Sunday
;
Sunny and very warm. Joanne cooked a beef stew in the Sun Oven
today.
This morning we had to give
Emma a bit of a … < ahem > … bum bath. She pouted in her
bed for most of the rest of the day.
Most of my day was taken up
with routine chores ; clean the barbecue, exercise our little
generator, pay some bills online, put away laundered clothing, post
my weekly blog entry, etc. Late in the afternoon we went to the
swimming pool and did an exercise session before having supper.
Monday
;
Sunny
and warm. Joanne cooked a Thai Chicken recipe in the Sun Oven today.
I
did some weeding and cleanup in the dog park behind our rear yard
fence this morning before watering all our plants and gardens. In
the afternoon
I disassembled the car’s center console, removed the
climate control ( HVAC ) panel, disassembled the climate control
panel, and removed the burned out light bulb in the panel. < sigh
> An hour of work just to locate and remove a burned out little
bulb. I reassembled everything … about another forty-five minutes
of work, then got onto my computer searching for the little bulb’s
“identity”. HMPH ! Couldn’t find it ! I’ll have to go to
some automotive parts suppliers like O’Reilly’s and hope that
they can help me.
In the afternoon I received
the wheel center cap I ordered for the minivan. It does not have the
exact part number that I ordered, and while it looks extremely
similar to the other wheel center caps on the car, it doesn’t fit
quite right. I sent a query to the supplier in Florida. I expect I
will have to return it for a refund. No sense paying fifty bucks for
a part that’s worth about half of that and is likely to fly off the
car the first time I reach highway speed with it on the car.
In
the evening I reconciled our January / February MasterCard billing.
Tuesday
;
Sunny,
warm, windy.
Routine
household chores this morning. Dog walking and cat cuddling at the
Humane Society in the afternoon. Nap afterwards ! Shopped online
for a car cover for the minivan.
Wednesday
;
Sunny
and warm. I made sun dried Beefsteak tomatoes in the Sun Oven today.
Emma is ill. Joanne went
grocery shopping by herself this afternoon.
This morning I received a
phone call from Factory Chrysler Parts in Florida. Yes, yes … they
sent the wrong part. The correct part is now on its way. I took an
empty propane tank to be refilled. I disassembled and removed the
trailer’s laundry hamper cupboard to gain access to the “guts”
of the trailer’s freshwater refill plumbing. I was looking for a
possible problem. I didn’t find it.
I drafted a “return home to
Canada” trip plan. Late in the afternoon we went to the swimming
pool and did an exercise session. We had the pool and hot tub all to
ourselves. In the evening we watched Survivor, then I watched the
pilot of a new Canadian medical drama ; Transplant.
Thursday
;
Sunny
and very warm.
This
morning Joanne encouraged us to resume walking laps around the dog
park, for exercise. We are not walking enough since Ozzie died.
This afternoon I shopped for a
specialty automotive bulb at local automotive supply stores.
Couldn’t find what I need. < sigh > Maybe I’ll be able to
find it online. I shopped for the bulb while we were on our way to
see a movie at Harkins Theaters in Yuma Palms Shopping Center.
We saw Call Of The Wild. I
liked it a lot. Joanne not so much.
Friday
;
Sunny
and warm.
Late
this morning we went to Food City to shop for groceries and have
lunch in their in-store cocina ( Spanish
for “kitchen”
or “café”
). On the way back home we stopped at Lowe’s and I bought some
materials for an upcoming renovation project in the Arizona room. I
shopped at O’Reilly’s and Auto Zone for some automotive
instrument panel bulbs. Neither store had what I need. Back at home
I napped while Joanne had a long phone chat with her sister. Late in
the afternoon we went to the swimming pool and did an exercise
session. In the evening I did some online shopping for a car cover
and the difficult to find automotive instrument panel bulbs.
Saturday
;
Sunny
and very warm. Joanne cooked Picadillo, a Mexican recipe, in the Sun
Oven today.
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH
! ! ! ! ! Today I received an
incorrect part from Factory Chrysler Parts, the second time they have
sent me the same incorrect part. Come on, guys, picking an
automotive part, by part number, isn’t rocket science !
Twice today we went for a walk
around the dog park. I did computer backup procedures today. I
discovered a “recovery drive” error I made a few months ago. I
will have to create a new recovery drive, and recopy all my archived
documents and photos. I did some planning and preparation for an
upcoming “home renovation” project in the Arizona room. I read
and napped. On one of the sofas in the Arizona room. How nice !
After an absence of a couple
of weeks, Cobra the feral cat showed up in our back yard tonight,
looking like he needed a meal.
DSK
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