Sunday ;
Sunny,
hot, windy.
Had
a bit of a lazy day. Updated investment summaries. Posted my blog.
Took Ozzie for a couple of walks. Did monthly computer backup work.
Joanne did laundry, and while waiting for the laundry to be done she
exercised by herself in the pool, working on her sore shoulder
exercises.
Monday
;
Sunny
and hot.
After
routine morning chores I decided to go fishing. I walked to my
“secret fishing hole” about twenty minutes upstream to find that
the Similkameen River “topography” has changed for the second
summer in a row. I fished for an hour and a half, catching two
Rainbow Trout and one Whitefish. I kept the Rainbows. HMPH
! The larger, stronger Whitefish bent my favourite Muddler Minnow
fly.
The return hike back home was much more difficult than the hike to
the fishing spot. Probably
because
on the hike back home I was sun burned, very
hot, slightly dehydrated,
and somewhat “out of fuel” / hungry.
I
decided that the strenuous hike to and from my fishing spot sufficed
as my cardiac exercising for the day so … Joanne went to the
swimming pool by herself this afternoon. I napped ! HA
HA HA !
Late this afternoon while
transferring our GPS from the truck to the minivan Joanne broke the
GPS mount. < fume >
Tuesday
; Penticton
Sunny and hot.
We
left home this morning at 11 AM, with our (
now
surplus )
forty
pound propane tank in the minivan. I had advertised it for sale, and
sold it to a woman in Kaleden, agreeing
to deliver it to her home.
When we arrived at her home in Kaleden, her husband took the tank,
then handed
me forty dollars. UHHHHH … NO … pal … it’s seventy-five
dollars
! Forty
pound tank … not forty dollar tank ! ! ! The husband and wife …
both elderly … seemed confused. I began to load the tank back into
our minivan. The husband reluctantly coughed up seventy-five
dollars
!
We
spent the day running errands in Penticton. Primary reason
for the trip was a doctor’s appointment for me. I have been
recording my blood pressure twice daily since an adjustment in the
dosage
of one
of my
heart
medications
about three
weeks ago. The
dosage adjustment seems to have put my blood pressure back “on
track”. Good thing ! Now my “pre-existing condition” meets
the “ninety day stability” ( prior to departure ) requirement of
our travel medical insurance.
We
had a wonderful lunch at a new Asian buffet restaurant. EXCELLENT
food ! Chinese, Korean, and Thai. We
left Penticton around 5 PM when our chores were finished and were
home at 6 PM. We had a light supper before watching Amazing Race
Canada.
Wednesday
; Happy 58th Birthday to my brother Russell
Sunny and hot.
WOW
! Stunning news by e-mail this morning. We have just found out that
the elderly (
well … just a few years older than us )
man killed by the Stikine River bridge near Dease Lake in Northern BC
ten days ago by the two young men now being hunted by the police in
Northern Manitoba was one of our neighbours’ son-in-law ! ! ! Our
deepest sympathies go out to John and Shelia, their daughter and
grandsons.
This morning we drove to
Hedley to check our “secret” wild Apricot tree. For the second
year in a row, the tree has not produced any fruit. HMPH ! Bees not
doing their job ?
We went to the swimming pool
mid-afternoon to exercise, but there were so many people in the pool
that we did not want to go in. We went to visit with our neighbour /
friend Jeanine instead. After visiting with her for awhile we
returned to the pool. All that remained were a middle aged couple
with their teenage son, so … we did our exercising.
After I barbecued burgers for
supper we watched Love Island, Jade Fever, and Highway Thru Hell.
I’m ashamed to admit … we have started watching Love Island and
have become “hooked”. HA HA HA !
Thursday
;
Sunny
and hot.
This afternoon I did some
monthly budget accounting. And some investment analyses. Joanne
went to the swimming pool to do arm and shoulder exercises.
I went
bicycling.
Around suppertime I worked for
about an hour providing handyman services to our next door neighbour,
doing some preventive maintenance inside her trailer and on the
trailer roof.
Friday
;
Sunny
and hot, windy.
Paid
bills, reconciled bank statements, updated investment files. Went to
the pool and exercised late in the afternoon. Reviewed meeting
minutes and other documents received from our community homeowners’
association.
Saturday
;
Sunny
and hot. Joanne
cooked a beef stew in the Sun Oven today.
This
morning we drove into Keremeos to run some errands. Priority was the
hardware store. < sputter > It was closed … today,
tomorrow, and Monday. Because … Monday is a holiday. Why would
they close on Saturday and Sunday because Monday is a holiday ? ! ?
And you wonder why small town businesses can’t survive ? ! ? We
bought quite a lot of produce at Sanderson Farms. WOW … busy place
on a long weekend ! Especially after a
Hell’s Angels puppet
club from the Lower Mainland / Vancouver area roared in. Bunch of
old men reprobate bikers … who
should have gotten haircuts and real jobs long ago … buying
peaches and
cherries.
HA HA HA ! We
refilled our five gallon water jug and stopped in at the grocery
store for one item.
In
the afternoon I purchased our annual travel medical insurance.
Despite much effort I was unable to find an acceptable alternative to
MEDIPAC, who pissed me off so severely last year that I vowed not to
do business with them again.
I
rinsed our home’s bedroom windows, the minivan, truck, and camper
now that our new
( OCD ? ) next door neighbour has finished “blow
drying” her gravel yard with a leaf blower … < fume > !
In the evening I did some
planning work on our next summer’s planned trip by ferries through
the Inside Passage to about a half dozen or so points in Alaska.
WHEW … mucho dineros !
DSK
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