Birthdays

Last Friday (June 8th) morning before work, I had to stop by the Dr.'s office to get another sample of blood drawn. They wanted to doubly make sure my liver enzyme levels were okay. Two months ago at my physical, the levels were a little high. I did another test last month and they were normal. They called this morning saying my results were normal again. That's good news.

Saturday (9th) was a beautiful day. I was outside all most all day working in the yard. In the morning, I went and got a pickup truck load of mulch. I trimmed all the scrubs and bushes and then put down all the mulch. I also put up one of those smaller 8ft. diameter pools. I was so sore on Sunday (and today) . Just about every muscle in my body is sore.

Sunday was my wife's 43rd birthday. It was a rainy morning, but after church we went out for lunch and then went to JCPenney's to get a birthday present (she got to pick it out of course). She wanted a bracelet to match a necklace she has and she also got some comfy house slippers. Good thing it was rainy as then I didn't have to be outside doing any work! HA! Happy birthday Darling!! You are still so beautiful!!

Also last Friday, my wife took the kids to a neighboring town to get my daughter a new bicycle at Toys 'R Us for her birthday that is coming up this Thursday (11th). It was one of those pink Barbie kind and she just loves it. Anyway, on the way home, the blower for the vent in the car went out except for the highest level and it makes a squealing noise. I took it to the shop today and they replaced a resister for getting the blower to work, but the squealing noise was due to the blower motor bearings were shot. Getting those both replaced (with labor) cost $360. Ugh. They also said the intake manifold gasket was leaking which would take $700 to fix. OUCH! I skipped that one for now. The car is 8 years old and has over 96,000 miles on it. Probably time to start looking for a new car before the repair bills come out higher than a car payment is.

Blessings!