A Sorta Kinda Lazy Day

We had really good intentions of getting tanks emptied; hoses put away; etc today in preparation for moving tomorrow.

But, a couple things happened. Last February I had pre-ordered a copy of the 8th book in the Harry Potter series, The Cursed Child. I had forgotten all about it until I got a notice that it would be arriving late that afternoon. Well, of course, when it came, I had to read it. It's actually the script for a show that will be playing in London next month. Then after I got it read (quite late last night), I had to chat on Facebook with my friend Tammy, who was on her way home from the Barnes and Noble bookstore party where she and her daughter has purchased a hard copy. After Tammy had a chance to also read the book today, we had to continue our chatting on Messenger (so as not to spoil it for her daughter who was still reading it.) It brought back lots of memories of great times with my Grandkids as they lived the HP books.

Then the Mariners were again playing the Cubs this afternoon, this time with Felix pitching! It's now the bottom of the 9th with the score 6-3 for the Mariners. One really cannot leave the house while all that is going on.

I warmed up the other half of last night's stroganoff for supper tonight. An old recipe of Sister Sherry's that we used to enjoy back in the days when the kids were little, it's still a good one.

New Hearing Aids

We had an appointment this afternoon at the Costco on Sprague to pick up Forry's new hearing aids. The young woman that checked them out and reviewed them with Forry seemed to know what she was doing and it didn't take long at all. From there, we went down the street to Home Depot to pick up a padlock for the storage shed at Desert Sun; some mouse bait (I'm thinking ahead); a couple of screws and some large garbage bags. It was one of those trips with no continuity - just stuff we needed to pick up.

The Mariners participated in another pitching duel with the Cubs today, but this time it went their way! Granddaughter Havela's Ben (a big Cub fan) says they "just got lucky!" But we'll see how the rubber match goes tomorrow...

It got up to 95 today, but it has cooled off considerably this evening. We were able to shut the A/C off while we were eating dinner and open the windows. The big pine trees are swaying quite a bit as the front moves through.

Toad II Fixed

Becky called from the Suzuki Service Shop just after lunch and said the part had come in. We were listening to the Mariners/Cubs game which was in a rain delay, so we got dressed and headed out to the Spokane Valley where the shop is located. We waited about an hour for them to do the work. It came to $310., but with the part shipping (which we were charged for to have it expressed...) and our deductible on our Extended Warranty, I paid $125.

From there we went to Group Health where Forry got his blood drawn while I picked up his prescriptions. Amongst them were the eye drops for before and after his cataract surgery. They had a cancellation, and he is now getting the first one done on August 9th. So, from there we went over to the Eye Clinic to pick up the paperwork outlining all he needs to do. Seeing that he has a post-op appointment the morning of the 10th, we went over to the Madison Inn to make reservations for the night before and the night of. Located right above SHMC, the Madison offers reduced rates for very nice rooms if you are having a medical procedure done in Spokane.

We got home just in time to participate in a Skype call with Granddaughter Havela and Kahlyn. Sounds like Ben was gloating about the Cubs beating the Mariners 12-1!

Daughter MM's birthday is today. She's getting old! (Not sure how that has happened so fast...) It sounds like they really had a great time on their trip to Scotland.

Groceries and Gordy's

After a morning of reading the email and the newspapers and checking in with Facebook, we finally bit the bullet and went the back way through Four Lakes into the Safeway store in Cheney. Forry had used up the last of his cache of distilled water topping off the coach's batteries and needed another jug for his CPAP machine as well. Plus we were getting down towards the end of our supply of bottles for human consumption as well.

I restocked our fresh vegetable supply and picked up some ingredients for a couple of new recipes I want to try. It was quite warm again this afternoon and by the time we got everything in the house, we were pooped. Forry suggested going over to the Iron Skillet which is just a mile or so away, but I said if we were going to eat out, I wanted something really good. So we drove into town and up on the South Hill to Gordy's Szehwan. Our timing was not good. We hit the evening rush hour traffic, and then there was a wreck - or something - way up the line, so traffic was down to a crawl once we hit the Sunset Hill.

Eventually we were able to turn off and make our way up the hill to 30th. As usual, the food was great. As usual, we shared a meal. We noticed tonight how many people "over ordered" and were taking a good half of their food home for another meal. Gordy's does a large take-out trade and I guess we had never noticed how many of those containers and paper bags were for folks who were dining in.

Laundry and ?

I had really hoped to sleep in this morning, but for some reason Forry decided to get up early. As much as he may try to be quiet, it just doesn't work that way. When he's up, I may as well get up also as pretty soon he's looking for something that he just can't see. (I never have figured out how it is that you can stare at something right in front of you and just not see it.) I am usually pretty specific when I tell him where something is - "it's on the right hand side of the second shelf in the medicine chest.." 9 times out of ten, I end up getting up and showing him that it's exactly where I said it was?

Forry had to empty the grey tank so that I could finish the last couple of loads of laundry. It most likely would have been fine, but he was so sure it was getting too full...

It's only mid-week, but the park has really filled up today. After several days of heat, the gravel roads are starting to get dusty. The park really needs to invest in a water truck that could sprinkle down the roads. I remember how miserable it got to be last fall when we were here.

Toad II Goes to the Doctor

We had an appointment at the Suzuki Service Shop at 9:00 AM (let it be noted that's TWO mornings in a row we've had to be somewhere by 9 in the morning!) to figure out why Toad II had a light on on the dashboard that said to check emissions. Not being sure how long it might take us to get to the other side of Spokane out by Dishman Hills, we left home a little after eight. Even though we were a bit early, the shop was already busy. We sat in the waiting room while their computer went through the analysis. Turns out the light was pretty accurate - there is a valve/filter in the emissions system that is plugged.

They are going to order the part which should arrive on Thursday. Becky said she would call when it arrived. Sounds like it will be covered under our extended warranty - except for the $100 deductible.

Since we were out in the area, we stopped over at Home Depot and picked up a Kidde smoke detector for the bedroom to match the one we bought earlier this year for the front room. While we were there I bought a couple of flowering plants to take with us next week when we have a little patio again.

Later this afternoon, we went back into Costco for Forry's appointment to have his hearing aids adjusted. After some discussion with the tech, we decided that Forry's almost seven year old devices should be upgraded. Of course, the new ones have to be ordered, so we made an appointment to come in again on Saturday to have them fitted. Looks like we'll be in town every day this week!

A Very Busy Day

Forry had his referral appointment to the Spokane Eye Clinic today and saw Dr. Ranson, the same doctor who had taken care of my cataracts a couple of years ago. The good news: Turns out that since Forry has no problems with astigmatism, he is not going to need the expensive lens that accommodate for that. The bad news: Dr. Ransom is all backed up with surgeries and will not be able to get to Forry's until September - unless some one cancels...

That certainly simplifies our plans for the next month or so. We will be able to move down to Desert Sun the first of August as we had originally planned.

From the Eye Clinic, we went over to Costco. I had used the last portion of hamburger in spaghetti last night and had used up my steak supply at my brother's, so I needed to restock my meat supply. I also bought some frozen boneless chicken thighs. I haven't bought chicken for a long time...

Good Intentions

We had good intentions of driving the ninety miles down to Menno this morning, but for some reason, I couldn't seem to get my act together. By the time I did, it was too late to get going and make it on time... So we stayed home and listened to the baseball game.

All day, there were snippets of Junior Griffey's speech and the ceremonies around his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Our visit to the Hall of Fame was one of the highlights of our trip to New York a few years back. It was very neat to see Jr's bronze plaque today - and yes, they captured his famous grin!

I made a batch of spaghetti for supper tonight. It's not one of Forry's favorites, but every once in a while, it tastes really good.

Showers and Ball Games

It's pretty bad when you have to put off taking your shower so that you can finish listening to a ball game! The Mariners are back east in Toronto, so their 1 PM ballgame started at ten AM our time. It was a crazy game with a grand slam home run by Nellie Cruz and lots of other runs - they ended up with 14! So much for all of the one run games they've been having..

Didn't do a whole lot this afternoon. I found a couple of baskets of blackberries and a partial container of blueberries in the refrigerator that were all extremely ripe. There was not enough of either, so I combined them and made a mixed berry pie. It's a bit of a pain as the turntable in my Advantium oven no longer turns. I had to cook it in 6-7 minutes increments, turning it in between in order to keep from having a pie that was raw on one side and burned on the other. But it turned out pretty well. Forry seemed to enjoy it with some ice cream tonight.

The park is eerily quiet tonight. After yesterday's terrific winds with the tall pines moving 10-15 feet back and forth, it seems strange to see them so still tonight. There is not even a hint of a breeze.

Happy Birthday, Kahlyn!

I used to chuckle when my dear Mother-in-law used to talk about how fast time flew. But I can't believe how quickly this year has flown by. Our precious little Great Granddaughter Kahlyn turned a year old today!

Both her Auntie Ashley and her Grandma Lisa as well as Granddaughter Havela posted great pictures on Facebook today, so we had lots of pictures to enjoy. Then this afternoon, we Skyped for a half hour and got to enjoy both Havela and Kahlyn. So even though they are a long ways away (actually vacationing in Missouri), we got to celebrate her birthday a bit.