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Monday, October 15, 2007

Coffee on the Patio

October 15, 2007
Peoria, AZ

It’s a beautiful thing to be able to take your morning coffee outside on the patio. The combination of cool morning temperatures, clear blue skies, and a lack of bugs makes this a good environment for open-air living. Now that daily high temperatures are moderating (keeping our fingers crossed; forecast says we still have some low-90s days coming up), we’ll be able to keep the doors open and spend as much time as we want outside. I keep thinking about putting a TV out on the patio, but then I realize that we don’t need more TV (or TVs).

Yesterday went pretty much according to plan, except that I didn’t get to lubricate the garage door because all my dry lube is still in the coach. I can’t use something like WD-40 because it attracts dirt and dust, and I don’t want anything gunking it up (a technical term). We’re planning another trip to the coach tomorrow, so I’ll get that stuff then. It’s difficult to know what’s where sometimes, and I’m working hard to avoid a lot of duplication of tools and materials.

I did watch a little football yesterday (hard to “adopt” the Cardinals at this point), but it was more background noise than anything else. Geri made a great apple and pear )not peach like I initially posted) cobbler (baking isn’t her thing, so this was quite a treat) and I tried out a cod recipe that we’d found somewhere (oven-roasted on a bed of lima beans – not a “keeper” in my book but maybe a base to work from with more flavors). The 2003 Sancerre that I picked wasn’t the best choice (the dish probably needed a wine with more body) but it wasn’t bad either.

Today we’re back on the appointment trail. Geri has a mammogram this morning, and we’ve got to make appointments for pet grooming. That means we have to find a new groomer first since we were unhappy with the last service we got here before we left in the spring. I also have a referral to an ENT (ear-nose-throat) specialist that I need to set up; maybe they can help my sinuses enough to reduce the level of my snoring. And, of course, I now have a 2-page to-do list, so I need to organize and prioritize and get started on those things.

We were up early today because of a 6:30 AM phone call from Verizon wanting to renew our contract. This reminded me that I really need to change our phone numbers to Arizona. I’m sure that the call was timed assuming that we’re in NJ based on the 856 area code. Another thing for the to-do list!

2 comments:

Dave Thompson said...

dog groomer -- oh you mean dog butcher -- I think I remember that last cut -- did you get any pictures to show the new guy to say "not like this ...".

Dave.

George said...

It took from April to August for them to grow out enough to get groomed again. We had it done in CT on the way back through, but Geri wasn't happy with that either, so no "do it like this" pictures yet. I'll have to go back through older picture archives to see if there's anything there. We're looking for a new groomer here, preferably one that specializes in terriers.