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  • New guinea pig

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    Mariah has been doing everything she can for a while to earn a new guinea pig. I have concluded that I’m probably ready to have a new one in the house and Mariah has done research and compiled a book on caring for guinea pigs. Today we finished constructing a larger cage since her research…

  • Car show

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    We managed to get out to the Cedar Hills Classic Car show this evening with the 4 youngest kids. It was fun seeing many old and/or beautiful cars. There was even one guy who encouraged the kids to get into his old truck (so long as they didn’t knock it out of gear). The kids…

  • The day after

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    Laura can feel today again how much her fatigue on most days is likely more closely tied to her quetiapine than she had supposed. It sounds like she is becoming more open to careful experimentation to see if not taking it or adjusting the dosage downward might be better.

  • Runaway

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    Apparently I get the opportunity to learn what life will be like with an inactive spouse (actually she’s been consciously inactive for months but it has shifted from “I can’t go do the social part of church” to “I refuse to believe what I still must admit that I basically know”) bordering on antagonistic toward…

  • Experimenting with medication

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    One of the things that was different in the day that Laura was full of clarity and energy was that she forgot to take one of her basic medications. I’ve been watching ever since then and she has not had a comparable day. Tonight she will be skipping that medication to see if the same…

  • Camping trial run

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    I decided to start the effort to go camping each weekend. I had mentioned it to the boys last week and they were amenable do this afternoon I floated the idea to Laura and she said the kids were enthusiastic about the idea – at least the five youngest, the older girls all opted out.…

  • Closure

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    Last night I dreamed about Coconut twice. In one dream she looked a bit unkempt but was obviously healthy. In the other she looked as good as ever. When I woke I felt that those dreams were my opportunity to say goodbye to her. I really don’t think I’ll see her again now that she…

  • The start of summer

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    With memorial day we got a taste of how the summer will begin. We went to the Memorial Day breakfast in Woods Cross and got to do the regular activities (rock climbing, visit the for trucks, see life flight) by the time we got in the car to go home we had fights (mostly with…

  • Ministering vs Home Teaching

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    Brother Tate is shocked that some people say they don’t understand how to minister while they thought Home Teaching was so simple. He reminds us that ministering simply means that we have to love other people and then act on that love. There hard part is getting the love of God into our hearts so…

  • New bunnies

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    Assuming we never get Coconut back (though I still hope we will see her again) we have found the perfect bunny solution for these kids. In Quail Cove Park across the street from the Mt. Timpanogos temple there are wild bunnies that are enough used to people that they are often in plain sight and…