Windy

It is so windy today. The wind blew my car around when I went into town and it's still blowing like crazy. I took Flash for a walk this afternoon -- it was freezing! We also went on our usual walk this morning and it was freezing then, too. I don't like it.

Worst Date Ever

Thursday is normally a T.R.O.T day, but because of the recent snow and rain, no horseback riding. That left a clear day for a date with Dennis except that we needed to go to the credit unit and get a loan for the new (used) truck we are buying for the business. Gary (brother-in-law) has been communicating with the seller, who is still waiting for his pink slip, expected Monday. We worked with the loan officer to have the seller fax in a few papers and then come in with the pink slip on Monday and sign off and pick up his check. We explained that to Gary, who, in turn, explained it to the seller. Then the seller said he didn't expect to have to do all that and it was a deal breaker. What?

After that, we took the Prius in to the Toyota dealer because the indicator lights were all on.

We had lunch with Uncle Johnny, who was kind enough to let us borrow his car. Then we took Johnny home and went to the movies while we waited for our car to be fixed. We saw The Artist, winner of this year's Academy Awards. We expected Hugo to win Best Picture and, after watching The Artist, we still think it was the better movie. Oh well.

The car was ready after the movie, so we went to pick it up. Turned out that "rodents" had eaten into the wiring harness. Luckily, there were able to fix the wires affected at a cost of over $300. The service guy did say, however, that if more damage had been done, the entire harness would have to be replaced at a cost of $7,000. Wow.

After that we took Johnny's car back and went to do some grocery shopping for Mom and Angie (who is still sick). WalMart is still a horrible store to shop in, but the prices are better than the grocery store. I do hate that place.

We got home around 5:45 p.m. Poor Flash must have thought we were never coming home. He was very happy to see us.

Although there were some good moments, all-in-all it was not the best date.

No Movie Today and Happy Birthday

Because of the snow we decided to stay home today.

Today is Betty's birthday. Happy Birthdayt, Cuz!

Snow!

Here are some photos from yesterday's and today's snow. We still went on our morning walk despite the weather. It was snowing here until around 9 a.m.

Friday, 2-24-12

Dennis has been skiing at Mammoth since Wednesday; Flash misses him. No running along with Dad's bike. But I've been trying to keep him busy.

Mom is sick with a bad cold and so is Gary, so Angie and I went grocery shopping today, then had dinner together at my house, a germ-free zone. We had stuffed artichokes and they were great!

Movie Tuesday

We all went to the movies today...me, Dennis, Mom, Angie & Gary. We saw Safe House with Denzel Washington. It was pretty good, engrossing at least with some surprises. In any case, we got to see Denzel's walk. Nobody walks like Denzel.

Sunday at the Ranch

In the morning after our walk with Flash, we watched our favorite Sunday morning news shows and rested for awhile. Then I picked up my knitting and Dennis and Flash did some outside chores. Geno came over for tacos in the evening.