TOO DARN HOT!

I went totally organic in my garden this year--well, what little garden I have, that is. Here is a picture of my tomatoes. I just need to brag. My dad used to be my garden advisor and now I just wing it, so I feel lucky when things begin to produce.

I think a couple of these are ready to be picked!

Gotta thank everyone for the phone calls and prayers. I was in PHX last Wednesday and had a brain angiogram and a spinal tap to rule out a bunch of things I don't want to think about. The spinal was not bad--the first shot hurt a bit, but I was gripping Tyler's fingers and he said I had a really strong grip! I go back on the 30th for the results and hopefully a game plan. I have to go back to work on the 5th of August and can not work in this condition! Sometimes my melon feels like there is a balloon in there ready to explode! But, of course, as all the other doctors have said so far, ANXIETY! Why do they do that? Just because you are a woman they say everything is anxiety. And just what do I have to be anxious/depressed about? Life is good, except for my head wants to split open 24/7...

106 degrees yesterday. That is insane. Our new A/C unit got a workout. No more hammock weather.

I want to congratulate all my nieces/nieces-in-law on becoming mamas this past month. I know Grandpa and Grandma DeWitt are looking down and smiling at the number of great grand kids they now have. Just wish all these cute kids could know Grandpa's gentle nature and Grandma's feistiness. I hope to see all of the new babies someday soon!

JFK

Well, we made it back from Dallas. Our Hotel was a very nice place with absolutely no amenities. There were a couple of high end restaurants, but no pool, no entertainment and the work-out room was unbearably hot. It was just a beautiful old hotel and a place to sleep. We were in down town Dallas-West End district, just a couple of blocks from Dealey Plaza where President Kennedy was assassinated. We toured the museum on the 6th floor of the book depository where Oswald shot JFK. We walked behind the "picket fence". They have two "X"s on the road showing where the shots hit the president. It was very surreal and made me very sad/mad. Todd, being the history buff could not get enough. We walked there every evening. He even bought an Oswald DVD on his lunch break from the conference he was supposed to be attending!

If you enlarge this picture you can see the "X" on the road. That is where the 4th fatal shot hit the President. That is the one they say came from the picket fence on the grassy knoll.

The picket fence on the grassy knoll, just as it was in 1963! (Minus the graffiti)

The book depository where Oswald did his shooting.

Todd's video of the plaza.