Snow?

Yep, it snowed today. I'm not very happy with it cuz I'm still working on the garden and I really like fall. This is just too winter looking for me. I did rush outside this morning to the garden to get the green tomatoes before they froze to death. There are tons of green little ones so I hope there are a few more warm days so they have a chance to grow.
Also I'm making a quilt for our bed. The one we're using now I made in Hawaii (11+ years ago) and it's look really shabby. I'm just doing a 9 square block so it's shouldn't be too hard and hopefully will be done before winter is over.
BTW.....Steve is on his way home!! :)

Update

Steve's talk went good. He said better than he thought it would. I've been praying really hard for him...broken ribs, lack of sleep from broken ribs and talk. So it must have worked. :) But he said his ribs didn't hurt during his whole talk. He will be coming home tomorrow. We also got the ambulance bill today for his trip to the hospital......$1500 before insurance. Just the mileage to the hospital was $200. What kind of gas do they use? I was amazed and shocked. I know insurance will cover a chunk of it but still.....that's a lot!!

Ribs

Saturday morning Steve left for France to attend a "bug" meeting. Monday morning he decide to take a run on a trail by the river. As he was running he tripped over a root and crashed to the ground. I'm not exactly sure of the sequences but I think he got back to the hotel and one of the "bug" guys took him to ER. He had 8 x-rays taken. Steve was wondering how much this was going to cost and the people at ER said that he has to pay the whole bill up front but they would tell him how much it is when he's done. Steve is kinda sweating it. He finds out that he broke 2 ribs and he gets 2 presciptions. The total?....under $200 in US currency and he was there under 2 hours. Steve is pretty sore but he said the meds. work pretty good. He said he slept pretty good last night but was up a lot. But it was better than he thought.
So far the bills from our ER visit from his bee attack haven't all come in. I had to plop down $100 when I walked in the door. We got one doctor bill so far and that was over $500 before insurance. We haven't gotten the ambulance, hospital or the food we ate there bill yet. Something is very wrong with our medical system.

Nathan's email and pictures

Dang... That's really sad to hear about Doc... I was hoping to see here when I got home... Dang... Um... well things here are going good... not too much going on.. we had Zone Conference on Thursday and then splits on Friday... so that was pretty fun. Also with General Conference it was a pretty busy week... so that was pretty good. Did you all watch General Conference? I thought it was pretty good... I really liked one persons talk (I don't remember his name.. but he was in the Sunday morning session) about the Book of Mormon. So that was pretty good, and I really enjoyed it. So other than that not too much is going on here... I got/found a sweet new coat that got left in some missionary apartment in seinäjoki, and it found its way down here to Jyväskylä with a bunch of stuff they gave to the sisters for their apartment.. so that was really cool... I cant really complain about a free coat :) But I hope all is well. I'm really bummed about Doc, but life goes on... for some of us anyway. Sorry... too soon? but really, that really sucks and I hope you're all doing good... but luckily, all dogs go to heaven :) we'll see her again! I love and miss you a ton!!

Rakkaudella,

Vanhin Nate Peck

Sep. coupons

Well.....I didn't save as much as I did last month but I also didn't buy as much. Maybe cuz I had one less mouth to feed. :) Yeah, that's you Jaron. :) But I still saved $74.32 total in coupons for September.
Steve made it to France. It was a long flight and he'd been up for around 36 hours so he's was pretty exhausted by the time he got there. I think he's 8 hours ahead of us. I'll keep everyone updated on how he's doing.

Adjustment

The last couple of days I have been getting rid of Doc's things and kinda cleaning up after her. Mainly for Emily. The day she died I got rid of the dog food and her bowls and things around the house. I didn't want them around to keep reminding her. It's hard as it was. When she got home from school she wanted to wash the back door from Doc jumping up with her muddy paws. I took care of that as soon as she left for school the next day and put up fall decorations as a distraction. I have to say though, Emily is handling it pretty well.
Steve is leaving for France this morning. He just got home yesterday from the deer hunt with his family. And my prayers were answered.......no deer. That is not something I want to deal with while he's in France.....blaahhh!!!! Steve will be gone for about a week.
But it is weird not having Doc around. I really do miss her. She use to greet me when I came home or would be just laying around while I was home. Just some adjustment time......but we'll all get there.

RIP Doc

Doc-dog passed away today. She's been going downhill for a while but she must of had a very bad night last night. When she woke up she couldn't hardly walk, blind in both eyes and mentally wasn't there. She couldn't function at all. She is buried in "Peck Hollow" under an Aspen tree with flowers planted over her grave. Emily is going to miss her the most. We got her when Emily was almost 3 yrs. old. RIP Doc.....you were a good doggy!!