Sunday

. . I had a good day at the bowling alley; 159-135-170-111-163-148- turned out to be a 148 average, now I have to find a way to relax and do as well when league bowling. Today was the day my lottery ticket was due to be cashed in too. I forgot all about it but if someone from the bowling alley ever won any money they would know about it right away and tell me about it. I am the only one who buys ten draws ahead. That tells me I am not a winner, so I will wait until Thursday to turn in the ticket and buy another one. I am planning on popcorn and a movie tonight but I am going to post this first. There were a few raindrops around here today but not while I had the car out so it will still be clean when I drive to Tigard tomorrow and help Terri move the remaining stuff out of her place. I did get in about a twenty minute walk today, slowly getting back into the habit.

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Saturday

. . . . I found my lost credit card but only after calling the company and reporting it lost. I will destroy it and wait for the new one to arrive. I spent some time building a pot of chili this morning. It does not smell like the chili I am trying to make but I am sure it will be edible.

I did break down later in the day and try it: not too bad! I will change the recipe next time though. I am using Caren’s recipe and it has a couple of ‘OR’s in. So next time I will use different ingredients. Doggie and I went walking this afternoon, it was a very nice day, the sky was all blue and the sun was warming things up to a comfortable temperature. Love it!

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Friday

. . . . Dang it! I lost my brand new Platinum Credit Card sometime yesterday. The only thing I bought with it was the Ticket to Mazatlan before it came up missing. I drove to Tigard this afternoon to take Terri to lunch and when I stopped to buy gasoline I discovered I did not have the card. I ended up putting the purchase on my Debit card. I hate when that happens. I phoned the 800 number when I got home and a new card will be issued. That certainly is a stupid thing to do and to add fuel the  fire I had lost the previous card only a few months ago. Twice in a short time, I must be slipping, folks. That is a joke, of course, I hope! I was to have gone to Tigard Saturday but Terri’s Sister was nice enough to call a moving company Thursday to move her stuff from the apartment to the storage unit because there was too much fear of rain on Saturday. The two men from the storage company had the move completed and left within 90 minutes. That is the way to move!  . . . Have a very rich Sister!. . .  Terri did leave the TV in the Apartment so she could watch TV for the next three days, sitting on the floor! I will go down Monday and help her deliver that to storage. It is a big item but it will sit in the trunk of the car for the short trip, I had a fun drive home, it was raining cats and dogs but I made the 72 miles in about 72 minutes. Got home in time to only miss the first two minutes of O’Reilly. I clicked over to the ball game when O’Reilly went off and discovered that the Rangers lost. Boooooo!

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Thursday

My day was fine, it was cold out this morning but not freezing. I am sure the first frost is going to arrive very soon though. I could feel it in the air when I left at 11:30 to go bowling. That part of the day did not turn out so well: 132-136-112. A 126 average is not a good thing but I made up for it by stopping by the market on the way home and buying a half gallon of ice cream. I also was very lucky to find fresh peaches on sale for 88c per pound. Not bad, I thought. I also stopped by the Money Gram Store and sent $100.00 to the lady in Mazatlan for a deposit on my accommodations. I now have the airline tickets and I know where I will be! I am sorry I will have to suffer through so much cold weather before January 16th arrives so I can get down there and sit on the beach for a couple of months. Ron had asked me how I was planning on getting to the airport and I answered by telling him he was going to take me. He laughed a very strange laugh. Catching the plane down there won't be so bad, 8AM. getting back will be the tough one. I will arrive at 11:29 PM. Ron always gets up really early, He will get home just in time to get up! Well, the Ball game is on so I will watch that and have some ice cream and Peaches before going to bed. My favorite Thursday night commercials are on tonight too. It has been a good day!

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Wednesday

Wednesday. . . . I did get out to the market today. I purchased some ‘stir fry’ veggies and thawed out some sirloin steak. I cut the steak into small chunks and cooked it up with mushrooms. The chopped veggies and meat was then loaded into several ‘baggies’ and put in the freezer. I had enough left over to have dinner today and again tomorrow. I phoned Billy tonight, he seems to be doing just as fine as could be expected considering his physical situation. Since the Ball game was rained out I watched some commercials for a while after O’Reilly ended then headed to bed. I have reached the end of ‘Crime and Punishment’; it ended very differently than I had remembered from before. I had it mixed up with another book I’m sure. It was nice to have a ‘surprise ending’! I have not decided which one of a dozen unread books I have on hand to read next. I’ll keep you posted, I realize how important it is to you all! LOL

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Tuesday

This was a good day after the morning cold fog burned off. I didn’t accomplish a darn thing except read myself closer to the end of ‘Crime and Punishment’ It is a lot different than I remember from my first reading so many years ago. I am now out of stir fry ingredients and the last two frozen containers of chili are thawing so It looks like another trip to the market is on the agenda after bowling on Thursday. The French Toast is also getting low so I best cook up some more of that for freezing. Things to do, things to do. My friend in Mazatlan, Natalia is sending me the information I need to get the ball rolling in that direction. I hope all works out for me so I can spend the winter at the beach down there! Not that I would be at the beach, simply being where the sun shines nice and warm every day would be great.

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Monday

My day turned out to be rain free but I suffered a little rain on my bowling scores. Verda had company coming so she was unable to make it, I scored 114-142-135-151-127-126- which created a average of 132 for 6 lines. I decided to go to Safeway and buy some more ice cream to bury my sorrows. While there Ron found me and we visited for about 30 minutes. He had brought Ashton into town for a doctor visit. While driving out of Longview on my way to the freeway I noticed that 'whistle' had returned to the usual engine noise so I made the extra trip to R&R Motors

so they could take a look. Naturally the noise had disappeared. He did put his stethoscope on various moving parts to determine if it might be a bearing going bad but was unable to find any trouble at all. I got home and put the ice cream away, had dinner and watched O'Reilly. I wrote this at about 7PM and plan on staying up for my Monday night commercials.

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Sunday

There was no rain on the radar picture this morning and the fog had rolled in so I felt good about the coming day. I guessed since the fog was in the day would turn out to be at least partly clear. I was fooled this time. I left the house before noon to go bowling and found after getting there they had rented out to a gang of people who were arriving 30 minutes later. I decided to come home and perhaps try again tomorrow. On the way home I stopped and purchased a small bottle of brake fluid and added that to my car. The little red light had been complaining for two weeks so I thought I would solve that problem. I got home about 12:45 and was pleased to notice that I made the entire outing without getting into raindrops! Will wonders never cease?. . . .i watched the end of the Nascar race today, it was really exciting with lots of fender benders and lead changes. When the race ended I forced myself to do a  40 minute walk. I am trying hard to make that a habit but it is not too easy to do. Happily it did not rain during the day today. It sure looked like it wanted to though!

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Saturday

I decided to stay inside today, there was no break in the weather that I could imagine and no pressing need to get out for any reason. I did at least get in a 40 minute walk though, I know I have to do that each day I can. Some days it really is not easy to talk myself into it! Did some reading, fell asleep, ate too much and turned on the World Series. A very quiet day.

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Friday

. I left the house at 9:45 and drove to Tigard to spend the afternoon with Terri. We had a two hour lunch before delivering some things to Salvation Army. We then stopped by a storage center where we inspected a 12X20 locker for her to store her things in while she is in Hawaii. After we got back to her place we visited for about an hour before I left for home. The drive home was uneventful except for some heavy rains at times. Luckily we had no rain while we were out doing our running around. I was home in time to catch O’Reilly at 8PM then posted this before hitting the hay.

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Thursday

My bowling was 123-145-154, that created an average of 140. Not too bad but I will do better! I forgot to turn on the World Series until the 8^th inning. When the Texas bunch jumped ahead I switched over to The Big Bang Theory. I am happy that Texas won, that ties it all up. Perhaps I will watch it again tomorrow, if I get home early enough. I’m going to see Terri and help her decide what size storage locker she needs for the stuff she is keeping.

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Wednesday

.When I got up this morning I checked my radar picture and it did show rain drops moving in the Portland direction. I had sunlight streaming in over the top of Roy's house at the time. I thought I might get in some fishing later on because of the nice weather but the clouds and cool breeze talked me out of it. I was able to walk almost two miles though so I feel much better about the day. I am still reading 'Crime and Punishment' and getting much more out of it than I did the first time [several years ago]. ChiChi and I never did see rain drops today but have it on good authority that it will be with us by the time Bowling league rolls around tomorrow.

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Tuesday

. . The weather was really great today. . . .I took Ron to lunch to celebrate his Birthday. We enjoyed the sunshine during our drive to The Sizzler and back. I was feeling tooo fat and lazy by the time I got home to go fishing but this would have been a good day for it. I enjoyed a quiet afternoon of rest and relaxation. 

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Monday

. I guess you might say today began at 3AM. I found myself wide awake and reading ‘Crime and Punishment’. I had gone to sleep at about 10 but the naps I had had yesterday were too much for me. After reading for half an hour I started feeling hungry enough to crawl out of bed and scramble a couple of eggs and toast some sourdough bread. After finishing that off along with a large glass of milk I went back to bed and slept like a baby until 7:30. I got myself caught up with my computer duties and had breakfast by 9am. About noon I coaxed [not hard to do] ChiChi into the car for a ride over to the Teigen house. Ron was keeping a doctor appointment and Shelton was in school so I visited with Caren, Colt and the baby for about an hour. Caren sent me home with some clam chowder she had made, I had that for lunch. Delicious, and I will be able to get three bowls out of the amount  she gave me.

            The sun was shining brightly and the river was inviting but I was just too lazy to go to the fishing hole. I decided to read and get fat this afternoon. It was really nice to look out the window and see the sun shining so beautifully on the lawn around my place. I am not looking forward to the snow that is coming this winter. The building I am in has a slope up before it drops down to the street and if there is more than 6 inches of snow on the ground I doubt I would be able to make it up the slope. But that is OK, it is still a great place to live.

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Sunday

. . . I had a good day bowling. . . 123-155-166-125-156-139-equals about a 144 average. Things are looking up! I know I can do better, Hope Hope. I stopped by Safeway and picked up a few bricks of ice cream and also got my annual flu shot. I am set for the winter! Now if only I can find a way to get to the sunshine sooner than waiting around here until June!

I did not see the sunshine today until I left the bowling alley. It was sunny, dry and sort of cool. Two out of three is not bad around here. Looks like the sun may remain for a couple more days too! Sounds good to me. I watched a movie called Gigantic this evening. It was supposed to be a comedy but I would have listed it as Sweet more than comedy. The popcorn was good too. I had just enough, I forgot to buy more today at the market.

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Saturday

I was able to talk myself into going to the river this afternoon, it was much cooler than the thermometer said because there was a little wind blowing. I forced myself to stay for an hour and a half but caught no fish. I did finish Dostoevsky’s IDIOT while I was there. ChiChi had a good time running around and I was expecting Mels dog Tipper to come down and join us but that never happened. I have been most fortunate to find a fella in Mazatlan who has a tour business down there. It is called Mazatlan Van Man Tours. He is looking for accommodations I might like  for a couple of months. His name is Ricardo but that is all I know about him at the moment. He has lived in the US in the past and his English is excellent; I need that. He has become a reader of my blog so I expect he will find my plug for his tour business this evening.

I sat in front of commercials until the NASCAR race ended then gave ChiChi his nightly treat before going to bed.

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Friday

.  ChiChi and I drove to the bank today to make a deposit. He was happy to get out of the house and the lady at the drive up window gave him a doggie biscuit. The river looked inviting [for fishing] but I was able to ignore the offer. It was nice to get the car home and in the garage without being rained on. That is rare around here this time of year. . .

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Thursday

. I slept late and had to rush out of here to get to the Court House. I had attempted to phone for instructions when I got home last night but they were not yet posted and this morning I was so late [I woke up at 7:30] I didn't even think of calling to see if the instructions were available. As my luck would have it the parking lot was empty when I arrived so I knew I was not expected to be there. The instructions had been posted a few hours before and they were for me to phone in again this evening for further instructions. I was home about 8:15 and had breakfast. I left the house about 10:30 to get my haircut. By 11:20 I was at the hospital checking in for my Protime test. It was a bit high so I was told to not take my Warfarin dose this evening. By noon I was at the bowling alley ordering a hamburger with fries. I was getting hungry and I am well aware of what happens to my bowling scores when I have low blood sugar. I was happy enough with my first two games of 153 and 159 but by the time the third game rolled around I dropped to 119. Darn it! That still worked out to a 144 average. I guess I shant complain too much. I arrived back at the house at 3PM and turned on the washing machine. It has been full for several days [it also acts as my hamper] but I have not had time to take care of it. I have to phone the Court House Jury Information number later tonight to find if I have to be available Friday morning. I suppose I will be asked to come in. Another trial starts Monday, I was told by one of the jurors I talked to this morning. This evening I will watch my Thursday night commercials for a while and see how long they hold my attention. I have been lucky with my presently clean car, it was not rained on today

Nothing much going on around here. Things are quiet and peaceful, can't beat that!

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Wednesday

The first thing I did today was to publish my pictures through September and post them to YouTube. Check it out at the link below. I knew I was going to see Terri today but until I was having breakfast and the sun was shining through the window did I decide to wash the car. The weather report looked good, no rain on the radar so I felt safe. It was cool though, there is the tiniest little nip in the air. Stupid winter is coming, darn it!. . . . I cleaned up the kitchen and was out of the house about 9:45. There were clouds in the sky; except for that it was a very nice day for a drive to Tigard. We had lunch before delivering some things to Salvation Army. We then stopped at Ava’s in Beaverton for a dessert and sat outside in the cool until it got too cool. I was home again by 9pm.

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Tuesday

We had our share of rain today. It didn't get in the way of my bowling though. It was not my plan to go bowling but after the luncheon with the guys from '52' I decided to stop by the bowling alley before going home.I started off well enough but after a while the tireds started to sit in. 164-171-114-120-123-148=140 average. That is better than my league average but not by a lot. After leaving there I went to the Post Office to mail the package to Eva and Pepik. It took the largest box the Post Office had to hold the two Mexican Sombreros but they went uncrushed. . . . I had run out of peaches to go with my ice cream so I stopped by the market only to find they have run out of peaches. I bought two cantaloupes instead. That goes well with ice cream too. This truly was a rainy day but the temperature is holding up quit well so there is not a lot to complain about.

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