Life's Complications

Well, we did go on our first RV trip and Randy was sick but we kind of had a little fun. We did have to replace a tire on the trailer though because the rubber came off one of them. So Randy said we should just replace all the tires as they were all pretty bad. That makes me mad because if I had known the tires were bad I would have gotten the price down a little more on the trailer.

Randy has been a little sick with his usual IBS syndrome and his blood sugar. Today it was much better though. He has a Dr. appointment on Friday and I hope they do tests to find out why he has to suffer with these problems all the time.

I have had trouble with my stupid lan line phone from Comcast. Sometimes when people call they can't get me and it says I am not taking calls which is not true. I called Comcast and they don't know why it is happening. I am thinking of just using my cell phone and getting rid of my lan line phone altogether. I am also going to get a different internet with MSTAR using Randy's account and just get a router for the two computers.

The cats keep us busy and they are very expensive to feed and care for but they are our family. We were going to go to Bear Lake on May 8-12 but now we probably change and go to Contessa's graduation on the 21 and then on to Yellowstone Park in our trailer. Randy has never been there.

Old Times, Good Times

Last night I watched some of our old family movies. Boy how the time flies. Watching them was bitter sweet. Looking at the kids when they were little only intensifies to me how much they all look like each other. Tammy looked so much like Savannah. Marty really resembles Chevy more than I thought. Those were happy times when all the kids were so young and innocent and having so much fun doing ordinary things like going to the park, Lagoon and birthday parties. I wish I had hung on to everything more closely because now it's the past and I wish I had cherished it more. Those were happy times but sometimes hard times but never to be forgotten and I very glad we had those times.

Our Moab Trip

Unfortunately, our Moab trip was not as good as we had hoped. The weather was great but Randy got sick and couldn't even eat the whole time and the tread came off one of the trailer tires and so we had to buy a new used one. Randy had turned the fridge upt too hight so everything got frozen so it's a good thing he didn't want much to eat.We did go to Dead Horse Point and to Arches though and tried to see as much as we could. I sure hope our next trip is better. I hope we have learned some things from our try-out trip to Moab. We will be going to Bear Lake next month

Here are photos of us and of our trailer and Suburban.

Elantra Photos

These are photos my new Elantra. I like it because it saves gas.

Again after Three Years

My colitis is acting up again; after three years. So far I have it under control and hope I do not have to be hospitalized. I was planning on company on Saturday but had to cancel because of the colitis. Every time I plan something, it seems like things always get stopped for one reason or another. I hope it is under control because we are going camping next Monday to Arches National Park in our new travel trailer.

Four Years Today

My Alex passed away four years ago today. I can't believe I have been without him for so long. I am going to the cemetery today and tell him how much I miss him.

His life was just too short.

Big Changes

Well, yesterday I traded my van for an Elantra. I am getting almost $6000 back because the van was worth more than the Elantra. The Elantra is brand new. It is metallic blue. The van was too much vehicle for me. But I sure will miss that van with all it's features and comfort. And Randy bought a used Suburban to pull the travel trailer with because we just decided old Brownie wasn't really up to it. So we certainly don't need a Suburban and a van. The Elantra will get much better mileage than the van. The suburban will get bad mileage because it has a big engine but we will only use it for camping and use the Elantra for everything else. I will soon post photos of the new vehicles. The Suburban is a 2002 and was a really good price for Randy to afford. We thought of getting something newer and in diesel because even though diesel costs more, it gets better mileage when pulling a trailer. But the amount we saved by buying the Suburban was $9000 so the difference in mileage will make up for in the savings of the purchase price.

As for Brownie, she is still here. She belongs to Randy and he is probably going to sell to Marty for the amount he has paid for it so far. Brownie has new windshield wiper blades and a brand new battery. So I guess we are really crazy these days with all the things we have been doing.

News

I bought a used 1986 travel trailer. It's really nice. The people who had it kept it up and it's just like new. It's 25 ft long. Maybe it's too big for the brown truck but according to the people we bought it from, they used it with the same type of truck. Randy is an experienced camper and he used to drive much bigger trailers and 5th wheels. We bought a bunch of dishes and silverware for the trailer today from the Deseret Industries. We are have trailer brakes put on the truck today.

We are not going to drive it far. We will just use it for camping here in Utah. We decided with the price of gasoline that we won't be able to take a lot of road trips to various states so we will just go camping during the weekdays when the camping spots are not so crowded. Hopefully, Old Brownie will be ok with these short trips. If not, then we will have to put the trailer up for sale because I won't buy another truck and I sold Brownie to Randy and if another truck is needed to pull the trailer then he will have to get it.

Randy is handy around the house. He dusted everything in the house and cleaned all the light covers while I was on my cruise. I do appreciate it. Both of us have not been feeling too well lately so I do hope we will be up to speed again soon so we can enjoy the new trailer.

Alex's Birthday

Today would have been Alex's 66th birthday. I haven't even been to the grave yet. I have been so sick with the flu I guess, mostly stomach flu but sick all over and now I have given it to Randy and he is really really sick. It's such a nice day too. I hope to get to the grave soon.Spent all morning cleaning up the bathroom after myself. We were supposed to go look at a trailer in Layton but we are both too sick. I feel bad.

I miss you Alex. I wish you could see what I have done with the place since you left. I know all the kids with you a Happy Birthday too and wish you were here. Yesterday was Good Friday, that awful Friday you died even though it was a different date. I will always hate Good Firday.

Love, Rita

Death Warmed Over

I came down with something on Monday night and I haven't been so sick in a very long time. I threw up so many times that there was nothing left. I had diarrhea for three days. I thought I had the colitis. Today I am a little better. I thought maybe it was from the cruise but Beverly did not get it. My stomach has not hurt so bad as this for as long as I can remember. I have been very dizzy and weak and only able to have liquids. I think I am on the mend at least I hope so. So I will catch up on my writings when I am feeling better.

Matt's BBQ

We enjoyed a good hamburger meal at Matt's on Sunday. Matt has really fixed up his house. Randy really enjoyed Matt's dogs. The photo on the upper right is Randy with March, his cat who like to lay on him while he is watching TV.