Travel
.....and all the day you'll have good luck!
I picked up a penny coming out of the gym today and of course so far today I've had good luck.
I'm trying to get things together for my trip, so at least I'm working on it.
I pulled weeds from the back yard again today, barely making a dent in the total weed population! Tomorrow I'm going to Home Depot and talk to someone in the garden department about what is the strongest weed killer they have. I have always been an environmentalist, but I can't deal with the weeds that continue to grow, especially since the Park insists there can't be any weeds in the entire yard.
I'm having a tug of war between my rational self who sees that the cost of living here and includes all utilities is way less than an apartment rental, and my indignent and independent self who resents being treated like a child and told to do things on my individual property. I will have to make a decision and do something soon.
I drove to Steve & Meg's house yesterday where Steve has a regular camping store in his garage. He had set out several items I will need to take with me on my trip. When he demonstrated hooking up and using the water filter, I said "I'll get Ara to do it". Same thing for the tiny little backpacker's stove (that I used in all my previous backpacking with no trouble at all). I'll get Ara to do it.
Meg fixed a delicious dinner salad and I went back for seconds. I also sampled some of Steve's home brew - an ale that I liked very much. He sent me home with six 22-oz bottles and I just love opening my fridge and surveying all the craft beer plus a supply of non-alcoholic beer.
Liam is growing so fast and he showed me how he is learning to read (he won't be 5 until the end of August). Their dog, Sammy - a boxer/pitbull mix has pretty much grown to his full size, and he is a really nice dog - calm, friendly, and listens very well. He is so gentle with Liam, and often gets the worst end of their playing. Meg takes him to the dogpark and says he gets along well with all the dogs and joins in the play easily.
The drive over to their house, while completely across and south of Sacramento, went fairly well, but there was less traffic when I returned home. I used to drive to work in downtown Sacramento following most of that route, and had no trouble with it. Now it just seems like another big city with freeways, exit and on ramps everywhere, and traffic switching lanes constantly. I can't do that any more, and I know that even if I decide to take I-80 part of the way I must drive way around Salt Lake City, Omaha, and Chicago. The weather will have the final word.
What really has me frustrated is that after all the trouble and hours I spent loading updates to my GPS, I can get it to turn on, accept where I want to go, and then the voice continues giving directions but the screen is blank. I never could get it to work properly and think it is probably not worth any more effort. I'm faced with the decision of getting a new GPS or just doing without. When you get used to driving all over the country with one, it is a little scary to do without it.
Time to fix my dinner - baked wild caught Pacific salmon and vegetables.
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Travel
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP ....
.....and all the day you'll have good luck!
I picked up a penny coming out of the gym today and of course so far today I've had good luck.
I'm trying to get things together for my trip, so at least I'm working on it.
I pulled weeds from the back yard again today, barely making a dent in the total weed population! Tomorrow I'm going to Home Depot and talk to someone in the garden department about what is the strongest weed killer they have. I have always been an environmentalist, but I can't deal with the weeds that continue to grow, especially since the Park insists there can't be any weeds in the entire yard.
I'm having a tug of war between my rational self who sees that the cost of living here and includes all utilities is way less than an apartment rental, and my indignent and independent self who resents being treated like a child and told to do things on my individual property. I will have to make a decision and do something soon.
I drove to Steve & Meg's house yesterday where Steve has a regular camping store in his garage. He had set out several items I will need to take with me on my trip. When he demonstrated hooking up and using the water filter, I said "I'll get Ara to do it". Same thing for the tiny little backpacker's stove (that I used in all my previous backpacking with no trouble at all). I'll get Ara to do it.
Meg fixed a delicious dinner salad and I went back for seconds. I also sampled some of Steve's home brew - an ale that I liked very much. He sent me home with six 22-oz bottles and I just love opening my fridge and surveying all the craft beer plus a supply of non-alcoholic beer.
Liam is growing so fast and he showed me how he is learning to read (he won't be 5 until the end of August). Their dog, Sammy - a boxer/pitbull mix has pretty much grown to his full size, and he is a really nice dog - calm, friendly, and listens very well. He is so gentle with Liam, and often gets the worst end of their playing. Meg takes him to the dogpark and says he gets along well with all the dogs and joins in the play easily.
The drive over to their house, while completely across and south of Sacramento, went fairly well, but there was less traffic when I returned home. I used to drive to work in downtown Sacramento following most of that route, and had no trouble with it. Now it just seems like another big city with freeways, exit and on ramps everywhere, and traffic switching lanes constantly. I can't do that any more, and I know that even if I decide to take I-80 part of the way I must drive way around Salt Lake City, Omaha, and Chicago. The weather will have the final word.
What really has me frustrated is that after all the trouble and hours I spent loading updates to my GPS, I can get it to turn on, accept where I want to go, and then the voice continues giving directions but the screen is blank. I never could get it to work properly and think it is probably not worth any more effort. I'm faced with the decision of getting a new GPS or just doing without. When you get used to driving all over the country with one, it is a little scary to do without it.
Time to fix my dinner - baked wild caught Pacific salmon and vegetables.
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Is anyone else having problems with sitemeter? Mine was working just fine one day and then turned into a "black box" the next. I can click on the box and see the statistics page, but now it just gives totals and doesn't break down...
- So Much Done But More Left To Do!
I don't yet have a photo of my new haircut, and to tell the truth I don't like it the way it is now. I'm going to granddaughter Arianna's school play this evening, and I'll take my camers and maybe get in a picture or two. This...
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- Hot-hot-hot!!!
I never did like Sacramento during the summer, and the older I get the more I hate it. Triple digits for at least the next week are not healthy for me. I've been out twice today - early this morning I went to buy strawberries at the farmers'...
- Sleepless Night
I've been lying awake for the past 4 hours so I decided to get up for a while. I have been suffering from allergies (sneezing) for a few days and have taken a Benadryl before going to bed - of course, last night I thought I could do without...