2012 August 1
I juiced a
peach, an apple, an orange, a kiwi, and a half dozen strawberries. When I tasted it, it seemed really sweet so I
juiced a small cucumber into the mix.
Not bad. But mostly it tasted
like a really sweet cucumber. (Grin)
As I was
leaving for work this morning I noticed a tomato had fallen off of the
bush. So, I said to myself, “I’ll just
take that and eat it as a snack this morning.”
When I picked it up I realized that some other creature had the same
idea. I don’t know whether to blame a
rabbit or a ground squirrel. Actually I
don’t mind sharing this one. I just
don’t want them to think that I’m running an all-you-can-eat buffet. I know that they make rabbit proof
fences. I’m not sure if they make
squinny proof fences.
I ordered
the “Guide to Free Campgrounds” book from RVBookstore.com. That is just another step in being ready to
head south to Texas
this fall. We intend to take our time on
the way down and maybe do a little sight seeing. The book is supposed to have a huge list of
campsites under $12.00 a night plus detailed instructions on how to find
them. One night of free camping would
pay for the book.
Ella
brought lunch to me: Fresh tomato wedges (from our ‘garden’) and a baked potato
with cheese and ham topping.
Ella has
been busily buying Christmas presents.
Some will be taken to Texas
for Christmas in December. Some will
stay in Iowa
for next year’s Christmas in July with the family here. Now we just have to wrap and remember which
gifts stay and which ones go.
Speaking of
Christmas in Texas , do any of you know of
anyone who will need a Santa at Christmas time in the Austin
/ Cedar Park
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Time passes
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After work,
I took the truck to the body shop so that they can fix the Opps! Enterprise Rent a Car had a car waiting for
me at the body shop. I had requested a
PT Cruiser or an HHR because I knew that I could get in and out of them
easily. Being over six foot tall and
around 275 pound, (check my “Tracking my Weight” page) I have trouble getting
behind the wheel of some cars. For
instance the Grand Prix. I don’t have
enough joints in my body to be able to fit in the driver’s seat of that
model. Well … Enterprise didn’t have and of the requested
vehicles. (Why they didn’t say that when it was requested … I don’t know) So, what I ended up with is a Chrysler
200. It is a nice enough vehicle with
plenty of leg and head room. It just
isn’t easy getting in and out of. I
guess it’s true; You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
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More Time
Passes it is now August 2, 2012
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Shortly
after eight this morning Ella and I took a road trip. The rental car has unlimited miles and gets
MUCH better gas mileage than the nine mpg I get with the truck. We had one stop to make. We were to go to son-in-law Rob’s work and
pick up a blood pressure cuff that Ella had loaned Linnea. We arrived an hour early at the store … so we
moved on. Because the only direction we
could turn, as we left the store’s drive, was south; we drove south. We drove south until we came to a T
intersection and then we drove east.
(This is how the rest of the day went … unplanned wandering) We ended up following highway 69 from Des Moines to
Osceola. It was a very pleasant drive
through some lovely rolling hills in southern Iowa .
Once in Osceola we were only about thirty miles from where Ella’s sister
Mary lives outside of Creston. So we
started heading that way. Ella tried
calling Mary but didn’t get any answer.
But we continued in that direction anyway.
The small
town of Afton
is along the way and Ella wanted to drive through there and see if she could
find houses that she remembered from her childhood. Then we once again headed toward
Creston. At this point, since we hadn’t
been able to make contact with Mary, we could have changed direction. However, it was approaching lunch time and I
remembered that there is a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Creston that has very good
fried chicken, we continued into Creston and had lunch.
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| Pizza Ranch's story |
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| Ella becoming aware that I was about to take her picture |
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| The remains of the meal |
As we were
finishing lunch, Mary called. She had
gotten Ella’s voice mail. When she heard
that we were at the Pizza Ranch in Creston, she said to stay put and she’d come
back into town.
She did and
the sisters had a nice long visit while the restaurant went from very busy to
nearly empty. Mary invited us to go to
her home but Ella had to be at work at five so we declined. As it turned out, because I like wandering
back roads, we ended up going less than a mile from her house on the way back.
We got back
home around four. We had left the
windows open and the a/c off when we left in the morning. It was 96 outside and 100 inside when we got
home. We quickly closed windows and
turned the a/c on.
Since Ella
was going to be working at the clubhouse (which has laundry facilities) and we
had about a week and a half of dirty laundry, we got the laundry ready to take
with us. At this point our friend Stoney (Tom Stone) called to see if we were
home. He is preaching at our worship
service this Sunday and had information for me to put in the bulletin. (I create the bulletin and email it to our
home church for the secretary to print).
He came with the information. I did my thing and got it emailed out. In the mean time Ella walked over to work.
Once I had
everything done with the bulletin, I loaded up the laundry and took it to the
clubhouse where I washed, dried, and folded the clothes. By the time the laundry was done, it was
nearly time for Ella to be off work at eight.
We came
home to a nice cool RV and I typed this post.
THE END
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