Weekend wanderings

We went to Phoenix Saturday, David had a couple things he needed to do. We met Jon, Kathy and her son at Rei, a sporting goods store. Wyatt found the craziest 'shoes'! They are like latex toe socks, really. They have a good sole, but are more of a slipon footie, and fit like a glove instead of a shoe. He got the camo-colored ones, they are pretty wild. Good for running barefoot, but with a sole.

We had lunch there, then went to Costco to pick up a few things. That's where I gave out, and my hip froze up pretty bad, so we left. We went to Trisha's to say hello and drop off a couple things. We had a nice visit, then went to Maricopa and spent the night at my sisters. Sunday morning we went to Mom's, she's doing well. While looking at her garden, she gave us a bunch of fresh vegies and some strawberry plants. We were there to pick up chickens though, and we soon got to that task.

She doesn't plan to be home much this summer, it gets too hot there, and so I talked her into giving me some of her chickens. She had 9, with no-one to eat all those eggs, so I took 6 of them, leaving her 3 hens and a rooster. I plan to give a couple to Jenny, and then I'll have 9 hens and a rooster, which should give me enough to sell eggs every week. I know, I know "Elaine and her chickens!" But I enjoy them and they are sure keeping the bugs down around my house.

We were using the GPS on the way home, trying to find a JoAnn's store before leaving the city. The GPS kept telling us to turn off the freeway at every exit, but didn't tell us why until we hit the heavy traffic! The freeway was being paved or something, and 4 lanes were crammed down to 1. It was a massive parking lot! We were finally able to get off at Pinnacle Peak, and took a side road up to New River. I guess there's no good time to do road work in the Valley, and the weekend makes more sense than during the work week, but next time I think we'll listen to the GPS! If it had said- Traffic ahead, earlier, so we knew why it was taking us off the freeway, that would have helped, but oh well.