Post Yosemite 2007

We've been back home for a little over 2 weeks now and I thought I'd catch up on what's been happening at home. The Monday after we got back, I made a call to the dermatologist office as soon as they opened in the morning to let them know I was still miserable despite getting a shot of steroids earlier and I offered to see any of the doctors who had office time that day. I must have sounded desperate enough because an hour & a half later I was in their office. The doc confirmed it was a bad case of poison ivy that had gotten into my blood stream and was spreading all over. They gave me a shot of a different type of steroid, gave me a RX for a steroid cream, a booklet showing pictures of the offending plants and said kill anything in the yard with 3 leaves on it. He said be patient as the worst case he had saw lasted 5 weeks (I'm now in my 4th week, but the original spots are better and the newer ones are healing too, so most of the time I'm itch free.






Joey & Boomer and I patrolled the garden and yard looking for the offending plants with leaves of three.




Some common weeds.






LEAVES OF THREE - LET IT BE, NO - GET THE ROUND UP!


Here is a rare sight at our house - three cars in the garage. We picked up the van on the Monday after we got home and by Friday, the transmission had busted again. We have had three rebuilt ones put into it so far. Currently, this last one has made it a full week so far. Maybe three is the charm.


We also celebrated two anniversaries: Bob 25 years at ITT (they surprised him with a huge cake and also this smaller one he brought home) and our 27th wedding anniversary (Becky bought us a cake).




We celebrated Father's Day. Bob shows he can pour two beers at once. We had surf & turf for dinner (grilled rib steak & red snapper).




Last Sunday, Bob rescued this old bumblebee from the deck and our curious dogs.


And last but not least... We might get grapes this year! We've never had any get this far along before.