We are still working on the last part of our move. It’s the little things that take the most time. The cleanup of the town house is moving right along. Because we are still sleeping there, it’s hard to figure out what to take to mom’s and what we may still use. I am taking a few more kitchen items my retired chef can’t live without, but mostly just our stuff from the bedroom.
We owe my son and his family - big time!  Steve, Cami, Jacob and Donovan came from Oregon last weekend to help Lee and I.  We still needed the kitchen packed up and all our stuff moved into storage.  There was no way Lee, his buddy, Ben and I could have done all that without my son helping.
While the guys went to our storage unit, Cami and I packed the kitchen. The boys got warm, so we took a break and let them play in the sprinklers. Of course, we all got wet. My grandsons were very helpful, but mostly they played and helped the sprinklers water the yard.
I volunteered at the Toppenish Rodeo, it was hot but also fun to see and visit everyone. My baby sister took the whole week off work and took some vacation time to help and get work done. I was way too tired to help her but Super sister Nancy needs big kudos for all the work she did.  My hat is off to her. The Toppenish rodeo event went very well.
I am looking very forward to getting totally moved out to mom’s and getting rested up and playing in the yard.  Mom has done a great job.  It’s a large yard with flowers and plants all over. It is going be fun to help her keep it up.  There are plants she wants to get rid of and others that need to be dug up, divided and replanted.  It seems like a lot of work, but it’s fun when you do it with someone you love. Years ago when we lived on the Satus, my baby sister made me the coolest cross-stitch pictures of us on the place.  It says “Home Sweet Home on the Satus”, and that is exactly how I feel. 
Mom, Lee and I in one house, with one yard to share the work, one house to clean and the best part is there are three of us to “get ‘er done!” I didn’t realize just how hard it has been for me being apart from mom. Especially not being there to help her when she has bad days. 
Talking with her on the phone has helped, but there are times I thought if I could have been there she wouldn’t have to do (fill in the blank) all by herself. She has always been there for me and now it’s my turn to help her. It has been so nice to come home everyday not to just my loving hubby but also to my best friend, too.  I am very grateful for this wonderful relationship mom and I have. Home, Home on the Range where the buffalo roam in the next pasture.  Oh yes, there are buffalo in the pasture just across the driveway at mom’s.  One of my cousins raises them.  Oh excuse me, I have been corrected they are bison, not buffalo, according to mom.  Anyway, they are just across the driveway.  At last count there were eight baby ones, who are so cute and so soft looking, almost like stuffed animals.  They are certainly entertaining to watch. For being such big mean looking animals, they can dance so cutely when they are in the mood. I have truly enjoyed them as much as mom said I would. We need to build a screened in porch on the east side so we can watch without being eaten alive by the mosquitoes, though. Ah, the sagebrush, sounds of the coyotes and even the mosquitoes. Yes, we are here and loving life at home on the Satus.