Sunday, Oct 17 2010

Sunday, so quiet day. Joe sharpened the blades on the Toro and we mowed the front yard -should be the last timefor this year.

We got the oil changed in the Mazda today.

Tried to watch Brokeback Mountain – what s S-L-O-W movie , so we gave up. Watched The Cheyene Social Club instead – pretty good. It had SJimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda.

No smoothjie – we had whey powder in milk. Had a Pizza from Pap Murphy’s for lunch (coupon!). I traded a cheezy bread and cookie dough coupon for a cinnamon wheel – they aren’t too bad 

Kathy is banned from using USB hubs – they were taking too much power and the DVD drive was crapping out because of it. bummer.

Wednesday, Oct 13 2010

Wednesday. Kathy went to TEI last night 2 miles on the bike and other exercises

Wednesday, went agin to TEI – 3 miles on the bike and 1 mile on the treadmill plus arm pulls and leg pushes. Smoothie last night was whey, strawberry, mango, pineapple, yogurt. Need to work on this one – not as good as the others.

Tuesday, Oct 12 2010

Tuesday – so trip ti BiMart – we did not win anything.

Went to the library yesterday, so ripped some movies and took them back to be checked back in.

To Fred Meyer to get some Michael Morgan t-shirts on sale – can’t decide yet if we want XL or XXL. Will decide then return the others.

Sunday, Oct 10 2010

Day 10 of 30-day continuity of service.

Last day of vacation, bummer.

Raining like crazy this morning, but the rain gauge isn’t working.
update – Joe went up on the roof – there was a pine needle plugging up the drain hole – all fixed now.

We have a big puddle in the back yard – and a smaller one over toward the pear tree. But the area around the pine tree where the ducks made a pond in the spring is only wet. Go figure.

tried to get the TV video set up today with DVD essentials, but can’t get the picture and brightness controls to do anything. Also worked on the audio set up on the Denon with Audyssey and the microphone.

We made child dogs with corn for lunch today.

Saturday, Oct 9 2010

Day 9 of 30-day continuity of service.

Went over the winter runs for TriMet, looking for good ones.

Worked on getting the Denon and PS3 to read music over the internet. The Denon needs to have a drive that is formatted FAT32, but it can play FLAC files.

Saturday, so grocery shopping day, We went to the Beaverton WinCo this time.

Rainy – starting to get a puddle in the back yard. Watched Outbreak – good movie.

smoothie of the day = orange, mango, banana with yogurt and whey.

Friday, Oct 8 2010

Day 8 of 30-day continuity of service. Vacation is almost over.

Kathy to the dentist this morning for routine cleaning.

We washed, polished, and waxed the tractor today. Who DOES this with a tractor anyway? (it does look GOOD!)

Then we removed the bucket (put it in the shop lean-to) and put the tractor away for the winter in the Lean-to.

Watched Wyatt Earp (with Kevin Costner) – over 3 hour movie.It was good.

Smoothie of the day = strawberry, yogurt, whey, banana – yummy

Thursday, Oct 7 2010

Day 7 of 30-day continuity of service and day 6 of vacation.

Went to Oregon Heritage Farms today for more corn – we got a bag that was supposed to have 80 ears – it had 91! This was right off the delivery truck – picked today.
The bag weighed 70 pounds.

We blanched it and cut the corn off the cobs – we ended up with enough for 35 meals. That’s a lot of corn!!

Worked on getting the Dodge speedometer calibrated – using the GPS. Went back to the Dodge dealer and had the computer adjusted. Still off bay about 1 mile per hour. The Edge is still way off – have to figure out how to get it to match.

Submitted an application to TriMet for Facilities Specialist.

smoothie of the day yesterday = banana, triple berry, yogurt with whey. Fluffy and good!