Back to jes me

My brother and sister-in-law should be boarding their plane now. Happily the only traffic we hit this morning was a bit of a backup at the arrivals dropoff area of the airport. I have one more car trip to make - my brother left some stuff in my car and I'll take it to the post office today - and then I'm not taking that car anywhere maybe ever again. I have had my fill of traffic.

When we were growing up, fondue was a family favorite. Sometimes we had cheese and sometimes beef and always it was great fun and delicious. It was those fond memories that made me lust after a meal at the Melting Pot.

Now I've had my meal and I'm cured.

We had a great time. And the cheese fondue was delicious. The chocolate wasn't bad but not my thing. The meat section was just blah. I kept thinking, why am I doing the cooking??? I am truly delighted we did it. And Bill and Dana were the perfect companions for it.

And we do not have to do that again.

We managed to finish up and drive home just as the Seattle Storm basketball game let out very near the restaurant and also - in a sweet bit of traffic karma - just as the Seahawks game was letting out next to my house.

We were grateful just to make it into the house.

And now I have the rest of the day. Laundry is on the hit parade. And I need to suck the rest of the air out of the airbed (which provided me yet another really good night's sleep) and put it away, move my stuff back from the half bath to the master bath, clean up and reorganize, oh and go to the post office (24/7 shipping machine).

Nice to have the whole day to leisurely tend to stuff. The daily Mainer loss starts at 10 so even that will be out of the way early. Nice.

Back to jes me

My brother and sister-in-law should be boarding their plane now. Happily the only traffic we hit this morning was a bit of a backup at the arrivals dropoff area of the airport. I have one more car trip to make - my brother left some stuff in my car and I'll take it to the post office today - and then I'm not taking that car anywhere maybe ever again. I have had my fill of traffic.

When we were growing up, fondue was a family favorite. Sometimes we had cheese and sometimes beef and always it was great fun and delicious. It was those fond memories that made me lust after a meal at the Melting Pot.

Now I've had my meal and I'm cured.

We had a great time. And the cheese fondue was delicious. The chocolate wasn't bad but not my thing. The meat section was just blah. I kept thinking, why am I doing the cooking??? I am truly delighted we did it. And Bill and Dana were the perfect companions for it.

And we do not have to do that again.

We managed to finish up and drive home just as the Seattle Storm basketball game let out very near the restaurant and also - in a sweet bit of traffic karma - just as the Seahawks game was letting out next to my house.

We were grateful just to make it into the house.

And now I have the rest of the day. Laundry is on the hit parade. And I need to suck the rest of the air out of the airbed (which provided me yet another really good night's sleep) and put it away, move my stuff back from the half bath to the master bath, clean up and reorganize, oh and go to the post office (24/7 shipping machine).

Nice to have the whole day to leisurely tend to stuff. The daily Mainer loss starts at 10 so even that will be out of the way early. Nice.

Parking... and the beat goes on

Now I know why Larry wanted to trade parking spaces. His mustang convertible is too long. Now that I've had a chance to get in and out of the spot several times, I understand. I thought, after the first couple of times that I had fucked up by trading.

But, I just went out to mail a package (and get a chocolate milk shake - yum) and when I got back, I got into the space the first shot. (Instead of having to back/forward/twist/back/forward, etc.) So I think it will be fine.

It would be just a perfect spot for a Smart Car and I so want one. I'd love to go take a test drive and really ask about one at the dealership but I'm afraid that I'd walk out with one.

But...

I drive barely enough miles to justify buying gas, much less a new car.
My current car runs fine and is dinged up so new dings don't matter.
A Smart Car would have been worthless this weekend with me and two passengers.


It's fj's fault. A long time ago he had a user pic of a green one and it was total love at first sight. They were not available here until years later so it was a controllable desire but now I see them everywhere and they are soooo soooo cute. Really.

Parking... and the beat goes on

Now I know why Larry wanted to trade parking spaces. His mustang convertible is too long. Now that I've had a chance to get in and out of the spot several times, I understand. I thought, after the first couple of times that I had fucked up by trading.

But, I just went out to mail a package (and get a chocolate milk shake - yum) and when I got back, I got into the space the first shot. (Instead of having to back/forward/twist/back/forward, etc.) So I think it will be fine.

It would be just a perfect spot for a Smart Car and I so want one. I'd love to go take a test drive and really ask about one at the dealership but I'm afraid that I'd walk out with one.

But...

I drive barely enough miles to justify buying gas, much less a new car.
My current car runs fine and is dinged up so new dings don't matter.
A Smart Car would have been worthless this weekend with me and two passengers.


It's fj's fault. A long time ago he had a user pic of a green one and it was total love at first sight. They were not available here until years later so it was a controllable desire but now I see them everywhere and they are soooo soooo cute. Really.

today's basket

Again, today's basket looks suspiciously identical to yesterday's...

today's basket

Again, today's basket looks suspiciously identical to yesterday's...

I need a mean friend...

Neighbor Ann just came in saying she needed a friendly face. Apparently Ron, who's first day after surgery was great, had a horrible second day and not real great third day. Now they are talking about putting him in an interim care facility for a while before he comes home. She's so very scared. She's not good at revealing her own vulnerability and it's one of the things I like about her but she was having a hard time holding back tears while telling me.

Also she needed me to show her how to get to the second part of her Netflix DVD. She has no idea how to run the DVD player and their set up is so convoluted that the instructions he wrote down for her involve 2 remotes, 12 steps and getting up and going to the TV for two of the steps. Holy crapoly.

But, I was able to show her how to get to part 2.

Then I told her about the Smart Car and she said 'oh I'll go with you to test drive!!'. I said 'no, you won't prevent me from buying one.' She agreed 'oh, now, I think you should get one!'...

I need someone to go with me who will not let me buy one. It's sure not Ann. 'They are cute and Sarah and Niles love theirs and you never travel or spend money [er all those computers you see in the house... I spend a little...] You would really enjoy one, I know you would.'

She's an enabler. But, at least now she can watch the rest of her DVD.

I need a mean friend...

Neighbor Ann just came in saying she needed a friendly face. Apparently Ron, who's first day after surgery was great, had a horrible second day and not real great third day. Now they are talking about putting him in an interim care facility for a while before he comes home. She's so very scared. She's not good at revealing her own vulnerability and it's one of the things I like about her but she was having a hard time holding back tears while telling me.

Also she needed me to show her how to get to the second part of her Netflix DVD. She has no idea how to run the DVD player and their set up is so convoluted that the instructions he wrote down for her involve 2 remotes, 12 steps and getting up and going to the TV for two of the steps. Holy crapoly.

But, I was able to show her how to get to part 2.

Then I told her about the Smart Car and she said 'oh I'll go with you to test drive!!'. I said 'no, you won't prevent me from buying one.' She agreed 'oh, now, I think you should get one!'...

I need someone to go with me who will not let me buy one. It's sure not Ann. 'They are cute and Sarah and Niles love theirs and you never travel or spend money [er all those computers you see in the house... I spend a little...] You would really enjoy one, I know you would.'

She's an enabler. But, at least now she can watch the rest of her DVD.