Just 1 week to go and we are ready to travel on back to Texas, NM and AZ. We leave Timber Lake on the 15th of September and then will have about 6 weeks before we arrive in Mesa, AZ for our winter months. Sure hope that TX is a little cooler by the time we get there as they have been experiencing 3-digit heat for about 3 months now. They also have many, many wildfires going on all over the state. The whole south west and south parts of TX have not had any rain in a long, long time. Even the natural wells in Childress are drying up and every one's lawns are dying out due to water rationing. The hurricanes coming from the gulf coast just do not generate any rain that far inland.
Our address ("snail mail") is still P O Box 195, Childress, TX 79201 if you want to drop us a card or note. When we are in Childress we see our doctors and get all of checkups for eyes, dental and medical. We've been doing very well, just want to stay on top of things.
Our daughter received a very good report from her oncologist-it has been 1 year already since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. We just pray that she continues to stay healthy.
We do have good news to report about our great-niece Ashley (Dee's sister Barb's granddaughter). Ashley was in a near fatal accident just outside Boone, IA and has been hospitalized and in rehab center until this week and will be going home within a few days. She still has about another year of intensive rehab to contend with but she's doing much better than expectations
The other good news is our Texas friend's great-granddaughter, Ryanne Self age 5, underwent surgery on August 22nd to receive her new heart. She has been hospitalized since the end of May 2011 awaiting a heart transplant. So far she is doing pretty well. Say an extra prayer for both Ashley and Ryanne as neither of them are out of the woods yet.
We'll be in touch once we reach our Mesa destination.
