Congratulations, Destiny!

Before I do anything else today, I want to congratulate our granddaughter Destiny on another achievement. As I’ve shared with you before, while attending her last year of high school, Destiny was also attending cosmetology classes at Northland Pioneer College here in Show Low. She graduated from both in the same week, and yesterday she passed her state boards. Now all she has to do is wait for her license to be issued, and she’s ready to go to work. She is a bright, beautiful, 19-year-old young lady with a strong work ethic, and when she sets a goal for herself, she achieves it. We couldn’t be more proud of her.

Yesterday, Terry and I had an appointment with Brendon Rogers, an attorney in Snowflake, to go over our family trust. The trust has been in place for many years now, but when you move to a different state, sometimes things can change. We wanted to make sure we had all of our bases covered so there were no unpleasant surprises somewhere down the road. We are glad we did because Brendon pointed out some things that could cause issues here in Arizona that would have not applied in our previous domicile in Alabama.

When we finished with the attorney, we went to the Snowflake Smokehouse for a late lunch/early dinner, or as we call it, linner. We have eaten there several times before and have never been disappointed. I had the burnt ends, and Terry had a green chili cheese crisp. Both were delicious, and the young lady serving us went out of her way to make sure our glasses were filled at all times and to check to see if we needed anything.

Today Jeff from MiniSplit Comfort is coming to install a MiniSplit air conditioner/heater in the garage. It gets darn hot in there and makes it impossible to work in the garage this time of year. Besides that, and a quick trip to the bank to check on a couple of issues the trust attorney suggested, I plan to get another chapter written in my next Tinder Street book.

Be sure to enter our latest Free Drawing. This week’s prize is autographed copy of Havasu Palms, A Hostile Takeover by Bobbi Johnson Holmes, was featured in an Author Spotlight back in May. It’s the true story of one hard working pioneering family in the 20th century, and how their life’s work was stolen – a theft sanctioned by the United States Government and the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe.

For the Johnson family, 1968 was the beginning of a new adventure in a remote desert community in Southern California. They believed in the American dream, where hard work and honesty have just rewards. The family put their trust in government promises, in spite of the fact the common belief among the country’s youth was that the federal government could not be trusted. Perhaps, the family should have paid attention.

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And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Thought For The Day – Mr. Rogers did not prepare me for the people in my neighborhood.