January 20 to 26, 2019 ; Yuma, Arizona to Palm Springs, California

Sunday ; Sunny and warm.

This afternoon I did a 6000 km. inspection on the truck. HMPH … muffler’s not looking too good ! Maybe after 13½ years and 365,000 km. it’s time to replace it ? HA HA HA !

I updated my investments summary and posted my blog entry. The stock market has shown steady recovery since the beginning of the year.

MMMMM … barbecued lamb chops for supper !

Monday ; Sunny, mild, windy.

This morning I took care of household chores, and watered our cactus gardens and plants before we headed out to get rid of our recycling. We have no recycling pickup in our park, so we take our recycling to a local recycling depot. Most of our community just discards their recyclables in the trash.

After lunch I went to the storage yard to do some preventive maintenance on the truck. And discovered … < sigh > … two flat rear tires, one on each side. Each flat tire is the outside tire, the ones with 135 degree valve adapters. I am certain those valve adapters are the cause of the problem. So … after about 14½ years of dually valve extender problems … the drama continues ! I also removed the old / Happijac camper tie down hardware in preparation for the installation of my new ( to me ) FastGun tie downs.

In the evening I worked on the computer, doing semi-annual backups of backups. Once every six months I copy all backup and archive files from my portable hard drive to flash drives / memory sticks.

Tuesday ; Sunny, mild, very windy.

This afternoon we went to the Humane Society and did our weekly volunteer shift of dog walking and cat cuddling. When I got tired of walking big, unruly dogs, and went to the cat wing to “rest” a bit, Joanne asked me to use the pet clippers we keep in the car ( for use at the Humane Society ) to trim tangled mattes off the tummy of Princess the cat. Another volunteer, Richard, held Princess while I trimmed her tummy with the clippers. Too bad Richard didn’t have gloves. HA HA 

HA !

After we returned home we went to the storage yard to do some work on the truck. With Joanne helping I siphoned some power steering fluid out, after overfilling it yesterday. I exercised our camper generator. And I drove the truck to the RV park’s compressor station, removed the 135 degree adapters / extenders, and refilled the two flat rear tires with air. I’ll replace the 135 degree adapters next week, after we return from Palm Springs.

In the evening we gave Ozzie a bath. Joanne thought he was beginning to stink. And she’s adamant that he look decent and smell decent while in Palm Springs. HA HA HA ! That’s something she always tried to achieve … and failed … with Bo. HA HA HA HA HA !

Wednesday ; Sunny, mild, windy again.

Late this morning we headed out to run some errands. First stop was Jiffy Lube to have an oil change service done on the truck. First time I have gone to Jiffy Lube. And it will be the last ! I provided them with a list of the eleven grease points under the truck. They lubricated six of them. When I “pushed” them, they explained that they did not have the necessary grease “needle” to lubricate the grease needle hole on the drive shaft. You mean … Jiffy Lube is incapable of properly lubricating all Dodge trucks ? ! ? And no explanation was given for why they did not grease the remaining four grease nipples. AND … most of the “additional” inspections / services listed on their invoice, and all marked as “done”, were, in fact, NOT done !

I refilled Lanoire with diesel at Fry’s Fuel Bar, then we had lunch at Rally’s. We bought some advertised specials at CVS Pharmacy, then went to Lowe’s to buy some fluorescent light tubes. By the time we returned home I was feeling a bit ill. I took a nap, then took Ozzie for his afternoon walk before supper. In the evening I did some online bill paying.

Thursday ; Sunny and mild. Joanne baked an applesauce cake in the Sun Oven today.

This afternoon I took a propane tank to be refilled. Then … our priority for today was to get the camper put onto the truck, and secure it with the new ( to us ) FastGun tie downs. They work well ! And … by design … they’re much “faster” and easier than the Happijac tie downs that came with the camper. HMPH ! After bringing the truck and camper to our lot I discovered that one of the truck’s fog lamps is burned out !

After supper ( barbecued Coho salmon, caught by me ) I worked on reconciling and paying our January MasterCard statement.

Friday ; Sunny and mild. Joanne cooked a chicken and beans recipe in the Sun Oven today.

I did some minor preventive maintenance on the trailer, camper, and truck today. Joanne did some preparation for our weekend trip to Palm Springs. I had to tell both a neighbour from Alberta, and a telephone caller from BC who has phoned me four times about an item that I have advertised for sale, that I am not a satellite dish service technician, and am getting tired of being repeatedly asked for free advice. The old man from Vernon BC was actually pissed off at me that he was unable to reach me by telephone early this morning and ended up phoning a local satellite TV service business that sent a service technician out to his place and charged him sixty bucks to find and fix a loose connection. HEY … **** you, pal !

Saturday ; Yuma, Arizona to Palm Springs, California

Sunny and warm.

We left home this morning at 11:40 AM, with Ozzie but without Emma. We will leave her home alone in the trailer for 2½ days. We ran errands for awhile before leaving Yuma. First stop was Lowe’s where I bought four keyed alike Master padlocks for the camper’s new FastGun tie down turnbuckles. Then Goodwill for another one of their 50% off everything sale. I needed some shirts. I bought three. Goodwill was extremely crowded today. While we were in Goodwill we left Ozzie in the camper. It seemed too warm to leave him in the truck. During the half hour or so that Ozzie was alone in the camper … < sigh > … he ate most of a wrapped loaf of bread that Joanne had left on a counter. You wouldn’t think that a dog that’s almost fifteen years of age would be able to get up on a kitchen counter, but … you’d be wrong ! BAD DOG, OZZIE !

Next stop was O’Reilly Auto Parts. While I went into O’Reilly’s to buy a replacement bulb for the truck’s fog lamp, Joanne went to Fry’s next door to buy another loaf of bread. Last stop before leaving Yuma was Harbor Freight, my first visit to Harbor Freight this winter season. 

< snicker > Won’t be my last ! When we pulled into Harbor Freight’s parking lot, we were parked beside old friends Lynn and Mischa, and their dog Gypsy. We haven’t seen them in a few years. We chatted for awhile, about my cardiac bypass surgery, and the death of Bo. He was one of Gypsy’s first dog friends when she was just a puppy, about ten years or so ago. And Bo was certainly a mentor of hers on many pack walks around the Kofa Ko-op dog park.

After finishing our visiting and shopping at Harbor Freight we got onto Interstate 8 and headed west, crossing the Colorado River into California. We stopped at the first rest area in California and had a very late lunch. And brief nap. More west on I-8 then northwest on Hwy. 86 to Palm Springs. We arrived in Coachella, on the eastern edge of the Palm Springs area, around 6 PM ( 7 PM Yuma time ). Using our GPS we found our way to a panaderia that Joanne had read about. WOW ! Second best panaderia we have ever been to, second only to one in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. We bought a lot of pan dulce ! WOO-HOO ! HA HA HA !

From Las Tres Conchitas ( The Three Conchitas, a type of Mexican pastry ) we drove to Spotlight 29 Casino, our boondocking / overnight parking “home” for the next couple of nights. We walked and fed Ozzie … unsure of how much supper to feed him, considering the consumption of the loaf of bread … then went into the casino to have supper at their buffet restaurant. This was my birthday dinner treat for Joanne’s upcoming birthday.

After supper we returned to the camper, I raised the camper’s roof top TV antenna, plugged the TV into the 120 volt inverter outlet, and … found NBC Palm Springs. We watched Saturday Night Live.

DSK

January 13 to 19, 2019

Sunday ; Sunny and mild, a lovely day.

This afternoon I began working on a caulking project on the camper. I am removing old caulking, cleaning, and replacing with new caulking. I have done many sections of the camper previously, and continue to work on replacing old, dried, and cracked caulking, usually when a leak rears its ugly head. As it did late last summer on our trip to Bella Coola, and again on our wet trip down I-5 in November.

In the evening I did some work on our investment files, and posted my weekly blog entry.

Monday ; Cloudy, mild, intermittent light rain starting late in the afternoon.

This morning we cleaned the front patio roof fascia panels, finishing that moulding insert removal project. This afternoon we continued removing old, dried, cracked caulking from the top front of the camper. I used a scraper blade on a reciprocating tool to remove the old caulking. It worked well. I scraped off caulking, and Joanne cleaned. And … as soon as we were finished removing all the caulking … < sigh > … it began to rain. I wonder if any of the rain will find its way into the camper ? ! ? Story of my life !

In the evening I was dragged kicking and screaming to Wal-Mart. More “story of my life” ! HA HA HA !

Tuesday ; Cloudy, mild, raining lightly until early afternoon. Very thick fog late in the evening.

This morning I took an empty propane tank to be refilled and I repaired Joanne’s sunglasses. After lunch we went to the Humane Society for our regular weekly volunteer shift of dog walking and cat cuddling. In the evening I reconciled December’s investment statements.

Wednesday ; Los Algodones, Baja California, Mexico

Sunny and mild. Today was a long and tiring but productive ( and very expensive ) day in Mexico.

At 11:15 AM we left home heading for Mexico and Joanne’s noon appointment for her second ( of three planned ) sclerotherapy treatments. We arrived at the medical clinic at 11:55 AM and the dermatologist was ready to see Joanne. < blink blink > That was a bit unusual. Usually doctors in Mexico operate on … well … Mexican time. HA HA HA ! The dermatologist was pleased with the results of the first treatment.

After leaving the medical clinic ( about 12:20 PM ) we walked across town to Meyer Optical where we each had an eye exam, then selected frames and ordered two pairs of glasses each. Two exams by an opthalmologist and four pairs of glasses … U.S.$550 ! Seems like a lot of money ( equivalent to about $750 Canadian ) but four pairs of glasses in Canada would probably cost about $2000, not including the eye exams ! We have purchased glasses in Los Algodones before, a few times at Algodones Optical, and once at Meyer Optical. Algodones Optical is cheaper, but Meyer Optical offers better products and better services. We will pick up our four pairs of glasses in four weeks when we return to Mexico for Joanne’s next sclerotherapy treatment. Both of my two pairs of glasses will be in unbreakable / flexible Titanium frames. My “regular” glasses will have tri-focal, Sun Sensor, anti-reflective coated Crizal lenses, so … the expense is understandable.

By the time we were finished at Meyer Optical it was 2 PM. Time for a late lunch. We went to El Rancherito,a restaurant we had not been to before. Lunch was good. And so was the service. We will return there. I had dos burritos de pollo, con arroz, frijoles, y guacomole. Joanne had tres tostados de rez, con arroz. I had a Coca-Cola Light ( Mexican version of Diet Coke ), Joanne ordered a Fanta Naranja, was served an Orange Crush. Close enough, I guess. HA HA HA !

After lunch Joanne went to Tere’s Beauty Shop for a pedicure while I went shopping for medications. I bought the meds I needed then went to the beauty shop and waited for Joanne’s pedicure to be finished. As we left Tere’s I realized that I had lost my sweater, so we had to backtrack looking for it. I found it at the restaurant.

We walked back to the border where the line-up was obscenely long, not surprising, I suppose, since the Customs and Border Patrol agents are working without pay ! ! ! We arrived at 3:40 PM at the line-up to cross the border, and we crossed the border at 5:20 PM ! HMPH !

On the way home we stopped at Sprouts ( a new, upscale supermarket,a bit similar to Trader Joe’s ) to buy some advertised groceries, and at “DD’s” to ( unsuccessfully ) shop for some slippers.

Thursday ; Happy 20^th Birthday to Joanne’s niece Madeleine

Mostly cloudy, mild.

This afternoon I continued working on caulking the front and top of the camper. I did not quite finish. Maybe tomorrow, although I’m probably going to run out of caulking before I finish, and will have to go buy another tube of caulking.

This evening we went to the monthly foreign art film presented at Historic Yuma Theatre by Arizona Western College. Tonight was an Israeli film about three young Palestinian women and the trials and tribulations of their love lives. Good movie, although a sad ending. On the way home we bought Big Buford burgers and chili cheese fries at Rally’s to take home for a very late supper. MMMMM !

Friday ; Sunny, mild, windy.

After lunch Joanne left to go grocery shopping. I went to the storage yard to work on the camper recaulking project. I ran out of caulking before the project was finished. I had somewhat expected that. As soon as Joanne returned home ( at 5 PM ) we left for The Foothills. I wanted to view a set of four Fast Gun truck camper tie downs. I have wanted Fast Guns for quite awhile. The seller was asking much more than I was willing to pay, but … he was reasonable and flexible, and sold them to me for the price I was willing to pay. Thank you, John !

Saturday ; Sunny and warm. Joanne cooked a wonderful chicken and vegetables recipe in the Sun Oven today.

This morning I headed out to RV Connection to buy another tube of caulking for the camper project. On the way back home I refilled Obie with fuel. After lunch and a brief nap I went to the storage yard and finished the camper caulking project. AHHHHH … another big job completed !

Today I applied a “bumper sticker” to the rear window of Obie. It reads “Yuma Art Center”. I picked it up at the Historic Yuma Theater when we were there a few nights ago viewing the foreign art film. Historic Yuma Theater and Yuma Art Center share a building. I want to display it on the car as a political statement. So my neighbours can infer from it where on the political spectrum I reside ! As a counterpoint to my neighbour’s bumper sticker that reads “Friends Of Coal”. HA HA HA !

DSK

January 6 to 12, 2019

Sunday ; Sunny and mild.

This afternoon I replaced two long sections of seam moulding insert trim on the trailer. I assembled and installed the trailer’s “portable” clothesline unit. I moved Ozzie’s dog tags from his old collar to the new one Joanne put on him yesterday. She felt it was time to change his collar and harness from those suitable for a thirty-three pound dog to new ones suitable for a twenty-two pound dog. I bought postage and mailed our IRS 8840 forms.

In the evening I continued working on year end investment analyses. YIKES ! I posted my weekly journal to my blog. I have been having format problems with my blog postings ever since I started using my new laptop computer. And I applied for election employment for the upcoming Canadian federal election in October. HEY … the early bird gets the worm !

Monday ; Sunny and mild. Pretty nice day, after a week of cold. A perfect day for trimming one’s beard at the backyard patio table.

This afternoon, while Joanne was out grocery shopping, I fixed / straightened the truck’s bent bed side, using a borrowed “come along” device, and a precisely cut and shaped piece of 2×4 lumber. It went as well as could be expected, perhaps even a bit better. And the results are good enough / satisfactory.

In the evening I worked on scanning and sending a document to my investment broker regarding the commencement of Joanne’s upcoming monthly annuity payments … WOO-HOO … and another document to Progressive Insurance regarding Obie’s car insurance.

Tuesday ; Sunny and mild.

This morning I solved a problem in the car. I disabled the “door ajar” alarm which had malfunctioned, and was sounding frequently … and erroneously. I was attempting to diagnose and correct the problem when … I broke the switch that opens when the driver’s door is closed. HA HA HA … problem solved. Want to turn off a malfunctioning alarm ? Just break the switch !

This afternoon we went to the Humane Society for our regular weekly volunteer shift of dog walking and cat cuddling. After we returned home I paid some bills before making Oyster Mushroom omelets for supper. Yesterday Joanne found Oyster Mushrooms available at the “99¢ Only Store”, the second time she has found Oyster Mushrooms there recently. Go figure !

While we prepared supper we watched Trump’s ten minute plea to the nation for funding for “the wall”, and the Democrat leaders’ rebuttal. How could 40% of this nation ( probably 98% of this RV park community ) still be supporting Trump ? ? ? A xenophobic moron leading a nation of morons ? ! ?

Wednesday ; Sunny and mild. Joanne cooked beef short ribs in the Sun Oven today.

Well ! How nice was that ? ! ? Late this morning our neighbour across the street Bebe ( Miss Thailand 196? ) brought over a couple of freshly made, still hot Thai spring rolls and a little cup of her wonderful Thai peanut sauce. MMMMM ! Thank you very much, Bebe.

< sigh > We spent a lot of time dealing with a very unpleasant blocked sewage outlet problem on the trailer. When I went to dump the trailer’s black tank, the outlet plugged. It was a lot of difficult … and very unpleasant … work to get the problem solved. < sigh >

Joanne helped me set up Bo’s agility equipment in the back yard, in anticipation of listing it for sale in the White Sheet. BUT … after discussion we decided to give it to his agility classmate / buddy Zona, our friends’ Dave and Shauna’s Border Collie. Bo would be happy to give his Bo-gility stuff to Zona. Now it can be Zona-gility stuff. HA HA HA !

Late in the afternoon I began working on a project to remove and replace the coloured, thin aluminum moulding insert on our front patio roof’s fascia trim. But after I began to remove the old moulding insert, Joanne suggested that removal would be sufficient, replacement was unnecessary. So … I am removing, but not planning to replace it. That will certainly make the project faster and easier ! I suppose I will just leave the fifty foot roll of aluminum moulding insert trim that I bought two years ago in the shed. Perhaps this lot’s next owner will disagree with our decision not to replace it.

Thursday ; Sunny and warm. What a nice day ! I made ( liquid ) smoked Rainbow Trout in the Sun Oven today, using the last three Rainbow Trout I caught in the Similkameen River late in September.

Around noon we headed out for lunch. We checked Joanne’s inventory of restaurant coupons, and went to Subway. Lunch was … unsatisfactory. After lunch we went to Arizona MarketPlace, the local flea market. We each bought some items we needed, and Joanne bought produce. Back at home I napped, we took Ozzie for his late afternoon walk, then we finished the front patio roof fascia moulding trim insert removal project before it got dark.

In the evening I did some budget work. And … HA HA HA … we watched the season two premiere of a quirky and funny TV series, The Guest Book.

Friday ; Sunny and warm.

This morning I watered our remaining cactus gardens ( a bad 

idea ? ) and installed a new light on the front of my bicycle. In the afternoon our friends Dave and Shauna came over with their Border Collie Zona, visited with us for awhile, then left with our dog agility equipment, which we gave to them. Have fun, Zona ! I replaced one of the Arizona room’s vinyl wall snaps. We took Ozzie for his noon long walk … at 5:30 PM. He has been resistant to our noon long walks ( too hot ), so we are switching our noon long walks to 5:30 PM and our 5:30 PM short walks to noon.

After supper we watched the movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”.

Saturday ; Sunny and warm.

Late this morning we headed east, to the Yuma “suburb” The Foothills. First stop was Del Taco, for lunch. It seems a bit silly to go to a mediocre American “Mexican” restaurant when we are this close to Mexico, but … WOW, their discount coupons are great ! HA HA HA ! After lunch we shopped at Green Tree Grocers, a “scratch & dent” grocery store.

Next was our primary shopping destination of the day, Goodwill, for today’s “50% off everything” sale. I bought many shirts and pants, an annual replenishment. I refilled Obie with fuel at Fry’s Fuel Bar before our final shopping stops at Walgreens and CVS 

( pharmacies ).

After returning home we took Ozzie for his late afternoon long walk before I barbecued Coho Salmon ( caught by me in the Atnarko River in September ) for supper. We spent the evening binge watching VEEP on HBO. HA HA HA HA HA !

DSK

December 30, 2018 to January 5, 2019

Sunday ; Sunny and cold. Around lunch time we headed out for some flea market shopping at Yuma Swap Meet Los Perros aka Dog Track Flea Market. On the way we stopped to have lunch at Jack In The Box. We have not eaten at a Jack In The Box for many years. Today we remembered why. Great TV commercials … lousy food ! We bought what we needed at the flea market, including some fresh produce. 
I wasn’t feeling well, so it was hard to enjoy the flea market experience.

Back at home we did more gardening. I removed and relocated / transplanted the smaller of our two Barrel Cactus. And we cleaned up / restored the areas where we had dug out an Ocotillo and a large Cow’s Tongue Prickly Pear. We transplanted some Aloe Vera plants to where the Prickly Pear had been.

Just before we had supper we gave Ozzie a bath. Joanne made a salad with heirloom cherry tomatoes bought today at the flea market produce vendor. I barbecued steak and small potatoes. WOO-HOO … baked potatoes smothered in Crema CentroAmericana, Joanne’s favourite way to have potatoes. HA HA HA !

I received a telephone call from the Security Department of our Canadian MasterCard. They wanted to know if I had made ten ( TEN ! ) attempts to transfer money via Western Union using my credit card. NO … I DID NOT ! ! ! That’s what they had expected. SO … they simply cancelled my compromised credit card number, and issued a new card. Sending it by mail to our winter U.S. address was a bit problematic, but … it got done. Apparently ! Hopefully ! Time will tell !

Monday ; New Year’s Eve

Cloudy, cool, windy, light rain starting in the afternoon. That caused a change in our evening plans. We were planning to go downtown to attend Yuma’s first dropping of the giant, lighted head of lettuce … HA HA HA … but decided it was too cold, too windy, and too wet !

So … I had a slightly lazy day, doing a lot of year end work on the computer. Late in the afternoon we went shopping. Harbor Freight … our first stop, was already closed. At Staples next door I bought two flash drives, advertised specials on sale for one quarter of the regular price. Next was Church’s Chicken where we bought dinner … using coupons, of course … to take home. Last stop was CVS Pharmacy, for more advertised specials. While we were shopping in CVS Pharmacy, Ozzie spent his time trying to figure out how to open the fridge in Obie 
( the SUV ) to get at the Church’s Chicken inside. Fortunately … he failed. HA HA HA !

We returned home to eat our chicken and spend the evening watching TV.

Tuesday ; New Year’s Day

Sunny, cold, windy.

Did some annual preventive maintenance on the camper this afternoon. BRRRRR … much too cold for Yuma, Arizona ! Could be worse, 
I guess. We could be … anywhere else in North America ! HA HA HA ! In the evening I worked on annual budgeting. There’s never enough money, is there ? HA HA HA !

Wednesday ; Sunny. COLD ! Expected to snow in Tucson and Phoenix tonight. YIKES !

This morning I sold more of my items advertised for sale in the White Sheet. WOO-HOO ! Almost all gone ! This afternoon I worked on clearing out all the dead cacti in my cactus gardens in the dog park behind our rear fence. Didn’t quite finish. Mid-afternoon we went to the Humane Society for our regular weekly volunteer shift as dog walker 
( me ) and cat cuddler ( Joanne ). Our neighbour / friend Linda came along with us. She wanted to make her annual financial donation to the Humane Society, and … search for a new dog to adopt. Her Lhasa Apso Tiffany died not too long ago, and she’s ready for a new dog.

I had a bit of a “run in” with a ”newbie” volunteer who felt he was in a position to tell me how I should do my job as a dog walker. And not surprisingly, shortly thereafter I had another run in with the newbie Volunteer Manager, after the newbie volunteer … whom I told might want to … < ahem > … consider reproducing with himself … went whining to her. HEY … I was a volunteer there long before either of you ever heard of the place … and I’ll still be a volunteer there long after both of you are history ! ! ! AND … I was extremely well trained as a “dog walker” by a very competent and professional Volunteer Manager of many years ago ! ! ! So there !

Thursday ; Sunny and cool.

This morning I drove to a nearby RV parts dealer and bought a few items I needed. I have dealt with this business many times in the past, and have usually been dissatisfied with their poor customer service, preferring to deal with Al’s RV Supplies in The Foothills. BUT … last summer Al’s RV Supplies went out of business. DARN ! On the way back home I refilled Obie with fuel. Gee, that car uses a lot of fuel. Even after the recent tune-up. I think I should have the malfunctioning fuel pressure regulator replaced.

Joanne joined me for the first time in a week on my long walk with Ozzie. She has been avoiding long walks, as advised by her Mexican dermatologist after a sclerotherapy treatment a week ago. I’ve missed Joanne’s companionship on walks with Ozzie. He’s not much of a conversationalist. HA HA HA !

After lunch I went to nap while Joanne went shopping. Afterwards 
I reinstalled a refilled propane tank. I sharpened the kitchen knives. Joanne has been complaining about how dull her favourite paring knife has become. Well … dear … if you didn’t cut plastic with it … maybe it wouldn’t get so dull ! HA HA HA ! I spent the evening working on year end financial updates.

Friday ; Sunny, cool, windy.

This morning Joanne helped me finish up the disposal of dead cacti from the dog park behind our rear fence. Good riddance to my cactus gardens ! After lunch Joanne went grocery shopping. I sold the last item I had advertised for sale in the White Sheet. WOO-HOO ! BUT … 
I committed to providing a refund if it proved to be unsuitable for the buyer. < shrug > Let’s hope that won’t be necessary.

I started “body work” on the truck to repair the damage I caused on my last trailer towing job on November 1, but I didn’t get very far. I need to buy a 2×4 piece of lumber to use as bracing. In the evening I filled out our IRS 8840 forms, establishing to the US IRS that we have a “closer connection” to another country, so are thereby exempt from US income taxes. < rolling eyes >

Saturday ; Cloudy, cool, light rain starting around noon.

This morning the moron from Alberta that I sold my last item to phoned to tell me it wasn’t what he needed, and was returning it for a refund. AFTER … I had already told another caller that it was sold ! AND … that caller’s phone number was blocked on my phone’s call display, so I was unable to phone him back. Why don’t you people with blocked phone numbers get over yourselves ? ! ! !

Late this morning we headed to Lowe’s to buy a piece of 2×4 lumber 
I need for a project. Then we went to have lunch at Hamburger Stand 
( formerly known as Wienerschnitzel ). After lunch we drove to Arizona MarketPlace, the local flea market. But … I wasn’t feeling well, and after parking I decided I would rather just go home and lie down.

In the evening I did some trip planning for a trip to Las Vegas in late February.  I finished updating my investment files and started my annual investment analysis.  HMPH !  Doesn't look that good !

DSK