Sunday
;
Mostly cloudy, cool.
HMPH
! We have just finished having our Thanksgiving dinner. It was
terrible ! We bought a wrapped, frozen, expensive,
lamb shoulder roast for tonight’s dinner. We didn’t realize
until after it was thawed and cooked that … < sputter > …
it was about 80% fat ! Worst $25 roast we’ve ever had. As a
matter of fact … worst roast at any price ! ! ! After trimming off
the extensive fat portions there was barely enough meat left to serve
two people.
Today was spent leisurely
chipping away at “fall pre-departure” preparations.
Monday
; Thanksgiving ( Canadian )
Sunny and mild.
Well
! Today I bought … another
… Dodge minivan. HA HA HA ! I like our first one so much … I
bought another one. The one I bought today … in Palm Springs,
California … will be our new “winter” car in Yuma, Arizona.
Our current “summer” car is a 2002 Dodge Caravan. Our new
“winter” car is a 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. I found it online a
couple of days ago, and have been communicating back and forth with
the auto dealer online. Tonight we reached a tentative deal.
Yesterday at suppertime, while
walking Ozzie, we found some Shaggy Mane mushrooms, an annual
occurrence here in our RV park community. Although this is a couple
of weeks later than they usually appear. Today while walking Ozzie
at lunchtime, I found more Shaggy Manes. With a few harvested last
night, and a few more harvested today, Joanne made Shaggy Mane
mushroom soup for lunch. It was very good. Perhaps just a tad too
much garlic … < BURP >.
Tuesday
; Penticton
Partially sunny, mild.
HMPH ! This morning I
received a message from the Palm Springs auto dealer. They are
unwilling to hold the Dodge minivan for me for a month, despite my
willingness to place a reasonable deposit. Isn’t it fun doing
business with Americans ? ! ? < sarcasm and contempt >
This afternoon I did some
preventive maintenance work on the truck. And discovered a
malfunctioned dually tire valve extender. HMPH ! Story of my life !
! ! I used a couple of 4” spares to replace the 6” bad one.
At 4 PM we left home, heading
to Keremeos and Penticton. In Keremeos
I renewed the registration
and insurance for our fifth wheel trailer and truck. In Penticton we
ran a few errands then went to La Casa Ouzeria, a Greek restaurant,
for a surprise ( for Joanne ) anniversary dinner. The food was good
but … a bit heavy, leaving me feeling bloated.
After dinner we stopped at
Wal-Mart for a few items. We got back home around 9 PM.
Wednesday
;
Sunny
and mild, a nice fall day.
I
did some budget planning work today. Joanne did laundry. In the
evening we checked the large inventory of election supplies each of
us has for our polling station, and reported missing inventory to our
… < ahem > … elections supervisor. She phoned at 8 PM and
demanded that we do that task … tonight
! She seems to be operating under the misconception that we’re
sitting around waiting for her to phone and tell us what hoops to
jump through … and when
! When I phoned her back at 11 PM we had a … < ahem > …
healthy exchange of opinions ! ! !
For supper Joanne prepared
lamb chile verde using the remaining tomatillos harvested from our
garden. MMMMM !
Thursday
;
Overcast
and cool.
This
morning Joanne went to Penticton, taking our neighbour / friend
Jeanine, and they spent the day running errands. I spent the day
leisurely working on budget planning and preparations for departure
at the end of the month.
Friday
;
Sunny
and cool.
Joanne
did some work preparing our election work materials. I did some fall
pre-departure preparation work. I retrieved and reconciled our U.S.
bank account statement. I did some maintenance work on the camper.
We went to the swimming pool at 6 PM and did an exercise session.
Saturday
;
Mix
of sun and clouds, cool, extremely heavy rain for just a few minutes
around suppertime. Rather odd !
Another
day of leisurely preparing for departure in a couple of weeks. And
we gave Ozzie a bath. Joanne wanted him to be clean and smelling
nicely for his day of being at a neighbour’s on Monday. <
rolling my eyes >
DSK
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