03/31/16 - On 3/23, Diane and I went to the Historical Society and someone there was very kind and went into the web site and found some very interesting information regarding the Yutzy family. We even found some Yutzys serving in the civil war and one is buried in a Yutzy cemetery in Pennsylvania.  I have some things in print and will bring them to our family reunion.  It was quite interesting.  The rest of the day was quiet and relaxing.  Diane was so nice and did a load of laundry for me so I came home with a suitcase full of clean clothes!!  I had a wonderful week with both of them.

On 3/24, I left after lunch around 12:30pm but got into some traffic in Phoenix so finally got home at 4:00pm.  Traveling did go well.

3/25 - I unpacked and settled in for the day since tomorrow I will be really busy.

3/26 - My first cousin Onita and her husband Stan from Montana came  in for 5 days since it was her
spring break.  She is a 2nd grade teacher.  They arrived at my Aunt Ada's house around 5:00pm.  I had stopped off in the morning and got some groceries and made dinner for all of us when they arrived.  We spent the evening catching up with everything.

3/27 - We all went to Easter services, had a great lunch that Aunt Ada prepared.  In the afternoon, we planned games and watched some basketball in between the games.

3/28 - We took an all day trip to the east of Phoenix called the Apache Trail .  It was really a neat drive and even included some unpaved road.  We stopped off at a Goldfield Mining town and found this beautiful little church.

                                                            We could just go inside the door
                                                             Appeared they are still using it

03/31/16 - On 3/22, Diane and I went into the town of Tubac and met up with 7 others to head for Nogales, Mexico to help an Samaritan organization that feeds immigrants that were just deported and have no where else to go until they either get some money to go home or some try to get across the border again.  They feed them lunch and dinner.  The group from Tubac brings down bags of clothes, shoes and Diane brings basic medical supplies.  Diane helps the immigrants with medical questions, dispenses some vitamins or over the counter medications, cough drops, ace bandages or braces for ankles and knees.  I have a picture attached of her in action:

                                           Diane helping an immigrant-her medical supplies
                                                           behind her

03/31/16 - On 3/20, Dick, Diana and I set out in the jeep to do some off roading in the back country.  Dick determined the route which including driving up toward a mountain that had evidence of mining and has an observatory on the top.  Our drive was very interesting.  We first encounter a couple of dogs running free along the road.  Then we saw a jack rabbit.  All of a sudden we came up to some cows that were grazing along the road and walking on the road.  Some had the cutest little calves.  Of course, we had to stop and just let them cross the road or we very slowly moved along the road with them.  All of sudden, we heard a helicopter in the canyon and so figured out it was being used to do a cattle round up.  It flew so low and the cattle started crossing the road again and we sat and watched.  I never knew that modern day ranchers use helicopters to herd cattle.  It was quite interesting.  On our way out, we stopped off at some ruins that used to be a little town.  I have attached a picture:

                                           The little town

03/26/16 - I need to start blogging or I will forget everything I did in Tubac.  It was a wonderful visit with Diane and Dick Brooks.

3/17 - I left at 12:30pm for Tubac and anticipated a 2 1/2 hour drive but before I even got out of Phoenix there was an accident on I-10 so of course that was a delay.  I am not sure when I arrived but it was a good, safe trip.  We shared a glass of wine and then Diane had made corn beef and cabbage for dinner which was delicious.

3/18 - Diane's daughter Denise who lives in Tucson, came down for the day.  It was so nice to see her again because it had been quite a while.  I forgot the name of it, but there was some kind of festival with the artist around the little town of Tubac.  I wanted to get some things at a kitchen store that has a little of everything.  After my purchase, we walked around a little bit but then decided to have lunch at Wisdom's.  It was a great lunch.  We stopped off at the golf country club to see one of Diane's friends that was displaying his jewelry.  Back to the house to relax.  A friend was there to get some plants from Diane so we had a nice visit.  Denise left for Tucson and we relaxed.

3/19 - There was a Tubac Historical Society Annual picnic and since Diane is on the board, she needed to go a little earlier and help set up.  They had a barbecue.The picnic was located at what use to be the Old Amado Elementary Schoolhouse but a Blake family has bought the property and turned it into living quarters. It was quite interesting because of all the antique collections the family have acquired.  The grounds were beautiful including a rather large fountain/water fall area.

3/20 - Diane and Dick had a golfing obligation and so I stayed at home and relaxed, read the paper, had a few phone calls, lunch and in the afternoon we just relaxed which was great.

03/17/16 - I will not be blogging for the next week since I am leaving for Tucson for the week.  I will be spending time with Diane and Dick Brooks in Tubac.

3/15/16 - Today I had a follow appointment with the physician to get a copy of the sleep study and to check the blood pressure.  She increased the medication again about a week ago and today it finally was down to where it should be.  I was so happy.  Finally!!  She informed me that I definitely needed the c-pap machine and encouraged me to give it a chance because it might be able to help reduce my blood pressure so she decrease the medications and she thinks it also helps increase my energy level which would keep me more active.  It is very hard to sleep with the dumb machine but I have been sleeping with it for about 6-7 hours a night.  Let me put it this way (I have had it on face for those hours but not sure how much actual sleep I am getting).  Sunday night it appeared like I might have gotten 4 hours of solid sleep which was great.  Last night was a different story, I played games on the phone, I watched TV and I then read some in my book hoping to get myself sleepy.  I did finally get some sleep but not sure how much.

03/15/16 - On 3/11, I had an appointment with a respiratory company who delivered a c-pap machine because the report came back that I have severe obstructive sleep apnea.  This machine attachs to my nostrils and sends warm, moist air through my nose to help me sleep.  The machine is rather huge (as far as I am concerned) and the masked is horrible and has to fit really tight on your face so there are no leaks of air.  It is good that I sleep in the dark and don't have a mirror too close because when it is all attached to me it looks horrible!!  My arms are not long enough for me to take a selfie of the thing but here is a picture of it on my bedside stand:

                                          A long hose and the gray thing wraps around
                                                your face!

3/11 - I also took some sloppy joe sandwich over to Aunt Ada's and she made tomato soup and we had dinner before we went to see the Liberty Quartet.

3/12 - I was invited to a baby shower since my friend Natasha and her daughter Kierra came in from San Diego and that would be the only time I could spend a little time with them.  Natasha's sister had a premie baby girl that is still in the hospital. I have been making alot of baby afghans from yarn that was given to me so I gave one to her.

3/13 - Natasha, Kierra and  went out for breakfast before they drove back to San Diego.

3/10/16 - On 3/6, I went to church with Aunt Ada and then out for lunch.  Her friend Dorothy joined us as well.  I stayed because in the evening there was another concert.  It was really good.

3/9 - I went to Wickenburg to meet up with Judy (who use to be a neighbor in Plain City).  She and her husband Tom have been RVing for the past 23 years and they dry camp most of the time instead of camping in a RV resort like I do.  We met at a Mobil gas station since they are off a fairly rough gravel road.  They are parked 9 miles in from the main road.  They are parked along a mountain range with lots of Saguaro cactus, sand and desert but it is beautiful.  They are five miles from a river (I forgot the name) and so when we got to the RV, Judy took the ATV and Tom and I went in the jeep and headed for the river.  What an interesting ride.  The river right now is very low and we were able to just drive through it!!  We stopped off at an old homestead that is no longer occupied but they knew the individual that lived there who just passed away last summer.  Judy picked up a few items to remember him by.  We stopped off at another homestead and met the owner.  I think his name was Rusty.  Judy might have to correct me.  He was a very interesting fellow and has lived in the area for over 20 years.  He built a cover with cement and parked his trailer under neath it.  Of course talked about all kinds of wild animals included rattle snakes, deer and javelinas!!!  Talk about the wild, wild west.  Judy and Tom have a really nice place and they do all solar panels for their electricity!  They have a fire pit made out of stones and Judy built her own labyrinth up along the mountainside.
She does a lot of hiking, volunteers at a campground, is a crafter and just really keeps very busy.
Before I left, we stopped off at Denny's and had lunch.  I had such a wonderful day with both her and Tom and sure made some wonderful memories.

03/01/16 - On 2/27, I did work on getting some of the wax off the cement, off the stand and off the quilted runner.  The sun shines on that side in the afternoon so it becomes too warm to do much so I decided to finish things Monday.

2/28 - Went to church with Aunt Ada and Robyn and then we went out for Chinese food.  I then stayed at Aunt Ada's since there was a gospel concert at church at 5:00pm.  It was the Brown family from Iowa. The group included Mom, two brothers and a sister.  They also played fiddle and violins and was a great concert.

2/29 - It took quite a while to get the wax out of the quilted runner.  First I picked off as much as I could and then used a lot of paper bags and a hot iron to get as much as the wax off as possible.  Then I used really hot water and soap and wash it and now is as good as new.

3/1- This morning, I took really hot water and soap and washed down the cement on the patio to get rid of the remaining wax.  I also washed the stand and rinsed everything and now everything is back in its place and I will try to remember when I have a candle burning.  On Sunday, Aunt Ada gave me another one but it is not near as big!!

03/01/16 - 2/26, I decided to light the candle outside on a stand and sit and enjoy the warm weather when I went back into the RV to go to the bathroom and then my sister, Rachel called and we talked for quite a while.  During all that time, my huge 3 wick candle was still burning outside.  I then took a shower, got ready to go out to dinner with friends and when I got outside to leave, this is the mess that I found!!

                                                            a mountain of wax!!