What a dumb picture to have on a blog! However, it is about the only thing we could post but the purple bandage was full of good news. When you reach our age, you are supposed to have certain medical procedures every five or ten years. The nice thing is that they are free or at a greatly reduced price. This procedure was free and the reduced price would have been $100.00 total. When the procedure was finished, the doctor came in and said, "No cancerous tumors, no polyps, no diverticulitis, a clean intestine, a negative procedure. So, they took out the IV needle and sent a very groggy mother home so her extremely thoughtful husband could pamper her the rest of the day.

Well, I finally did it. I joined the 21st century with this new hearing device. Talk about radical changes. Sound was amplified with the old models but with these new ones, I can really hear much better; no, not much better but a whole lot better. One of the nice features is that I can hold a phone to my ear and there is no squealing or feedback. Only a person who wears aids would appreciate this upgrade.

Does it appear to you that Sheldon and his father-in-law are in an argument?!

July 4th always means a parade down our street. It is as typical of a hometown parade as it comes. The entries are always the same but the breakfast is nice and the family association is great. There is also mucho candy for the grandchildren. Everyone has copies of the pictures that I took and the only reason I included this one was because it had most all of the grandchildren who were present included in the picture. Of the 17 grandchildren who were there, can you tell the three who were not in the picture?

The Joseph Smith Memorial Building recently celebrated its one hundredth birthday so we went to check out the displays in the lobby and other rooms of the old Hotel Utah. It was fascinating. While we were there, we climbed to the ninth floor where they have two restaurants and an observation window. We had never been on that floor before but heard the view of the Temple was quite spectacular. Needless to say, it was!

We went to an expo at the South Towne exposition center a couple of weeks ago. It was an exposition that dealt with far east countries. There were all kinds of food available and some rather interesting displays. This one was the most fascinating. You can see the watermelon, cantaloupe and honey dew melon, along with some vegetables. It was fascinating to watch.

Patch Work charm

Annice has been having dermatology problems so when we got her new insurance which was required at age 65 she decided to have some tests performed. This is the result of the first day at the office. The second day, they read some of the patches and the third day they gave her the verdict. Basically she has to stay away from things with fragrance when it comes to items for her make-up, lotions and the such. There were about 100 patches on her back. The whole process was close to $2,000. We thought the results would be more conclusive but that is what we got.