A Day In The Life - 5/28: Round Squash and Pfat Ankles Cafe

Today, the 28th day of May, being a Friday and having taken it as a day off from work, it is a yard work day before we head out of town for the weekend. Mow the lawn, trim the edges, spray for weeds, trim the trees and try to get the front gravel in order. The lawn has finally greened up and is thick and wonderful in most aspects. It still needs airating and de-thatching but that will come. The garden is pretty sad this year. I took too long to get it started because I just couldn't give up the winter peas and lettuce that were still producing wonderfully. The only solution to that is to have two garden areas so that one can continue while the other gets planted. That would also allow all season long for the dormant garden to get prepared for the next season.
As you can see from the photo at the left, I have tried a new variety of squash. They are round Zucchini that I picked up from Harper's Nursery up on McKellips Road just west of Gilbert in north Mesa. They are delicious and tender, even when you let them grow too long and too large. They preserver better than the regular variety of Zucchini squash since these have an outer skin that is more like a pumpkin, I think.

We headed out for Farmington, New Mexico for the Memorial weekend with Dawn & Bo and Gaylen & Dena. I believe that Gaylen chose this location so that we could go and visit Chaco Canyon, an ancient tribal location that has been uncovered and was one of the largest gathering places in the area.
On our way north, near Heber, Arizona, we saw the sign for the Phat Ankle Cafe and just had to check it out, even though it was a couple of miles past the turn-off we needed to take. The food was nothing special but it is a family run business and the girls who waited on us ranged from 12 to 17 and were very friendly. And with a name like Phat Ankles, who could resist the fun of such a place.

A Day In The Life - 5/27: Graduation and Levis

I actually did TWO things today that were memorable. It was graduation for all of those seniors at Dobson high School again. One of our neighborhood friends, the Reeds, have a daughter who graduated. The past couple of years the weather has been poor and due to holding the ceremony in-doors, the number of people who could attend was restricted. So, anticipating that, we did not go. We later found out that they held it out doors anyway. Darn - it would have been so much fun to go and watch these kids celebrate their escape from Azkaban. :)

Since we could not attend, or so we thought, we went and decorated their home for Taryn with a sign and a banner.

Earlier int he day Gaye and I went out and finally bought me a couple more pairs of Levis so that I could stop trying to wear the ones with holes everywhere I went. That was cause for celebration.

A Day in the Life - 5/26: Jennie and Kyle Come to Dinner

Gaye has created another wonderful dinner. Jennie and Kyle come over about once a week to eat and have game night with us.

A Day In The Life - 5/25: Start a Daily Picture

I read something about documenting your life by doing a photo a day and that sounded interesting so I thought I would try it. I have not managed to remember to get something every day and have actually missed some big ones.

Now I need to get caught up and add to it as close to daily as possible . . . or at least weekly.

This day, 5/25 was not only Ann Mellor's birthday but the day I had to take the car back into the shop for brakes. I had the front brakes done at the beginning of the year and then had the rears done recently but the system was acting funny so I took it back in. They were great! They turned the front rotors and re-surfaced the pads at no charge! I would recommend these guys to anyone looking for an auto shop.