We have had a delightfully busy week last week. Our granddaughter Danielle came on Monday to spend the week with us. Monday evening we went letterboxing (pictures in the Picture Album). Tuesday evening after I finished with Rotary we left for Yellowstone National Park (pictures in the Picture Album) where we spent Wednesday and a bit of Thursday morning sightseeing before returning to Pocatello.

Thursday evening while Nina was at the Women’s Prison, Danielle and I went to see Swing Vote at the movie theater. We devoured a lot of popcorn and had a good time. The movie was just “OK”.

Friday was a stay pretty much home day and catch up on things needing to get done. A blog post was on my list, but time ran out before that could occur. The Beijing Olympics stunning opening ceremony blew everything else out of the way and consumed our attention. I love the Olympics and have really enjoyed the events we’ve been able to watch.

Saturday was the biannual Gillette Family get together. On odd-numbered years there’s a full-fledged reunion held in Hanna, Utah. On even-numbered years, there’s a get together for a potluck lunch and catch up conversation at a local park. This year we met in Bountiful and about twenty folks were in attendance. I picked up mother and dad at 9 a.m. We left Bountiful about 3:30 p.m. to come back home.

A week ago we had a Big Yard Sale to sell off dad’s tools. After we left Bountiful he insisted that we stop at Harbor Freight in Ogden because “he needed to replace some of the tools that had been sold.” He bought a new pressure washer and some 18v batteries for hand tools. Since then he and mother have had some “discussion” about the tools and I expect the purchases will be returned tomorrow when they come to Pocatello for dad’s eye appointment and shot in the right eye.

Then yesterday I had mistakenly thought I was scheduled to speak in the Arbon Branch. So while Nina went up to the prison, Danielle and I drove out to Arbon for their Sacrament Meeting. Turns out I’m scheduled to speak there next week, so I’ll make the trip then as well. Nina had next week written on her calendar. My Google Calendar had next week on it. But, my ancient Treo (which is now retired) had the 10th scheduled. Good thing it wasn’t the other way around and I showed up next week when I was scheduled for this week!

After I got home from Arbon and we had lunch, I spent a couple of hours getting all the calendars consolidated into one calendar and sync’d with my iPhone. Now I’ll have to find some other way to mess up my schedule!

This morning Nina is going through some of our “treasures” downstairs. I’ve been putting up pictures in the picture album and writing this blog post. There’s a trip up town to get gas so I can mow the lawn on the plan. Who knows what else will come up! This will be a “whatever gets done is done” day for me.