New Beginnings

 

We started off the month with Vince and Dawn treating us to Red Robin for Larry's birthday. Then on Sept 11 we had a party for him at the Phoenix City Grill and had a great time seeing folks we hadn't seen in quite awhile. It was extra special as our granddaughter from ID flew in for the weekend.

I was given the OK to walk in my boot so I was grateful I didn't have to have my knee walker during the party. I've since graduated to sneakers but still have to be careful as my foot swells and gets sore. I use a cane just to be on 

the safe side.

The weather has cooled some so Larry has been outside finishing up the gate opener and putting a stack on the exhaust for our furnace/water heater so it goes up and over the RV cover as well as the house. He put a fan in it to help remove the hot air as well as to cool the air down. The pipe still gets to 160° so NO TOUCHING!

Larry liked his lemon cake so well I decided to try it again only this time I modified the frosting and cut the sugar in half and doubled the cream cheese and it came out much better. At least it didn't split

in two from the weight of the frosting! I also made it two layers instead of three so there wasn't as much frosting needed.

On Sunday the 26 th we had a nice nearly all day gentle rain that gave us half an inch of rain so the yearly total is now 7.54", more than twice what we had last year. We’ve also had rain go around us on all sides since then but I don't mind as it has given us cooler temps especially at night.