July Birthdays

This week has been a week full of birthdays. Our grand daughter Ashlynn's turned 7 on the 25th, her dad Jamie turned 27 on the 27th, my dad's is today, the 30th, and he's 70. My niece, Lyndell will be 16 on August 3rd. That starts the August birthdays. Actually, the 2nd is Dad and Mary's 11th anniversary. Then my brother Jay's is on the 7th he will be 37, my mom would've been 67 on the 11th, my nephew Mike 37 on the 12th, my youngest sister Marla will be 40 on the 17th, and my niece Naomi will be 22 on the 20th. Then starts the September and October birthdays. When my Dad was around 62, he said that life goes downhill at 70. He doesn't want to be like his Uncle Fred, in a wheelchair for years and so he said he doesn't want to live much past 70. I asked him last week how much longer did he think he had, he just laughed.

Amber and Jaime had a BBQ on Sunday for the birthdays, it was fun. Ashlynn lost her two top front teeth last week, so now she's singing, All's I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.

Cleve told me on the way to the BBQ that the septic was backed up again, so Perry Sevy came out on Monday and pumped 1500 gallons out of our 1000 gallon tank. Last time in January he pumped 1400. It's pretty bad when you know the septic guy so well. This time it cost $255 and you could hear the water from the drainfield pouring back in pretty fast. He pumped it at 6pm and around 11 you could still hear the water. We had a plug of some babywipes stuck, so our neighbor, Joey and Cleve worked on it until they got it unplugged after 10:30. So, today, two days later, the toilets are gurgling again, and water is backing up in the tub again, but going down. I think we are going to need it pumped out sooner than 2 weeks.