Random Wanderings

Today is our 25th wedding anniversary. Our marriage has definitely been full of challenges but is better now than it has ever been. I am grateful for the things I have learned in working through those challenges.

To celebrate my husband and I took a trip to Leavenworth. As with our marriage, this trip had its challenges but was well worth it.

We dropped our 2 youngest girls off at the bus to take them to camp and then headed out of town. We usually rent a car when we travel but decided to spend the money on the hotel room instead for this trip (costly mistake). Just as we were pulling out, the air conditioning went out on the van. About an hour after we got into Leavenworth, while we were checking out the area, we stopped at the ski hill parking lot. When we tried to start the van, it would not start. We ended up without transportation for the whole time we were there.

Leavenworth is a whole village and activities based on a Bavarian theme. It is beautiful. We stayed at the Enzian Inn in a romantic suite, got to listen to the Alpenhorn being played while we enjoyed our complimentary full breakfast buffet. We played a couple of rounds at the Enzian Falls Championship Putting Course.

We attended the production of the Sound of Music at the Ski Hill amphitheater built specifically with that play in mind. Then we walked back to our hotel at 10:30PM.

We went on a white water rafting trip (about 4 hours). I never would have thought as a grandma I would be white water rafting.

I came home sunburned and with sore muscles but no regrets.

Emily Cheryl

born 9:32AM

weight 8lbs

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Viruses vs. Superbugs, A Solution to the Antibiotic Crisis?/Thomas Hausler

This was one of those books that I was just going to do a quick skim through to glean what information I could but instead I found myself totally drawn into it and read every page. It talks about the history and challenges of a medical therapy that was just beginning to be used to combat bacteria when penicillin and antibiotics were discovered. It could be the answer to overcoming those superbug bacteria that have become completely resistant to antibiotics. Though the challenges of getting the money for research to get FDA approval for medical use may be more than any company is willing to take on, the application in the acgriculture and meat production areas could be life changing. A way to eliminate the use of antibiotics in our food sources, which will also help with the overuse of antibiotics. It may eliminate the fear of samonella and mad cow disease. Fascinating book, It will be interesting to follow where phage ( viruses that kill bacteria but not us) therapy goes in the future.