great grandchildren, arrived needing Grandma Jerry’s help so, Mary and I went up to Rainbow Garden for lunch, visited the graveyard and then came back and Jerry helped us find the candy store and my special granola mix. We returned home and about that time Cindy, Jackie, and Jack arrived so the whole gang visited until about 5:30 when we headed to Logan with a stop to pick up cherries and apricots. I am very disappointed in the fruit stands in Perry for their deceptive practice of selling seconds when you can drive down the road and see the apricot trees loaded with fruit that look almost as big as peaches, and as bright orange as the sun. We bought some anyway that will need a day or so to lose the green color and soften up some. Mary has been in the cherries already as they were red and ripe.

We went to Aunt Shirley where Aunt Dorothy, Uncle Henry, Uncle Preston were getting Uncle Preston ready to go get an cut on his arm sown up. He had been helping on a church project and a piece of Ree-Bar had gashed a whole in his right arm. The Stake President had wrapped it but Preston would not go to ER and headed home instead. Shirley got the call and fed him some ice-cream and peaches then loaded him up and off they went for about three hours. Seems he was cut deep and long needing a bunch of stitches and the tetnes shot we all love to get. While they were gone Aunt Ruby and Uncle Gordon, cousin Linda and husband Allen arrived so the party kept growing. When you get that many Maples in the same room the stories flow and history is covered. This went on until about 10:30 when it was time for all of us to clear out so Preston could think about sleep. We headed off to Ruby’s and settled into the upstairs, knowing that the same group were to meet again at 10:30 in the morning for brunch at Ruby’s house.