Flat on my face

That's right, Friday, after Mom and I had our hair done in Alpine, we came home and I checked out the progress the furniture building boys had made upstairs in the garage. Coming out the door, I tripped over a mound of dirt and fell flat on my face in the sharp rocks outside the gate to our house. Crap. I skinned my knee, my palms, and my nose. Of course, my nose didn't break, so no improvement there.

Saturday, Dennis's friends came over to target shoot starting very early and on into the afternoon.

Sunday, we lost an hour of sleep because we forgot it was the end of Daylight Savings Time. I've been tired all day and we'll have to wait a whole year until we get that extra hour of sleep. Pooh.

Movie Tuesday

Movie Playing: The Counselor
Recommendation:  DO NOT SEE IT

Despite the good actors and director, this movie has nothing to redeem itself. It was gory, gruesome, disjointed and basically left ourselves wondering why we were sitting through it. What a waste of time and money.

Retired

Forgot to mention...yesterday I filed papers for my official retirement. First, PERS, from my work at the school district, then Social Security. My retirement date will be January 21, 2014, one day after my 69th birthday. Hope I make it.

My "old" friend

She wouldn't like me calling her "old," but we've known each other for a long, long time. Last May we visited Nancy and husband, Bill, in Durango, Colorado, and Wednesday-Thursday of this week Nancy came out to the ranch to visit us. We had dinner Wednesday night with Gary and Mom with Chef Dennis cooking paella for dinner and crepes for dessert. Later, he surprised Nancy and me with chocolate chip cookies.

On Thursday, Nancy and I took a walk around the ranch and had a good time reminiscing about old times. We had lunch at Mediterraneo in Alpine and then she was on her way to a visit with another friend. It was a short, but very nice visit.

Movie Tuesday

Gravity--A lot of things can go wrong when there is no gravity. Just ask Sandra Bullock who stars in the movie, Gravity. The critics point out there were a few goofs in technical details, but agree that Sandra Bullock was wonderful in the difficult role. We all were riveted as we watched. Go see it.

Getting ready to move in

Dennis and I went to IKEA in Mission Valley Friday morning to shop for some cabinets for the new craft room/office. We ordered the cabinetry for a "Nook" that will be used for coffee pot/supplies. Upper glass door cabinets will be a space to display some of my glasswork.

We also bought a large cabinet for our office and cleaning supplies, and two long chests of drawers that we will put side by side to make our layout table.

Today Dennis and Uncle Johnny are going back with the truck to buy and bring home the stuff we bought.

Obviously we are getting ready to move into the craft room/office above the new garage. Final inspection will probably be next Wednesday and then we can move. Vivian and I have been packing up my office drawers in preparation for the move. Boy do I hate packing. Wait until we have to pack the craft room in the house!

Clever Sign

I saw a cute sign on a gravel truck the other day. It said, "Our customers rock, and we roll." Clever.