John has been cleaning up the back yard, loading up steel. We took 2 loads to the dump today, they have a container and will let you dump for free! Yea, it would probably have cost $100 or more for all we added to their stash! Guess they sell it. I did some raking in the back yard this morning, it's looking good, John is going to move my square foot gardens down there, he wants the upper yards to show off his art. People are coming here to look at it and he's even sold a bit. I'm not sure I like people wandering around in my yard all the time!
Our neighbors, the Swansey's, just down the street had a moving sale today, they are buying a place in Andy's area, sounds like a nice place, they're off the road a few miles and sounds like maybe lots of space. We bought a toaster oven and a cute little electric heater that looks like a fireplace complete with fire, cute!
We ate lunch outside today, it feels good to be able to eat out again! Jessie started the season for us by wanting to eat out while she was here.
Took pix of trees in bloom today, spring has rushed in! Almost overnight the trees are getting leaves and the forsythias is in bloom as are fruit trees. My forsythia is blooming and our elm is leafing out. The locust still says spring isn't here yet, so we may have massive frozen blooms around town. Our pear hasn't bloomed yet. Glad to see spring arrive!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
thursday
john cleaned ray yard
moved sculptures
ate lunch at mcd's
took jes home about 2
got pix from library at 5
moved sculptures
ate lunch at mcd's
took jes home about 2
got pix from library at 5
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
tuesday
We went back up to the falls today and met Mom and Carleen at the Midway. We had a picnic and a fun time.
Stopped at the new Rock Shop on the way home and checked it out. Pretty cool stuff!
Stopped at the new Rock Shop on the way home and checked it out. Pretty cool stuff!
Monday, March 26, 2012
monday
The wind blew hard all night long. It ripped the white tarp on the awning over the boat. I was happy that my greenhouse made it through okay. I have 3 tulips up, one has a flower bud! We checked out my plants, then took Jes to the museums. We were going to check out the rock shop, but it was closed. Checked out the new shop in the Lockhart building, and stepped into the bar to see the mural. The bar is dark and depressing. The shop is pretty rough, they are still remodeling in there. Jes and I got blizzards, kind of made me feel sick, I'm not used to that much sugar!
Sunday, March 25, 2012
sunday
Jessie and I picked 2 carrots, some peas, radishes, and a bit of lettuce from the greenhouse and tasted them. Yumm!
Then we went shopping for the stuff to make a couple of wreaths for easter I got the idea from a picture Jana posted on facebook. We had fun glueing eggs onto our wreaths, adding grass ribbon and bunnies. They turned out cute!
Jessie and John had chicken for supper and I had a pizza. Then we watched Bering Sea Gold Rush and Mythbusters.
Then we went shopping for the stuff to make a couple of wreaths for easter I got the idea from a picture Jana posted on facebook. We had fun glueing eggs onto our wreaths, adding grass ribbon and bunnies. They turned out cute!
Jessie and John had chicken for supper and I had a pizza. Then we watched Bering Sea Gold Rush and Mythbusters.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
saturday
We planned to meet Andy's fam at 20 ft falls for a picnic today, but with all the car troubles Andy is having they couldn't make it so John and I went by ourselves. John picked to go by way of Whiting Homestead and boy was it muddy! I wasn't sure we were going to make it, when it started getting muddy I remembered the time we started out this way with Jessie and had to turn back because the road became impassable with snow. We did make it this time. We didn't drive all the way in to the falls, the road looked pretty muddy, so we parked down the hill and walked. There is more water running than last year when we visited, but not as much as we have seen in the past. The water wasn't running when we passed by on Wednesday, but was when John picked Andy up on Friday, so it hasn't been running long. Enjoyed visiting the falls.
Then we went to Andy's and picked up Jessie. Andy was working on his sub, fixing the water lines. We ran to ShowLow to pick up some antifreeze for him so he could get it going. Hope it's all fixed up for a while now! We stopped at McD's for our traditional first night supper with Jes, then came home.
Then we went to Andy's and picked up Jessie. Andy was working on his sub, fixing the water lines. We ran to ShowLow to pick up some antifreeze for him so he could get it going. Hope it's all fixed up for a while now! We stopped at McD's for our traditional first night supper with Jes, then came home.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Friday
John ran over and picked up Andy this morning so he could work on his sub. In testing, he found the fuel filter was plugged and changed it out, but that didn't fix it, it still wouldn't start. So then they got the module thingie that Andy figured was the problem and changed it out. While he had the distributor off to replace the module, he got a new one of those and put it on. While they were working on that, Connie stopped by, they wanted John to replace the fuel filter on their van, it was running rough and a guy at the parts store told them it was probably plugged. Couldn't get it in the garage, so Andy ended up putting a new one on in the parking lot. Glad he was here to do that! The guys said the old one was okay and that wasn't the problem. They also had some gas cleaner they put in the tank and headed out. Eric was unavailable, so they asked if we could come get them if they broke down. Thank goodness they made it home! Andy needed to get his car running so he could get home. After he got his back together, the car started, yea!!! He hooked up to the car hauler and took it with him. He called later, he never made it home, a heater hose ruptured and he lost his antifreeze! Susan brought him water and he was able to limp on home. Bummer, seems like he's having a run of bad luck right now!!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
thursday
Woke up at 7 after not getting to bed until 4 am! I feel like I've been run over! We found blood on the pickup starting at the front passenger wheel well and going all the way back and on the trailer! John first thought it was the rabbit that ran out in the road and he thought made it back safely, but I remember them saying we drove through some elk blood by where the elk was hit, so that's probably where it came from.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
wednesday
John called the guy in SJ that we'd been thinking of having do our prints. Yikes, his prices are so high there is no room for any profit for us! His price for an 8 x 10 is double what we were charging! And he just photographs them, doesn't scan so I'm not sure how well they would blow up big. Guess we'll just have to do mail orders with Alan, his prices are so much cheaper that we can afford to do that! I decided to try photographing John's latest scratchboard myself and see how it would turn out. I printed it out, but it's hard to tell, my printers are so much lower in quality than Alan's.
We went to the dump and shopping this morning. It's still cold out,
Andy called he is broke down in the valley, we are going to get him and bring the car home. We drove to Concho and met Brian, following him way the heck out in the boonies to get his trailer, drove back to Concho and on our way to Mesa. Picked up Jessie, had trouble with the lights and brakes on the trailer, Brian sprayed WD 40 on the plug to "clean" it before we left because it was having trouble connecting to the truck. We stopped and tried everything to get the lights to work, but nothing would work, put on the extra light harness John brought along, but it didn't want to work right either, I think the WD 40 got in our plug too. Went on with only the tail lights on the trailer working and hoping no one would rear end us! Stopped in Globe to gas up and got sandwiches at the gas station so we wouldn't have to stop again, they were yucky! Made it to Mesa, took a wrong turn off the freeway, finally made it to where the sub was parked, met Andy, Jennifer, Cindy and Hailey there, took an hour or so to winch the car up on the trailer, I was afraid John was going to have a heart attack from all the exertion! Went to the college where Brandon and Brittany were just getting out of class, visited for a bit and headed for home. Stopped for gas in Showlow, dropped Andy and Jessie off at the bus stop,where Susan picked them up, and made a slow trip home through elk country. We did see several groups of animals on the way home, both before we left Andy and Jessie and after. The guys saw where someone had hit an animal, the animal was still laying in the road and they said we drove through it's blood! But they were all off the side of the road and we made it safely home about 4 am, exhaused and sore from the long trip.
We went to the dump and shopping this morning. It's still cold out,
Andy called he is broke down in the valley, we are going to get him and bring the car home. We drove to Concho and met Brian, following him way the heck out in the boonies to get his trailer, drove back to Concho and on our way to Mesa. Picked up Jessie, had trouble with the lights and brakes on the trailer, Brian sprayed WD 40 on the plug to "clean" it before we left because it was having trouble connecting to the truck. We stopped and tried everything to get the lights to work, but nothing would work, put on the extra light harness John brought along, but it didn't want to work right either, I think the WD 40 got in our plug too. Went on with only the tail lights on the trailer working and hoping no one would rear end us! Stopped in Globe to gas up and got sandwiches at the gas station so we wouldn't have to stop again, they were yucky! Made it to Mesa, took a wrong turn off the freeway, finally made it to where the sub was parked, met Andy, Jennifer, Cindy and Hailey there, took an hour or so to winch the car up on the trailer, I was afraid John was going to have a heart attack from all the exertion! Went to the college where Brandon and Brittany were just getting out of class, visited for a bit and headed for home. Stopped for gas in Showlow, dropped Andy and Jessie off at the bus stop,where Susan picked them up, and made a slow trip home through elk country. We did see several groups of animals on the way home, both before we left Andy and Jessie and after. The guys saw where someone had hit an animal, the animal was still laying in the road and they said we drove through it's blood! But they were all off the side of the road and we made it safely home about 4 am, exhaused and sore from the long trip.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
tuesday
Still cold, we saw a bit of snow in the air this morning. I ventured out to the greenhouse and pulled weeds, boy can they speed up and grow when you're not looking! Pulled a couple that were in with the peas that were getting pretty tall.
John took the entertainment center out of his studio and put up a pro panel and hung pictures. He ordered a museum type hanging thingie like they have at the library and old school to put on the wall. He's getting pretty fancy!
He had a meeting with Phelps and Paul tonight about the lighting for the outdoors at the old school. I think they are going to start working on that soon.
John took the entertainment center out of his studio and put up a pro panel and hung pictures. He ordered a museum type hanging thingie like they have at the library and old school to put on the wall. He's getting pretty fancy!
He had a meeting with Phelps and Paul tonight about the lighting for the outdoors at the old school. I think they are going to start working on that soon.
monday
More snow today. We thought maybe it was going to clear up, but it didn't and we got fluries off and on. Not much sticking and it mostly melted. Read on facebook that Nikki and Tristan had snow where they are! Tucson and Thatcher, wow!
John had a dentist appointment to get a filling in his tooth. I'm still having pain, he said if it keeps hurting I may have a crack in the tooth, bummer!
Returned books to the library this afternoon.
Haven't ventured to the greenhouse today or yesterday, didn't want to open the door and let the heat out. Hope all is okay in there!
Had a horrible day, everything seemed to go wrong! John wanted more business cards and bios printed out, simple right Wrong, the cards didn't want to print so I thought I'd just change the printer. The desktop didn't have a driver for the other printer, so thought I'd just do them from John's puter. It didn't have the program for the card to show up. Spent a frustrating time trying to find the program to download. Finally chatted with someone on the Avery site that gave me a link, downloaded it and installed on John's puter. Then his puter didn't want to print right, the right fonts weren't installed and so it just changed the fonts and printed. Not the way John wanted them. Finally found the fonts on the puter, had to copy the entire font folder, it wouldn't let me copy just one font. Then I found that it didn't keep the names so I had to open a billion fonts to finally find the one I wanted, and got it installed. And that was just the cards! Searched and found the bios, tryed printing out 10 pages with much frustration, the print command didn't work, turned off the printed and rebooted the puter. The printer spit out some more cards, apparently it ran out of paper before it was done and forgot to let me know. Then, I printed out 10 of the bio front pages. Turned the papers over and tried to print the back page on them. Printer doesn't print, then after much trying it printed out one facing the wrong way, I'd rotated it before I sent it to the printer, so tried again, same thing! Flattened the file, saved it and opened in PSE. Printer doesn't want to print again, but finally, I got it done. Took me the whole day and I am thinking I want to run away from home, LOL! Calgon, where are you when I need you!
John had a dentist appointment to get a filling in his tooth. I'm still having pain, he said if it keeps hurting I may have a crack in the tooth, bummer!
Returned books to the library this afternoon.
Haven't ventured to the greenhouse today or yesterday, didn't want to open the door and let the heat out. Hope all is okay in there!
Had a horrible day, everything seemed to go wrong! John wanted more business cards and bios printed out, simple right Wrong, the cards didn't want to print so I thought I'd just change the printer. The desktop didn't have a driver for the other printer, so thought I'd just do them from John's puter. It didn't have the program for the card to show up. Spent a frustrating time trying to find the program to download. Finally chatted with someone on the Avery site that gave me a link, downloaded it and installed on John's puter. Then his puter didn't want to print right, the right fonts weren't installed and so it just changed the fonts and printed. Not the way John wanted them. Finally found the fonts on the puter, had to copy the entire font folder, it wouldn't let me copy just one font. Then I found that it didn't keep the names so I had to open a billion fonts to finally find the one I wanted, and got it installed. And that was just the cards! Searched and found the bios, tryed printing out 10 pages with much frustration, the print command didn't work, turned off the printed and rebooted the puter. The printer spit out some more cards, apparently it ran out of paper before it was done and forgot to let me know. Then, I printed out 10 of the bio front pages. Turned the papers over and tried to print the back page on them. Printer doesn't print, then after much trying it printed out one facing the wrong way, I'd rotated it before I sent it to the printer, so tried again, same thing! Flattened the file, saved it and opened in PSE. Printer doesn't want to print again, but finally, I got it done. Took me the whole day and I am thinking I want to run away from home, LOL! Calgon, where are you when I need you!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
sunday
Woke up to the wind, John called me about 6 am to tell me he saw snow in the air while walking to the studio. It didn't last long, by the time I got to the door to check, it was over.
Here's what the newspaper is saying:
Winter Storm Warning
A winter storm warning is now in effect from 6 am Sunday to 6 am mst Monday.
* Snow accumulations: storm accumulations by Monday morning will range from 15 to 22 inches above 7000 feet, 10 To 18 inches from 6000 to 7000 feet and 4 to 8 inches from 5000 to 6000 feet. Amounts north of the higher terrain will be slightly less in each category.
* Snow levels: around 7000 feet Sunday morning, dropping to near 4000 feet by Sunday evening.
* Other impacts: southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts are likely through much of this storm. This will create areas of significant blowing and drifting snow as well as very low visibilities.
Precautionary/preparedness actions: a winter storm warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring due to significant amounts of snow and strong winds producing limited visibilities.
Driving will be extremely dangerous during this storm. If possible, postpone traveling in the warning area until this storm passes.
Here's what the newspaper is saying:
Winter Storm Warning
A winter storm warning is now in effect from 6 am Sunday to 6 am mst Monday.
* Timing: expect snow showers early Sunday to become steady snowfall after
sunrise Sunday. Snow will then be heavy at times through the day Sunday,
becoming showery again Sunday night into Monday.
* Snow accumulations: storm accumulations by Monday morning will range from 15 to 22 inches above 7000 feet, 10 To 18 inches from 6000 to 7000 feet and 4 to 8 inches from 5000 to 6000 feet. Amounts north of the higher terrain will be slightly less in each category.
* Snow levels: around 7000 feet Sunday morning, dropping to near 4000 feet by Sunday evening.
* Other impacts: southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts are likely through much of this storm. This will create areas of significant blowing and drifting snow as well as very low visibilities.
Precautionary/preparedness actions: a winter storm warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring due to significant amounts of snow and strong winds producing limited visibilities.
Driving will be extremely dangerous during this storm. If possible, postpone traveling in the warning area until this storm passes.
For the latest road conditions and closures call the
ADOT Freeway Management System at 1-888-411-7623 or visit their website at www.Az511.com.
Humm, that's way more snow than the National Weather Service says is coming.
Today: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 37. South southwest wind between 18 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight: Snow showers. Low around 18. South southwest wind between 13 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. |
Saturday, March 17, 2012
saturday
It's windy today! We checked the weather and it looks like more winter is coming! Hey groundhog, your six more weeks of winter are up! It's time for spring! No more snow!!
I spotted two pea pods today! The plants are blooming like crazy and I have been wondering if they needed bees to pollinate, but I guess not! Maybe the breeze that comes in through the vents is enough or maybe they don't need anything to produce!
We took the bed apart again and put the metal base under it. Just like John thought, it's too high with the wheels under it. I sure wish they'd gotten my order right and brought me the skinny foundation! The only reason I got the foundation and didn't keep the one we had was because he told me he'd get me the skinny ones. Guess I should have told them to take them back and bring the right ones, but it was late, they showed up after dark, and the old bed was taken out of the house already and I was tired. I should have called the next day and told them I wanted them to get the narrow ones!
On the way to Bashas I saw a Forsythia bush in bloom!
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 11 to 14 mph increasing to between 25 and 28 mph. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Snow level 8700 feet lowering to 7600 feet. Increasing clouds, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 20 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Sunday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 36. Breezy, with a south wind between 15 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Sunday Night: Snow showers. Low around 22. Southwest wind between 9 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Monday: Snow showers. High near 34. West southwest wind between 8 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Monday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
I spotted two pea pods today! The plants are blooming like crazy and I have been wondering if they needed bees to pollinate, but I guess not! Maybe the breeze that comes in through the vents is enough or maybe they don't need anything to produce!
We took the bed apart again and put the metal base under it. Just like John thought, it's too high with the wheels under it. I sure wish they'd gotten my order right and brought me the skinny foundation! The only reason I got the foundation and didn't keep the one we had was because he told me he'd get me the skinny ones. Guess I should have told them to take them back and bring the right ones, but it was late, they showed up after dark, and the old bed was taken out of the house already and I was tired. I should have called the next day and told them I wanted them to get the narrow ones!
On the way to Bashas I saw a Forsythia bush in bloom!
Brush fire near airport closes U.S. 60
Posted: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:23 pm
Updated 03/17/2012, 4:25 p.m. - A brush fire is burning near Forest Energy
off of U.S. 60 near the Show Low airport. Highway 60 is closed at east and west
at Highway 77 and at Bourdon Ranch Road.
A large pile of wood debris is burning at the pellet plant Forest Energy, on the east side of Show Low. Linden, Taylor, Show Low and Navajo county officials are on scene. There is no evacuation of any White Mountain communities at this time. U.S. 60 has been closed east and west bound at Highway 77 and at Bourdon Ranch road. Officials are working to contain the fire to the south side of U.S. 60 at this time.
From facebook:
A large pile of wood debris is burning at the pellet plant Forest Energy, on the east side of Show Low. Linden, Taylor, Show Low and Navajo county officials are on scene. There is no evacuation of any White Mountain communities at this time. U.S. 60 has been closed east and west bound at Highway 77 and at Bourdon Ranch road. Officials are working to contain the fire to the south side of U.S. 60 at this time.
From facebook:
Brush pile at Forest Energy burns; forces closure of U.S. 60
Brush pile at Forest Energy burning; forces closure of U.S. 60
Photo by Karen Warnick - The Independent
Posted: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:23 pm |
Updated: 12:43 am, Sun
Mar 18, 2012.
UPDATE: 12:00 a.m., 12/18/2012
SHOW LOW – Fire and Police officials are advising people that the fire at Forest Energy is likely to produce a lot of smoke throughout the night.
“There is a large amount of logs, mulch and vegetation burning at Forest Energy,” Show Low Police Commander Brad Provost said. “The fire is expected to burn throughout the night and produce large amounts of smoke.”
Provost said that as far as he knows air traffic at the Show Low Regional Airport has not been affected. Show Low Fire Captain Brent Mix said there have been no injuries. Provost advises motorists that US 60 is closed between SR 77 and Bourden Ranch Road until further notice and that the Show Low Police Department,
Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Department of Transportation are providing security and traffic control.
He said a call came in to the department at about 3:38 this afternoon (March 17) about a tree fire near Forest Energy in the vicinity of 40th Street and US 60. Provost said firefighters from the Show Low Fire Department arrived within three minutes of the call at which time they were confronted with a large brush fire.
“As of 6 p.m. there are 50 firefighters working this fire. Assisting Show Low Fire Department are Lakeside, Pinetop, Snowflake, Taylor, Linden, White Mountain Lake and Vernon Fire Departments. State and Forest Service resources are being used as well. The actual size of the fire is currently unknown,” Provost said in a press release.
He said the fire jumped the highway earlier today due to high winds but four crews and a blade have contained the fire on the north side of US 60 and that as of 6 p.m. there were no evacuations ordered.
Weather report on our upcoming storm:
According to ADOT's az511.gov U.S. 60 has been reopened to allow traffic
both east and westbound.
UPDATE: 9:00 p.m., 12/17/2012SHOW LOW – Fire and Police officials are advising people that the fire at Forest Energy is likely to produce a lot of smoke throughout the night.
“There is a large amount of logs, mulch and vegetation burning at Forest Energy,” Show Low Police Commander Brad Provost said. “The fire is expected to burn throughout the night and produce large amounts of smoke.”
Provost said that as far as he knows air traffic at the Show Low Regional Airport has not been affected. Show Low Fire Captain Brent Mix said there have been no injuries. Provost advises motorists that US 60 is closed between SR 77 and Bourden Ranch Road until further notice and that the Show Low Police Department,
Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Department of Transportation are providing security and traffic control.
He said a call came in to the department at about 3:38 this afternoon (March 17) about a tree fire near Forest Energy in the vicinity of 40th Street and US 60. Provost said firefighters from the Show Low Fire Department arrived within three minutes of the call at which time they were confronted with a large brush fire.
“As of 6 p.m. there are 50 firefighters working this fire. Assisting Show Low Fire Department are Lakeside, Pinetop, Snowflake, Taylor, Linden, White Mountain Lake and Vernon Fire Departments. State and Forest Service resources are being used as well. The actual size of the fire is currently unknown,” Provost said in a press release.
He said the fire jumped the highway earlier today due to high winds but four crews and a blade have contained the fire on the north side of US 60 and that as of 6 p.m. there were no evacuations ordered.
Weather report on our upcoming storm:
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 11 to 14 mph increasing to between 25 and 28 mph. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Snow level 8700 feet lowering to 7600 feet. Increasing clouds, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 20 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Sunday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 36. Breezy, with a south wind between 15 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Sunday Night: Snow showers. Low around 22. Southwest wind between 9 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Monday: Snow showers. High near 34. West southwest wind between 8 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Monday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Wallow Fire defendents to accept plea agreements
Posted: Friday, March 16, 2012 5:00 am | Updated: 2:08 pm, Fri Mar 16, 2012.
Two cousins accused of starting the largest wildfire in Arizona's history
will reportedly accept plea agreements.
Caleb Joshua Malboeuf, 26, and David Wayne Malboeuf, 24, are scheduled for a change of plea hearing March 27 in a Flagstaff federal magistrate court. The two were initially set for a trial on March 26, to be tried on five counts each including failing to control a fire and causing a fire on federal lands.
The details of the plea agreement have not been released.
Caleb Joshua Malboeuf, 26, and David Wayne Malboeuf, 24, are scheduled for a change of plea hearing March 27 in a Flagstaff federal magistrate court. The two were initially set for a trial on March 26, to be tried on five counts each including failing to control a fire and causing a fire on federal lands.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Oh What A Beautiful Morning!
3 1/2 weeks on our new mattress and I woke up about 2 am in a lot of pain, I try to sleep on my sides because my sleep apnea is worse on my back. For a long time I've had to sleep mostly on my right side because it hurts too bad to sleep on the left. Lately, both sides have been painful and I toss back and forth between them. This morning my right side was shooting pain down my leg. I couldn't get back to sleep and finally got up. Don't know why this bed would be doing that, but I never had the right side hurting before this bed.
It was a beautiful morning! We walked 2 miles and for the first time this year I walked without my Mickey jacket or a scarf! I think I can leave off the leg warmers now, too. Yipee!
The wind started blowing in the afternoon and the weather reports say it's going to cool down again and we'll get snow on Sunday! Bummer! Maybe I'd better not put away those leg warmers and jackets yet!
It was a beautiful morning! We walked 2 miles and for the first time this year I walked without my Mickey jacket or a scarf! I think I can leave off the leg warmers now, too. Yipee!
The wind started blowing in the afternoon and the weather reports say it's going to cool down again and we'll get snow on Sunday! Bummer! Maybe I'd better not put away those leg warmers and jackets yet!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Sickish
I woke up this morning feeling congested and sickish. I started sneezing yesterday and my nose ran all afternoon and it's doing the same today. I took vitamin C and echinacea, hopefully it will help. We didn't walk this morning, I didn't feel good enough to walk.
It was 90 in my greenhouse today! I opened the upper door, and checked back later and it was still 90! Wow, I may be needing the shade cloth sooner than expected.
Sandy and Gary had a run in with a deer just outside Kanab on their way to Taylin's birthday party!
It was 90 in my greenhouse today! I opened the upper door, and checked back later and it was still 90! Wow, I may be needing the shade cloth sooner than expected.
Sandy and Gary had a run in with a deer just outside Kanab on their way to Taylin's birthday party!
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| Their poor vehicle! |
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
A Birthday Visit
John and I walked our 2 miles this morning, after lunch we went to Snowflake to visit Uncle Harvey and Aunt Virginia. Uncle Harvey is going to be 96 years old on Friday! We had a good visit, he told me a story about one time when he and Aunt Virginia went fishing with Mom and Dad. He said they left me alone with them while Mom and Dad went up the stream looking for a better fishing spot. Uncle Harvey said there I was left with 2 people who were almost complete strangers and I was walking around saying "I need you, where are you, come back to me." I wonder how old I was?
I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I got home, my CD from the Mountain Saddle Band was in the mailbox!! I've been listening to it this evening. Some of the songs I heard last summer live when we were at events they were playing at. So far, I'm liking it.
I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I got home, my CD from the Mountain Saddle Band was in the mailbox!! I've been listening to it this evening. Some of the songs I heard last summer live when we were at events they were playing at. So far, I'm liking it.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Yard Tour
Harv, Roy, Beva and kids came up today to see the bear and the yard. The kids all loved the sculptures and all had to get their pictures taken with them. It was fun seeing their excitement!
Monday, March 12, 2012
It's Here!! Maybe.
I think spring is here today! It was calm and warm enough that we got a short walk in. We turned around at the corrals, didn't want to push it, then when we were almost back to the highway, I remembered I wanted to check out Nutrioso Creek and see if it's flowing as high here as it was yesterday down lower on the creek. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.
This evening we attended a party at Wilhelm's for Harv, Roy, Beva and their kids, Audrey, Derrick and Erin. Had a fun evening. They're on a short trip down from Utah.
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| Where did the horses go? The corral is empty and the horse trailer is gone. |
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| Lovin' the pea blooms. |
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| Nice day! 65.7 at 3 pm. |
This evening we attended a party at Wilhelm's for Harv, Roy, Beva and their kids, Audrey, Derrick and Erin. Had a fun evening. They're on a short trip down from Utah.
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| Grandma, Julie, Erin, Connie, Shirley, John Roy and Harv |
Sunday, March 11, 2012
They're White!
I've been wondering when my peas were going to bloom and have been on the lookout for purple flowers because that's what color they usually are. I walked right past some blooms today before seeing WHITE flowers on my way back past them! I guess I got a different variety this year. It's official, my peas are in bloom! I wonder how they are going to pollinate? Guess I need to do some research and see if I need to help them along.
I went with John to return the left over pipe that a friend had furnished him for his log twig. His lay down yard is out on the road to Casa, I had forgotten he owned that property, long ago Casa borrowed it from him to use as a campground for Pecos. Funny the memories of those days that are coming back to me. We saw a bunny on our way back to the pickup, he froze allowing me to get several photos. Guess he thought he was invisible. I walked down to check out Nutrioso Creek, which runs across the road, and it's running a lot more water than we have been seeing on our walks. I wonder if it's running higher there now, or if it's getting water from somewhere else? Have to check that out on our next walk.
I spent most of the day adding photos to my blog, it takes so long to upload a photo, it gets exhausting!!
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| The peas are in bloom! |
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| John is working on the log for the bear. |
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| He's also working on his boat. |
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| Studying the plan. |
I went with John to return the left over pipe that a friend had furnished him for his log twig. His lay down yard is out on the road to Casa, I had forgotten he owned that property, long ago Casa borrowed it from him to use as a campground for Pecos. Funny the memories of those days that are coming back to me. We saw a bunny on our way back to the pickup, he froze allowing me to get several photos. Guess he thought he was invisible. I walked down to check out Nutrioso Creek, which runs across the road, and it's running a lot more water than we have been seeing on our walks. I wonder if it's running higher there now, or if it's getting water from somewhere else? Have to check that out on our next walk.
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| Looking towards Escudilla |
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| The frozen bunny thinks we can't see him. |
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| Nutrioso Creek is running. |
I spent most of the day adding photos to my blog, it takes so long to upload a photo, it gets exhausting!!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
It's Fixed! We Hope!
John's car has had a strange problem for a while now. When it's really hot and the car is closed up, it won't start. It happened to him at work one time and he had to hitch a ride home, then it happened here at home recently. He researched it online and found some answers and took it up to LeSueur's to have them find the part that needs replacing. They had it a couple days and then called to say they couldn't make it have the problem! What! That's NOT what John asked them to do, he asked them to find the part under the dash, get the number off it and replace it. So we brought the car home for the weekend, we needed it. John did more research and found exact instructions to find the part and Andy helped him find it and read off the part number. He ordered the part and got it and today we drove over to Andy's and he replaced it for us. John couldn't wad up small enough to get under the dash. Sorry LeSueur's, you lost out! And we probably saved a bundle of money!
I visited with the kids and Susan while the guys were changing the part. Got some pictures of Jessie and Pupsy playing. She has Pupsy trained pretty well, She won't let her bug people, she tells her to go lie down and Puspy does it!
We went to ShowLow to shop after we left Andy and ate lunch at Arby's, I tried the Turkey Corned Beef Reuben sandwich, I saw an ad on TV for it and was curious. It was good, I think this is the first time I've had a Reuben.
We stopped at KMart first to get DVD's, WalMart told me that Sony doesn't make DVD's anymore last time I asked for them there. Funny how they make them for KMart! Found out today that WalMart doesn't have Benefiber anymore either. Seems "it's getting too hard to find". KMart had it, I didn't get it there because I like to get the big container and they didn't have it. Seems like WalMart has fewer and fewer things I want. I did find some onion plants.
Gold Rush Friday, we watched the new episode, I thought it was funny that Parker and Christo talked about having a "man crush" on Tony Deets again. John looked it up to see what a man crush is, it is when you admire someone and wish you were like them or want to be them. Too funny!
Also watched Bearing Sea Gold, there are a few people on this one that we really dislike! Wonder if they will bring it back next year? Not sure I'd watch it if they do. Seems like these guys get way more gold than the Hoffmans!
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| The road was covered with birds that flew away when cars approached. |
I visited with the kids and Susan while the guys were changing the part. Got some pictures of Jessie and Pupsy playing. She has Pupsy trained pretty well, She won't let her bug people, she tells her to go lie down and Puspy does it!
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| Playing catch with Pupsy. |
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| It looks like Pupsy is balancing the ball on her nose! |
We went to ShowLow to shop after we left Andy and ate lunch at Arby's, I tried the Turkey Corned Beef Reuben sandwich, I saw an ad on TV for it and was curious. It was good, I think this is the first time I've had a Reuben.
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| Our lunch. |
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| My Reuben Sandwich |
We stopped at KMart first to get DVD's, WalMart told me that Sony doesn't make DVD's anymore last time I asked for them there. Funny how they make them for KMart! Found out today that WalMart doesn't have Benefiber anymore either. Seems "it's getting too hard to find". KMart had it, I didn't get it there because I like to get the big container and they didn't have it. Seems like WalMart has fewer and fewer things I want. I did find some onion plants.
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| Yipee, I found onion plants today! |
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| The onions are planted. Wow, there were a lot of them! |
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| I love walking in here and seeing all the plants growing! |
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| Picked some lettuce, a radish and a carrot. |
Gold Rush Friday, we watched the new episode, I thought it was funny that Parker and Christo talked about having a "man crush" on Tony Deets again. John looked it up to see what a man crush is, it is when you admire someone and wish you were like them or want to be them. Too funny!
Also watched Bearing Sea Gold, there are a few people on this one that we really dislike! Wonder if they will bring it back next year? Not sure I'd watch it if they do. Seems like these guys get way more gold than the Hoffmans!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Killing Lincoln
I've been reading a book about the assassination of President Lincoln. I find myself so engrossed in it that I keep thinking, don't go to the theater tonight, as though I could change the outcome, LOL! It's an interesting book, I don't remember hearing about all the conspirators and the other assassinations planned for that night when I was in school.
It was cold and breezy again today. So tired of cold weather! John braved the cold and went on a tour of Casa Malpais this morning to take some photos for his scratchboard project. He said it was freezing up there!
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| Casa Malpais |
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| John is working on the keel of his sailboat. |
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| My greenhouse. |
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| We read on facebook today that a solar flare was causing metal brooms to stand by themselves so we had to try it. Ours did stand up, but being the skeptics we are, we weren't through with the experiment yet, LOL. |
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| Next we tried standing the metal handle up without the bristles, it fell down. Humm, if they were right it seems that it should have stood by itself! |
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| Then we removed the metal handle and put in a wooden handle, no metal on it now and guess what, it still stood up! John tried it with a metal handled broom in his shop, the bristles were worn and that broom didn't stand up! Conclusion, the bristles are holding the brooms up and they would stand up any day of the year, the solar flare has nothing to do with it! |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Smells Like Rain, But It's White!
I went outside early this morning to take a photo of it snowing and it smelled like rain! I don't remember ever snow smelling like rain.
We had appointments this morning to get our teeth cleaned. Dr Tenney said I'm good for now, a couple problems that might pop up and need care to watch. John has a cavity needing filled, so he made an appointment to get that done later. It was still snowing lightly when we left, but most of the snow that was on the ground when we left home this morning had melted. So cold outside!! I remembered while sitting in the chair getting my teeth cleaned that I didn't take my premeds! Yikes! I didn't say anything to them, just waited and took them when we got home.
Mom called me this afternoon to let me know that Stewart was just evacuated to the valley, with bad burns. Robbie found him, she went to take groceries and he didn't answer her knock, so she went inside and he was on the bed with burned hands. She called 911 and they transported him to the airport where he was flown out. They said his throat was also burned. There was a burned chair in the room, they aren't sure what happened or when it happened. Robbie said her dog goes down and sleeps in his trailer at night and Stewart lets the dog out in the morning. The dog was still inside and when she opened the door so it sounds like it must have happened last night or early this morning. They aren't sure he is going to make it, so the burns must be bad.
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| 6 am and it's snowing. |
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| Still snowing at 8 am |
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| Burr. . . |
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| The greenhouse |
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| The temperature inside the greenhouse at 9 am. |
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| The temperature outside at 9 am. |
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| The mesclun is up. |
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| John is making a new base for the little bear, he'll be standing on a log. |
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| He has also started on a new sailboat. |
We had appointments this morning to get our teeth cleaned. Dr Tenney said I'm good for now, a couple problems that might pop up and need care to watch. John has a cavity needing filled, so he made an appointment to get that done later. It was still snowing lightly when we left, but most of the snow that was on the ground when we left home this morning had melted. So cold outside!! I remembered while sitting in the chair getting my teeth cleaned that I didn't take my premeds! Yikes! I didn't say anything to them, just waited and took them when we got home.
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| Dr. Tenney's sign |
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| My teeth, kind of freaky looking! |
Mom called me this afternoon to let me know that Stewart was just evacuated to the valley, with bad burns. Robbie found him, she went to take groceries and he didn't answer her knock, so she went inside and he was on the bed with burned hands. She called 911 and they transported him to the airport where he was flown out. They said his throat was also burned. There was a burned chair in the room, they aren't sure what happened or when it happened. Robbie said her dog goes down and sleeps in his trailer at night and Stewart lets the dog out in the morning. The dog was still inside and when she opened the door so it sounds like it must have happened last night or early this morning. They aren't sure he is going to make it, so the burns must be bad.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Wind
WINDY DAY!
We went back down to the museum this morning to see if Greg had found the picture of Casa Malpais Pueblo for John. The informational video has a drawing of what the pueblo may have looked like and John is going to do a scratchboard of it. It's hard to make out what they show as one, two and three stories high, I guess John will have to interpret it like he thinks it would have looked. I'm sure that's what they've done in the video anyway, because when we excavated, we didn't keep the rocks removed to measure how high the pueblo would have been, so no way of telling for sure.
I finally made it to the drug with a couple of photos to print. I've been wanting to try out their prints and see if they are better than what I print. They were just a bit better, and I think it would be cheaper than buying the ink and paper myself.
We got the check today for the pueblo scratchboard John sold at the Chamber. Yipee! Hope they can sell more for him! We're thinking about not renewing at the Casbah next year, our lease runs out in April, and they are talking about raising the rent $20 a month! The store is getting so cluttered and junky looking, and they keep putting stuff in front of our display, hiding it a bit. We feel like they're crowding us out! And we're only selling $10 prints now, not even getting our monthly rent back in sales. I think it's time to leave!
We went back down to the museum this morning to see if Greg had found the picture of Casa Malpais Pueblo for John. The informational video has a drawing of what the pueblo may have looked like and John is going to do a scratchboard of it. It's hard to make out what they show as one, two and three stories high, I guess John will have to interpret it like he thinks it would have looked. I'm sure that's what they've done in the video anyway, because when we excavated, we didn't keep the rocks removed to measure how high the pueblo would have been, so no way of telling for sure.
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| The pueblo drawing that's in the video, it was hard to see! |
I finally made it to the drug with a couple of photos to print. I've been wanting to try out their prints and see if they are better than what I print. They were just a bit better, and I think it would be cheaper than buying the ink and paper myself.
We got the check today for the pueblo scratchboard John sold at the Chamber. Yipee! Hope they can sell more for him! We're thinking about not renewing at the Casbah next year, our lease runs out in April, and they are talking about raising the rent $20 a month! The store is getting so cluttered and junky looking, and they keep putting stuff in front of our display, hiding it a bit. We feel like they're crowding us out! And we're only selling $10 prints now, not even getting our monthly rent back in sales. I think it's time to leave!
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| Love when the light makes the sky dark like this. |
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Groundhog Was Right!
Winter is hanging in there, it was cold and breezy again today. Guess the groundhog was right when he said there was going to be 6 more weeks of winter. But, his six weeks are almost over! Too cold to walk outside, so I did a bit of time on the treadmill. I also played the piano for a while today.
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| Sunrise |
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| My Breakfast |
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| My cucumbers are growing. |
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| So are my tomatoes! |
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| The beans have tendrils. |
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| My greenhouse. |
I felt kind of sick all day, I must have eaten something yesterday that didn't agree with me, I've felt sick to my stomach.
We did some grocery shopping this afternoon and went to the Casa museum to see if Greg had found the picture of what the pueblo may have looked like, but he was gone for the day.
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| Display case at the Casa Malpais museum, |
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