I Think It's Monday?

I really think we need to get one of those clocks that tell you the day of the week. I have
quite a time keeping the days straight since I retired. I do know we went to church yesterday, so I'm pretty sure it is Monday -- even though I could swear it was Tuesday.

I took this picture late this afternoon when we got home from an afternoon in Spokane. The clouds were just beginning to get a pink tinge in preparation for sunset --

While I was gone, Forry took the Toad into the Jeep dealer to have some work done. It had been making a funny noise that made us a little nervous. Forry was concerned we might have a U-Joint going bad, but it turned out to be a problem with the brakes. We now have new brakes and calipers all around, plus they rotated the tires.

Forry paid the bill -- some 761 dollars, then headed back to Ponderosa Falls to wait for my plane to come in at 8 PM. He was almost here when he got a rather frantic call from the bookkeeper at the Jeep dealer. She told him she had only charged the 61 dollar portion on the credit card slip! He says he hadn't really looked at the slip, had only looked over the invoice. So that was our task today, to go back out to the dealership (which is way out in the Spokane Valley) and sign another charge slip. I think the ladies in the billing department were VERY glad to see Forry walk in!

From there it was a trip to Costco. It was late enough in the afternoon that Forry could have one of their Polish dogs for supper. I swear, that man thinks their dogs are the height of gourmet food! I really like Costco, but I dislike coming home and repackaging the meat I bought to put it in the freezer. Today I bought a pack of four sirloin tip pork roasts as well as a three pound pack of hamburger. They all had to be cut apart from the bulk packaging, then double bagged in freezer bags. The bulk packs of kleenex and toilet paper can await another day for me to find niches to stash them in...

And Yet Another Trip to Spokane...

The 90 miles between the ranch and Spokane are getting longer every trip! Though, for me the trip today turned out pretty nice. The new lens for our glasses were in and when I called Sarah, I was able to get in this afternoon for a bang trim.

For Forry, it was another story. He wasn't in at the dermatologist's office very long, but the doctor sure worked him over! He has bandages on both elbows and one knee. Sounds like the doc is trying a couple of different strategies on his persistent psoriasis.

I broke down this time and got the photo gray lenses which I have been resisting for years. But it has gotten to be such a hassle to keep switching between my regular glasses and my sun glasses. I seem to be perpetually misplacing my glass case! So far I'm not to pleased with the new lens for driving though. With the tinted glass on the Jeep windshield they do not get as dark as my sun glasses did -- there was definitely more glare.

And I even convinced Forry that we did NOT have to go to lunch at Costco for $1.50 polish dogs! We shared a great albacore tuna sandwich at the Rocket Bakery up on 18th by Manito Park. It's the only place I know of that makes as good a cherry pie as I do -- you can actually see and taste the cherries instead of that awfull canned filling stuff!

We were back at the ranch by 4:30 and I started back at work on the stacked up laundry. The pile in the hallway is beginning to look less intimidating...