This morning I fabricated and installed a new insulated hood liner underneath the hood of the truck. Joanne helped a lot. This is the second time I have done this job. I first fabricated an insulated hood liner for the truck about six or seven years ago, when
I realized that it would be futile to continue replacing the $150 factory hood liner made of some kind of quilted insulating material that the local pack rats like to shred for use as nesting material !
This afternoon I worked on the computer. I barbecued Sockeye Salmon for supper, along with beets picked from our next door neighbours' garden this afternoon. I spent the evening watching TV, including watching the movie "United 93" about ... < sigh > ... the hijacked 9/11 airliner brought down in a field in Pennsylvania.
Monday ; Sunny and very warm. Joanne cooked a beef pot roast in the Sun Oven today.
I watered our composters today. I watered all our plants and gardens. I sharpened knives. I did "pet ear care". Bo's ears are in excellent shape, clean and healthy. We had our friend / neighbour Jeanine over for dinner tonight.
Tuesday ; Sunny and very warm.
Joanne went to Penticton by herself this morning for a day of running errands. Thank you, my dear, for doing that without me. I had a lazy day of scattered activities and depression. In the evening we watched the season finale of Amazing Race Canada.
Wednesday ; Sunny and very warm. Joanne cooked a chicken, apple, and rice recipe in the Sun Oven today.
She was scheduled to drive Gord and Marcie to Kelowna Hospital this morning for a medical procedure for Gord, but he was so sick that they rescheduled his appointment to tomorrow, and he spent the day at the Keremeos Diagnostic & Treatment Centre lying on a gurney being intravenously rehydrated.
This afternoon I went fly fishing. Set a new personal best. My limit of ( four ) Rainbow Trout caught in thirty-one minutes on the Similkameen River, beating my previous record by four minutes. Too bad the fourth fish I caught was a Rocky Mountain Whitefish, and not a Rainbow Trout, or it would have been less than half an hour !
I fished for a total of an hour and a half, catching eleven fish ; ten Rainbow Trout and one Whitefish. Another hot afternoon on the Similkameen !
We received an e-mail from the daughter of Rick and Debbie, who are "weekender" neighbours / friends of ours, from the Lower Mainland / Vancouver area, advising us that Rick has died. We extend our sympathies to Debbie at this difficult time.
Thursday ; Sunny and very warm.
Joanne took Marcie and Gord to Penticton Hospital today. Gord required a blood transfusion. They left very early this morning, at 7 AM. Gord's transfusion was finished shortly after 3 PM, and they were back home by 4:30 PM.
I went fishing again this afternoon, for an hour and a half. Caught four Rainbow Trout and one Cutthroat Trout. Released one Rainbow that was too small too keep. My fly fishing reel broke. HMPH ! Perhaps Santa will bring me a new one for Christmas ?
Friday ; Mix of sun and cloud, very warm.
This afternoon I puttered around with some fly fishing gear maintenance, then got "recruited" to do some golf cart maintenance for our ( ill ) next door neighbour.
Around suppertime I was taking some information I had printed off the Internet to our neighbour / friend Jeanine on the other side of the RV park, when I got sidetracked, chatting with someone else, and ... well ... you know ... I ended up an uninvited guest at an impromptu dinner party at yet another neighbour / friends' home. I visited ( and ate escargots ... thank you, Kolly ) and returned home about four hours later. Joanne had expected me to be gone for about ten minutes. Yeah ... needless to say ... I was in a bit of trouble.
Saturday ; Partially cloudy, cool, some light rain in the early afternoon.
I did a bit of maintenance work on the neighbours' ( decrepit ) golf cart. I did a bit of maintenance on our house. I did a lot of online research, researching consignment art sellers and travel medical insurers. < sigh > Having received a diagnosis of angina has radically increased my travel medical insurance quotes.
DSK
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