Sandy is on a cruise - she has been to places like Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; St. Thomas, USVI; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Grand Turk; with a couple of Fun Days at Sea thrown in..... She is on a Fun Day at Sea right now!!! Tomorrow she will come home............ I can't wait......

While she has been gone, I have created a pile of brush:and re-hung my upside down tomato on the deck.
I got to watch the College World Series - and blogged about the winner. I also watched several European Cup Football matches... Tomorrow Spain plays Germany for the championship.... I do not know what happened to Ireland....

The dog has taken command of my chair where she can guard the front of the house....
She has done an excellent job guarding. She has occasionally let me sit in my chair - especially when I am eating and she is expecting to get some scraps..... she is usually right about that....

The other night something weird happened - at 15 minutes before 4 AM Jill dog started barking and would not stop.... I got up and went downstairs and discovered that my next door neighbor was investigating his side porch with a flashlight.... His dogs were barking and my dog was barking.... I don't know what he was looking for or if he found it.... but I was wide awake and could not go back to sleep.... I waited a little and let Jill out so that she could get her barking out of her system.... Then we watched the sunrise together.... weird ugh???

Any way, hope you are all having a good day, I am.......

Remember to take good care of yourself so that you can take good care on another and to pray for Matthew.....

Cheers, john

News about Matt from Deanna, our departmental administrative aide:

"I just spoke with Matt Fay. He gave me a call this afternoon and wanted me to thank you all for your continued prayers and support. He sounded very tired, but still optimistic that this treatment would be the one that takes care of this disease. He will begin the one-week treatment again a week from Monday (in about 10 days). He said the 3-weeks began when he takes the first treatment, so he actually only has about two weeks off between them. He has not felt very well the last couple of weeks, but is managing to keep his weight steady, and maintains his optimism. His brother is in town this week, and they are enjoying their time together, mostly enjoying the cooler temps from their back deck."

From me - Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers - keep praying, john

College World Series Champions...........Fresno State Bulldogs

After hitting two home runs and driving in all six of his team's runs, Fresno State right fielder Steve Detwiler finished things by catching the final out (SI)

Lowest seed ever - in any NCAA sport - Wins College World Series - Congratulations Bulldogs!!

We have moved.....................

First, here is a moth(?) that was saying good bye to us as we left our previous home:








Here is an image or the outside













a few Inside pictures:




dining room and part of the living room













kitchen












communication center........














Here us the back door that Dennis put in for us - I helped?

Thank you Dennis and Marie for all of your help!!!!















Some more pictures without furniture......





Living room














Entry way (connected to the living room)















back deck and garage and view.....













our bedroom











the jacuzzi.....












part of the basement!!!













WE LOVE OUR NEW HOME and hope our friends will come visit......

Peace, John and Sandy